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Show rf - . ' t i The iinry open with a acnun from Dorothy Marche In the opera bo of Mr Mtanlnner, a wealthy widow. It when Mr Too had she Joined Carson The Chiefs heady eyes narrowed on her as if he would read her lnntrmobt breuk. wai,rm tj,e diamond all over thought. "Theres no use trying to lie to me, i oor. C urlr uriewold and Bruxton he snarled. I know whos got the band, aoclety men l u,V8 wlth Mrs. gather up the ,em. ,JrUwoM diamonds. The man who hired you to tep on what I aupoged to be the cele- steal them Is locked up now. He says brated Maharanee and cruihe tt. A Hinhe didnt kqpw they were stolen " doo declare It waa not the An genuine. Who says that? she Interrupted. expert later pronounces all the etone substitute for the original. Detective Donnelly and Carson nudged each Ixonnelly and Caron lnv rstlgate. They other In boisterous dei Ide that the tin ft of the glee. gem was accomplished by some original "She wants to know who says It! one In the house Miss Elinor Holcomb, confidential Piped the former. companion of Mrs. Mlssloner, Is sus"Aint she the slick one! laOJbed pected. One of the missing diamonds his partner. found In her room. Mr. Mlssloner tests that Elinor la Innocent, but shepro-Is The Chiefs face hardened until a taken to prison. Meantime. In an uptown mansion, two Hindoos, who are In menace seemed to lurk In every one America to recover the Maharanee dis- of Its deep-cu- t lines. , cuss the arrest. Now, you know who says It," be informed her. I dont have to menCHAPTER VI. Continued, tion any names. Its simply a question of you going to jail or of sending him Elinor Holcomb!" cried the to jail. I dont take any stock In what he says. He cant tell me he didnt Donnelly and Carson, each with an know you stole the Jewels. 1 aint arm under her shoulder, propped her as as all that! Now, Im giving easy . , sinking form. you a chance to make a full confes"Lift your head, commanded tha sion and save yourself. Will you conChief. fess? His tone carried the weight The order fell on deaf ears. She of a but her hnreeponslve mind seemed aa one In the last agony of a was threat, unable to grasp its algnlflcpice. mortal Illness. She stared blankly before her, as If Lift It for her, came In a voice her eyes were chained to some distant of mingled sternness and compassion. spot "Will you confess? the Chief repeatDonntlys hand flew to her chin, tilting her face upward. For an in- ed with added menace. stant she raised her heavy eyelids; As if roused from a long abstracthen recoiled as from a blow. The tion, she gazed appealingly at her torcrowd of masked spectators floated mentor. before her eyes like hideous specters I have nothing to confess, 6he of a horrid dream. A low groan, like murmured weakly. the last lament of a tortured 60ul, The Chief drew back In studied ancame from her lips. She seemed turn- ger. Ills fist banged the desk as if ed Into a mass of Jelly. the blow was meant to convey a sudTake her away," commanded the den resolve. Chief, and the two detectives carried "Very well!" he burst forth. "Go her out of the room. right ahead and e the goat If you "Accused of stealing the Mlssloner want to. Look here, little girl, I was diamonds," was the curt explanation' just klddin you when I said we had In a harsh mono- the principal under arrest, he said of her presence. tone, the Chief read the various Head- with a quick change of tactics. Youre quarters orders to the force, and then the only one thats locked up. I dont the men not engaged on old work re- believe theres anyone else mixed up new In the case at all. I believe you did of ceived their assignments cases. As abruptly as he had entered, the Job alone. If theres anyone bethe head of the Bureau left the room hind you, youll have to show me. and retired to his private office. Then Theres only one thief Involved, and thats you. lie summoned Donnelly and Carson. An expression, as of hunted aniTakes it pretty, bad, gh? he asked. Like all the swell onea when mal, crept into her face. She turned they're nabbed the first time," an- to the left and met the fixed stare of Donnelly. Averting her head, her swered Carson. Had to call the doctor twice dur- eyes looked Into those of Carson. DiIn front, close to her face, the ing the night, the matron tells me, rectly cold from the Chiefs eyes fell