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IT seemed a fantastical idea that the India-Rubber Men, who planned and accomplished great coups, should bother themselves with jewel thefts. But when he refreshed his memory with data from the Record Department, the reason for such expert assistance was obvious. John traced fourteen big jewel robberies, where gems to an enormous value had been stolen, and which crimes were attributed to the India-Rubber Men.
It rained heavily that evening, clearing up towards night, and possibly it was the weather which made his wound smart, though it was more likely, as the police doctor pointed out to him, that the activities of the day were responsible He made most of his arrangements by telephone, and when darkness fell on the river he went down to the 'float' and gave his final instructions to the officers in charge of the three launches that were moored to the edge of the landing-stage.