Now, Donnelly, it is still very early. I want
you to telephone around to the newspapers, and either in the
Trimble advertisements or in the news columns have it announced
that your jewellery department has on exhibition a new and special
importation of South African stones among which is one--let me
see, let's call it the 'Kimberley Queen.' That will sound
attractive. In the meantime find the largest and most perfect
paste jewel in town and have it fixed up for exhibition and
labelled the Kimberley Queen. Give it a history if you can;
anything to attract attention. I'll see you in the morning. Good-
night, and thank you for coming to me with this case."
It was quite late, but Kennedy, now thoroughly interested in
following the chase, had no intention of waiting until the morrow
before taking action on his own account. In fact he was just
beginning the evening's work by sending Donnelly off to arrange
the "plant." No less interested in the case than himself, I needed
no second invitation, and in a few minutes we were headed from our
rooms toward the laboratory, where Kennedy had apparatus to meet
almost any conceivable emergency.
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