gleam Informed Donnelly. on her. So she turned around, only Did she make any statement on to look Into an Impenetrable backthe way to Headquarters? Inquired of gloom, sinister and depressground the Chief. ing. Nothing hut hysterics," Carson anI havent done anything, she swered. T dont know who took Mrs. pleaded. be no to condition And shes In Mlssloners diamonds. ' As if cut by questioned now, added Donnelly. a sudden thought. Miss Holcomb bent Anyone been inquiring for her? In her seat' She cant beforward the Chief suddenly snapped. I did It? she moaned. lieve His Yes, flatbed hack Donnelly. You bet your life she believes you Some eyes lit with a erwfr glow. did It," the Chief announced. "And I endoctor and guy who says hes a has-bknow you did It So whats the use of een hanggaged to marry her It?" , denying Wants all mornug. here ing around I do deny it, I do deny It, she pro?hee out. can get to know how hef How can they think me capar Looks as If he might he irjxed up in tested. bis of it? . shed owed. him I'm so having it, The Chief opened a drawer of bis Good! commented the Chief. "If forth the accusing desk and any lawyer calls, tell him she's in no diamond. brought He held It close to her We dont want condition to be permitting the rays to distribute anyone to see her until weve ques- face, themselves on her features. tioned her." "Pretty fine stone! he commented. It was late In the afternoon before A peach of a shiner! Looked good Into the escorted was Holcomb Miss to didnt it? Came so easy It Inquisitorial chamber. She had fallen wasyou, to take It eh? Now how Into a fitful slumber on the rude Iron did a shame It mixed up with your trinkol get wall the from bed that projected ets? Carson and her cell, when Donnelly 1 don't know, she moaned. opened the grated door and called her The Chief turned from her wearily. a startled She her of gave out sleep. You take her In hand, Donnelly, " gasp when she saw them, a convulsive he said. shudder racked her frame. A sudden The detective bent over the woman, influx of painful memories overwhelmface so close that she felt his, his of sense helplessed her with a pitiful warm breath against her cheeks. ofthe ness as she dragged herself to ' Dont try any nonsense down here. fice of the Chief. We got the goods on enarled. he she With a weak show of courage, we aint and going to stand any you, eyed Manning resolutely, and then fooling. Now, where are those diaBank Into a soft leather chair close to monds? his desk. Donnelly and Carson ocShe eyed him in mild protest cupied seats at her elbow. I dont know, sir, she murmured What did you do with those stones? weakly. blurted the Chief. Donnelly shoved his clenched fist Her lips framed a reply, hut It died under her chin. His face contorted without utterance. into an expression of tigerish ferocity; cried Impatienthe Come, come!" here. he peered at her with an Intensity ly. "We don't want any acting that chilled her blood. I know youre only a tool In this matYoure a liar, he snapped "You under the ter. Weve got principal he think you're a slick one, but to arrest and Im giving you a chance dont was ever born you save yourself. . wYou turn State's evi- sorry up the goods. We kraw how to dence against him and I'll see that no cough customers like yo down here. handle fellow harm comes to you. He's the em every to em. We used Were we want to land. Now tell me Just a lot of save day. Now, just yrelf what you did with the Jewels. 'hereabouts of the trouble by telling a door the midst of this outburst, the diamonds. , wpesed silently and a ' They aint golnf t0 do Tou an7 man of middle age the Chief. "They good," Interjected and seated himself In an wher yu're corner of the room. His form dont wear diarne Beemsq to. . The leri trouble you give us. of shadow the lng jnt0 Inerge ub we'u make for yu-Anf f" M be dropped noiselessly the le ake more trouble for ' chair. Miss Holcomb did not make for us." 8ee him enter. Her increasing terror you gave her a fictitious energy anA she stter helplessness i lifted her head with a 'at even the de-- r ' sharp Jerk didnt steal futility of the Jewels, she sV ... I bad nothing to do with ' one un-thel die N'carance." drug, had mocking laughter d Mlssloner' necklace r, 1 -- lfu sharp-feature- ooth-shave- n en-er- d ob-8C- if 1 "Winded In th, rootJlree "sd 4T Donnei' !