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TeU m e w h a t you did, you d r e g ! "
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“ W hy." sta m m e re d th e frig h te n e d off. N ot a tra c e of su sp icio n on me—
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a s If th e o th e r 's f e a r » a s Justified .
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sta g g e re d to h is fe e t an d ca m e in to
th e c e n te r o f th e room .
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sta m m e re d th e o th e r.
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blo w n to m atch w o o d . O nly a s th e re
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in g him In silen ce.
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an d sh r t o f ta k in g th e desk to pieces, a w k w a rd .”
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n o o n e w ou ld b e n b le to find it. And
you took th e d e s k to p ieces, Z ad o w a, th e en d o f h is c ig a r Into th e g ra te .
"N o u se c ry in g o v er sp ilt m ilk, my
d id n 't y o u ? You b lew it to pieces.
Z ad o w a, d id n ’t y o u ? J u s t to kill th e denr. L e t's go to bed."
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le n d e r o f th is tru m p e ry gang. Z ad o w a,
ta b le w a tc h in g him th o u g h tfu lly .
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S te p hy s te p th e h u n ch b ack w a s re­
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q u ie tly . “ You w ere too w o rrie d o v er
him to a n a b r u p t sto p .
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y ou d e s tro y e d a fo rtu n e . W h a t h n v e o th e r s call him by n am e. H u g h , m on
a m i; H u g h —a n d a h u g e m an. A co­
y ou g o t to sa y ? "
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T h e m an g a v e a sh o rt lau g h .
ltic o th e r. “ H ow could I k n o w ? W hen
“ A v ery lo n g one, my d e a r. T oo
w ere th e y p u t th d re ? "
"I p u t th e m th e r e th is n fte rn o o n fo r long to b o th e r a b o u t."
" I t w ould h e a p ity If h e w ns d e a d ,"
sa fe ty .
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tlo n d id I d re a m th a t you w ould s tn r t sh e w en t on th o u g h tfu lly . "I w o uld
h a v e lik ed to gee my H u g h D rum m ond
th ro w in g bo m b s a b o u t th e p lace."
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“ If h e b u s b een killed . If y o u r s u p
sta m m e re d th e h u n ch b a c k h o p efu lly .
" In w h ich c ase th ey a r e now In th e p o sitio n la c o rre c t.” r e tu r n e d th e m an.
h a n d s o f th e police. You h a v e one “ It w ill d o so m e th in g to w a rd reco n ­
ch a n c e , Z ad o w a, a n d o nly one.
ft cilin g m e to th e lo ss of th e diam o n d s.
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h a n d s o f th e po lice. If th ey a r e a n d r ld e n ta lly he Is th e o nly side-show I
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"T h en , Z ad o w a. I am a f ra id you
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w ill s h a re th e ir f a ta .”
THOSE
C H A P T E R VII
DIAM ON DS
In W h ic h H u g h D ru m m o n J
M akes a Discovery
T h e p ro sp e c t In fro n t of C ou n t Zn
dow a a lia s Mr A tk in so n w as n o t «
v ery a llu r in g one. a n d th e m o re h r
th o u g h t a b o u t It th e le s s h e lik ed ft
E ith e r th e d ia m o n d s w ere blo w n tr
d u st, o r th e y w ere In ih e b u n d s o f th r
a u th o ritie s . In th e first ev en t h e had
th e R e v eren d T h e o d o siu s to reckon
w i t h ; lu th e seco n d th e police. Am!
(o r p re fe re n c e th e police won In a
c a n t« '.
H e w a s u n d e r no d elu sio n s, « u
th e h u n ch b ack . T h is m y ste rio u s m an
w h o sig n e d all h is c o m m u n icatio n s
by th e e n ig m a tic l e t t e r X. a n d whow«
re a l a p p e a ra n c e w as know n p ro b ab ly
on ly to th e g irl w ho w a s h is ro n u la n l
co m p an io n , so w o n d erfu l a n d v aried
w e re hla d isg u ises, w a s not a p erso n
w hom It p aid to h a v e any d elu sio n s
a b o u t. W ith a s h u d d e r C o u n t Z adow a
rem em b ere d th e f a te of c e rta in men
b e h a d kn o w n in th e p a s t, m en who
h a d been em p loy ed , ev en a s h e w as
now em ployed, on one o f th e In n u ­
m e ra b le sc h e m e s o f th e ir c h ie f. No
p ro je c t, fro m th e r e s to ra tio n o f a
m o n a rc h y to th e d o w n fall o f a b u s i­
n e s s com bine, w a s to o g re a t f o r th e
m a n w ho now called h im se lf th e R ev­
e re n d T h e o d o sia s L ougm oor. All Hint
m a tte re d w as th a t th e re sh o u ld he
m oney In IL *Vhy h e sh o u ld h e In­
te r e s tin g h im se lf in t h e s p re a d o f
C o m m u n ism In E n g la n d it w aa n o t fo r
C o u n t Z ad o w a to in q u ire , ev en th o u g h
h e w a s th e h e a d o f th a t p a r tic u la r
a c tiv ity .
P re su m a b ly h e w a s b eing
p a id f o r It hy o t h e r s ; it w as no b u si­
n e ss o f C o u n t Z ad o w a’s.
