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I hearty, with snap and style, weighing CHAPTER XL The remainder of that ride was plorified, and it ended all too soon. Mentally I anathemized Struber and the engagement that was dragging me to him so sorely against my will. But there was no help for it now. We paused long enough at a Spring Street jeweller's for me to see one of the witnesses I had in mind, and it being only a few steps to the Citrus Exchange Bank, I dismissed the taxi. Struber was waiting for me in front of the bank. He observed Miss Fox's presence with some surprise, and toss- ! ed a remnant of frowsy cigar into the gutter. 1 vouchsafed no explanation, merely remarking, "One of my wit- nesses;" which, I could see, caused Miss Fox to wonder in turn, for neither had I confided to her anything concerning our errand. "We might as well go inside and see Mr. Hall," I added, naming the bank's president. "I am expecting someone else along presently; we'll have to wait a while." j "H'm â€" Mr. Hall," Struber mused, j wrinkling his twisted nose. He glanc- ed again at Miss Fox, then winked ; pense; but when the enormous dia- mond was at last disclosed in all its brilliant splendor a slow intaking of breath was distinctly audible among the little group, and next instant it was as if each spectator were hypno- tized. Aartsen broke the enchantment. He growled an unintelligible Dutch oath and snatched up the gem from the table. For a moment his hands trembled with excitement; but he quickly con- trolled himself. Then turning it slowly over and over, and subjecting each separate facet to a long, intent scrutiny, he examined the diamond leisurely. As it revolved in his fin- gers it gleamed and glittered and shot rainbow flashes, like a fragment of concentrated sunlight breaking up into its primary colors, the colors blending and changing, running to- gether and separating again and forming every conceivable hue, all with a swiftness that dazzled and con- fused. Struber offered the first comment. "Phoney?" he asked in a matter- of-fact tone. Aartsen glared at him and snorted solemnly at me. "When it comes to ; his disgust, not deigning a reply. But picking witnesses," he commented, Struber was in nowise abashed. He "you're sure some picker Mr. Hall stared inquiringly at the detective, whom he seemed to know; but nevertheless he greeted us af- fably and conducted us inside the railing surrounding his private desk. Before I could offer a word to ac- added "Must be the real thing, then." Nobody heeded the detective now, however. Aartsen was once more staring at the diamond, weighing it in his hand, cupping the other hand around it and rocking it to and fro count for our intrusion, the gentle- ! while he inspected it from every pos man for whom I was waiting arrived. ; gible angle. He was a Mr. Johannes Aartsen, dia- j "By Jove!" he said at last, scowl- mond buyer for the jewellers where I ing at me. "And you mean to say had called on the way, an authority this game to you through the mail?" When the active working season on ! from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds' each, for °" «" »°';;^s of precious stones and | I had already produced the brown ♦k« * ,7 •.,•..,,,*;,= .,o:_ tf/inn -i i ..j ;„-_„ regarded 88 one of the foremost dia- paper wrappmg, to which still ad- the farm will have a little let-up, the ; the pair $400 can easily be had in any ^^„j ^^ j^ ^^^ United States. ' hered the stamps and the portion of farmer can have a moment to spare ^ of the big markets. | He was a' short, stout, elderly Hoi to ascertain of what value his brood ; These are not fanciful figures, but ; lander, with a scrub of grizzled mus mares have been. are based upon actual experience of j tache and wearing glasses whose my business card that had served as the address. Struber was examining this as closely as Aartsen had the He will remember, in the first place : every-day farmers of breeding, rais- i lenses minified his eyes to half «ieir diamond that they have ,.ch given birth^his ^ ing and selling colts. | ^^^^ Ta^ddr^/s^ed tkfbtklr^ ""'^ ed t^o^^sWVfit'ir wal^t '^t â- eason and have raised to weaning age Every fanner should, if possible, ..Now then, Mr. Hall, I want first gistered. The cancelling mark, you a nice promising colt that bids fair keep one or more good brood mares; to get a package from my safe-deposit can see for yourselves, is too smear- to develop into a good saleable horse not broken winded, worn out, city ' box, then if it is convenient I would ed to give us any information. Were later on. hacks, but sound, well-shaped, well- 1 like for all of us to retire to the di- it not for the fact that the border These youngsters are increasing in bred animals that possess individual rectors' room. I shall not detain you trimmed from my cardâ€" the label on value and as they are yearlings now merit, and whose progeny will »el^ ?,?f ^ Xr.W ""i^vnlv^"^ 'rI!Xr"'n? *>* wrapp,nK--had been found in the .,, u 1 i 1 ^t. • !