We
Chronicles
tf
Addington
Peace
B y B. F letch er Robinson
II Co-Author with A . Conun D o t h o f
Il “Thu Hocndofth. BMi.ertUw.-nc.
(V 'o p v r ijr '.it. 1Ô13, b y W . t'.. O i a p m » n l
MR. TAUBERY'S
DIAMOND
(Continued.)
Quite half an hour bad dragged by
when the cab door was ewung opea.
and the detective sprang In. At the
same time I noticed a covered cart
with a black pony In the sbatts pass
the other window at a leisurely pace.
Our driver must have had his orders,
tor he turned bis horse and followed
In the same direction.
Peace remained silent, so 1 left him
alone and contented myself with star
ing out of the window. We were
going northward towards Hampstead.
The lines of bouses broke up Into sep
arate villas. Lilac and laburnum
hushes peeped over the garden walls.
The throng of traffic grew thinner, the
pavement less crowded. It was past
live when we drew up at a little pub-
tlo bouse. Peace toddled out. and 1
followed at his heels.
“ He Is unloading bis cart In Ashley
street, yonder," said the driver, lean
ing from the box. as he pointed with
his whip to a sldo road. “ Do you want
me to wait, sir?"
The Inspector nodded and disap
peared through the Inn door, leaving
me on the pavement. As he bad given
me no orders I strolled back to the
corner and peeped down the road,
which ran at right angles to the one
In which I was.
About forty yards away stood the
little covered cart with the gray-
halred dealer of the auction room
talking to a lad beside I t Presently
the lad crawled under the canvas
hood and handed down the Identical
long tailed horse that had brought
about the public discomfiture of the
gallant Colonel Qunton. The dealer
pushed It across the stone pavement
Into a little furniture shop, and the
boy, whipping up the black pony,
grove quickly away.
1 turned back to find the detective
at my elbow.
“ Peace," I said, “ what la your Inter-
act In that bicycle horse?"
"It happens to play the comedy part
In our little mystery.”
"W hat do you mean?"
“ Only that It has a hole In the sad
dle for a pommel should a little girl
ride In It, and the bole leads down to
a hollow Inside. Do you guess what
It was that dropped Into the hollow
Inside?"
"N ot Mr. Taubery's diamond?"
"Exactly. Yet we
have stui to
Ond out the man who put It there."
"But, In the meantime the old dealer
may— "
“ Tut, tut. Mr. Phillips.
The old
dealer has nothing tn do with It. He
Is only obeying an order to buy the
toy whatever It cost, and to keep It
until called for. W e may have to
waste some time, so I have ordered a
■teak and fried potatoes In an upper
room that conveniently overlooks the
door oi ms shoo
I « t me show you
the way.
We passed through a long oar at
which a dingy assemblage lounged
and smoked, and so upstairs Into a
private room, the windows of which
commanded Ashley street. We ate our
meal tn relays— one watching at the
window, while the other disposed of
his section of stringy steak and
heavy beer The daylight softly faded,
the gas Jets sprang out along the
street, the tramp of home-coming
fathers dropped Into silence— but there
was still no caller at
he furniture
•hop The shutters had been put up
for the night. It seemed plain to me
that nothing would happen for that
craning at least, though Peace did not
seem to despond.
Nine
o'clock—ten
o'clock__ten-
thirty, and the customer arrived.
I had watched his cab come rattling
down the street with a casual Interest,
for many had come and gone since ws
first mounted guard. It bad passed
the little shop and was almost be
neath us. When a bead was thrust out
of tha window and a voice cried Irri
tably to the cabman A street lamp
showed him to me clearly—a white
faced youth with a straggly, brown
mustache and an tndectslvs chin.
The cab turned about, and pulled np
opposite the shop door. The Inspector
touched my arm. and we walked down
the stairs, picked up our driver, who
was smoking In the bar. and so bun
dled Into our own vehicle. A few
whispered Instructions, and we drove
slowly round the comer Into Ashley
■treat
The customer bad been expected.
