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To his acute brain there came an ,
immediate confirmation of his
theory. Evidently the diameuda
head u It been previously in the
'l'urk's possession. The little
Prenehm:au had just delivered them,
land this in itself was it straege sir_
cunstanee in view of the fact that
the genuine lltones must have been
ilx Maris at least three days.
Brett concentrated all his &a -ma-
t;
ra- ma -tic faculties in leek, voice, and ges-
ture,
*'You foo he cried. "Yeti
have been swindled by a device
which a child knight suspect, These
are not the Sultana's diamonds.
These :ire frauds•cleverly cimncoet'
od bits of crystal and a ,lulu. -'intend -
std to keep, you happy until you re-
turn to Constantinople and discov-
er how thoroughly yen were cieeeir-
ed.tr
"You lie!" roared the littlo
Frenchman, *"They are genuine."
Brett wanted to punch the di-
minutive scoundrel heavily in the
face, but he restrained himself.
Turning with a magnificent assump-
tion of courteousness to Hussein-ul
Mulk, he said—
"Come, I told yon you were act-
ing childishly: this proves it. A
most outrageous attempt has been
made to swindle you, if I .may use
such a term to persons who confes-
sedly are plotting to rob another.
Surely this will convince you that
you have nothing to fear from me.
•I am here as the agent neither of
the Sultan nor the police. It is a
simple matter for you to verify my
statement. All that is necessary is
for one of your party to take any
of these alleged diamonds—I would
suggest the smallest one, so as not
to create suspicion -to any jeweller
in the district, . and he will test it'
for you immediately, thus proving
the truth of my statement. Look
here; I will convince you myself."
He took the monster diamond ir-
reverently in his hand before Hus-
sein -cul -Math could prevent him and
turned to the window. He pressed
the stone against the glass and tried
to make it cut. 'It failed. He placed
it against his cheek. It was warm.
A pure diamond would be icy cold.
ll
More thansmall portion this, a o on af
p
the composition of which the imita-
tion hacl been hastily concocted,
broke off in his fingers.
"You •see,'" he laughed. "Do you
require further proof ?"`
Even while he spoke the diminu-
tive little Frenchman turned and
bolted. One of the Turks drew a
revolver and rushed after hint, but
Hussein-ul-Mulk uttered some au-
thoritative words which prevented
the man from firing. The French-
man was evidently an adapt in the
art of dodging pursuit. In the pas-
sage he ducked suddenly and threw
the Turk heavily to the ground.
Then, 'without further interference
he slipped the latch of the door and
slammed it hastily behind him, leav-
ing Brett silently laughing at Hus
-
rein-ul-Mulk-
"Can it be possible that what you
say is true I'? said.Hussein-ul-Mulk,
in such piteous accents; that Brett The senior officer demanded from
was moved to further mirth. Lord-Fairhoime an explanation of
1
'"Surely you do not doubt the evi-
dence?" he said. Take any of
these stones; they will crumble to
pieces on the hearth if struck the
slightest blow. See, I will pulver-
ize dice with my heel,"
final he did so, though the amazed'
and despairing men when; he ad.
dressed would have restrained him,
for they still could not bring them -
,Ives to believe.
,Hussein -ill -Mull( was the first to
„cos er his scattered senses.
"We can not choose but believe
u, Mr. Brett," be said. "We are
s -en indebted to you for ;caking'
this disastrous discovery at each an
early date. We paid our agents so
highly that wo thought their hon-
esty was assured. We find we are
mistaken, and consequently we
apologize to you for using threats
which , wore unnecessary. 'SVc rely
on your honor not to incriminate us
with the police. All we can tell you
is that your friend is not dead, but
we do not know his whereabouts."
"Nonsense," cried Brett angrily.
"Why do you seek to mislead me in
this fashion ?"
"Sir," ,Said the Turk, "I am tell-
ing youthe truth. We believe that
Mr. Talbot is a prisoner in London,
but we do not know in what local-
ity. My friends here and myself,
as you have already surmised, are
merely members of a political or-
ganization. It was necessary for us
to secure possession of the Imperial
diamond and its companions. We
spared no expense, nor hesitated at
any means that would accomplish
our purpose. We have been foiled
for the moment. I can tell you no-
thing else, and I advise you to leave
us and forget that such persons ex-
ist, for I swear to you by the beard
of the Prophet that had events
turned out differently you would
now be a lifeless corpse in this
room, whilst your body would not
be discovered for many weeks, as.
we intended to leave Paris this af-
ternoon as Loon as the diamonds
came into our possession."
At this moment a thunderous
knocking reverberated through the
house.
The Turks gazed at each other in
affright.None of them moved to
open the door. But the knock was
, fo
not re
itself was
for the
door is f
repeated,
thrown bodily from its hinges, and
the 'stale -art •form of Lord Fairholme
accompanied by two policemen, ap-
peared in the passage.
"Ah," cried Brett, intervening
with ready tact, "I had forgotten
you, Fairholme. I ` see you kept
your appointment,' These' are not
required," he rattled on pleasant-
ly, turning towards the stern -look-
ing sergents de ville; "I em' quite
alive and uninjured. My friends
here and myself had a, few earnest
words, but we lave settled matters
satisfactorily.'' .
The suspicious policemen glanced
from the smiling Englishman to the
perturbed Turks. At the first sound
of danger . Hussein -ill -Mulls had
the .case in. which la •
closed 5 the
spurious diamonds, so these preten-
tious -looking' gems did not excite
the curiosity of the mien of law.
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duced them to accompany him, but.
Brett stepped into the breach.
