"Mr. Barnes, you do me an injustice. I am no romancer. That is the difference between myself and the criminal class, with which you deal. Those poor devils commit a crime and depend upon a sequence of lies to clear themselves. On the contrary I follow this rule: 'Refuse to answer all questions, or else answer truthfully.' Now in this case there are some points, as puzzling to me as to yourself. Them I shall not attempt to explain. One of them is how you can possibly have a duplicate list of my jewels, for these are mine I assure you." "Here is the list," said the detective, taking it from his pocket and comparing it with the other; "and by heavens," he continued, "the writing is the same." "That is interesting, let me look," said Mr. Mitchel. With which he arose, walked around to the other side of the table and stood leaning over the detective. "You see, I do not ask you to let me take your paper from you. You might suspect that I would destroy it." Mr. Barnes handed both papers to him without a word. Mr. Mitchel bowed as he took them and returned to his seat. After a moment's careful examination he handed them back saying: "I agree with you, Mr. Barnes. The writing is the same. What deduction do you draw from that fact?" "What deduction! Why I found this description of the stolen jewels in the pocket of a dress belonging to Rose Mitchel." "What? Do you mean to say that she was the woman who was robbed?" The blank amazement upon Mr. Mitchel's face disconcerted Mr. Barnes, for if he did not know this, the mystery seemed deeper than ever. "Do you mean that you did not know it?" asked Mr. Barnes. "How should I know it?" This caused a silence. Both men stopped a moment to consider the situation. At length Mr. Barnes said coldly: "Mr. Mitchel, I am under the painful necessity of placing you under arrest." "Upon what charge?" "Upon the charge of having stolen jewels, and perhaps of having murdered Rose Mitchel." "Are you in a hurry to take me with you?" asked Mr. Mitchel coolly. "Why do you ask?" "Because if not, I should like to ask you one or two questions." "You may do so." "First, then, as the robbery was committed on a moving train, will you tell me how you suppose it to have been accomplished, since the passengers were searched?" Mr. Barnes had his own idea on this subject which he did not choose to tell. He thought it well, however, to pretend that he had still another theory. At least he could observe how Mr. Mitchel received it.