van Cortlandt Wynne" was the ready response.
"I am directly interested in this case through a long-standing friendship for Mr.Kellner here, and through the additional fact that his granddaughter in the adjoining room is soon to become my wife." There was a little pause.

"I may add that I live in New York, and that Miss Kellner has been stopping there for several days.
She has been accustomed to hearing from her grandfather at least once a day by telephone, but she was unable to get an answer either yesterday or to-day, so she came to my home, and together we came out here." Mr.Birnes looked up quickly.

It had suddenly occurred to him to wonder as to the whereabouts of Claflin and Sutton, who had been on watch at the Thirty-seventh Street house.

The young man interpreted the expression of his face aright, and favored him with a meaning glance.
"We came alone," he supplemented.
Mr.Birnes silently pondered it.
"All that being true," Chief Arkwright suggested tentatively, "perhaps you can give us some information as to the diamonds that were stolen?
How much were they worth?
How many were there ?" He held up the uncut stones that had been found on the floor.
"I don't know their exact number," was the reply.

"Their value, I should say, was about sixty thousand dollars.