• • ^ ji u iu J 1 _ i„_â„¢ 1 this gathering involves a matter of city, it would be impossible to deter- will help to make their living next readily when the dealer comes alonR- 1 e„nsiderable consequence, one that I mine where the parcel was mailed." There's a Subtle Charm about the delicious flavour of !! BI06 This flavour is unique and never found in cheap, ordinary teas. Let us mail you a sample. Black, Mixed or Green. "Besides, something has been in the bapers of late that set me to go- ing back into the pas1>â€" back to when I was a very young man in Amster- dam, envied by my confreres because ^ was accounted the most skilled workman in the employ of Jakob and Everard Opzoomer; which is the same as saying my workmanship was approved by the foremost lapidaries in the world. "By and by I remembered. Everard Opzoomer himself game to my room late one wild, stormy night, and woke me up. 'Ged up and dress and gome with me,' he said. Nothing like that had efer happened before. I asked no guestions; I obeyed. "We walked silent through the roar- ing wind and the dark, sloppy streets until we game to his house. He led the way to a room at the rear, a room I had nefer before seen; and though it was past midnight, there sat his brother Jakob and two foreign- looking young men â€" English, I thought, though I knew little enough English then. One stared at me fiercely ^ . â-  * » i i i, .# ...„..» and said nothing; the other, a big, : e^'^at^d by a total lack of sous good-natured fellow, laughed much i and » ^ig deficit in wme. The ab- and joked with Jakob who knew some sence of small change is attributed to English. I the German raid on all forms of cop- ""These two young men brought per, and this, too, falls on JofTre, who this diamond, uncut. I remember how \ ought to have been able to prevent my jaw dropped when the fierce-eyed, it_ po, the shortage of the vintage silent young fellow shook it out of a j,f 19^5 ^^^^ jg the more logical rea- funny-looking little ivory box onto a : j mildew JOFFRE'S PEOPLE AGGRIEVED. Native Village Thinks Coromandei Has Deserted Them. Rivesaltes, France, the town that gave birth to the Commander-in-Chiel of the French armies, is pouting. TTw blinds of Joffre's house have been closed more than a year and the pa- tient woodpecker has had to pierce them in so many places they look aa if a a machine-gun had been operat- ing there. The villagers no longer point the place out to visitors. All because Joffre has not taken the time to go home to receive the address of feUcitations of his neighbors and the present bought for him by popular subscriptions. The General-in-Chiel is for the moment blacklisted and will have to exercise some of his finest strategy after the war to lift the pen- alty of his neglect. The ill-humor of Rivesaltes is ag- season as two year olds. The brood mares have also done much farm and road work. Probably I make a mistake in cred- ' iting each mare with a colt every year; so it is safer to say that count- ing for accidents a mare should aver- age two colts every three years. It would be rather a hard matter to say just what product she will give her owner each year of her work- ing and breeding life. So much de velvet pad; for I had nefer seen such a diamond. "I was given instructions to weigh and measure and cut the stone so as to get the most perfect finished gem possible. It took many weeks, that job. And one or the other of the two young fellows was always pre- sent, watching, until it was returned to them. "It was so. Turn and turn about, they kept guard over their wonderful diamond. And when I was through the big, jolly fellow gave me five gold ten-florin pieces for myself. 'Diey Any breeder of experience knows would like to keep as private as pos- , "Incredible!" exclaimed Mr. Hall, I paid Jakob Opzoomer, took their pre- well that almost as much depends on ! sible. I desire each of you to bear whose every business instinct patently ! cious diamond from him, and went the brood-mare as on the stallion in j witness to a statament I shall make, was outraged. "You say there has the raising of any breed of good â-  and to something I have to show been no letter of advice?" horses you." "No sir," I assured him; "nothing X, ' i» 1 1 .L â-  » _ n There were no objections to my pro- whatever." Many colts take their conformation *', ;„ - „. „,, ,.,„,„ _„,♦,, -,,_;„„_ "'"»<^»«^'- , ,, , ,, . , i. • .V â-  11 * „!j'°sa'; in fact, all were pretty curious Once more I addressed myself to from their mother, especially from (^y ^^is time; and while Mr. Hall led the expert: "There seems to bo no For instance. If I (he others toward the rear, I made question of the gem's genuineness. away to wherefer it was they game