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Apply Loesl Agent, or THE no RI tr Ge Ey LS =: OF HEADQUARTERS : : "BY MARGIN DARDER moins in Catia 4 the a Torontor + : wi ea ---------------------------- That the "fine géntlefan™ who gave the commission to old Martin was Bruton Sands f¥ankly astonished him. Britz had followed every line of facts leading to or from the mil lionaire with fhe fidelity that he be stowed on every potential clew In the entire case, but he had done so per: functorily--never with the sfightest suspicion that the trail of guilt would lend to Sands. Britz even yet was not prepared to say to himself, with whom he was always punctilfously candid, just who it was he did sus pect, The possibliittes, as he had seen them before his visit to the is Jand, were batween the East and the est. The theft might be the work of an Occidental or an Oriental. If the thief was a Man of the forme# race it might be éither Blodgett or Griswold, for, in [his analytical con sideration of thie case, the Headquar: ters man had eliminated Sands al most as quickly ds he had Elinor Hol comb. If an Easterner stole the gems it could Be none other than Mrs. Mis sioner's Indian servant, Ali, unless and Britz did some pretty deep think: ing on this point--the crime was done by another East Indian, also in the employ of the mysterious Brahmin priest. Up to that afternoon the issue had seemed squarely joined. Gris, wold or BIodgétt on ole haud, All or a compatriot on fhe other--brown man or white, son of yesterday, or | heir of to-morfow. | But that card! Sands card! | Against, the background of the éla¢' | trie signe beginning to gleam in the ! Great White Way ahead of him, Britz | daw, as if stippled on the twilight sky, | that incrimimstiig inscription, "Mr. | Bruxton Sands." Lieutenant Britz admitted that that "pimple line on the little white card apparently snapped in.twain the long chain of facts be had linked together with so much skill and patience, If | Sands got Martin to make the false Mabaranee digmond why did he do 80? Why should he have dome 80, unless with the idea of substituting it for the real diamond? Was there a compact between Sands and Gris wold? Did the clubmman make the sketches only to have the millionaire give them to the artfsan with the or- der for the manufacture of a fraudu- ! lent gem? How could there well be a, league bteween rien as antipodally | dissimilar as these two--Sands and Griswold? What motive could there haye been to despoll the widow whom both wished "to werrr? It seemed impossible that 'a man of the sub stantial worth of Bruxton Sands could entertain a dishonest thought. It | stemmed equally as unlikely that Gris wold would waste time in so perilous & hazdrd. "Object matrimony," was the key note to all Griswold's pursuit of the widow. Britz did not belteve the clubman wag in love with her in the right sense and, cautious though he | was about attributing motives, he' i could not credit Griswold with dis interested impulses. Open though his mind was to the reception of in controvertible facts, he was unwilling to arraigh Sands as either a hypocrite or a thief. "The very word thief seem ed incongruous in eonnection with the millionaire, no matter how large the prize. Sands Might not he ahle to buy as meny siones like the Mahara- pee diamond as the wealthy widow, for where Lc gousted his fortune in seven figures she could ceunl hers in eight or nine. Nor was there the nth quantity---the possibility that Sands . had stolen the Jewel in the collector's lust af possession. Sands was noi a collector: not! at any rate, in the sense of being a faddist, to =a noth ing of a monomaniac. Every dewil in. the wmillionaire's sulta in the Sf. Baranbas and of kis | private room in the Bowling Green office was known te Britz even more minutely than to the owner. That had been among the early activities of the sleuth in connection with the case. He was able to assure himself, therefore, that no matter how much Sands might admire the Maharane i diamond, especially wren it encircled | the white throat of + wealthy wi | dow, it would Be nonsensi al to sup- pose this admifration could « ty covetousness. Clearly, Britz in some sort of blind alley. He was nol, however, prepared to retire from & culdeséc without convincing hintself that there was no outlet save that by which he liad entered. For that rea gon he was bending his steps toward Sands' apartment in Quest of an ex, plavation rather than of evidence. As the two men left their offices al: most to the minute, Britz, mARY blocks ahead of Sands, had arfiveds at the St, Baranbas before the 'mil- liopaire turned the Grace Church behd in Broadway. Sands's man, when the detective announced he was theré for: an important talk with the millionalte, admitted Britz readily to Sanlis's suite. ; Britz, sitting in a great leather arim- | chair in an attitude of sybaritic ease, chose a pantela from his pocket case, and then, with his eves fixed oh the cefling dnd ais hands. clasped at the back of his neck, he gave himself up to as many moments of uninterrui ted thonght as the nonwarrival of the un. conscious host would permit. He hae reached a point in his 'meditat that for an instant Seemed to a wav (or an explanation, for which he had come 20 sed Sands, when a faint rustling in the