Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-01
by anything. Now I will tell you
how came to. know about the gems.

/ Il = 80
by anything. Now I will tell you
/ how came to. know about the gems.
Some TINE. 1gp cef4SJh gve1lskn0ssn::
lady Of sthiS City lostSh er jeYD case
in a my tefRus man Tn ia fair
was placed h my hands, andawhen
hadexh.a,stsa Pals. Wsht to
Amsterdam, en- route if necessary for
London. You know our old friends,
Levenstein and Schartzer
I nodded. I had had dealings with
that firm on many occasions.
well, as went into their office, l
saw the gentleman who has been
paying attention to the lady we have
been discussing. come out: Il have an
excellent T memory for faces, and
when Il saw. him tonight. entering
the Cafe des Ambassadors. recog-
nized him INN ediately. Thus the
mystery is explained s s .-s q
He Shrugged his shoulders and
spread his hands apart, like a con.
iurer who has just vanished a. rabbit.
aor an orange. s5@sz q )
HAS the man of whom we are
speaking done very wrong?" he in
| juired.J ~ -
'Tl1e stones he sold in London and
amsterdam belonged TO- himself and
ais two partners,"-I answered. HE
Las not given them their share of the
Estrausaction. That is ALL.
They had better be quick about it
-
anything. = It would be- a very big
smu that would tempt la belle Louise
to be faithful for a long period. : If
your employers really desire to pun
ish him, and they are not in want
of money, IHshould say do not let
| them interfere. She will then nibble-
| aibble at what he has got like a
| mouse into store of good things.
Then presently that store will be all
,one,e and then she, will give up, and
he, the man, will go out and shoot
himself, and she will pick up some
| body else, and will begin to nibble-
| nibble just as before AS say, there
will be somebody else,. and somebody
-else, right up to- the end of the chap
! Ter. And with every one she will
| grow just an imperceptible bit older.
BY and by the wrinkles will appear;
I fancy there are just one or$two al
| ready. Then she will not be SO fas-
tidious about her. hundred Of thou
sand francs, and will condescend to
| think of mere thousands. After that
ut will come to simple hundreds.
IT'hen there will be an interval-after
which a. garnet, a charcoal-brazier,
and; the morgue. I have known SO
many, and it is always the same.
First, the diamonds, the champagne,
| the exquisite little dinners at the
best restaurants, and at last the
! brazier, the closed doors and win
| dows, and the cold stone slab. There
is a. moral in it, my dear friend, but
we will not look for it tonight.
When do you intend to commence
business with your man."
cat once, st answered. "He knows
| that I am after him, and my only
fear is that he will make bolt. I
cannot understand why he is daily
ing in Paris.so long?'' 49,. s -
'""For the Simple reason that he is
confident he has put you off the
SCENT" ,Wassmy2 companions reply.
'He is doing the one. foolish thing
the criminal always does sooner or
later; that is to, say, he is becoming
| over-confdent OF his own powers to
| elude us. You and I, my friend,
| should be able to remember several
such instances. Now, strange to say,
other day. Would you care to hear
| it?"
| He lit a cigarette and blew a cloud
of smoke while he waited for my an
sWer. ~ -
every much,'' I said, being we'll
aware that his stories were always
worth hearing. -.
| "This is somewhat remarkable
| case" he said. 81 will mention no
names, but doubtless you can read
between the lines.DgThere~ was a man
who murdered his wife in order that
he might marry anotherswoman. The
thought which he gave to it, and the
| clever manner in which he laid his
plans, not only for the murder but
also for the disposal of the body,
marked him as a criminal in the pos
session of singularly brilliant in
tellect. He gave no hint to anybody,
but left the country without leaving
the faintest clew concerning his
destination behind him. I was called
hin to. talk over the case, but after
some consideration could make moth.
ing OF it. I have no objection, to i'd
uniting that I was completely baf-
Eyed. Now it 80 happened tAaxS1 dis-,
Ptovered that the mans mother va
Of Irish extraction. He. believing
that he would be safe On. that island,
engaged a passage on board q steam-
Or from Ha.re to Belfast! She was
to pick up, at Southampton. !; Ply
mouth and Bristol, en- route. Ny
man who. by the way, was very
presentable person, and could be dis
tinctly sociable when he pleased, en-
deavored to make himself agreeable