The Diamond Coterie

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS."Really, this is a sad affair." "I have a clue." "I am ready to do that at any and all times." "John Burrill! Why, he is a brute!" So he dines at Wardour Place "Who are you?" "Ah! This phial is one of a set." "Are we alone?" The tramp turned and looked back "Doctor Heath flatters himself." "Here is this man again." "Poor Frank! don't let this overcome you so." "Why, Evan, you look ghostly." "You must not have a third attack." "Conny, it has come." "I am happy to know you." "I have never once been tempted to self destruction." Only a moment did Sybil listen Evan saw Sybil and Frank canter away "It is not in his power or yours to alter my decision." "Then take that, and that." "It's the other one," he muttered "Stay a moment, sir." "I'll be hanged if I can understand it." "I hope you will excuse me." "Well, Roake, are you ready for business?" "If you ever see me again, you'll see me sober." "You promise never to marry Francis LaMotte?" The cottage stands quite by itself "Prince, come away, sir!" "Why, boy, bless me." "Any of the stiff's friends in this gang?" "Did you ever see that knife before?" They find Corliss at the Sheriff's desk "Softly, sir; reflect a little." "Sybil Lamotte shall die in her delirium." "Constance Wardour, you love Clifford Heath." "Another, Miss Wardour, is—yourself." "Mr. Belknap, it is I." "Cap'n, you're a good fellow." "My friend, come down off that." "That hope is ended now." "Prisoner at the Bar, are you guilty or not guilty?" "It was found close beside the body of John Burrill." They come slowly forward "There is a flash—a loud report." Bathurst telling the story