| Show T am r mazaroff arm ea a 1 eal by I 1 J so FLETCHER I 1 IL IL iff ice lne illustrations b by y IRWIN IRIVIN MYERS amt T BEFORE it is 11 alk by A iloilo AS ion after A coloms at lot goat to mrs r apolo lifa 0 1 jhai they 1 5 nr gold rd that th that bill it to return to pit it shelia anti 1 disappear so to her cousin ngok X loa lo 4 bol bog W Sur wood orlo of hi sir nl ire sr sir I 1 UM in a rf rt porter holt 1111 ia li is found crole pil 1 kr rr wilyo lr whre arrive MJ tt matoff A gun tun Is of the tt murder EVI iu lint ua n 1 Vert blit a herman mapa ef of macaroff Mai aroff r cho ind a two remark mil CPU TIB ER continued V 7 ser va 1111 benj other ic let it this thi md klova dere no I 1 replied M la ia thought tho opil for arfre motoring aoto cort north iia 4 hi hands on ou the aad froia from one to the i ta in efly mand he eald said roff way hae hate been i this uil place caught on tj lit the man who had md and done to death ito bad on him V tug af t liln like li it on 1 I 1 va t ifa its MAW in hr mr half a evi tit pru bably bad a it lot nil till lilt to 1 tibbles on him hinl i how know if it be had any layt hlis that would resort to actual murder uld cl it V tits Mw erel Majr thorne X ar lt P we came pait I 1 that th yoo as all 4 close ill could throw a lot of pau rot what tat n now low was to bare on him td aliat I 1 know of it 11 mat 1114 do me good tile secret ecret it af thia this bust en ovy bj by set zet mars doings betwee te bet twee weela arrived altre in london wier it at Mar badlat md ead what lat was said at I 1 about aroff we got andrew Aler chison do A on know if he was wa iltz kloop but 1 I 1 quiet smile I 1 dare 1 la 13 fret I 1 should con VM the andrew ahdrew the inquest he lie wai was antey I 1 man hut I 1 him un is ally anything thIng dae else cam and ie e never li nf labout about his ante sale the tt whole ume ol 01 un became knain to vis what bot you might mu I 1 1 or general it 1 but of ilen rill all that hj 1 l attention excle when ho h tn he conme to eng fenald I 1 certain ten alD deil deal de il or vp aloo on and I 1 iro arn klItT yeu ellz sst I 1 had more 10 n 64 with bib nur att Vilz lida rot aroll rot of aji deimund I 1 the famous allue lope laas filter both holth in S aguel it fifty kill ita its co lor fani frere t ked I 1 1 1 sure reit re it lt wal was 4 abir a n le hu hut I 1 myself ia 0 o ile 4 off sent it off if to f hay stay 1 4 e not 01 know replied att we ue tte receipt 1 l letter posted tt it ind paced it over to 40 receipt 1 halt 0 jtb ich the ank at ahr 1 indorse Ine orse w back k ln to mazanot Maza roT eum lafI the bit of inper sides and finally well ith i A dol 1 r aa id be u be he anserel an to W tit rb ut the dali loba a lit homdan blon bradett ua of f ill 4 jurt th oo lorsie W 74 no could be 1 allue e auy arnt diamond or tl aun t ia t here y or ggs ae bond thorl in in gy I 1 1 ahat be I 1 I 1 L I 1 lint about t to the tt tej 1 T t U 1 and iveel I 1 feel con Und and had allue als illuk 1 I kllc aada when U ut he was of fifth ii rno 1 I 1 after r he it 1 blue diamond u tel almost fh di adl ikney 1 olad he one for ba what you 4 zero your en bisho I 1 g bilut he I 1 1 iv v intent on 00 getting another blue alini ond to match it 11 tint that he old ne he was preparing to p r I 1 to 0 x grell length a big price la in tho the fus b ft got what tie he wa wanted n ted 0 Anol lierl role rille Ann another ther anil anti equally linit gnp line re piled kloop 1 I dont knew for tie lie nt tell me alint fint lie gme for IL t lu he poi got ilund not very ion lous before he fallt all for V IOU 00 aw law II 11 felted 1 I BOW saw itye it ats ye Ameli ted kiep 1 an I 1 have seen both I 1 dont don I 1 else has bas unless L j MINI Z wore there any other guests than yourselves You relve it at this thi wood cock inn inquired mop huh which I 1 suspect boft ba thawn n therill hero here since his coming he ile bad bis his ee e oo 00 buyers la to ea eu rope did tie he ment mentlow loi any particular buyer sr