Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-01

by anything Now will tell you
how IScame "a: know d bout the gems.
Some tsne' % = cef q lve1l
lady 81 sthil city lost her jew lease
in my bus mani TIL aff air
was placed a my ha ds, and when
had xhlsa6stSa Pa Wit to
Amsterdam, en- route if necessary for
Lond on. gu know our old friends.
fLevenstein and Schartzer E.
l nodded. ! had had dealings with
that firm on many occasions.
| 'ssWe11, as T went into their Office,
II ma Ias who Has been
paying attention to the lady we have
been discussing, come out: II have an
excellent ( memory for faces, and
IWhenss / saw him tosnight .aente ring.
the, Cafe dess Ambassadors, recog-:
nized him imme diately: Thus the
fmysterys Isl explained:''s ss So h. /
He shrugged his shoulders and
Ispread shis hands apart, like a con-
5urer who has just vanished q rabbit
pr q sorange! s.
HAS the man of whom we are
| speaking done very wrong?" he in
[ luired.T TIfE5E
| '"The stones he sold in London and
amsterdam belonged to, himself and
aiss two partners ~ answered He
Las not given them their share of tho.
lSeransaction. That IS ai::''Ss
''They had better be quick about it
then, or they are.>not likely to~get
anything. u Its5would be a. very big
smu that would tempt la belle Louise
Ito be faithful fora ~long period :. If
your employers really desire to pun
ish him, and they are. not in want
I:of money. = ssh ould say do not let
them Interfere She will then nibble-
nibble lat what he has got like, a
mouse into a store of good things.
Then presently that store will be all
gone,s 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-
i l.
Twill, be somebody else,, and somebody
~else, right up tosthe end of the chap
Ter. And with every one she will
| grow just an imperceptible bit older.
By and by the wrinkles will appear;
fancy there are just one orstwo al
ready. Then she will not be SO fas-
tidious about herxzhundreds Of thou
sand. francs, and will condescend to
| think of mere; thousands. After that
ut will come to simple hundreds.
ifThen there will be an interval-after
(which a. garnet, q :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 al moral in it, my dear friend, but
we will not look for it tonight.
when do you intend: to- commence
business with your MANI" ~.<
"At once, ''Issanswered. HE knows
that am after him, and my only
fear. is that he will make bolt Z
cannot understand why he is daily
ing in Paris~so long?'' Il: ! g !.
F>t"For the Simple reason that he is
confident he has put you off the
SCENT .Wassssmya companions reply.
"He. is doing tie one. foolish thing
the criminal always does sooner or
Flater;I that's TO- say, he is. becoming
confident Oh his own powers to
elude us. You and I, my friend,
should be~able~ to remember several
such instances. Now, strange to say,
came across "a &curions. onesrzthe
other day. Would you care to hear
it?" - s
He lit q cigarette and blew a cloud
of smoke while he waited for MY an
swer. sesjl% 4 6 fIS> z IS ss5T!2!2.5 n
Every much" I said, being well
aware that his stories were always
worth hearing. - /.
This is somewhat remarkable
case" he said. II will mention no
NAMES, but doubtless you can read
between the ~lines.a@There~w 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 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. was called
II htn 70 talk over the case, but after
fsome consideration could make moth.
ing Zof it. I have no objection, Is Id
hitting that I was was completely bai.f-
Aed. Now IL 20 happensd tAa4SI dis'
4eovsred that the mans methSr vi
Of Irish extraction. He, believing
that he would be ssfes On nc islands
engaged . passage on board i steam
Or from HaSrea 80 Belfast! she We !
TO pick mp at southamptoo.s /. Ply
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