adjoining room reached hie acute ear. He did move by the breadta of a hair. Ee emcee portieres of Moorish leather gave passge to his glance. He saws In the next instant, rapidly and noise- lessly, he had slid out of the armchair until he was on his knees on the rig behind the shieltér of a library table piled high with Books, "Thc by inch, soundiemsly, Brits lifted one knee un- | til he was close to the poriidres, Britz was too good a sleuth to make the mistake of looking between the por tidres to. get a glimpke of the inner room, It was no part of his program- me {0 be seen by Sands's other visi tor, or yisitors.. He felt justified in giving way to his curiosity because it might be as much to the million- alre's .interesis. as to . kis own--to say nothing 'of Mrs. Missioner's. apd that of the public. In fact, the Head- quarters man did not wasfe much time in such reflections. He wanted to see and hear what was going on. and | he took the rendiest means of doing #0. Instend of risking the danger of being seen by peeping between the parting in th portidres, he pierced with hfs dear! pin a tiny hole in the fedther curtain behind which he stood, and applying one eye closely, he could wee the whole inuer room, It was this miilondire's bedroom, and fie cofimanded everything except the e ii which Was set the window wheie Hie had glimpsed the shadow. A slightly more ylgorous twist or two of the pli enlarged the microscopical aperture so that he could see even that detsll of the interior. Britz al- most grusted with satisfaction at what he witnessed in the next few minutes. The shadow man still was at the window, fluttering, flitting. to and fro; rising and falling. It crouch- ed outside the window in such a way a8 showed Brite it was on a fire es- «<ape, or » balcony of sonte sort. Thé 'rustling sound incrénsed, and it was followed by a faint "cheep," like a 8 's call. A second shadow 'fluttered ffom wu polut above the win- dow apd melted Into the outiines of the first. Then came a slightly rasp- ing sound, and the lower sash, Britz Noticed, trembled. By wellnigh im- perceptible degrees the sash was lif- ted.. The naxt instant two men noite- Jesaly loweréd themselves to the floor and glanced hasitly about the room. Reassured by the swift look they tip toed along the wails from right to Jeft: one of them stopped at the chif- forler, the othér continued his little | journey of investigation umtil he ar rived at the portires. Then it was that Britz beéld his breath. He hed it for seconds that seemed tedious as hours, while the nearer of the strange visitors, separated from him phly By the thickiess of the leather, pred through fhe parting between tha curtains into the library where the detective atood. Britz had not obtained a good view of thé intruder's face, for it was half hidden by & loose fold of the turban upon his head that indicated the stranger's nationality. Britz's eyes till were fixed at the hole, and by that time the stranger was out of his line «of vision, Had such not been the case, it is.possible that even the imperturbeble Britz would have mov od ut least to the exicnt of a Sv reach to a side pocket his coat For it was about ance 1 where, save gallows. i bloodthir degree = face had nearer seen Ll who shr shelter leather. a leisurely Oriental returnc the inner room and rejoin panion. Hardly air seep he had indulged in the luxury take breath, when became interésted spectator in the gentleman ly art of reareh a entleman's room The Ceéntral Office man was no Vidoeqg is doubtful if he had even read Poe's story of "The Missing Lett and had he is by po means certain he vould have adapted the methods of the French police to melropolitan (o'ective work. Nevertheless, lie hind flattered himself that be usually made a pretty thor Lough search. {or anything be wanted; but whit lie saw thtough that tiny pin hole in the leather portiere showed him that he wads the veriest tyro in that sort of thing. The two visitors wen. through the millionaire's furni- ture and other possessions with a minuteness that would have made a fine-icothed comb look like a garden rake. There conld not have.remained apything--any nook or comer, | any weabk or orevice, not anything larger than & bacillus Which they. happened to eovet, Ian article no bigger than a pinhead "ad been the object of their their untiring serutiny would Ave 'brought i to Hght. Yet so deft- ty hud they searched that, granting them a minute's respite, they could Bate 1éft the room with-out any traces of thelr activity. Their search seemed fruitless until they actived, at a desk under a hang Ang Incandescent. lamp, at which Brits assumed Sands was in the habit of . woiting: his mere personal letters. From. one of the pigeon-holes, one of the intruders drew something that etavkled slightly as. the man sinfied it inte.the folds of his tunic. From a neighboring compartment of the desk, the second stranger drew another find, p n I a counten as on of But PT and, alter {sr, the ther end of Britz Legun to let th lungs, and before of 2n in had of his of he r done so, i same way. With lightning rapidity they went throngh every part of the In hit sams instant Brita felt rather than %eard a fecistep belingd' tim, and, jerkiff 8 glance over hie shouldurs, saw Sands advancing wpott Jim '@ngrily. With a quick aplift 'his band, d for Him to look through ole in fie leather. Sands Bent , Wid then giznced wondering) | pt © did not check his regular i knowing full well that a sudden. $i fence Is as often an effectiy, ig a sade noise. Pa das | be his head, the so : ~ uiry to BR 1] to ite. 