"It is ouite true/' he said, "that
my friend •was anxious on my ac-
coun-t'. It was even possible, these
Turkish gentlemen here and myself
might have proceeded to extremi-
ties, but the 9,ffair has ended satis-
factorily, . and if yo u will, allow
ane—" Be put his, hand into his
pocket and a slight monetary trans-
action teemivatecl the incident plea-
santly for all parties,
Soon Brett and 1 airholme found.
themselves in the street, and again
did the barrister draw in deep and
invigorating draughts of Paris air,
"Where now ?" said Fairhoime,
"Tell me," cried Brett eagerly,
"did you notice in which direction
the little man who left No, 11, about
ten minutes agol"
"Better than that, I heard where
he was going to. He was in such
a fiendish funk that he paid heed to
nobody but flung himself into ,a
passing cab and yelled, 'Take me to
the Cabaret Noir, Boulevard
Montmartre,'' "'
"Good. You are, a splendid de-
tective. You have saved me hours
of search and perhaps days of fail -
Tare. Come; let us, too, go to the
Cabaret Noir.''
CHAPTER IX.
The exterior of the Cabaret Noir
belied its name.
Originally, no doubt, it was one of
the vilest densin a vile locality, but
the fairy hand of the brewer had,
touched the familiar winoshop, and
it glistened to -day, in mueh mahog-
any, more brass, and a dazzling
collection of mirrors.
"Here we are," said his lordship
cheerfully, "Let's take them by
surprise and run over the whole
show before any one van stop us,"
"No," said Brett; this is Paris.
and the police here has ways more
mysterious than those of Scotland..
Yard. 'We willgain nothing by dras-
tic measures. Indeed, had I known
the sort of place we were coming
to I we add have visited it to -eight
and in disguise. A$ it is, we have
been seen already by any one inter-
ested in our movements, and it
would be useless to adopt any pre-
tence, so follow me.
He boldly entered through the
main door, and found himself in a
light, airy room, filled, ` in three-
fourths of its area, with little
marble -topped tables surrounded by
diminutive chairs, whilst n bar
counter was partitioned off in a cor-
ner.
The attendant in charge was a
dreary -eyed waiter, who seemed to
think that the presence of a couple
of sight-seeing Englishanen at such
an hour was another testimony to
the lunatic propensities of the An-
glo-Saxon race.
"This is the Cabaret Noir 1" ques-
tioned Brett.
"But yes, monsieur." R
"A gentleman, a friend of mine,
came here a few minutes ago in a
fiacre. He was small, slight, so
high"—illustrating the stature by
his hand. "He was dressed in dark
blue clothes with shiny boots. He
ryas—"
Brett's eager description was cut
short by the appearance of a new
character. Through a narrow door
leading into the bar came a hand-
some dark -eyed woman, aged per-
haps twenty-five, well dressed,
shapely, and carrying herself with
the easy grace of aborn Parisienne.
Her hair was jet black. Her
large dark - eyes . were- recessed be-
neath arched and strongly pencilled
eyebrows. Her skin 'had 'that pecu-
liar tint of porcelain white so often
:seen in women of southern blood.
Yet there was nothing delicate in
this lady's appearance or manner.
A rich color suffused her checks,
and her language was, remarkably
free both in volume and style.
Her manner changed somewhat
as she addressed herself to Brett
and his companion. There was suf-
ficient of the landlady in her de-
meanour when she said, "And what
would messieurs be pleased to com-
mand 1"
Now, if there was one type of
femininity more than another which
Brett thoroughly understood it was
the saucy, quick-witted, handsome
adventuress. .He knew that the wo-
man scrutinizing him so coolly came
i
well within this category.
He could not tell, of course,
in
what way she might be a sociated
with the gang whose pioceedings
contained the explanation of Tal-
bot's fate, hut he instantly. resolved
to adopt adetermined position with
the lady who half -petulantly. half -
curiously, was awaiting his reply.
He carne nearer to her.
"I am glad,' he said, "that ' I
have met you."
The tvonian looked him boldly in
the eyes. ` Was it for the happi-
ness of seeing' me that mon sieur� has
til ;+ ,i tht 1b0itset''
That might Well set ye as the rea-
son, but the pleasure is all the
greater since it was unexpF t d,'''„
"You
are" pleasedea8
C
to be
faceti-
ous,"
she replied. "Will von not
toll me pets business? 1<flays of
I las to ocelot); ins,"
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Assll7'edls': I.• aden
-en ,d7-c:�l 11rc;..,.
as quickly as possible from,I.�o tai
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:flue TiarbLtte "
This attack ; so dirEQt 11 taut l r +
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fail �
1'On l., I
f. 1 to
promising, S
effect. `
-d .mask of sit
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fellacross the woman's impudent,
pretty face.
There was just ,a -tinge of stage
laughter in her tone when she cried
"Really, how interesting! And
where in the Rue'Barbette, mon-
sleet.?
onsieuri In what way am I concerti
ad with—No. 11, did you say i"
Brett well knew how to conduct
the attack upon this lady, His voice
fell to a. determined note, .his eyes
looked gravely into hers as he an-
swered—"It is useless to pretend
that you do not understand me. You
are losing moments worth gold, per-
haps diamonds! Within a few min
utes the police will be here, and
then it will be too late; Help me
first and I will let the police take
r of themselves Refu me v r
assistance, and I will leave you and
your friends to the mercy of the
district commissaire."
A dangerous light leaped into the ,.
woman's eyes at this direct chal-
lenge.
"Monsieur is pleased to speak in •
riddles," she said. "This is a res,
taurant. We can execute your or
-
dere, but we are not skilled in act- r°
ing charades. You. will find better,
performersin the booths out
there;" and she swept her bands
scornfully towards the boulevard,
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