Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-30

Alo Audy nave NlSueu u spare you no.
toriety.''
"He knows mo better than that" She
| said this with a smile.
'How better:" asked the detective.
81 mean that he knows there is moth
ing that 1 would not risk for him, since
have consented to give him myself I
am enc Of those women, Mr.. Barnes,
who are not easily deferred from aiding
the man of her choice"
DO You mean that you would be
willing to share unenviable notoriety
with him and that he knew this?''
II do, and therefore feel confident
that he would have asked my assistance
if it had been his attention to take my
PIN
| "Just as he did IN another occasion:'
The detective had been leading her up
to this for the last few moments, and
now watched to see the effect. She did
not change countenance, but simply said:
"What occasion:"
"The morning when he locked your
maid i'll this room while you went down
town and took little girl from one
house to another?"
'To what other?' This was hard
one for the detective, and as he did not
reply she smiled agsravatingly as she
continued:
'Mr. Barnes. you have no proof of
your assertion. You suspect that did
what You say, but you do not know it.
As told yen just now, it is possible for
bare suspicion to lead one astray."
Perhaps, but I do not think that I
am far wrong in this instance
"We will not discuss it. Let us re-
turn to the ruby. You told Mr.. Van
Rawlston, so he tells me, that you knew
| in advance that this crime was about to
occur. Did you know the person who
would take the pin?''
"To be perfectly frank with you,
Miss Remsen, 1 expected that Mr.. Mitch
ell would take it. 1 think now that he
| did take it. Do you wish me to continue
| the investigation? 1t may lead to your
friends losing his wager, whereas You
have the right to notify the police that
your gem has been returned to you. That
would make our work on the case use
less and assure him Of winning his bet. :"
Mr.. Barnes object hero was ingenious
He thought that if the girl accepted his
suggestion he would thus DO assured
that she still suspected Mr.. Mitchell
Thus he would reach her true opinion
of the case. Her answer was:
81 cannot do that. 1t would certainly
be to give up my hope Of recovering tho
stone. l am sure that Mr. Mitchell has
not taken it. If am wrong and he has
done so without trusting me, why then
he has made mistake and must suffer
by it. 1 am sure, however, it will provo
otherwise. So do the best you can, if
you please"
"You may rely upon it that my best
energies shall be devoted to this work
l wish you good morning"
About O'Clock that same afternoon
MIR. Barnes sent his card up to Mr..
Mitchell at the Lafayette in Philadel-
phia. A few minutes later he was shown
into that gentleman room and found
him i'll bed
Delighted to see you, Mr.. Barnes.
You are very kind to come and see me.
Fer doing SO am almost willing to for
give you for the wrong which you have
done me-"
Wrong? What wrong:"
"Do you remember the day you came
to see me at the Fifth Avenue about the
button which you had found? You asked
me to show you the seventh of my own
set. 1 agreed Oh condition that you
should not annoy the lady,
"Well?'
You broke your promise, that is
ALL
lin what way?"
lin the first place you bribed her maid
TO tell her u lie and leave her SO that
one of your spies could take her place;
secondly, your spy did take her place,
the result of which was that Miss Rem
sen could not re-engage her old maid
and has had much trouble to get another
as good"
Il did not foresee when I made that
promise that such an emergency would
arise as did later
Every true. But did, and I warned
you that you would gain nothing by
making the promise, since you would
only find my own story verified by your
VISIT
well, I am very sorry and will say
that it shall not occur again.
"But, Mr.. Barnes, it has occurred
again
"How sop
why, sho cannot leave her home ut
any time without being logged by your
spies.
Mr.. Barnes bit his lip in chagrin to
md how we'll this man was acquainted
with his plans, but he replied unhesitat-
ingly:
This time you are wrong. prom
lsed you not to annoy Miss Remsen in
connection with the particular case of
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