The notoriety was too much for the Evans' family, and with their frail daughter they emigrated to Buenos Ayres.


THE MISSING "RAJAH" DIAMOND.

About ten days or a fortnight after Fraser met his sad fate, I was summoned to the private room of the chief.

"Have you anything particular in hand?" he asked.

"Nothing, chief," I replied.

"Then you are really disengaged? The matter I am going to entrust you with must be inquired into with the utmost circumspection."

"I will be extra careful."

"Lady B—— has been here this morning in a great state of agitation. A diamond, known as the 'Rajah,' and worth something like twenty-five thousand pounds, has disappeared from her jewel-box, which is really a safe built in the wall, with two keys—one held by Lady B——, and the other by her husband."