'atiother tion ¥ his coat packet, he slipped inte shadow flutter at a far window and} which he in turk hestily hid in the) { e chumaires pm. He ruiscd a face of | He was gesture | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. p window. His hand thrust Itseir y opening in the portieres with a 1 stride, and, leveling an auto matic pistol thai looked more like a block of steel than anythifig else, he cried: "Hands up!" «The men did not turn; instead, they leaped for the window, followed by Britz and Sands. Quick as they were they were not quick enough for the Heéadguarters man. Launching his wiry form as a tiger springs, pistol in hand, hurled . himself between the foremost Indien and the open window ed seized him' in his stront grasp Sands, almost &8 rapid in hiz move ments in spite of his bulk, flung a pow erfui arm about the throat of the other intruder, and with his other hand closed the window with a crash, Britz 'and Sands dragged their pri goners to the otler side of the room and forced them dowm upon a couch Then the sleuth, slipping bis. pisto' 'back into his pocket, seized the In dian Sands was holding by the throat and, more as an order than as a re guest, asked the millionaire to bind the captives. "I think 1 recognize you, my dear young friends," he said. 'You are two of tlie dark jugglers who had fun with fe in Central Park dud Riverside Dive last evening. I think it's about tine for me to return the compliment with a merry little jest of. my own." Turning his head to the millionaire, He sald again: "If you have any tilk handkerchiefs to spire, Mr. Saods, use them as handcuffs, These gentle: men are accustomed. to silk, and I would not like to use anything cheap- er on them than they used on me. 1 suppose if we trussed them up with eotton or hemp, they'd die of mortifi- eation." The 'detective's sdreasm was. lost on Sands until he thought te recount fh a féw brief words his abduction ip the park and the struggle for life that had followed it. It was evident that, fn spite of the détective's coolness, he had some feeling ofi the subject. fn fact, his manner toward the now cowering Hindoos was more or less revengeful. Sands fell in with the pumor of the situation, and in a few minutes the Easterners were bound with silk handkerchiefs as soft, vet strong, as any scarf they could have produced in the bazaars of Calcutta or Cawnpore. When the task was dome, and it wes done pretty neatly, Britz relaxed his hold on the half struggling men's throats and pushed them against the back of the sofa un til they hail sat, balt lay there, head | to head. Then he stepped back, rest ed his hands on his hips, and eyed them mockingly. "You are not very clever," he said, "but anyway , you're a fine-looking body of men. What do you think of yourselves, anyhow? Think you'll cut out this 'second-story' game? Or will you content yourselves with the safer occupation of dips? . My private advice to you is to try hemncoops for a while. Cut out the big circuit, and go and get a reputation.' ' How much of hls biting irony, if any, the Orientals understood they did not indicate. They only gazed at him in damb migery, evidently in expecta- tion of an ignoble end. They followed Britz with their joint gaze as he paced up and down the room, both pitifully watchful and manifestly most whole somely afraid. "You saw part of what these chaps were doing, Mr, Sands," 'said Britz "but what you saw was only the last of it. I want to tell you the way they went through this room was amazing 1 hope you didn't lose many valua- bles." Sands, In his slow way, assured the detective that It was not likely the searchers had found anything he would miss very greatly; but the Headquarters man was not satisfied. The mystery of the proceedings, he was inclined to think, did not begin and end with the Orieintals. It was possible, of course, they had searched Sands's room simply as & matter of} routine in the same way that at the! first. opportunity they probably would | search the home of everyone who! might be connected in any way witk the Missioner jewel robbery. Yet | something stirred uneasily in Britz's } mind as he reflected on the possibility that the coming of the Orientals held | a deeper significance. What if they had reason to believe they would surely find what they sought in that room? If Sands: did not know thére was justification for the search, why did he take it so calmly? It.did not seem natural for a nian to keéep his teper whost apartments had been in vaded so thoroughly. If the million- dire had expressed any indignation he, Britz, would have. felt betier satis- fled. Besides, what. was it the Hin- doos had taken .from Sands's desk? Sands had not seen them take any- thing, as they were ending their search when he got the first glimpse of them. Britz watched Sands close: ly to see if the -millionaire"s eves would turn anxiousiy toward that part of his furniture, He almost started when the first mbye Sands made, af- ter finishing his task of binding the prisoners, was to sautifer with a care