police? No; upon this man also the Satanic charm has fallen; he

must have the stone for himself. At the risk of murder, he drugs

the young priest and seizes the prey. And now, by an accident

which is not important to my moral, the jewel passes out of his

custody into that of another, who, terrified at what he sees, gives

it into the keeping of a man in high station and above reproach.

"The officer's name is Thomas Vandeleur," continued Florizel. "The

stone is called the Rajah's Diamond. And" - suddenly opening his