- a you are Innocent, you have ely nothing to fear. You wliv u opportunity ln court of conln lth your frltnds and engagln lawyer Your Interests will effort must be made at the present time to clear her. What! exclaimed Dr. Fitch. Permit my fiance to suffer the tortures of this prison and live under the stigma of this terrible accusation? It is necessary, assured Brits. Instinctively, although in- - gloom of her The two detectives who arrested surroundings she Hd make out only a dim outline of face, she her seem to he convinced of her a confidence in the itectlve that guilt, Fitch said angrily, They Inraced her llka tonic flicted tortures on Jter that might have a cu wring for you. have crushed a stronger woman; she Miss TTuS'Jleyrih.'Weinrormed her. told me as best bhe could what took It will enable yoA to avtJwl the many place at the Inquisition in police curious eyes la tho street. Headquarters. l Very wgil," She murmured her thanOv as she said Brlta. I am stepped out of the oell and followed working Independently, regardless of Britz and his companions through a anything Donnelly and Caraon. the maze of corridors to the street They two men who made the arrest, may were driven rapidly to the Jefferson do. They blundered grievously when Market Court and ushered Into the they arrested the young woman. W private room of the magistrate. A roust overcome that blunder, but tb crowd of reporters was already on tlm Is not ripe for her release. If hand tor the hearing. The curious site leaves the Tombs, It must be with eyes aimed pitilessly at her Inspired ber name cleared of suspicion. Dr, Fitch returned to the prlso ana" ln her a terror that made her shrink behind the broad shoulders of Don- was permitted to see the prtapner la nelly. The magistrate motioned her to the little reception room on the ground The Chief Drew Back In 8tudled Anger. floor of the womens wing. , list lawa seat close to his desk, and said; that the , Madam, It Is your privilege to en- yer bad left Instructions she felt was a dull pain of body nd session of bis soul. He became sub- gage counsel, 1 would advise you to physician be allowed to consult with mind. ' merged In deep meditation, ln which (j0 80 once, for anything you say his fiancee at any time. On his first Dont sit there like a white mum- he sought to arrange ln consecutive may be used against you.1 visit, he had found ber distraught, my, burst forth Donnelly. Come, order the Information gathered by hardly able to tell a coherent story. I have done nothing wrong, don't Donnelly and Carson. The conviction murmured. Ills call had a cheering effect on her, now," he added Impatiently, "y- exhaust our patience; we havent treat- forced Itself on his mind that Miss however, and Bhe entered the recepYou had better a the get lawyer," ed you roughly, but we know how to Holcombs arrest was baged on 'cirtion room with a firmer step. . cumstance from which more than Magistrate urged. I hope you have brought - good bring you out of your silence. ln to As his it the advice, response The . He seized her wrist, his clenched one Inference might be drawn. door opened and two men news, she called. I have just talked with Lieutenant haqd squeezing It until she uttered a fact that she knew the combination of entered. One abruptly sharp-faced- , was Mrs. Mlssloners safe did not mean, of sharp cry of pain. nervous, with tha unmistak- Britz, who Is In charge of your case," Are you going to answer my ques- course, that she took the Jewels. On able air of the h lawyer. The other was he replied. "He has assured me inthe surface. It looked as If hers was tions? he blurted. will do to your prove everything with marked a bis face young man, nocence and find thTeal criminal, She sank back ln the chair with a the exclusive opportunity to possess I herself of the gems, outside of Mrs. heavy lines of worry, as if he also hut he wants moan. Her you to remain here until despairing heavy eyelids Mlssloner herself. But Britz felt that I had passed a sleepless night. At sight can with your name entireyou le.$ve dropped, a tremor contracted her Holcomb forward Miss him. sprang j ' brow, then her head fell limply to one the depth of the case had not been I anl threw herself In his arms, ly cleared." had ln the surface that sounded; fact, side. believe me, dont you? zh "You I exclaimed. she Lawrence! "Oh, not even been penetrated. 