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! city of a ring set with beautiful gems.
/ for which she paid Si4 000 and a neck
/ lace of pearls for St0OO0 She seemed
greatly pleased with her purchase. and
when The Jewels arrived she decided to
wear them at once. Although II was In
| the morning when the package came,
| she dressed I'm a Partisan gown, costing
| several thousand dollars, with long
train
putting the ring on her finger and
| the necklace about her neck. she swept
/ into one of the dining rooms Of the no
| tel and sat down at table, ordering
| something TO eat Men and women at
the other tables gazed in open-mouthed
establishment at her. but she went on
eating her meal as unconcernedly as If
no one were there 20 see her u was
/ apparent however, that she was pleased
/ with the attention she was attracting
and the impression she was making on
! the other women in the room.
Reckless Of Her Treasure.
"On the very next day the manager Of
the hotel came up to Mrs Chadwicks
room and asked her if she had not lost
some Jewels.
4" Not that I know Of she answered.
THE manager then took the ring and
necklace she had purchased only two
days before out of his pocket and asked
her il they did not belong to her. She
gazed at the Jewels. and without 50
much as the culver of an eyelash said
languidly that she did believe the jew
els were hers and that she must have
mislaid them.
THE manager was amazed at the ap-
parent uncOnCern the woman had shown
at the loss and recovery OF the jewels,
and his amazemenJ was apparent in his
face as he bowed himself out.
Put Jewels in Her Slipper.
Inquiry showed that Mrs. Chadwick.
before she had gone to her BATH had
pushed her silk stockings into her slip
pers. In these stockings she had placed
the Jewels before she disrobed- One of
the maids. not noticing the contents Of
the slippers. placed them in the hallway
for the boy to polish and IL Vas cile
boy who discovered The Jewels and turn
ed them over 10 the manager Of the no
tel.
Il also have seen her walk into the
dining room of a hotel at noon, dressed
as If She were ready 70 go 10 the opera.
She would wear evening clothes. and her
fingers and throat would glisten with
Jewels. She also loved TO take the nurse
who always Travelled with her into the
dining room, and she did not seem 10
mind the gaze OF the other diners In the
least.
These are only a few OF the many &c
centricities 1 found in the woman.
have known her TO order valuable Per-
sian rugs thrown out OF her house in
Cleveland because, she said, she had
seen so much Of them that she was tired
Of looking at them
Another favOTite habit Of hers is TO
order three cabs al once. She says she
will ride only behind bay horses, and
/ fearful that a black horse or gray one
may be sent If she orders one cab. she
has three sent around I'm order 70 have
her pick
Husband Played Minor Part.
Efforts 20 learn whether Mrs Chad
wick had called on her husband for
part OF the $4,000 which her lawyer
says she turned over to MIN, were unsuc-
cessful. DR.. Chadwick is in Europe.
travelling for his health and IL Is not
known when he Will return TO this