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It was the first time he had spoken, and the detective took occasion then and there to stare at him frankly. "And not by wireless," he said at last. "He sends and receives messages from the roof of his house in Thirty-seventh Street by homing pigeons!" "Some more fandastics, eh, Laadham?" Mr. Schultze taunted. "Some more chimericals?" "I demonstrate this much by the close watch I have kept of Mr.
"I know that I know it," said Mr. Latham impatiently. "That is the very question we are trying to solve." "Und if we don'd solve him, Laadham, ve'll haf to do vatever as he says," Mr. Schultze continued slowly. "Und ve may haf to do vatever as he says, anywhow." "Put one hundred million dollars into diamonds in one year just the five of us?" demanded the other. "It's preposterous."
"Id vas coming in dime, Laadham, id vas coming, of course Und I haf always noticed dat whatever iss coming does come." "Made, made made as you make marbles," Mr. Czenki repeated monotonously. "Yes, it had to come, but but imagine the insuperable difficulties that one brain had to surmount!" He passed a thin hand across his flushed brow, and was thoughtfully silent.
"Diamonds like dose dupligates of der Koh-i-noor, der Orloff und der Regent could never haf passed through der Custom House, Laadham, mitoud attracting attention, so?" Mr. Latham acquiesced by a nod of his head; Mr. Schultze sat regarding him through half-closed eyelids.
Latham began, and there was an odd, uncertain note in his voice "Have you made an expert examination?" "I haf. I measure him, der deepness, der cudding, der facets, und id iss perfect. Und I take my own judgment of a diamond, Laadham, before any man der vorld in but Czenki." "And the weight?" "Prezizely six und d'ree-sixdeendh carads.
"Id iss der miracle, Laadham, when Czenki make der mistake!" the German exploded suddenly. "Show him der odder von." Mr. Czenki glanced from one to the other with quick, inquisitive glance; then, without a word, Mr. Latham produced the second box and opened it.
"Mein Gott, Laadham, how do you know when you haf der boil on der pack of your neck? You can'd zee him, ain'd id?" Mr. Schultze turned to Mr. Czenki. "Der dhree of us vill go und zee Mr. Wynne. Id iss der miracle! Vass iss, iss, und id don'd do any good to say id ain'd."
"Dey are dwins, Laadham," remarked the German quaintly, finally. "Id came by der mail in dis morning yust like das, wrapped in paper, but mit no marks, no name, no noddings. Id yust came!" With his right hand Mr. Latham lifted the duplicate diamond from its cotton bed, and with his left took the other from the German's hand.
He stared dumbly, first at Mr. Czenki, then at Mr. Schultze. There was not even incredulity in the look, only faint amazement that two such well-balanced men should have gone mad at once. At last the German importer turned upon him flatly. "Why don'd you ged egzited aboud id, Laadham?" he demanded. "He iss all righd, nod crazy," he added with whimsical assurance.
Dere iss no reason ve should nod produce diamonds." "But look here, Schultze," Mr. Latham expostulated, "it's it's unheard of." "So vas der Mizzizzippi River until id was discovered," the German argued complacently. "You are a diamond dealer, Laadham, bud you don'd know much aboud dem from whey dey come at. Iss Czenki here? Send for him. He knows more aboud diamonds as any man vat ever lived."
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