Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-15

rows Planet from her. Then I'll come
up and see Connor again"
Next morning, when Mr.. Martinez
visited Sing Sing, George Connor was
reading his personal: "Jack-Teu ALL
GIVE up jewels. New Haven"
Your. ruse is admirable" said Con-
nor with a smile, but nevertheless i'll
az ease. Unfortunately, l have moth
ing to tell you"
Mr.. Martinez went back to the city.
was way off the truth" said he, cor
Connor would have been deceived. He
hasn't the jewels. The woman has
them. Fortunately, I know she is in
New Haven, and, still more fortunate-
ly, that COnnOr isn't allowed to write
TO his friends for three days yet. The
Warden says the letter-writing takes
place then. I must go to New Haven;
and II | can't locate the young, pretty
woman-she is young and pretty-in
three days I'd better resign my position
IN the service. I'll put up at the best
| hotel and go everywhere.
Anything going on tonight" asked
| Martinot of the hotel clerk in New
/ Haven, besides the ball in the hall?
No? Then I'll trouble you to send for
tickets for me- And, by the way, I shall
want a dress suit. Travelling for pleas
ure, l left mine home"
An hour later, snugly located in the
gallery Of the palm bedecked hall, the
detective watched and waited, enjoy
ing the brilliant scene about him and
almost forgetting the object of his I'M
usual dissipation. OF a sudden there
was hush, woman was entering the
room, and, leaning forward like the
rest, he caught full sight of the object
| OF so much attention as she passed I'M
der the palms, surrounded by a court
OF students. From head to foot she
| Slistened with diamonds and jewels Of
all sorts who is that young woman?"
| he asked a man near him.
THAT is Marie Newcastle"
And who is Marie Newcastle?"
"Oh' laughed the man, you must
1 be a stranger here. Miss Newcastle
! is young actress whose parents live
here, where she spends her vacations.
/ From a simple village girl she has
grown TO be the queen of the college
boys and the leader among the livelier
] set of the town She is frowned upon
/ and petted, but she is enjoying her
/ youthful reign you will acknowledge
/ when YOU see her drive down HillhOuse
avenue tomorrow afternoon behind her
/ white ponies with a college boy at her
side dividing honOrs with a snow
/ white bull dog. Oh, Marie Newcastle
is college queen"
With misgivings next morning Mr.
Martinez betcok himself to the lively
though simply appointed, cottage OF
Miss Newcastle's parents. "She has
the Jewels. that is enough for me" he
said. as he waited Unfortunately for that
young lady to appear after his dissipa-
ton of the night before. When Miss
| Newcastle did appear it was with a has
lilly dOuned gown twisted about her in
aesthtic fashion. Stimulating the coils
of q serpent It's delicate green beauti-
/ fully set off her blond complexion but
the ornament at the neck caught Mr.
NartinOt's instant attention. This was
q frog of the most brilliant emeralds
with a diamond stripe running down
it's back. while its legs of gold tiligreC
terminated in two enormous pearls
Something in MIR. MartinOt's face
frightened Miss Newcastle, for she
stepped to the portiers and closed
them.
IL am sorry" said he, Ito be abrupt
with YOU but / must ask YOU for those
jewels-that frog and the others. They
are stolen property, as you know. But
if YOU give them up at once, perhaps -
Miss Newcastle smiled, showing sci
of very pretty v5lite teeth. you arc
mistaken" she said for they are no
stolen. and if YOU will allow me to write
a note and send it away by , messenger
shall soon receive an ansfer that vii
convince YOU" Miss Newcastle seated
herself at a dainty desk dashed of
a note upon the same pape' and i'm the
same hand which Mr.. Martinez remem-
bered.
Now" she said, Il will wait up
stairs until the answer comes, but You
may keep this if you like tossing tn
frog into his hands.
No sooner had the portieres closed
than Mr.. Martinez stepped to the desk
and. picking up the blotter, held it in
front of the overhanging mirror. The
words were blurred but discernible.
Come - trouble - jewe,5 - you gave
me" The address was plain.
Rushing out. Mr. Martinez hailed a
cab. Drive to No. 99S Chapel street, -
ne ordered. and s. for you if YOU beat
a messenger with five minutes the
start"
AS the cab drove up to the door a
young man disappeared inside. THAT
frs the man I want, The young man
who hides when he sees q stranger"
Upstairs i'm his room, where the de-
tective ran two steps at a time, to
catch him. crouched the young man,
deadly pale and trembling from head to
foot. II will confess all-all,' he
gasped as the frog was flashed before
/ his eyes. telling him that his game was
Iup. "Au. all-if only you will not let
let-him know.
'T was i'm debt. horribly in debt.
owed for everything and could not get a
cent AT Unconstitutional God knows
tried hard. And then, when l was be-
inc nosted at my clubs I thought sud
denly -of-father's jewels-that he
has collected for a lifetime and enc OF
which would mean so much for me- |
intended to slip into the upper apart
mont and take only one, but I could not
find the casket. had been drinking TO
nerve myself. and turned on the keys
one after another-trying to light the
"Tben I went down stairs to look IN
s,+be,,s rooms and I awakened him get
ting the casket out.
And the fire.?
Tho bov's face grew so ashen that Mr..