A nd a s he u n d re ss e d th a t n ig h t In
th e q u ie t h o tel in B lo o m sb u ry w h e re
h e liv ed th e h u n c h b a c k c u rse d b itte r ­
ly u n d e r h is b r e a th . I t w aa su c h a
c ru e l s tr o k e o f luck.
H e h ad a lre a d y decid ed th a t h is
o nly m eth o d la y In going d ow n to th e
office n ex t m o rn in g a s u su a l.
He
w ould find it, o f c o u rse . In th e p o ss e s­
sio n o f th e p olice, a n d w ou ld b e to ld
w h a t h a d h ap p en ed .
And th e n h e
w ou ld h a v e to t r u s t to lo ck to d is­
c o v e r w h a t h e could.
P u n c tu a lly a t h a lf-p a s t n in e th e
n e x t m o rn in g h e a r riv e d a t 5 G reen
s tr e e t.
As h e h a d ex p e c te d , a co n ­
s ta b le w a s s ta n d in g a t th e door.
“ W h o a r e you, s ir ? " T h e p o licem an
w a s b a rrin g h is e n tra n c e .
“ My n a m e la A tk in so n ," sa id th e
co u n t,
w ith
w ell-feig n ed
sun irl.se.
“ M ay I a sk w h a t y o u 're d o in g h e re ? "
" H a v e n 't y ou h e a rd , s ir ? ” sa id th e
c o n sta b le . “T h e r e w as a b o m b o u t­
ra g e h e re la s t n ig h t. In y o u r office
u p s ta ir s ."
"A bom b o u tra g e ? " Mr. A tk in so n
g azed a t th e c o n s ta b le in a m u se m e n t,
a n d a lo a f e r s ta n d in g by b eg an to
lau g h .
"N o t 'a r t. g u v 'n o r.” h e re m a rk e d
c h e e rfu lly . " T h e o le ru d d y p la c e is
g o n e to b lazes."
“You d ry u p ," ad m o n ish e d th e po­
licem an . “M ove alo n g , c a n 't y o u ?"
“O rl rit^ , o rl r ite .” g ru m b le d th e
o th e r, sh a m b lin g off. “ N ot allo w ed lo
liv e soon, w e w o n 't b e."
"Y o u 'd b e tte r go up, s ir.” c o n tin ­
ued th e c o n sta b le . " T h e in sp e c to r Is
u p s ta ir s .”
Mr. A tk in so n n eed ed no seco n d In­
v ita tio n . V iew ed hy th e lig h t o f d ay
w h ich ca m e stre a m in g in th ro u g h th e
g re a t ho le In th e w all th e ru in w as
co m p lete. In th e c e n te r—a n d It w as
th e r e U r, A tk in so n 's e y e s s tra y e d
c o n tin u o u sly even w h ile h e w a s ac­
k n o w led g in g th e g re e tin g s o f th e In­
sp e c to r— sto o d th e re m n a n t* o f th e
d esk . A nd a s h e looked a t It any
f a in t h o p e h e m ay h a v e c h e rish e d
v a n is h e d co m p letely . It w a s lite ra lly
sp lit to p ieces In ev ery d ire c tio n ;
th e r e w as n o t le ft a h id in g -p la c e fo r
a p e a . m uch le s s a h a g o f d iam o n d s.
T h e In sp e c to r w as s[ c a k in g an d Mr.
A tk in so n p u lled h im se lf to g e th e r. H e
h ad a p a r t to p lay , an d w h a te v e r
happened
no su sp ic io n s m u st he
a ro u se d .
“ I feel q u ite sta g g e re d . I n s p e c to r ”
I l ls g lan ce tra v e le d to a s in is te r l o o k ­
in g h e a p in th e c o rn e r—a h e a p ro u g h ­
ly co v ered w ith a n old nig. T h e w all
ab o v e R w as sta in e d a d u ll red. n nd
fro m u n d e r th e ru g stre tc h e d o u t tw o
long s tr e a m s o f liie same co lo r—
streams w h ich w e re Dot y e t d ry .
“ W h a t on e a r th h a s h a p p e n e d ? ”
" T h e re se em s v ery little d o u b t
a b o u t th a t, s ir," re m a rk e d th e Inspec­
to r. “ E v id e n tly th e ir Idea w a s b u r­
g la ry .
W h a t h ap p e n e d , th en , of
co u rse. It Is h a r d to sa y e x a c tly . P re ­
su m a b ly th e y s ta rte d u sin g ex p lo siv e
to fo rc e y o u r sa fe , a n d ex p lo siv e '.a
fu n n y »tuff ev en fo r th e e x p e rt."
T h e In sp e c to r w av ed a h a n d a t th e
h e a p In th e c o rn e r.
M aybe t h a t lo a f s r w a s not
th « rs a n tir tly by ch an ca .
And
If n ot, w h a t w aa ha a f ta r?
(T O B n C O NT I N U E I i >
C o s t l y L u x u r ie s
T h e re Is n o th in g d e n re r to a m an
i h a n a good w ife— w ith th e ex cep tio n
of h e r sh o p p in g e x p e d itio n * .— Kdln
' urglt W eekly S co tsu iu u .