He thoughtfully regarded Mr.Wynne.

"Id's only Sunday nighd, yed; we haf undil Thursday to answer, you remember." He turned to Mr.Latham, with a recurrence of whimsical philosophy.
"Think of id, Laadham, der alchemisds tried for dhree thousand years to make a piece of gold so big as a needle-point und didn'd; und he made diamonds so big as your fist mit a liddle cordide und some elecdricity! _Mein Gott_, man! Think of id!" The jewelers accepted Mr.Wynne's proposition.

Mr.Wynne bowed his thanks, and handed to Mr.Czenki a scientific periodical opened at a page which bore a head-line: Newly Discovered Property of Radium.
Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds and Sapphires Changed in Color by Exposure of One Month to Radium.
For the fourth time Red Haney underwent the "third degree." It culminated in a full confession of the murder of Mr.Kellner.

There had been no accomplice.
"Yer see, Chief," he explained apologetically, "you an' that other guy" (meaning Mr.Birnes) "was so dead set on sayin' there was somebody else in it, an' was so ready wit' yer descriptions, that it looked good to me, an' I said 'Sure,' but _I_ done it." ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DIAMOND MASTER*** ******* This file should be named 14896.txt or 14896.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/8/9/14896 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
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