The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-03

and there, but you see the business
end of my work now was to recover the
Jewels so reported secretly that / had
my man, and resolved to keep him at
my elbow till I had traced the swag.
He was very agreeable about It, took
my orders amiably and sw0re he do his
best to help me. If I'd get him first
class fare back to New York when the
whole affair was settled and / had my
thousand pounds reward I agreed to
ship him when I caught the real thief,
and the way he made believe to help me
would have fooled anybody except
smooth sleuth I thought he'd weaken
when I took him to the Russell house at
Chelsea, but ne carried himself very
swagger. said he had no fear Of being
identified and laughed in my face when
old Colonel De AIunn-Russcn said that
his son had gone off to Vienna or some
where with Count Raoul Perignan,
young French rakehen who had been
raising the devil in London. I resolved
to follow him to Paris. for besides sus-
pecting that Russell would daily there, L
had a shrewd suspicion that the jewels
had already been disposed of to some
Partisan dealer. Meanwhile our fellows
were searching the pawnshops and ba-
zaars Of England, and 1 took Haney, my
partner. to Paris with me to help take
care of my prisoner.
THE way the Cardinal acted all this
time was a puzzler for ne. and, I admit
it freely he fooled me He knew everY
/ fence in Paris and when we found that
Captain Russell and his friend had left
for Monte Carlo, but would return in
fortnight, Kinney and I spent our time
searching the shops with the aid of the
Paris police. Haney watched the depots
for our friend, the captain, and my pris-
oner seemed to get so interested in the
work of locating the jewels and so eager
to display his knowledge of the men and
firms who traffic in such contraband
riches, that began OF doubt whether,
after all, he was not the burglar. To
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whole swag in a. shop in the Rue St. Mar
tin, and my prisoner was almost as glad
as I was. The gems had been unset, but
the description I had of the metal work
put all doubt out of my head I tele-
graphed to Colonel De Num- Russell to
come at once to the Hotel Continental,
and was delighted the same afternoon to
hear from Haney that Captain Russell
had arrived.
TO show how stupid I really was in
those days. my plan now went fur
Their than to confront Kinney, my bur
giar, with Captain Russell, who. I felt
sure. would identify him positively. Then
the old colonel would identify the Jewels
( separately and collectively. Without ex-
planning to any of the principals whether
I had a prisoner, whether I had located
the vaIuables or what my message pur-
ported / got Colonel De Mum Russell
/ into my rooms at the Continental first.
Then I brought his son over from his
friends apartments. where they were hav-
Haney had my prisoner ready in another
room. and the pawnbroker who had
bought the stolen property was 10 arrive
on the stroke of s. Father and son were
sitting silently together when I stood up
and told them that ] had the burglar in
an adjoining room ia know him in
hundred said the captain. A moment
later Haney brought in the prisoner, who
looked impudently into the face of his
accuser. That's the man; I swear he's
the fellow I saw going down the stairsi
said Russell.
." You're a bigger fool than I thought
you were. cap grinned Kinney. Suppose
I admit that was in your house., That's
no sign I robbed it, Trespass isn't bur
glarx. is it2 You're an ass captaiui
Now. I didn't understand this bBplay
but Just then the jeweler came in, ac-
companied by a French detective. carry
ing a valise which I knew contained the
lost Jewels. Old Colonel De Munn-Rus-
sells eyes actually filed with delighted
tears when I told him we had his heir
] looms, and when they were spread out
he claDped his hands and laughed. I in
troduced the pawnbroker, or jeweler, or
whatever he was, to the colonel and to
the captain, and they saluted one an
other
"Then very queer thing happened.
The pawnbroiIer came slyly to my side