The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21
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instantly feared something wrong, ana
! rushed to Valdeski's Office, fortunate
ly meeting him just as he arrived.
I'VE found his Office door locked and
the Office vacant. No Palfrey, no stem
Ographer, no tiara--no anything. Whiie
we stood nonplused and dismayed,
however, Miss Nolan hurriedly en-
tered"
''Ah. his stenographer! cried Boyd
Her story settled matters" contin-
ued Glendale, excitedly. ''She stated
that a gentleman had entered the office
about o'clock. and informed her that
he had Just arrived from Boston with
Mr.. Valdeski, who was his personal
friend, and that Naldeski was i'll at his
rooms, and wished Miss Nolan to come
up there at once to take down few
important letters The strangers story
was so plausibly told that Miss Nolan
was completely deceived. She could
not reach Valdeski by telephone, as he
has rooms with q family of friends.
and she at once made ready and de-
parted
And not finding valdesh at his
rooms?"
"She hurried back to the Office. And
now Valdeskl. Informed of all the facts,
is like a crazy man." added Glendale.
wildly. HE swears that the whole af-
fair is a Job, that the tiara has been
stolen. that Palfrey Is the thief, and
that 1 am a cursed fool! Now, what do
you think of that2 Wouldn't that Jar
you? Wouldn't that turn you about and
start you on the back track? A cursed
fool-what do you think of that?"
Boyd laughed aloud-yet the express
sion in his keen. gray eyes showed that
he had lost none Of hts intense interest
in the curious case thus presented TO
him.
Il think that Valdeslxi has It right
the tiara has been stolen" said he,
promptly.
Then what's to be done?" groaned
Glendale. throwing up his hands. My
God, / shall be ruined unless it can
be recovered"
Whatever is to be done must be
done promptly" declared Boyd. First
answer me a few questions. Look live
ly, too"
ASK them"
How was this tiara packed?"
'In a jewel box of purple velvet,
which, in turn, was contained in
stout, wooden box about eight inches
square. The package was tied in
wrapper of heavy brown paper"
Did Miss Nolan know that the tiara
had arrived in New York;"
'She did not. I did not inform her of
that when 1 telephoned yesterday aft
ernoon.'
AT what hour did Palfrey leave your
house last EVENING""
"A bout IL O'clock"
You were seated with him in your
library while discussing the situation?
Yes
WAS any mention made of the fact
that Valdeski was to arrive from Bos-
ton this mOrning?"
Il believe so. l think 1 mentioned il
to Palfrey."
rs he acquainted with Mr.. Valdes-
ki?"
4 cannot say positively. I think,
however, that he is not"
you have no doubt of Palfrey's hon
esty, you say?'
Not the slightest
Can you be sure of just the hour he
left your house last night?''
1T had just struck IL"
AT what time were you awakened by
hearing burglars in your house? Cole
man has told me that part of the
story"
1T was about 1 o'clock"
You heard one Of them in your
daughters chamber, l am told. and
fired shot at him as he fed down the
hall stairs"
Yes. and hit him, too!''
VERY good, Glendale under the Cif-
cumstances," laughed Boyd dryly.
Gould you identify the rascal, think
you2"
Il do. indeed. He is a short, stocky
man, with rounded shoulders and
hangdOg face. 1 got a good look at it
as he passed the hall light"
"A smaller man than 1 ann"
Considerably"
DO you know how many there were
In the house,"
Il think there were only two. judged
by the sound of their feet as they fed
down the hack stairs
What did they succeed in getting
away with. Dir. Glendale?' Boyd
thoughtfully inquired.
Glendale fell to beating his knees
with an exhibition of nervousness and
impatierce.
"Only some odds and ends of jewell
~ and let of solid spoons he cried.
what the devils the use of wasting
time over questions of this kind, Boyd?
NV loss at the house amounts to moth
ing when compared with this royal tia
"a, Good heavens, man, it's worth a
hundred thousand dollars! What's 10
be done, say? For what am I on your
list of clients? Why do you daily here
i'm this fashion,
Because Mr.. Glendale" said Boyd
roInplacently, rising, az am only just
ready to go 10 work on the case"
Ii.
He would be a shrewd analyst, in
deed, who could discover how Mr.. Felix
Boyd had established a very promising
case out of the statements to which he
had listened. Yet he Immediately took
the central office man aside, so say
quietly:
IT want your help, Jimmie"
Tn what way?" inquired Coleman
curiously.
Il want you to go down to the court
IN which that burglar is to appear and
have his case held over until tomorrow.
Can you fix it ?'
Certainly 1 can.
Make sure that the rascal suspects
nothing of the kind, however," added
Boyd irnpressivelv 81 wish him TO
think that the ordinary business of the
court prevents the hearing of his case
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