4 I guess we won't gain murmured. anything by The only thread that .connected I "How I have missed you! going any stronger with her "All those who know you must beI worry, he soothed. Dont flolcomh waa the Miss theft with the Take her back!" commanded the In you, he answered. The very I lieve turn I have will all out right. to thing room. But found ln her Chief. of your nature Is sufficient I Innocence a believe for 1 you. lawyer this clrcum-- engaged Britx8 Donnelly and Carson shook her Into stance experienced mind,toward lnno-- 1 to the accusation against you. reply Implicitly." rather yu pointed consciousness. They steadied her as As he hastened down tthe steps of Donnelly and Caraon asked for she dragged herself through the dark cenoe than iullt. For, he argued, if week ln which to work up the case the prison, he again met Britz. Th corridor and down two flights oN nar- she had taken thoae Jewels, she would I two men walked to Broadway and up not have been ao careless aa to leave against the prisoner, row iron stairs to her cell. dia-are "We boudiAr. informed the that That of stolen one them ln her thaf thoroughfare to Twenty-thirWhen she was out of the room, the Street. When they parted, Britz knew was convinced, was I jewels are worth close to half a silent visitor came out. of the ob- mond, Brit and with! lion. There was one big, dtamoqd In the life history ol Miss Holcomb. there Intentionally his corner himof and scurity pe&ted Bhe had been born ln good circumpurpose by a hand other than tjie hunch that is said "to bpvlfbrlh self ln the chair vacated ,by Mlea Hol- sinister 1 Miss'Holcombs. quarter of a million alone. . I (pink stances, and was graduate of Smith combBritz rose from his seat, donned his I she ought to be put under heavy College. All her life, she had been What do you think of It,lBrtU7' " and hat, and made his way to I bonds. reared to the belief that her future topcoat asked Manning. I the of one tier cells of which held "On what grounds do you base your was well provided for. As the only Detective-LieutenaBrits stared Miss Holcomb. He encountered Don-- accusation of theft against this young child of a Boston banker, she lived In hard, as If trying to concentrate his an environment of tranquil ease that and Carson on the way. j woman?"'demanded the nelly lawyer. thoughts. His keen face, screwed seemed her permanent heritage ln What time are you going to ar- Into an expression of uncertainty, conDonnelly displayed Jhe diamond he life. Her father and mother died had found ln her room. trasted sharply with the big heavy ralgn her? he asked. Right now," Donnelly replied. "We features of his superior. Side by side, She was the only one, outside of within a year of each other, during the two men suggested the delicate got the magistrate to bold court an Mrs. Mlssloner, who knew the comb- the atress of a financial panic. When ination of the safe, he sald.v "We the estate came to be settled, It was surgeons probe and the heavy black- hour longer for us.' A turnkey swung open the Iron door found this diamond, which Is one of found Insufficient to meet the outsmiths sledge. standing obligations of the father. Its a great mystery," Britz de- of the cell. The detectives found Miss I the original stones, ln her room." clared. "A great mystery, he repeat- Holcomb huddled In a corner, the I "Does Mr. Mlssloner charge this Left penniless, amid the luxuries of her birth, she found employment as ed ln a tone of deep conviction. "The wan light of the corridor falling on girl with the theft of the collarette? a I governess, and two years before most puzzling case that has ever her face. asked the lawyer. of the substituted past . come under my observation. Dont take me back! They want I The police make the accusation, was engaged by Mrs. MlsI havent done any-- 1 Donnelly replied. Very well, the Chief drawled. "Its to harm me! Mrs. Mlssloner Is jewels, she as sloner I secretary. and but saw Carsons she too when she Donnelly case, the you thing! cried, upset to appear In court Fitch met Miss Holcomb in Boston, go out and solve It you go out and visitors. Britz stepped forward with I Following the usual course, the an air of command and waved the magistrate adjourned the case for a and their friendship was renewed ln get the goods. New York. Their engagement was another detectives back. He scraped his week, and