The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-15

Tho chief drew up chair ana sh'u
i kindly. Miss Shea you don't seem 70
realize that this is a rather serious mat
il Ter. Misc Almeric has been missing since
last night and her father IS very mucil
concerned about It. YOU were the last
ono secn wifi, her, and naturally we nave
I Ia question YOU. YOU may Know " nu ~.
i shc ia, md YOU may not, bit would YOU
Mind telling how you happen TO DC wea'
| Ing her flng?" ~, .,,,-- ~.
1 1syl asked. ,..i, e..
ut has her name engraved iHslde, t 10
one ob thp Drills the wb Sha Hnn aked pass
was it7 But didn't know IT hnd NO
rine's. name in 1t before" 1871 partly s Re re-
moved II, now, and l {, ior ne,s q No.
received It, she had not noticed the name
inside. 70 Bob Almeric, however, VINO
knew nothing Of this, 1t seemed ike inc
height Of tnpertinence.
Are you trying to make me- nc believe ,f,vt
ring" he said. sneeringly.
You may believe 1t or not" she an
DO. you mind, saying where you got
~ decline, to tell" Isyl said, -,
Tho boss looked at the chief; the chief
to take next. AT that moment Tom Par
rsh in evening dress and Inverness.
IVA into the. room.
Without answering Tom walked ", to
Isyl, saying jauntily. We'll, your males
f fsnd are soS W sSHs one Of these three
shall kill flrst-the dragon, the magi-
clan or the craven knight who stole
In a moment 1syl's courage returned
She had absolute confidence IN his power
to master any situation. So she smiled
at last, and held UP the sapphire.
tell wSsso sfn sot ts arr nE sy she snd
and you wouldn't answery'
"Of course not. How could II
We'll, then, It's largely up to little
Smy f pSSt CD sSce SSs zap sna
men. allow me to introduce to you the
wonder of the criminal world, I. Parrish.
great sapphire ring robbery, the mystery
do DC ! Your r" worstl And lie struck ali atti
tude which succeeded in drawing e. grin
from the chief of police
You're a swell gonoff, ! don't thlnk!'
he said You are Raffles. the amateur
cracksman. | suppose: Well # you
really pnched this ring. IN send for pr. the he
wake up and get onto yourself, or we'll
have a scandal in high society
II cannot tell a lie. took the ring
Tom asserted.
Where did you get lt?'
"Ah, l pass. But I'm glad you are In
tcligent enough to argue from effect to
cause
was the next question.
II might dare to guess was the an
swer.
See here. young fellow. talk sense u
minute You have got Miss Shea into q
scrape It's up to you to square It. It's
no joke; she's found in possession Of
stolen property"
stolen said Tom. II J.. didn't catch
You did yourself
Pardon me, l said nothing like that;
It's too ugly a word. said took It. II
chm shov WduG ave You ye ey you aho stoa an
well. what do YOU propose to do
''Ill tell you. If you'll whistle off your
iii promise to bring note back from
Miss Almeric within an hour by the
clock. Unfortunately this Is not my
secret and that's the best can do. even
is OF age though l say It as shouldn't.
and she has right to take vacation
II she wishes, suppose; Your majesty.
s so S9u blot na on Wiling the we remove TINS
Isyl nodded and the others, cajoled In
spite of themselves by his, airlness. al.
lowed him to depart. Indeed they all
WelCOmeQ Tue nope t1ttC ne IHlSut, us uc
promised, relieve their curiosity. and We're
content to walt. The men, with the
queens gracious permission. lit cigars
and began to talk.
II wonder if ought to have had that
chap followed? or course there's no
evidence against him and he looked all
right to me"
''Tunny how we all fell down in front
of his bluff" said Bob Almeric. ''He
came out to interview me the night that