from â€" nopody efer heard where it was. "That Is all I efer knew â€" egeept the name of the fierce-eyed fellow, who wasn't fierce by nature. It was that name in the newsbapers that set their shoulders back. a mare has wide, ragged hips, her | haste to secure the diamond and re-|Mr. Aartsen; perhaps you can give me to remembering, till by and by it I colts are most liable to inherit this join them in the directors' room. I us an estimate of its probable value. ! all game back. tendency. Many colts also inherit] When I laid the crumpled ball of I don't ask you to be exact; simply ai "Whatefer begame of them or their their dispositions from th > dams. 1 yellow tissue-pajjcr upon the poli^sh- rough appraisal will suffice, enough diamond I nefer heard, either. I often 'wondered. I know I nefer before or since did more careful work â€" " Struber sharply interrupted. The pend.s on her quality and especially! Brood-mares should be sound, of , «' table top, of those present Mr. ; to impress upon ua the imporUnce of ., !,„.. „„„„.ff„ „' „ „.„» »>,»oH»r ; r,„i»f ,iior^„=;»i„„ .f,^„.,i„ i.„iif „n,i Aartsen alone, I fancied, guessed the this matter." upon her capacity as a sure breeder \ quiet disposition, strongly built, and and likewi.se as a good mother. j they should be well cared for. Mares, like cows, differ greatly in I It is a severe loss to the farmer who their flow of milk and many times a pays $25 stud fee, loses two or three ! directors' chairs, I caught a gleam of protest medium-sized animal with heavy milk- months' work of his mare, and then ! comprehension behind the Dutchman's â-  "Value!" flow capacity will raise a bigger and ! loses a colt at birth or afterward, and thick-lensed glasses. He said noth- \ through his better colt than a much larger ani mal whose milk flow is insufficient, farmer of experience is well aware of these facts and one will often be sur- prised to see farmers keep breeding marcs that to the uninitiated appear to be indifferent specimens. Say that a farmer has bought a mare in January for $150. She is five years old and he breeds her in March. The stud fee is $25, but the money is not due unless the mare proves to be in foal. The colt has cost $25 at birth and at weaning time, four months later, he should be worth, if a good indi- vidual and a good grade, say $40. By next spring he should b3 worth $75 and at two years old should bring $100 to $125. Now he can be put to work. From then until he is four years old he should earn his feed â€" say $75 a year â€" and give a profit of $25 per year, although $60 would be nearer the mark. j all from neglect of some sort. The mare can be worked up to nature of its contents. As Mr. Hall j Before I had finished the Dutch- closed and made fast the door, and ! man was uttering queer guttural we seated ourselves in five of the noises and waving a hand in at.gry he growled, puffing wiry mustache. "Tell instant it became apparent that it was a name recently seen in the news- There is less song and laughter iv all the towns of the south, for the Midi has found something In the war that it is bound to take seriously. All Perpignan salutes gravely when the Belgian band, recruited from the re- fugees of Flanders, marches by play- ing the "Brabanconne," but the bois- terous cheers of other days are ab- sent. Every day the Place de la Loge is crowded in front of the bulletin board of the Sporting Club, where is posted the latest news from the cham- pion football players of France, with friends anxious to see what name has been added to the already long list of those who had fallen on the field of battle. Toulouse Is quite as grave as Per- pignan, though more busy making powder, cartridges and bombs. Toulouse is interesting also for the mystery that surrounds one of the old brick mansions where Bachelier carved coats of arms in 1535. With j fixed bayonets, night and day, the I Territorials defend the entrance to ! this house. The rumor was current I in the early fall last year that the Bank of France had transferred its When the bank me, how can anybody value a peauti- seven- , ful diamond like this in dollars and ing, however. "A week ago to-day, the ^^,^..- . The practical horse breeder and the i week or two before the colt is drop- **"«"^^-''J ''^»^?";v!'* """m" P»r"l "^"""^ â-  J^nts I It is foolishnessâ€" nonsense. r.^A T.. /„..* .Uo i„ K„ff„> „«r *.., ♦!,<. to me through the mail, delivered at If I say one hundred thousand dol- ped. In fact, she is better off for the ^^ ^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ afternoon de- lars-a hundred and fifty thousand- regular exercise, but she .should be u^.^^y^ ,,y ^he postman on his regular ' maybe the first customer offer you handled by a careful man, who will round. 