A s we passed the shop at a walking
pace I could see that the dealer and
his a-Blatant were hoisting the bicycle
"Certainly.*
horse to tha roof of the waiting cab.
ECONOMY OF STEEL WHEELS
"It would be bard to Imagine a mon
Kitty yards more and we drew up D y
useful bait. It was certain that thi
the pavement.
Seems to Have Largs Measure of
Peace kept the windows closed, so thieves would have another bite ai
Common Sense Back of Claims
that I could not look back along the It; It was also certain that I ought t(
Advanced In Its Favor.
road: but through tbs glass In front be able to hook them when they did
I could see that our driver was quietly Yet I very nearly lost the diamond
The agricultural college and experi
taking note of affairs. It was not the after all. Taubery, Gunton and tb<
first time that the Inspector had em servants bad all declared that, sine* ment station of the University of
ployed him, as I learnt afterwards, the robbery, nothing had been mover Wyoming has proved the value of
from the dining room, passage or II steel wheels to lta complete satisfac
and the man knew bis business.
tion, and In a recent bulletin one of
Suddenly our cab whisked round brary. There they made a mistake.
"Taubery's little grandson, George the experts of that Institution said:
and set off at a rapid pace. The stran
"Low, wlde-tlred steel wheels will
ger had selected a fast horse, that happened to leave his toy horse In tb<
was evident. We swung through a passage from the dining room, anc give any farmer better equipment for
maxe of narrow streets, tugged up a Into the bole made for the pomrne his work. Under all conditions of
long bill, skirted a stretch of open that poor creature. Carstalrs. hac tbs field and nearly all conditions of
common— a part of Hampstead Heath, dropped the diamond with a last de the road It Is estimated that broad-
I believe— and finally stopped In the spalrtng effort to get rid of It befor* tired steel wheels pull from SO to
shade of some tall trees. As I got out Colonel Gunton searched him. Tet 100 per cent, lighter than the narrow
I saw the lights of the chaise station minutes afterwards the little bo} tires.”
The steel wheel for farm use seems
went out for a walk with his nurse
ary at some distance up the road.
“There may be trouble. Mr. Phil taking the horse with him. When h< to have a large measure of common
lips," whispered the little detective. returned It was left, as usual. In tb< sense back of the claims that have
T m not certain I ought to bring you servants' quarters at the back. I been advanced In favor of I t
never set eyes on It until a day later
From the standpoint of convenience
along. If anything— "
"Nonsense!" I Interrupted, glancing Even then I should not have suspect» the farm wagon that has been made
ed what It contained had not th* over Into a low-down vehicle with
down at him with some amusement.
"W ell, take this, anyway. I had It nurse complained to me of a man wbc wide steel tires has a strong appeal.
followed her when she took Georg* It Is easily loaded and overcomes all
from a German burglar."
He thrust a strip of hardened rub for his dally airing In the park. Thai the objections to high wagons of the
ber Into my band, about eighteen was the slgu for which I had bees old type.
looking. I accompanied the pair on
Inches In length by two In thickness.
Users of steel wheels say their
"It will stun a man without leaving the following morning. I saw th* economy cannot be denied, as they
man, but did not recognise him.
a mark," he said gently.
make a much lighter d ra ft are there
“ Neither the nurse nor the boy fore easier on the team, and, more
The four-wheeler that we bad fol
lowed was waiting before a green door could well be carrying the diamond over, soon pay for themselves In the
set In a high brick wall. Without any about with them. There remained th* elimination of tire troubles, so com
attempt at concealment. Peace walked horse. That night I extracted the real mon to wood wheels.
to the door and tried the handle. It diamond, and not wishing to spoil m)
Their practical value Is further
was not locked, and we passed Into a bait for the shy fish, I dropped the Im vouched for In the experiences of
fair-sized garden, set about with flow ltatton stone Into Its place.
those who find that wlde-tlred steel
er beds and clumps of laurel. In thq
“The toy was watched by night and wheals do not cut up the pastures,
middle I could see the outline of a day. It was through a hint from m* do not become “ mired” In soft fields
square gray house. Two of the ground that It w as Included In the sale. Poot or muddy roads, and do not cause the
floor rooms glowed behind their cur Colonel Gunton! I admit that bis eo heavy pulls that ‘‘rutty" roads have
tains: the rest was darkness.
centric bidding startled me for a mo always meant for narrow tires.