held Miss Holcomb in CHAPTER VII. through the cell door and 000 ball. There being no bondsmen nounced only a month before her arsat on the rude cot, facing the woman. J present, she was committed to the rest Britz, trying to square the circumstances surrounding her arrest Remanded to the Tombs. Miss Holcomb,'1 he said pleasantly, Tombs, with the conclusion of guilt, decided ' Lieutenant Britz, seated at the flat-tothere will be no further Inquisition May I speak with Mix's Holcomb ln desk of his office, peered steadily ln the Chiefs office, no more third- - private a few moments? asked the that If she took the Jewels, It mustk have been in a sudden temptation at the celling, as if he expected to degree methods wLl he applied to you. young man Into whose arms she had born of the luxury of her past find written there the solution of the It h necessary under the law to bring fallen. But, on more mature reflection, h great mystery into which he had been you before a magistrate within twen-- 1 "Who are you? gruffly demanded concluded that her birth, her breeding, called. A worried expression was on hours after your arrest. Now, Donnelly, his face, as If anxiety had taken pos-- brace yourself, please, for the ordeal. Im Dr. Lawrence Fitch, the fiance all the training of her life placed her above any such temptation; and when of Miss Holcomb. he entered his home to study the case You can see her ln the Tombs, ln the quiet of his library, be was posDonnelly retorted. , of the strong conviction that Lieutenant Britz did not accompany sessed Miss Holcomb was guiltless of th and Carson with their prisDonnelly oner to the Jail. When the court hear- charge entered against ber on the records of the Court. ing was over, he returned to his office, (TO BE CONTINUED.) summoned two subordinate detectives, and gave them hasty Instructions. STYLE IN ENGLISH NECKWEAR Then he sauntered Ziowly to the Tombs. Broad-EndeTie Has Been Rag for Aa the barred steel door swung Half Decad and la Likely to open to admit Britz, Dr. Fitch crossed Continue. the courtyard that separates the womens wing of ther prison For the last, half decade the broad-ende- d from that of the men. tie made from the piece has Was It Dr. Fitch who called to aee been the rage ln England, and haberthe prisoner ln the Mlssloner diamond dashers will not look at anything else. robbery? he aiked the doorman. Its vogue Is likely to continue for Yes. came the protnpt response. year or two, particularly aa Britz waited In the shadow of the another It Is to the Interests of both manufacmassive gray front of the Jail until the young physician came out. Ho turers and dealers to keep It going as as possible. This type of tie observed the pallor of the doctor' has long a maximum length ln England of cheeks, his uncertain gait, as If the 42 inches, the average for such turmoil of his mind had exhausted bis being 36 to 38 Inches. physical energy. The detective noted, A good grade of Irish poplin tubualso, he clear-custraightforward lar tie retails at about 60 cents, features of the physician, the resolute quality Irish poplin, however., aspect of his face, and the purposeful which comes ln the piece, when mad , gleam ln his clear eyes. up, retails at about 75 cents. Other Just a moment, doctor. Britz said, styles are priced at 60, 45 and 35 tapping Dr. Fitch on the shoulder. ' cents, and ties of these classes ar What can I do for you? asked the to be found ln the men's furnishings doctor. stores of any of the larger Br(tlsh "I am Lieutenant Britz, of Headcities. Wholesalers pay' ADout f2.99 quarters, the detective explained. "I per' dozen for tids that retail at 45 am in charge of the active work on cents each, and sell them to the dealthis case. I want your help. You can ers at 33 40 per dozen, less two be of great service to Miss Holcomb." and f per cent. Hof? quickly asked Dr. Fitch. By following my orders, flashed Unpleasant Suggestion. Brit. new song Falling Ive called ' "That are your orders? asked the Dew. "Then, my my boy. It will never o ' gray-halre- to-da- Every-diamon- d 1 mll-plao- 1 1 1 tear-bathe- d a 1 p ' d stone-flagge- four-in-han- t, one-hal- doctor. - The Two Man Walked to Broadway. It la be popular. It Is absoutely necessary that all gestive of hoitFe! suspicion be Urectcd toward her. No mercial notes too strong1 d bills; un! sugcom- nv""J ' 'V' W T |