The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-11-24
PLYMOUTH, INDIANA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER a. 1864.

the evening. and he says your bracelet
WIS neither sent for nor fetched
The barvnne looked aghast Francois
she said, that man must have been all
, impostor. He was no officer. bat an of
r ur thief
The baron smiled rs his little wife jump
ed SO speedily at such a conclusion. and
presisted that the bracelet was saie and
had really been sent for by the queen and
that the officer whom he had consulted
was mznformed.
! But womans penetration had guessed
rightly. as the morrow proved.
As the bracelet was not forthcoming
the next morning, NJ. dc N-spoke to
the chief inspector of the police on the
subject. who quite conceded with mad
ame's opinion as to the valuable ornament
having been artful Y stolen. The baron
was greatly annoyed, and ordered the in
spector to advertise for 1t in every direc-
,icn. Offering reward of 5000 francs 10
the person who should restore it. The
Inspector promised to 10 MI III bis power
toward the recovery Of the bracelet as
we'll for the sake of society at large as the
satisfaction Of his employers.
But three months passed away--3oo
francs had been spent III Advertising ald
still the missing bracelet was not found.
1t was growing dusk one evening in
MAY. When a servant informed Madame
de V--that Monsieur the Inspector
wished to speak to her or Monsieur the
Earon. As the latter was crt, Madame
de V--wcnt down stairs 10 speak TO the
INSPECTOR. with wholl she had had many
previous interviews ON the sibiect OF the
diamond bracelet As she entered The
room he bowed in the respectful manner
peculiar to him. Il believe | have some
good news for madame, this evening, he
said. His voice was rather singular,
somewhat rescmbling . boys when chang
ing. Madame dc N---~had often re
marked this peculiarly nai"re, 50 1t d'd
not strike her that eyering. The de
tectives,' he continnod, engaged N the
business. have met th y bracelet III a
Jews second hand shop 4. Lyons. 50 ex-
actly the same As madames that II only
remains for ii to he identified before Ne
can claim it as nadame's property Ny
object in coming this evening Is to AK
madame t. allow me to look at the other
that m.v lie able to swear to the one ar
Lyons being is fellow.
The baromnc. oyerjoyed the idea oi
recovering her lost property, 'rIpre'i "at
Of the room. and soon returned with Tx
re naming bracelet The Inspector took It
carefully in his hand and proceeded to
examine it infinitely. The bracelets ar"
exactly alike" he inquired Of Madame Dc
v
Exactly, repeated the baronne
IL believe ! have learnt the pattern
thoroughly" said the ins1ector musin@iy,
yc: there NAY be some difficulty IN not
having both bracelets together. to compare
them one with another
why no: ;qke tbs to Lyons then
suggested the b,rome.
"lAh. madame. il wuul,i scarcely do ~
trust even police Inspector after having
.ecn deceived by an officer IN disguise:
oh" laughed Madame lie v do
you not think would trust yoa, Monsieur
Insrcctcur. af cr all the interest and tr"u5-
&c YOU have taken iii the matter: lake
the bracelet. and [ hope You Il bring
me both EEK ere many days have passed.
The inspector still hcsitated, but at
length consented to do as the baronne
wished him. and went away. bearing the
sparkling ornament with him. On her
husbands return the baronne of course.
told him of the joyful discovery.
A week. however, passed away without
the inspectors arriving with the stolen
property. One morning, therefore, the
baron called on the inspector to make IN
ou;ries respecting ii. The latter seemed
very muclf surprised on being asked if the
bracelet had been brought from Lyons
What d ,es Monsieur mean! | never
heard anv thing about the bracelet having
been found at Lyons-it Is surely mis-
take. Monsieur has misunderstood mad
anne Ia baronne.
You had better come Yourself and
have this strange mystery cleared UP, NJ.
in,recteur.'. answered the baron, sternly.
MADAME is at home, and will be happy to
assure you herself that it is no mistake.
,ha, YOU called and informed her OF the
damon Is having been traced to Lyons.
The baron and the Inspector repaired to
the Rue des Champs Elysses, where they
found Madame de v at home, as her
husband had said She confirmed what
he had already said about the inspector
having called one night ut dusk and hav-
ing informed her that the bracelet was
supposed to be at Jews 5 second hand
shop at Lyons.
The inspector smiled ncreduously as he
said. Does madame really think that |
called at dusk, after business hours, when
ali the world is out, or enjoying itself with
company at home? Bah. | do my busi-
ness in business hours. The disguised
off .er most probably thought he could do
another little stroke of business in an ofl
cial uniform of another cut-the villain
Nais-I am afraid madame will never sec
either of her bracelets again after this.
The inspectors words came but too true
From that day to this Madame la Baronne
de VS. diamond bracelets have never
been heard Of
D,v,c,rtoNs Nau--a cOBrlOmcrated