less air #eross the room and. in pass ing. glance swiftly 'and questioningly into the pigeon-Holes 'whence the thieves had abétractéd the mysteri ous articles that so artivély ehiaged Brftz's alwars active curiosity. "It's about up to us tH db a little FetRreliing row, isn't it?" asked Britz, These bright, volig men have had 'thelr finings, and I Deligve it's cur oe at bat. WHat do vou say, Mr. nds 7", Sends said nothing. He fodded his bend in askent, however und Britz be- ghn a search of the Orientals fully 'ag exhaustive ns that (hey Had per ta ht Sn Ss Sn iy uést, "Yolup- . ar fan a : n each eXplored rh ftient with t t be expected stomed to that sort of {To be Continued.) [Ry Henry Newbolt. ought welcome relief. iP a EXTRAORDINARY MODESTY. Big And Little Successes All Alike to Official Russia. St. Petersburg, Aug. 25.<It is of- ficially ~ announced that the Russian fotves are advancing on . 8 broad front in Prussia and Galicia. The Germans, it is reported, are retreat: ing towards Koenigshetg. In Fastern Galicia the Russians apparently have advanced to a distance of about twenty-five miles beyond the from- tier. y The 'position in Poland is that while several town® in the west have been occupied by small German de tachments, Warsaw, in which several government offices were temporarily closed a fortnight age, is mow liv- ing a vigorous _ life and is officially declared to be absolutely ont of dan- ger. Kutno, which was occupied by the Germans, is now re-occupied by the Russians. An Austrian force from Cracow, in Kielce, was easily lsed by Cos sacks, and the Austrians were driven back to the frontier. The = general staff is modest in its reports and ra- ther under-estimatés' than over-em- phasizes, Russia's success. It is ex- traordinarily sparing. in adjectives and records sma gements and big battles with almost equal absence of any emotional coloring. The military considerntiops , which * dictate this méthod of communicating information arel undoubtedly of worth and the ef- fect is to prevent any undue relation of nadue t any particular moment of the long la struggle. One result is that the general' public are only. now gratlually waking up to the fact that the Russian ariny won a striking . victory at Interburg and that the Germans are in full, re- treat. a Russian people as a war for an ideal, liberation from everything that Ger- man militerism tyranny las meant for Russian and Europe. It has had a purifying effest and as aroused throughout the empire an unexamp- led spirit of devotion. The ordinary romance of war is absent. Not a regiment, not an offi- cer, not a soldier, is mentioned in the reports. The public bears only a vague echo of deeds of extraordin- ary heroism. The number of guns captured from the enemy, the nums ber of prisoners and the probable extent of the enemies' losses seem to be regarded as trifles not worth mentioning in the official report. Nothing could better illustrate the intense concentration of the general staff on the work in hand and its firm determination to win. Wound- ed officers who have just arrived from East Prussian give a few pic- turesque details of the fighting. The Germany artillery, they say, is good; but the Germans cannot endure cold steel. The spirit animating Russian soldiers ig entirely different from that shown in the Japanese war: The officers have to restrain them from rushing prematurely to the at- tack, The Jewish soldiers, I am told, display great courage. The German prisoners were terror stricken when they surrendered, as they had heen led to expect brutal treatment at the hapds of the Rus- sidans, After a few Hours, however they expressed amazement of Russi- an kindness. The attitude of the Russian soldiers to the Germans is slightly contemptuous, but of good humor noticed instances of German atroci- ties but were surprised at the guick- ness with which the Germans took flight. All the wounded officers and men are anxious to return to the front. Drink shops throughout the entire empire have been closed since mobi- }ization began 'and Russia is now sober than the state of Maine. The effect of the measure has been go good that it is proposed, despite the cessation of the big revenue from the brandy monopoly, to con- tinue its operation for another three months and possibly unti} the close of the war. HYMN In The Time Of War And Tummults. 0 Tord Almighty, Thou whose hands Despair and victory give; In' whom, though tyrants tread their lands, The souls of nations live; Thou wilt not turn Thy face a From those who work Thy will, But send Thy peace on hearts that pray, And guard Thy people still, Rémember not the days of shame, I'he hands with rapine dyed, the wavering will, the baser aim, The brute material pride; Remember, Lord, the years of faith, The spirits humbly brave, Iie strength that died defying death, The love that loved the slave; The race that strove to rule Thine earth With equal laws unbought; Who bore for Truth the birth, And brake the bonds of Thought, pangs of Ramember how, ince time began, suy dark eternal mine Through lives of men that fear man Is light for all mankind. not Thou wilt not turn Thy face away From those who work Thy will, Jut sebd Thy strength on hearts tines. pray : For strength io serve Thee still. 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