1 was not expecting any such ' two hundred thousandâ€" maybe more, ' nized his authority to ask questions, not excite her, and she should have a j parcel. There was nothing either in- , before somebody else ged it. It is of roomy box stall for her sleeping quar- ' side or outside of it to afford me the | little gonsequence. Not many men tcrs. least hint or clue pointing to the can buy a diamond like this." Although many may disagree with , sender's identity, or vhy such an ob- 1 His next words fairly lifted us out ject should have beei entrusted to of our chairs. Even Struber jerked me. There was^nothing, in short,^to ] up his head in amazement and bent ,.1 ii .!.._ ijpjjjj the speaker a look that was breathless in its intcntness. papers that had refreshed Aartsen's ' memory, the detective had become gold reserves there. alert, watching for a chance to break ; returned to Paris, however, the Ter- in. Now he could contain himself no ; ritorials continued their guard. Their me, I am firmly convinced from near- ly 30 years' experience on breeding ^^^^^^^ ^^^ j ^^^^^ j^ ^^^^ ^j^^j^ farms, that it is a risky business pur- ^^ knowledge at this moment upon chasing aged mares, who have spent which I can build a theory as to the best years of their life doing work ] why it should have been sent at all; "What is of gonsequence â€" I know this diamond. Eighteen â€" twenty in the cities, and trying to make brood and though I have been hoping that ' years ago â€" I have the regord some mares of them. Even if they are only eight or ten years old, it is an expensive experi- ment. The reason is obvious. In the first place when a mare has arrived at that age, and has never had a colt, her chances of getting in foal are lessened each year, the past week would produce some en- j where â€" it was cut under my super- lightenmcnt, right now I am as much I vision in Amsterdam." in the dark respecting the sender's | We stared at him, dumfounded. identity, or his motive, as I was at Presently I found voice to cry: "Man, how can you be so positive?" longer. i mission is still a mystery to the pub- "What was the fella's name?" he ji^ in general, but the initiated assert demanded impetuously. | confidentially that Leonard de Vinci's It was clear that tJie Dutchman did , ..jionna Lisa," removed from the not approve of Struber, but he recog- , ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ threatened Pa- nlbeit with a show of spleen: i «•«• >3 in safekeeping there in an in- "The same as that scoundrel's you violable steel case. bolice couldn't catch," he said, thump- ing the tableâ€" Willets!" (To be continued.) the moment of receiving the parcel. I can not declare with assurance that the sensational burglary of my office, with its attendant fatality, is to be Aartsen shrugged his shoulders, "It is my pisiness to know â€" to be positif. I could identify all the world's ascribed to my possession of what famous diamond.^, if you pring them a reasonable proportion of these mares have slunked their colts, and At four years of age he should be for this reason they have been sent worth $200, judging from the way from the farms and sold in the cities. well-bred, well-broken and well-kept horses are now selling. We will say that a breeder is lucky enough to have raised a pair of four- years-olds, sound, good Furthermore, it is safe to say that ' this small pocket contains; at best I to me one at a time; I know them all, can only surmise." ! just like you know your law books." Hy thi.s time all eyes were focussed ! He contemplated the brilliant fond- upon the ball of paper. Miss Fox's jy as he pursued eyes were shining and I could glimpse ' her white, even teeth between her slightly parted lips. She caught my Her Achievement. "Now you've achieved something!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. "These are exactly like the cakes mother used to make. How did you do it?" "I'll give you the recipe," replied the wife coldly. "I used margarine instead of butter, eggs a week old, I put alum in the flour, and added plenty of water to the milk." -*- iWEPAY HIGHEST PRICES FOR RAW FURS FREE "H.lhun'i UtHin BiiMl" KntUih or Hinah. 04 |w<M t«li* nuw wi>l wh«a (a IrAp ibiiA othvr vftlOAl)!* Inform, lion tot th. (npiin ItW Fur W»Tw "t«t tiirtt Itrt" of V.«aiit'Vil fur ««U Ind tfat meuu.alnu "I[>MH| t%\ Itmmei'i i\th %mxt' Anla.1 a>Jt, riih Mat!, •«<, .t lowait K^ M t]leuta,alnu' â- â- ^ Itmmei'i III rrapa. Anla.1 a>Jt, riah Mata, < allllluatraUd. gankmtl idlrta*. where they can do excellent work, In choosing brood-mares, always buy young ones, say from three to five years old, then you should be lookers, 1 able to count on all of them getting in foal or certainly nearly every one, when, if you pick up a lot of second hand mares, of uncertain ago, your percentage of colts will be extremely uncertain. One good, sound young mare, bought from .some reliable farmer or breeder, is worth more for breeding purposes than half a dozen so-called bargains picked up in the city.