We crossed a corner of the lawn, ment.
and stopped behind a patch of bushes
"You can understand Steadman'*
directly In front of the entrance fury when, after all his plots and risk* CAREFUL FEEDING OF COLTS
porch. The night was very still and and expenditure, his silly dupe brought
silent. What desperate men were him back the Identical Imitation stone Must Be Kept Growing If Best Horses
gathered In that aulet place? How that had been made to deceive old
Are to Be Made of Them— Oats
could we hope to arrest them flushed Taubery. I don't believe that the Tro
Make Good Feed.
with the triumph of so splendid a Jans could have been more astonished
price? To be truthrul, I began to feel when the Greeks emerged from th*
Some people seem to think that
a certain anxiety for our position; wooden horse than was Steadman the colts can live out in all kinds ol
though upon Peace's face, showing when be took out the diamond from weather, and thrive on any kind of
white In the gloom, was a look of per the toy and found It to be the Imita feed that they can g e t This Is a
fect serenity—a look that I could not tion ! ”
great mistake, however. Colts, like
understand.
"And who was Steadman?”
any other young animals, must be
“ Mercy, oh, m ercy!”
“ A very dangerous fellow, Mr. Phil kept growing by careful feeding if the
It was a trembling wall of terror, a lips I recognized him the moment he best horses are to be made of them.
wall that was suddenly blotted out by appeared at the door. For years be Now is the time o f the year to pre
a roar like the challenge of a bull. was a bookmaker In Paris, but left pare for feeding and sheltering the
Prom within the bouse came the crush when the place got too hot for him colts.
Make preparations to feed
of overturned chairs and the Jingle of As a card player he Is well knowm and them a little, gradually Increasing the
breaking glass. And all the time the avoided. He has been In low watei amount as the grass becomes shorter.
shrieks and hoarse ravings drew near lately. So has his dupe, Carstalrs, a*
Fix a small lnclosure In the pasture
er and louder, until, with a loud bang, I now discover. Lord Wlntone, the
where the colts run, so that they can
the hall door was flung open and a young man's brother, set him up as a
man tumbled down the steps as If coffee planter In Ceylon, but he spent run under the rails at a gap, but
thrown from a catapult. His assail all the money given him and re mares will be excluded.
I f the lnclosure Is made near the
ant. In black silhouette against the turned six months ago. Carstalrs was
hall lights, hesitated for a moment, a distant connection of Mrs. Taubery'* salting or watering place the mares
stick In hand. Then, with a shout of and both she and her husband had will not be so liable to toll the colts
rage, be sprang forward and struck at been very kind to him. He was a! •way before they are through eating.
the moaning wretch who squirmed on ways loafing about the house, getting Oats, with a little bran mixed In
the gravel at his feet.
free meals and now and then borrow them, make an excellent feed. Feed
"Now, Jack Steadman, that Is quite lng a fiver. He must have heard of once a day, and lightly at first. In a
enough." said the Inspector, pushing the new diamond and mentioned It to little while they can be fed twice
his way through the laurels.
i Steadman; for Steadman hatched th* dally and will eat a quart o f feed a
day.
RAISING PONIES FOR PROFIT
Little Fellows Always Find Ready
Sale In All City Markets— Cost
of Rearing Is Small.
Did you ever Investigate the rais
ing of the little ponies that are the
delight of every child's heart
The
cost of keeping the ponies would not
be a great deal for a farmer who
has other colts and horses to raise,
"And who may you be?" cried the
other, with a furious oath.