inquired alaj chorne he ile did not not but tie lie did tell me hat that he bad a it man here la in lon linn inn don 1 a did things fur for lilo aad and wm we in tonch touch with european and american leopla of high degrie that might be inclined to give a very fancy price foi the tit pair and you feel eure sure that he first seat sent blue climond one to fl blondon end and the brought blue diamond two in bis his own pocket po clet suggested I 1 it 00 0 0 e 1 I feel eure sure of that said kloop 1 I wiy say im 1 ni certain of it and I 1 have learnt these particulars fit rf his end sad fate I 1 hare wondered if did one of two thincy or perhaps bothi both the first did dM he get talkative an board boord chip ship and find abow his second blue diamond to linw pellow passengers the second did he show it lien her e in london amongst lite lie the tile eald said crole 1 I 1 mean hatten carden an kloop with a smile where as you nut know the me greater part nf of the disimon I 1 of thi thin country are carried out it will me if mal Mai macaroff a aroff Is not to he be hill heard ird of 0 then therel I 1 conie I 1 ill walk wait oanna the tile street ifill ju u and we will seel we made a procession alons silan ll olborn mr kloop and maythorne in front mr crole arid myself in the rear 1 kloop cwm a min whirl ze firl loh loth not ornamented ty by A lux arlon t tur for collar and nil his black entin satin clock stock hy by a hlf blA liing pin 1 iney l tere erl denti weil well at inal ned and met mait much en thuI nm and 11 ter blitch kloop v his min alde when a few tn later inter they parted mme to b t lr tian a 2 man wb who knor 9 ehlt place ayn torn top lop to attorn land end to to ep ena hp air arkid and he has al not heard of and his blue little diamonde diamonds that lines es mo me to it ir boht f in what ive been think thlin kini lne nil fill alss which Is that Aln intended and per flaps had in n vuew a private deal with th hk tones did not intend them to come on the me market arket thir Is the m arket I dmd and that maln knowe knows nothing but there cre fire still 1111 oilier other mee liea after that he dived into several offic ce iid emoke ke to other men eliom he met on the street but we cot got no news of Alai lin aroff the rhe fart fact Is evident kloop K once more ought the open n we a estreet fir C has tot u aled these reglo rib do darin ielpi his tay stay in Itin london tion I 1 am orn convinced now t that hat if he showed his hi blue diamonds I 1 here it wa was in private then solving hat that he roost must now attend la to ills til own wn riep left jett OL u we ve three vent went to lunch well weve got cot some me inform bjoin lon 4 erred ilay thome thorne aa oj w we settled down at of a 9 C corner sahlu wee found out about those III monda I 1 figure up tip tile lie situation in thia this way aroff Mai troll lent the first coll call aloe disroon Di aroon one as s well aitto his hi gondin hanu bankers ers now 6 alien bendid did he send it for 8 izety nn or jj 1 his hl coming coro or did he send it that it nl it be shown to a likely ar a likely customer 7 I 1 thick to t customer II also so think more in lew few of that CW cipher her letter I 1 that probably for wine then at t be lite bagung corporation Corpo tf it south at rica ore ID 10 london wilon hid not alit only lad clearce or td MaM correspond en e be lank bank tint but hal hid corre lm jM lidi nith jib lIaLl I 1 think that AnnIn trade took charte of little one III 1111 burr lib billue Ilar tind I 1 wn ani end and lublY duran the lite la in lenial en el for a aliel but buer ot of tile pair 1 I mm rom ill all I 1 hear 0 11 him roff alts tin lan asirite man lie ile biffl arb i ulily durei flint there wm wim a lot lol if DIED here bert in angland a IN right ly IY or wrongly haie hate made ast for tunca mies nut out of the nar nor such glena glenn se well ell know wart 0 to o tet up in great style or 1 rather the they tit tet pt up in great and the men hae hate nomen theres lada us