Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
Music Co., 53S Broadway.
II B RACELETS.
How Two Daring Thieves Robbed an
Austrian

Austrian Duchess.
London Exchanges: 1t was during the
palmlesU days of the empire. Never was
Paris so gay; in fact, it was the fete day
of the emperor, the last hickering
blaze of his greatness ere his glory de-
parted forever. All Paris knew that
he would grace the opera that highland
add to its usual lustre the glittering
pomp and circumstance of power. Ac-
cordingly, all that portion of Paris
which had the necessary number of
francs vent to the opera, and, in honor
of so great an occasion, M. Blauvais,
the director, was to produce La
Prophetic"
The overture was over: the emperor,
accompanied by the empress. radiant in
her beauty and glittering with jewels,
had just entered the royal box; his
suite, uniformed in every color OF the
rainbow, stood grouped in the back
ground. In another moment the bell
would Jingle and the opera commence.
But in an instant of time, when every
sound was heard, the second box to the
right of the emperor was opened, and
the curtains were drawn aside and re-
vealed the lovely wife of the Russian
ambassador. Duke Metzkerwitch.
No wonder hat the bell tinkled I'M
heard and the curtain went up un-
noticed; no wonder that every eye was
fixed with u fascinated gaze upon the wo-
man who had just taken her seat, and was
calmly and with well-bred nonchalance
~glancing about the house; for upon her
arms blazing like beacOns, sparkled the
diamonds of which Paris had heard SO
much, and which royalty in vain had
long sought to purchase. A hun of adj
miration ran through the house, and
then for the first time, the enchanting
strains of the chorus were listened to.
When the curtain fell upon the first
act IA servant wearing the imperial liv-
cry, presented himself at the Russian
ambassadors box, raped only as an
imperial turnkey could rap, and then en-
tered the box.
Her majesty had noticed the brace
cts and was dumb with admiration;
would milady be SO gracious as to allow
the empress to mako a personal eXaml-
nation of the bracelets.
In an instant the fair arm was shorn
of its gems, and with a smothered ejac-
ulation of delight the man wearing the
imperial livery bowed himself out of the
box, bearing the bracelet that a million
of francs could not purchase.
The curtain fell upon the third act,
assembled again on the fourth, the notes
OF the finale rolled through the house,
the curtain for the last time, and still,
with well-bred politeness, the wife of
the Russian ambassador waited for the
return of her priceless jewels. The
imperial party rose and departed, and
yet the bracelet was not returned. Then
the duke, with a terrible frown of inn
Tuileries and demanded the return OF
the diamonds.
Explanations followed, and the duke
was at last convinced that the empress
had never sent for the bracelet, and the
man wearing the imperial livery was
one of the daring thieves who infest
the capital. He babe his coachman
drive to the project of police, and ere
daylight a hundred of the shire widest
officers were searching Paris for the
gems. The duke, filed with anxiety,
remained at the office for tidings, while
the duchess waited the recovery of her
diamonds at home.-
The great clock had just tolled the
hour of 6, when the bell of the dukes
house rang violently, and an officer OF
the police was ushered into the presence
of the duchess.
WAS the bracelet recoveredY" and
would they imprison the scoundrel
for the rest of his days." eagerly de-
manded the duchess.
With a grave bow the officer stated
that the thief was taken and upon his
person was found the bracelet. But the
fellow stoutly insisted that he was not 8
thief, and that the bracelet in his pos
session had been in his family many
years. Would madam intrust to him
the mate of the missing bracelet, thai
the identity might be complete?
Madame the duches, without a word