"M y’ name Is Addington Peace of the
criminal Investigation department of
Scotland Yard, and I arrest you both
for being concerned In the robbery of
a valuable diamond, the property of
Mr. Julius Taubery."
“ Stolen a diamond!" be bellowed.
"Do you call that a diamond?"
He flung down a stone that sparkled
In the lights behind him, and stamped
It Into the gravel with his heel.
" I am aware that It Is the Imita
tion." said the Inspector. "But It was
not your fault that you missed the
real thing. I have a cab waiting. You
had better come with me quietly. And
I warn you. Steadman, that anything
you say will be used In evidence
against you."
It was after two In the morning be
fore the Inspector tapped at the door
of my rooms. I had made the fourth
of that odd cab load to the nearest
police station; for, though Mr. Jack
Steadman bad blustered, and the Hon.
George Carstalrs had groveled and
whined thither, they bad consented to
go at last. And there I bad left the
detective and his prisoners, driving to
my rooms to awatt hta return.
"The case was not quite so difficult
as you suppose. Mr. Phillips," he
said. In answer to my question. "You
remember that I believed the diamond
to be stlU In the house?"
and these little fellows find a ready
sale In the city markets. Your own
children would be made happy by the
possession of a beautiful little pony,
and then, of course, your neighbors'
\NOW. JACK STEADMAN. THAT 13 children would have to have one—eo
your profits would begin at once by
,'OUITE ENOUGH.*’
the creation of a market for them
right at home.
plot—there Is no doubt about that
Carstalrs was merely a dupe and a
Mining Mules Pay.
foolish, vicious dupe at that— he never
What are called mining mules are
had the ability to rise higher In crime.
How the two became acquainted I de being raised profitably In the middle
not know; but they have been seen w e s t There are two classes neces
together several times lately. You sary for the occupation— the surface
may take my word for I t that the mules and the pit mules, the size and
public will be well fid of them for a weight o f the latter determined by
the else of the tunneling. These ani
year or two."
(C H R O N IC t X a T O B E CO NTOCUM D.) mals are wanted to range from <00
pounds to 1,150 In weight, and twelve
Good Model.
to sixteen hands In height
They
He was somewhat eaten up with a must have deep bodies, good feet and
mistaken consciousness of his own those from five to eight years are pre
Importance, and when he was making ferred.
his great speech In the Muddlecombe
mock parliament, he noted that one
Harm of Too Much Grain.
of the local pressmen appeared to
It never occurs to the average far
be sketching him. When the "house"
mer that the effect o f a long contin
adjourned he buttonholed the artist.
ued diet o f grain Is as Injurious to
"I
believe— aw—you were—aw—
sketching me; isn’t that so—aw ?" he fowls as to cattle, nor that the con
centrated grain food gives the best re
Inquired.
sults when dllutet or mixed with some
“ That Is so," replied the artist
"W ell— aw— would
you—aw— tell bulky succulent material.
me what noospaper you— aw—repre
Reasons for Eating.
sent— aw?"
The hen has three reasons for e a t
"I don't represent any newspaper,"
answered the artist. " I design comic lng; T o repair the tissues o f her
body, to keep hereelf warm, and to
postcards."— Tidbits.
make eggs. It therefore follows that
her diet must be varied and plentlfuL
Just s H int
Some morning Just make believe
Pure Bred Boer.
you are company In your own home;
A t any rate get a pure bred boar.
your family will not be more astonish
ed at your conduct than you are your- Then you have half the drove thorn
eoghbred anywev
^ l f —The Unlveraallst Leader.
Why He was Glad.
The mas with the long beard stood
pensively at the curbing gazing at
the passing trafflo in the street. “ I
hall with delight the advent of the
automobile," he muttered aloud, “ for
no longer need I fear crossing the
street lest some hungry horse mistake
me for a walking bale of hay.”
HIS PROOF WAS CONVINCING
r “ ■ i
“It's No Joke”
German Printer Who Had Spelled
Greek Walter's Name Correctly
Easily Wins Case.
