THE CONFIDENCE MAN, PAR EXCELLENCE; A REAL "ARTIST"--"COL. NOVENA," "COUNT ANTONELLI," "GEN. ALVEROSA," "SIR RICHARD MURRAY," MAKES A VISIT--A MAN OF GREAT NATURAL ABILITY, WITH "A SCREW LOOSE"--A BIT OF "PHILOSOPHY"--THE MAN DESCRIBED, VERSATILE, AGILE, BRAVE, DARING--THE COLONEL AS A GALLANT--CURIOUS TALE ABOUT TWO SISTERS AND COL. NOVENA--PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, PROFESSOR HENRY, GEN. FREMONT, AND MR. SEWARD OF THE NUMBER OF HIS FRIENDS--DISHONEST WAYS OF DOING "LEGITIMATE BUSINESS"--A SHOCKING BAD MEMORY--THE COLONEL AS A PHILANTHROPIST--COMES TO GRIEF--AT WASHINGTON, D. C.--SARATOGA TEMPTS THE COLONEL.--HIS SUCCESSES THERE--A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES--A VALUABLE DIAMOND NECKLACE LOST--THE GREAT MYSTERY--HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE NECKLACE--THOROUGH SEARCHING--THE SHREWDEST SCAMPS GENERALLY HAVE BETTER REPUTATION THAN MOST PEOPLE--TOO GOOD A "CHARACTER" A MATTER OF SUSPICION--"MR. HENRY INMAN, ARTIST," IS CREATED--HEADWAY MADE--THE NECKLACE COMES TO LIGHT IN THE POSSESSION OF A MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN--GOODNESS IN BAD PLACES--A LIVING MORAL PARADOX--AN "UNFORTUNATE" GOOD SAMARITAN--THE GENERAL'S SENSE OF HONOR WOUNDED--TO CANADA--DOWN THE RAPIDS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE--A TOMB IN GREENWOOD--RENDERING TO WOMAN HER DUE--A BLESSED CHARITY--WALL STREET CORRUPTS THE MORALS OF THE NATION. 589 =CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.= A ROBBERY--ONE OF THE FEMALE ATTACHÉS OF THE GREAT KOSSUTH--A WIDOW LADY OF RANK IN HUNGARY--KOSSUTH'S SISTER--A BOARDING-HOUSE AT NEWARK, N. J., AND ITS INMATES--SUNDRY FACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS--BEAUTY WINS--AN INVESTIGATION--SERVANTS EXAMINED--THE PATENT-ROOF MAKER--"TRACING" A MAN--A HOLLOW WALKING-STICK WITH MONEY IN IT--NO CLEW YET--A PATHETIC BLUNDER--REVELATIONS IN DREAMS--A BIT OF PAPER TELLS A STORY--IDENTIFICATION--THIEF ARRESTED--CONDITIONAL SETTLEMENT--TRIUMPHAL VISIT TO THE WIDOW--"WHITE LIE," AND ANNOUNCEMENT--DOUBTING--PERFECT EVIDENCE SOMETIMES IMPERFECT--UNSOLVED PROBLEM; WHO DID THE ROBBERY? 610 =THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS.=