its ell as sir gorgi ns as now til hat does I 1 ail ady midas faunt diamond st I 1 hat Is a woman diamondis diamon dil lie may rally ie le fute raise find her skin a its yellow lellow as parchment allut ashes coin to hat hai glittering in I 1 one and on the ite other roff ow I 1 reckon that mazaroff knew all that find that he confred red lady lie lite customer he was looking for ell ehr r wel po l doubt yon youre re nol not far arons rong laughed crole now I 1 if youve auve et 90 indy ulda was indrei la to your pocket at present pre zent 11 observed red may thome lady ulda Is found at alot lot 0 of addresses in the he mean II 11 time me there I 1 spade work to be done in an oilier corner it strikes me there are several corner comers aid said crole up to now were eve had no light on that hom basa basal affair there can be no doubt that merchison Merc Ifer hlson chison s on that ship that he slipped away from it lar leaf ing ns a his things behind and 11 y ashore to disappear as hahl gon son and reappear as ilai aroff now chyr 1 I 1 should say because he want cd ed to col cut clear of mr mrs Merr hlson ilson left jell at al home said maythorne May thome dry ly lie ile wanted her ter tn to think him degoll ahat dm did it muter miller as a long as he was alave hot but I 1 tell yon he was always a it bit of a mccry man and id give a lot to know where he went and with whom he be talked and eo so on that daiy diy offer he and holt halt struck the he woodcock he ile saw that daj day who gave him some information about mrs jim and ilass berchi sobhe ann be laid said as much to you he be he ile dir did I 1 admitted who was that he asked askel that somebody never come forward forwar dr maythorne laed down his knife and fork forli and arld bent across the lite table to cs its suppose he be said in a whisper meant to be MT mysterious and SIR ant suppose ehl suppose it was his wifel this suggestion teemed to im pre pres crnic een eien more than it lin im pressed me ills mouth opened and he started start dl dut ilot before he could say gnp hing a young a man colonel threading his wiy w iy the crost crowded led room and made tor for him ile handed card and crola liked at t tile card and the door alrin mm tn in liere here aine of Cro froles iles clerks went 11 t off and crole threw he card nn no the table for us to n look at it was as a very neat en rael 1 card shina the tile anrine and of mr ur adelf ad alf im 1 kind ilind str street pet W V and a very neat and spun gentleman en lemn fol IL it snell 9 ell jewe jewelers lers in bond reft lr arile role ile as mr us ushered usher crt by ili lie lite clerk nude mide ill way to knur nor corner ellen ill allne and of mine tw lles near at lodol mart roan mon lallo iloilo he continued he heeled arci led hs his iltner yoa you run me tip earth lt lot me intro friand mr Uit Ifil lime lhorne date ny y mr mervyn nare dare illel with a fly itly emle smile youve heard if of bantli before wore now nowa of f sir maythorne May lhorne often no lie jeweler with a polite bow and arid kinli Holt sime I 1 rend in the newspaper of the Sl azaroff arh hrh h 1 mr lit arole he ie UP all sealing hilwit bj by the ts lylei wi at I 1 bare come lo 10 5 sw yo about 1 sti nid crole 8 it at t once ile hah hall be he llad glad of if any did yoo you know 1 mi 1 I have reail read I 1 M at deal in the about shout this altier ir AM and newspapers I 1 come filling to ft tee you mr air crola role sure hat hot n it dimate I 1 jim m inns long ao go ond r rather un tin very met mr ma I 1 I 1 one c baraff ciolk nut but good glod 1 I 1 exclaimed yoo you either did or you on chy almonti al ehause r an answered robn lus mandom I 1 net met was wi not in the ina ma I 1 trod produced to bie ale by any fitly naine name hoci linweber lin wever be he wan WAP met just notable anan kanand and the ascription tion a in the paper ro of nut but lili with my I 1 ill the rite you sol the facts dorian twelve mantha orso or to I 1 lune lime file rust post sir samuel 