9
A small unkempt man rushed Into
a Greek restaurant and soon became
engaged In a heated altercation with
one of the waiters. Wildly waving two
small books of cards, printed like
pressing club tickets, he began to
shout, with a strong German accent:
"You ordert dese carts an’ now you
don’t take dem !"
Attracted by the disturbance, the
head waiter asked the cause of the
small man’s wrath. He stated his
grievance, showed the cards and short
ly after was paid.
"W hat proof was there that the
waiter had really ordered
those
cards?" asked a thoughtless specta
tor.
“ Ample proof," replied a man sitting
near by.
“ Everyone of those cards
bore the waiter's name correctly
spelled. It's a Greek name and prob
ably contains at least sixteen letters.
Do you suppose that 'Dutchman' could
have gotten such a name Into type If
It had not been spelled for him by the
man who bears It?”
to have to
endure
tress after every
No
wonder
afraid to eat.
you
dis- 9
« t.
meal.
are
Just try
HOSTETTER’S
STOMACH BITTERS
before meals for a fe w
days and notice the im
provement in your gen
I
eral health.
It is for all
Stomach and Bowel Ills.
Start Today.
The Miser.
"H ere,” said Teddy's papa, showing
the little boy a coin, “ is a penny 300 A
Muffled Knocker.
years old. It was given to me when I '
“ Let me see your handkerchief a was a little boy.” "Gee w h iz!” ejacu
moment, dear; what a lovely one It lated Teddy, "Just think of anybody
must have been when It was nice and being able to keep a penny as long as
that without spending It.”
clean!”
“ One of your old friends was asking
me about you the other day. Milt.
Says he, 'Is that blamed old What's-
hls-name alive y e t T ”
“ Isn’t it curious, old chap, how spite
Munyon's Paw-Paw
ful some people are? Miss Blgham
Pills are unlike all oth
asked me the other day If you weren't
er laxatives or cathar
a bit bow legged. 1 said no— on the
tics. They coax th©
contrary, you were quite
probably
liver into activity by
knockkneed.”
gentle methods, they
‘‘Doctor, I ” vs always thought you
do not scour; they do
would look really handsome If you
not gripe; they do not
wore a full beard.”
weaken; but they do
“ Why, Squinchley, you don’t look a
start all the secretion»
day older than you did 15 years ago.
of the liver and stom
ach in a way that soon
when you borrowed that last $5 bill
puts these organs in a
of me."
healthy condition and
corrects constipation. Munyon’s Paw-Paw
The Relentless Fray.
"W hat Is the lateBt news from the Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
scene of battle?” asked the war cor nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover
respondent.
ishing it; they eoable the stomach to get all
"T w o opposing parties have met In
the nourishment from food that is put into
the same town," replied the breath
It Price 25 cents. All Druggists.
less courier. “The generals are now
playing a game of California Jack to
The Match.
decide which shall go Into the news
Knicker—What did they have In
reports as the one whose troops mef
common?
with great loss.”
Bocker— Gardening. He had a busi
A
ness plant and she had widow's
TRYING.
weeds.
CONSTIPATION
Clara— George said he could never
reconcile himself to anyone
but
ne.
Maud— Why, he'a been reconciled to
at leaat four other glrla all the time
he haa been engaged to you.
And Then the Deluge.
A young Canadian went to London
last winter and was making s call
upon a very pretty young woman
whom be had met there for the first
time.
"Do you have reindeer In Canada?”
asked the young lady.
“ No. darling, he answered, "at this
season It always snows."— Answers.
Tipped Off by Arson T ru st
Townsman— Yes. sir, we're aiming
to have the best fire department In
these parts. I reckon.
Stranger— What's the latest?
Townsman— W e’re goln' to make
'em practice two days before each
fire, by heck.— Judge.
Baseball Lingo.
•'Several young men have tried to
entertain that heiress for me this
evening, but «till she seems bored.”
"W ell, what of I t auntie? Do you
want to put me In as a pinch hit-
tar?"
.1