The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-07
Diamond
Tiara

Kaiser Wilhelm der GrOsSe, sat
SA sheltered corner OF The upper dec
\ lazily pulling cigar and watchiE
1.-THE mon0tonOus dip and rise. of q
great steamer as she swiftly forge
ahead. All at once ! heard a SUI
cession OF hysterical cries from th
direction Of the cabin, and imme
diately Joined the curious crowd tina
gathered around the door.
"A short, dark man was talking ok
citedly To the steward, and a Frencl
maid near by was sobbing neryously
Word quickly passed from Tip to Iii
that diamond tiara, the gift d
The Marquis Bonari to his American
fiance, hnd been stolen, The mar
quis had intrusted IL to his sister
who was about to sail for New York
with her husband, the gentleman
who was talking To the steward His
wife was Frustrated BY the loss.
eibowed my way through the
throng and touched the speaker on
the arm.
MAY / have word with yoa2'
'sccrtaiTly," lie answered In very
good English. with surprised
glance. u led the way through the
crowd to nv sheltered corner.
"a ain Roger Fielding ef New
York, i / said by way 81 Introduction.
Hill bowed Count Antonio Pao-
lucei III gour service. gir,'
III have hnd the good fortune to
solyp several als tories of this ma
tnre,,, / continued Possibly d can
assist yon.
He nnrmured something about 4
..biq reward, baf II Interrupted him.
ipiease answer 4 few direct oues-
lions al coaci5ely as possible. How
long has yoar brnther-in-law been
engaged to the American girlqn
ssh months.
How Ioaa have Won been mar
RED ~
t.Three months.
nDid anyone besides Yourself and
your wifn know Yoa were to bring
the tiara with voasn
'Not Id ny knowledge
..gfaya Van aax saryants WITH vou
exeotBt It'd French maid n, .No \ He
apH8ere.l rna ;tuaaasita4innJv MT his
hazel egas shiftaa naryoua3y
III nnve I'd ina tac missing tiara
before III re#ah III York + an
surna MIN. ana Ia thaahed me ef-
f,asivalv
gptiye the pext two days / learn
III tlsst iii nssgstant engineer named
I,niel bad beeu engaged II Ham
bags INC third night when 1 went
Uni aaek at Ii lafe hour / heard two
men taiksng iii aa earnest undertona
mar fla cabin. ina tones III hnth
yasrss we're strangely familiar
Iielatea cigar ann Nh the sudaan
flaro of the match saw the faces Of
fhe count ana r.,Iifsl. turned before
they recognized me. me next morn
INK the tiara was discovered in n
trunk belonging to the maid who
nevertheless nrotasfed her tnnoeanca
on the pIea of cnriosity was ner-
mitted to examine the tiara with IN
unaxf9cctcd result which made ma
alert ana watehf,.l
II, vent ooiatl,s ,,nf;, ~ ,ast Ill,
az the voyage The ehorea 81 Nav
ynrk ware h stpht ana me barbar
pilot vas annroarhina whom the cry
was raised III imam overboarl . AZ
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