11 all 1 will n I 1 ind doa dealings lings self Is 15 a ft I andt av DIM I sir to be bo he 01 nolde tide a wade civilin li fortune fix a A on frieter dar tail ait he it I 1 I 1 gather the rent war ing in about a al vear rear a alij tie be li liou fuJI slit baj ego ago he lie and lady park inar tip hope hou in hate her allphin liel dealing with mt in 10 enslie ext had boeke jewelry jewelly and and plato almly W fill bought A good ta ammy iny jewel from rum roc me n ell tit about shout a month or div live weeks nr 0 o I 1 all ii culled called to HIP IN trie tit chovie one tine afternoon and found oland sir ap peaking 11 to me ile 11 want ed il me to go around to to firk f irk jaap there and end then in ft lock at end and es e hie file aralue of A hit thit ind I 1 ad hen offered to him blin I 1 found sir saimie oat and lady albeke la in library arl aej they had with thern a stranger n hose its I 1 it sath kh the of ateo lu JU the newspapers I 1 particularly bettien 1 ber the tile cast in the left eje eye 11 lie 6 was not cot Intro introduced dured to rile by naine name II 11 appear appears flint the stronger st na a one who nas as interested in diamond lo 10 a large way had heard of bir samuel and his wife AS a possible buyers and as willing to sell them thein something cf of very special value to vill it a remarkable pair of blue diamonds of which lie hod bad one in his ills pocket it was we this that flint I 1 wu wits allied to sephe told me it an waa one of a it pair the other was wits equally one ile further aid said that he lie had hail been la in the diamond trade for or some leara la in africa had now retired and find this be his last deal what mat the doekes anted to get at was what were the two dia dim monds worth the would be it vendor and find myself had a good deal of talk about the matter lie ile was very fair and find reasonable and he and I 1 eventually came to a decision as to a proper price for the pair and what might that bel asked crole eagerly uell answered Fro bealus we agreed that a fair price would be a hundred and antly thousand crole let out an of astonishment one hendred and still thoa thou and pounds ifor for a couple of dia monder be he eald said whew ithac a bit except exceptional lonaL ISO t too you have to bear in mind that the diamonds are an Frobe frobenius the turn sum we w agreed ap eed upon was wa a not en tin extravagant one and what happe happened nedr asked May Ilat thome thorne was the deal car ried out outa that I 1 do dt opt know replied frobenius 1 I 1 perceived that after having agreed with the seller ai is to what would bet fl alts a 1 trice my part was wits played and ancl left e 1 the seller and buyer talking the matter over yon you ve heard nothing sincer 1 lo 10 quiren crole nothing I 1 een seen sir samuel boeke nor lady I ady boeke since that afternoon eald bald the jew cler eler and of coarse course I 1 seen the blue diamond man marl rat nut I 1 fee feel sure that flint he was the man who li Is referred ferreI re to in the newspaper newspapers Is macaroff Mai Maza aroff 1 I dont think there theres roach much doubt about that assented crole well now wed better get in with these I 1 beke people he con tinned glancing at me and maj stay thorne park asne 1 twi mr Frobe rilus save gave us the exact eddres of sir sanuel beke l ard left cs crole and 1 I as its if it hy by common impulse looked looted at our con com portion beur said paid crote thorne thome witling Mav Ilar thome lorlee up from a put pat tern which he was mechanically callY tracing on in the fah tahe cloth aly only one thin thins to atiat at paig ent he odid did Ini aroff tell hote thoice diamond in sir samuel ike if it re le ell pol crole then in that lint cate ArmIn trader ot them 11 rot my I 1 opinion ani lie file job jah III be to firme tha lint t he easl 1 here h we xe we cot c the slight et clew to to what we ire want to 40 fit he ond melon met on that first day A arr 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