â€" C.M.S. JOHMHAUAM.l'Jr^^'fSS^J^'a PRESIDENT SUSPENDER NONE so EASY What It Was. Willisâ€" The last time I was here you were puzzled over a peculiar mark which you found on the wall. Did you solve it? Gillisâ€" Yes. It is evidently the place where the rain coming in from the roof meets the water leaking up from the cellar. regard, and smiled Only Struber and Aartsen remain ed unmoved. Mr. llall made no pre tence of concealing his and he now asked: "Is it something of great value?" "Mr. Aartsen shall determine that," I replied; "after which I trust you shall approve the wisdom of my course in thus trespassing upon the time of you gentlemen. "A responsibility has been thrust upon me, the nature of which makes me feel that I am warranted in ask- ing someone to share it. I shall be in a better position to meet whatever complications may arise in the future, , should there be any question of own- ership; and if a proposal that I shall presently make meets with your ap- proval the trust can be more effect- ively safeguarded against possible fraudulent claims." Then 1 repeated, for I wanted to emphasize the fact: An Eye to Business. The Insolvent â€" Tell me, is crime to be poor? The Lawyer â€" Not in this "But this diamond, it is different, sir. The charge for my opinion Its history is hidden from the world. 1 the subject is five dollars. Pay It has no name. Nopody knows where clerk and go out quietly, it game from. From the day is last touched the fclt-whcel until now no- pody â€" I mean people like myself who impatience, keep track of such things â€" nopody knows where it has been. It disap- peared. It is a mystery." Whether or not Aartsen was other- wise mistaken about the gem, ho cer- tainly spoke only the truth when he characterized it a mystery. But there was no valid reason for doubting his assertion, however it might strain one's incredulity to accept the state- ment that he was able to identify the. stone as one he himself had cut a score or so of years previously. Looking back upon the scene later. it a state, on my Opposites. Madge â€" "So you consider it an ideal match?" Marjorie â€" "Yes; he has money and she knows how to spend it." In favorable circumstances Zeppe- lins have flown a distance of 1,000 miles. Cats for Food in Hungary. The Paris Figaro quotes the Buda- pest correspondent of the Frankfur- ter Zeitung as follows: "The official extent of land devoted to the cultiva- organ of the central Hungarian slaughter houses, states that in the Biharkenszteser district, where all the Italian residents of Hungary ar« interned, a great number of cats are killed and dressed daily. The demand has been such that the price of cats rose to a prohibitive figure, hence the local authorities stepped in and fixed the maximum price at three crowns the kilo." (About 25 cents a pound). The Safety-First Critic. "Brown is a very careful critic, isn't he?" "In what way?" "He always manages to take the sting out of his unfavorable com- ment." "For instance?" "His bride made him a shortcake the other day, and when she asked him how he Hked it he replied: 'It I isn't as good as your mother used to make.' " it occurred to me that Aartsen had far more cause to be overwhelmed with astonishment than had any of the rest of us. That he should have this particular diamond of all others shown him so unexpectedly, amid sur- roundings and conditions so impoa- I Bible to anticipate in imagination. Indemnity for One Crime. An indemnity of $60,000 has been paid by tha German Government, through its ambassador in Madrid, for the seven Spaniards shot at Licgo in August, 1914, says the Paris Fig- aro's correspondent at Hendaye, on the Spanish frontier* 'Once more let me assure you, one 1 constituted such an experience as sel and all, that I haven't the faintest dom comes to any man in a lifetime, idea who sent me this, or why it â-  Yet he bore himself with more re- should have been sent to me at all. I strainl than I did. "I may add, however, that perhaps j ' "Can you tell us," I asked at length, Mr. Struber has some such idea. There . "the circumstances under which it AN IDEAL TONIC are reasons for suspecting that the | matter i.s in line with certain investi- gations he is pursuing, but which I j am not at liberty to go into." I took up the package, and slipping off the criss-crossed rubber band be- gan to unfold the numerous layers of thin paper. The operation was fol- lowed with varying degrees of lus- ( was entrusted to you for cutting." "Something, yes," he confessed. "One doesn't forget a thing like that. Maybe one lapidary in a thousand will get to cut a diamond like thii^'diamond; hundred.^ work all their lives and see such diamonds only in collections; they are not blentiful, like fleas on a dog, Mr. Ferris. 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