The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-05-11

be fuss and worry for nothing.
'sDo you know, am inclined to agree
with her." said the girl
care you? Then tell me what you
think of the case as far as you have
got.
"What do you think p
81 shan't tell you at this stage, be-
cause I know of further particulars
which / will give you later on. l mere
ly want your opinion now, so that ]
may see whether what / have to tell
you afterward nodifies it in any way. !"
"Well, to me the case looks decided
ly dark against the prince
"That is what Mr.. Briggs thinks. He
imagines his highness has the Jewels. ;"
"Where did you get all these particu-
larss"
"From Mr.. Briggs, who, of course,
got them by letter from his daughter. !"
ssThen we have, as it were, a one
sided statement"
sob, quite SO, but still you must re-
member the princess does not in the
least suspect her husband of the theft I"
"Well, please go on. What are the
! further particulars
'tThe further particulars are that the
prince made some quiet Investigations
among the servants, and he found that
| there was man who, although he was
a friend of his own, was much more the
friend of the princess, and this man
had, on the day the ball was given, the
entire freedom of the castle. He is a
| young officer and nobleman, Lieutenant
Won Schaunberg, and the prince knew
that this young man was being hard
pressed for some debts of honor which
he did not appear to be in position to
liquidate. The young man went unex-
pectedly to Vienna the day after the
ball and on his return settled his obi
| cations. The princess, from one of her
women, got word of her husbands sus-
picion. She went to the prince at once
and told him she had come to his own
/ opinion with regard to the lost dia-
monds. She would under no circum-
stances have detectives about the place
Then he told her that he had changed
his mind and resolved to engagesdetect-
ives So here they We're at deadlock
again. She wrote to her father with
great indignation about the princes un-
just suspicious, saying Won Schaumberg
was gentleman in every sense of the
word. gather that relations between
herself and her husband are somewhat
strained so imagine there is much
more in this matter than the lost dia-
monds.
"You think, then. that she is shield
ing the lieutenant?'
"Candidly, do
"And you think he stole the dia-
monds2'
"Yes, do.
II DOM agree with you. think still
1t was the prince, and I think, besides
this, that he dexterously managed to
throw suspicion on the lieutenant. Have
they called in the detectives yet7''
'No; they are still at deadlock"
"Well, what am I expected to do2'
'tMr. Briggs cabled to his daughter
he never writes letter-that he
would come over and straighten out the
tangle in Is minutes He is certain the
prince stole the, diamonds, but he did
not tell his daughter So He told her he
was bringing her a present of new
! typewriting machine and was bringing
from Chicagoa young woman who could
write shorthand and would look after
the princess corresponden as
secretary, in fact-for it seems the prin-
cess has larger correspondence than
she can reasonably attend to, and it
seems she yearns for typewriter. The
old man tells me she is very careless
about her letters, never being able to
find anything she wants and leaving
them about good deal, SO he thinks
she needs some one to look after her cor
respondence, and it looks as if her fa-
ther feared she might leave some COM
promising letter about, SO he wishes to
ward off divorce case"
emo; think you are wrong there.
The father hasn't the slightest suspicion
there could be anything wrong with
his daughter. 1t is probable the princess
has written some libelous statements
about her husband, and it is quite like
~ the prince is brute and that young
Won Schaumberg is a most charming
person.
"Well, as was saying" continued
Hardwick, the old man cables his
daughter that he is bringing her sec
rotary and typewriter. He engaged a
female Pinkerton detective to enter the
castle as secretary to the princess and,
if possible, to solve the mystery. She is
young woman who, when she left
Chicago, was very anti-Englsh, but she
became acquainted on the steamer with
young Englishman who was tremen-
dously taken with her, and SO at Liver
pool she quite calmly broke her engage
ment with the old man and fulfilled a
new engagement she had made with the
young man by promptly marrying him.
Old Briggs has therefore a new type
writing machine on his hands, and SO l
was going to propose to you that you
take the place of the Chicago Pinkerto1
person. Briggs has become so Disguised
with all these detective women that he
gave up the idea of sending female
/, detective with the machine and doesn t
imagine that whoever is sent will be
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