The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-04

he would he glad 70 restore her her own,
he had done SO fceing safe, because to
Obtain it she would need to admit that
she had lost it, Now it seemed that she
had deprived him Of his piece OF eVl-
dence. He did not know what to say
when Mr.. Mitchell walked across to them
and remarked pleasantly;
well Emily, do you find my fflend
Mr.. Barnes entertaining"
"NIr. Barnes has been most agreeable
Roy. and, SEQ, he has actually given mo
a present. saying which she handed tho
button to Mr. Mitchell, across whose
countennuce Mr., Barnes thought Inc saw
teetiug smile Of triumph pass,
Il am proud Of you, Emily, fon
command homage wherever you extend
your influence Doyou know, Mr., Barnes
refused to give this cameo to me only
this morning You can guess why
wanted it. -
Because it has my picture copied on
it?n
Exactly. Mr. Barnes, allow me to
add nv thanks to those Of Miss Remsen,
You can readily appreciate why we pre-
fer to have this hauble in our own pos
session."
Mr.. Barnes thought that hocould, Ho
saw that he was fairly caught and that
he could do nothing without making q
scene He met a glance from Mr. Mitch
81 which we knew was meant to re-
mind him Of his promise not to annoy
Miss Remsen He had about decided
that he had been fool tn make such q
promise and to have visited the place at
all when he suddenly changed his mind
as q servant announced;
"Mr. Alphonso Thauret. y
Immediately the detective remember
ed the name twas upon the card givel
to him by the Frcuchman who had let
the train ut Stamford He was Watchin!
Mr. Mitchell when the newcomer wa
thus. unexpectedly announced and III
thought he detected aglance of dlSpleas
IRE. Were these two men acquainted
accompices perhaps!
"Mr. Mitchell, let mo present Mr.
Thauret said Dora
II have had the pleasure of mcetin
the gentleman before, replied MI
Mitchell, and with stiff bow he crosse
to the side Of Emily as though to pre-
vent an introduction tu her TINS
course was impossible, and MIR. MltcIH
was plainly annoyed Emily stcppe
forward, extended her hand to Nh
Thaurct, and then, turning prcsenie
him to Mr. Barnes, who had arisen, an
who simply bowed.
"Ahl Mr. Barnes said thn Frcncl
man, II am delighted to meet ~
again.
"Why do you know Mr., Barnes also:
cried Dora great " surprised.
"Who does not know Mr. Barnes Il
celebrated dotectyo;" He said this
that extremely polite tone 50 much a
sumed by his race when inclined to
most complimentary Yet Mr. Barn
thought that he had some sinister M
tive in thus prociaimiug his connects
with the police Was it to prevent NJ
from calling upop these women agar
If SO, he failed to make the desired Il
preston upon Dora, for that youi
woman seemed fairly enraptured.
"A dctectiye:' said she, Are VI
really the great Mr., Barnes;
Il am Il detective, but scarcely
great one
"Oh, but you are, you mel read
about the wonderful way in which y
caught that man peulngill And NJ
tell me, are you going to catch the IN
who robbed the woman On the Bost
train yesterday
"How do you know that it Is
uan:' asked Mr. Barnes, amused
her impeuosity and pleased at the tn
taken by the conversation.
ooh, it is not woman! ! am NJ
of that. read about it in the pap,
this morning. bought three, so as /
10 miss anything No woman wor
have been clever enough to plan it a
and then carry it out su thoroughly,
This is very interesting, - said y
Thauret. "Of course |, too, have rt
the papers, hut besides that, as J
know. Mr. Barnes, ! was on the tr
myself, and the first to he searched
have thought Of the case over since
...,.my own country we Claim that our
tectives can unravel any mystery, al
am curious To know how yOu VIII II
ace in an affair of this kind. The q
evidently is clever; do you not think
Mr. Mitchell had drawn apart and
narentlv was absorbed IN converse
with Emily Nevertheless Mr. Ba
Wa confident that he missed httl
what was being said by the groul
which he himself was one Under
nary circumstances he would not !
moment have thought Of speaking
importaut case before one who at
might be suspected If compnolty
these were not ordinary ctrcumrtal
.. Here were two men, about bot
whom there was figsterious connef
with the crime, or crimes, which ne
investigating If either, or toth'
guilty. il was evident from their
age in visiting uneoncernedly ~ the
building in which the murder had
committed that extreme skill Won
reouired 10 obtain conviction. Tn
tective therefore considered that
men must be met with methods as
as their own. Speaking IN tone
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