"Knowledge is power;" not only a power to execute, but a power for salvation; and when her light shall be sufficiently diffused, all such crafts _as these bogus lottery swindlers_ will "have had their day," and not before. I doubt somewhat that if all the newspapers of the land should, on some given week, publish each a full _exposé_ of these swindles, and repeat the same every week, for a month, the majority of the victims would be saved. Many would; but some with their eyes opened, as far as facts could open them, would still be duped. The investigation of this bogus lottery business did more to weaken my respect for the good sense of my fellow-men in general, than had all the experiences of my life theretofore. But I find I am tempted on beyond the limits I had set for myself in this article. The subject is an interesting one to me, and I may return to it at another time, and to some of its phases not here commented upon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING. -------------- THE DETECTIVE OFFICER'S CHIEF "INCUBUS"--AT WINTER GARDEN THEATRE--"HARRY DUBOIS"--AN EXPERT ROGUE EXAMINES HIS PROSPECTIVE VICTIMS--SOME SOUTHERNERS--HARRY "INTRODUCES" HIMSELF IN HIS OWN PECULIAR AND ADROIT WAY--HARRY AND HIS FRIEND ARE INVITED TO THE SOUTHERNERS' PRIVATE BOX--HARRY "BORROWS" MR. CLEMENS' DIAMOND RING, AND ADROITLY ESCAPES--MY DILEMMA--VISIT TO HARRY'S OLD BOARDING MISTRESS--HIS WHEREABOUTS DISCOVERED--ACTIVE WORK--A RAPID DRIVE TO PINE STREET--A FORTUNATE LIGHT IN THE OFFICE OF THE LATE HON. SIMEON DRAPER--A SUDDEN VISIT FOR A "SICK MAN" TO HARRY'S ROOM--HOW ENTRANCE WAS EFFECTED--THE RING SECURED--HUNT FOR MR. CLEMENS--A SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS LETTER--A HAPPY INTERVIEW.