The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-11
From a Detectives Notebook

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no no proof Of anything The situation mus.
terfered .'io i"-
After some little reflection. decided
10 80 back TO the drawing room. wnere
Vo"iu see What was gong on Under
any crcumstances l must not lose sight
OF the girl 10 whom the vinaigret be-
For nearly haf an hour I waited I'm
vain She danced with two or three dlr-
ierent men, but did not seem 10 hava
missed IL.
at last, after one OF the dances. She
appeared 10 be looking for something.
WIN what was. | presume, an apology
20 her partner, she skipped across the
room TO group Of girls. Evidently she was
asking If any OF them had seen her vim
aigret For some time she got no infor-
nation, but presently a girl who was
passing. leaning on mans arm. turned
round and made some remark pointing
WI n her ian 10 the conservat tory door
The owner Of the vinaigret gave q nttIe
hod OF thanks, and hurried across the
room.
All this time / observed that the man
VINO mad drugged the scent bottle. and
who was chatting with some OF the peo-
pie standing about. watched the girl
closely.
As soon as she had LETT the drawing
|
siroied quietly toward the conservatory.
AS he passed through the curtains / no.
uced tnat he glanced round 10 see ii he
were being followed.
That settled it; | had found my man.
and must act promptly. Lady yarmouth
VAS atancng near the piano. RemCm-
oering her injunctions that there was
not. under any circumstances. 10 be an
expose OF a scene, Ii was necessary 20
proceed With caution. / caught her eye
without much difficulty. She understood
at once that | had something 20 say, and
dsenga9ed herself from her friends
"Will you come with me to the conser-
vatory?' | said quietly. 4 believe | have
| solved the mystery"
She turned pale Very well. /" she said.
| Give me your arm. Be careful what you
do. Air. Lowe she added in a troubled
voice 1T must be hushed up.
When we reached the conservatory we
| found just as ! had expected. the young
lady lying back in chair unconscious.
| Her oar-drops were missing
Miss Dainton has tainted" said Lady
/ Barmouth
"one moment" ] said: there is no
cause for alarm. Do you see what has
| happened Her diamond ear-drops have
disappeared.
DO you know who it is?" she whis-
percd
Yes Her vinaigret has been drugged
not sufficiently to do her any harm. I
| saw II done"
what shall | do? Fetch Lord Bar
! mouth, will you? lie must advise me"
! (Which is Lord Barmouth?"
! She came 10 the curtains and pointed
/ him out 10 me-"
Very we'll" said |. "Chafe Miss Dain-
| tons hands. and try 10 bring her around.
but don't send for any help at present"
! l don't think 7 ever felt 80 reluctant 20
4 "A tl,af
ute. The man whom Lady yarmouth had
pointed out her husband was the man
| who had cruEged the vinaigret-who haG
| followed Miss Dainton into the conserva-
tory In word, Lord Barmouth was
kleptomaniac.
'Will you come with me into the con-
| servatory, Lord Barmouth?' / said. AS
spoke / looked at him stcrnly ia the
! face. He turned deathly white, and his
eyes shifted ncrvously about the room.
whats the matter?" he said huskily.
| rs anything wrong?"
| Miss Dainton has tainted
| oh" he murmured with relief.
And her ear-drops have disappeared,
added. For moment thought he was
| going 10 drop down put my arm
! through his ard led him toward the con-
| seivatory. He was trembling like leaf.
When we got well into the shadow OF
the curtains I stopped. Lord Bar
/ i
and give them up 10 me at once
What do you mean?" he said hoarse-
ly.
"The ear-drops. Ii will prevent
scene"
lie put a trembling hand into the
| breast pocket OF his dresscoat and gave
me the ear-drops. He did il like man
I'm "A dream, and l really believe that for
the time being he was unconscious. Then
he turned away and left the drawing
room hurriedly.
'WU he not conner" said Lady Bar
mouth, with an awful look of terror In
her eyes.
Lord yarmouth is not WELL" / replied.
Here are the ear-drops.'
The poor woman went scarlet. She
knew what ] meant. and l was deeply
greved for her. From the first she must
have had a faint suspicion of the truth.
and was anxious to save him from pub
lie disgrace and scandal
She was thoroughly unnerved. Miss
Dainton showed signs of returning con-
scousness.
into her ears. She won't know what has
happened
Lady yarmouth replaced them with
trembling fingers.
Send some one TO look after the girl;
III stop with her till help comes. But
YOU must go ana fnu your husband.
make haste" l added, significantly, "or
you will be too late"
NV work was not quite over. When
Lady yarmouth found her husband in
his dressing he was. as ! feared. on
the point OF committing suicide. She
saved him. a number Of trinketa, % -
of great value, were found in his safe.
There is of course, only one explans-
tion on that one point Lord yarmouth
was mad. There was no object I'm his
stealing ladies' ornaments ne Is a
very wealthy man, and had not put them
10 any use.
There was not much difficulty In find
ing their respective owners. I returned
them myself asking each one ~ Q mat
ter of courtesy 10 make no inquiries as
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