The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
Continued from Page 6.

- T,ewisham is. 1T is possible that ]
la,, have seen him before"
u Tg,,e-sver shrugged his shoulders and
...,od away somewhat impatiently. AS
y. Ala so. q wild thought suddenly
struck me.
.,ocested an idea to force madame to
sir,llge some clue to us?"
nv dear Norman, l should say that
.onT fancies are getting the better Of
nv reason, that is ALL"
wow listen TO ne l said. ] sat
down beside Dufrayer. Il have an idea
rgicb NAV serve us well. IL is. of
.,,,se a bare chance, and If you like
.on nav call IL conception of mad
. Madame goes TO the Lyceum to-
ps, She occupies a box on the grand
hb' IN all probability Lewisham Will
'l..r,nanv her. Dufrayer. you and 1
Nm also be at the theatre, and, If pos
W.. ,re will take a box on the second
- ovactlv opposite TO hers. / will
80 Robertson. the principal and the
. III Of the new deaf and dumb coll
,a-n With me. I happen 10 know him
we'll" ..,.
alarm In his face.
mont YOU see2' | went on. eXcitedly.
..r,ahertson Is a master of the art of
Nv ,onq1iago. VIC will keep him i'm the
nv - tho box. About the middle OF
10, nav and I'm one of the intervals
+bo electric light is full on. we
.'.,,, so,d a note 10 madame's box say
WI, not tho cipher on the blank sheet
- s7,,rer has been read. The note will
tend 10 be an anonymous warning
- ber We shall watch her. and by
,,,are az Robertson hear-yes. hear
.'hot she saws. Robertson will watch
tar through opera glasses, and he will
bo able 10 understand every word she
sneaks inst as you and ] could if we
,,.ore In her box beside her. The whole
thing is a bare chance. you know. but
ve NAV learn something by taking her
tususpecting and unawares.
Dufraver thought for a minute. then
no sprang TO his feet.
"Nagnifcentr' he cried. Head. you
arc an extraordinary man. 1t is a
uniore idea. I will go off to the box
Office at once and take box if possible
onposite madame. or. failing that, the
hest seats We can get. only hope you
can secure Robertson. Go to his house
al once ana offer him any fee he wants.
This is detection carried 10 a fine art
with vengeance II successful. I shall
class YOU as the smartest criminal
agent Of the day. We both meet at
the Lyceum at a quarter to s. Now,
there is not a moment to lose
I drove down to Robertson's house i'm
Brompton. found him at home. and told
him my wish. ! strongly impressed
upon him that II he would hclp he
would be aiding i'm the cause Of justice.
He became keenly interested. entered
fully into the situation, and refused to
accept any fee.
AT the appointed hour we met Du-
frayer az the theatre door. and learned
that he had secured a box on the sec
ond tier directly opposite Nine. Ko-
luchy's box on the grand tier. I had ar
ranged 10 have my letter sent by a
messenger at 10 o'clock.
We took our seats. and a few mo-
ments later Nine. Koluchy. in rose-col-
ored velvet and blazing with diamonds.
accompanied by a tall, dark. clean
shaven man. entered her box. I drew
hack into the shadow OF my own box
and watched her. She bowed to one
or two acquaintance in the stalls. then
sat down. leaning her arm on the plush
covered edge OF the box.
Robert never took his eyes off her
and felt treasured as he repeated tC
us the chance bits Of conversation that
he could catch between her and heI
companion.
The play began. and a few minutes
past 10, i'm one Of the intervals. I saw
madame turn and receive my note. with
n slight gesture Of surprise. She tore
IL open. and her face paled perceptibly
Robertson. as ! aad instructed him
stood in front OF me-his opera glasses
were fixed on the faces OF madame and
her companion. I watched madame as
she read the note; she then handed it tC
Lewishem. who read IL also. They
looked at each other. and saw mad
ame's lips moving. simultaneously
Robertson began to make the following
report verbatim:
Impossible go. some trick 49,. quite
sale goblet ... key TO cipher
tomorrow night"
Then followed n pause.
:, Life and death to asa. Signed.
Ny name"
lnere was another long pause. and
saw madame twist the paper nervously
IN ner fingers. 7 looked at Dufraver
uur eyes met My heart was beating
MS lace had become drawn and gray
me CHASTITY truth and the explanation
we're slowly sealing their impress on our
, utal,is- The darkness of doubt had
~. r,'ed, The stunning truth was clear
ne paper which had defied us was q
Slpner written by madame in her owr
.'Sile- and doubtless implicated hei
IN OelacOur'S murder Her anxiety
y, ~ Seizure the goblet was very obvious
- some subtle way. handed down
g,VuoueSs. through generations. the COB
once N the possession OF the ancient
s si,O..eraeod had held the key OF tho
, nu. tomorrow night, Tomorrow night
"a, as me night of the ball. and madame
lk,s, ~ De there. The reasoning was sc
80 mat the chain OF evidence
ously. anu me s'iii"i'A'ie'
Th"e Immediately left the theatre
,ha, was one thing TO be done. and
Grs, Ml'hout delay. I must catch the
Kan IAN IN the morning 20 Piteey
I'm D., examine the goblet afresh. and
ana aesey everything, and thus secure
s.oss, tt,O'ect the goblet from harm. II
, Kew .. 4 would myself discover The
mo me cipher. which. IL our reason
feior.s srue. would place madame i'm 2
brotherhood. '''0 Gnu "a 'i'
reaches clock the following morning ]
fopra ltsey Hail. When I arrived
or lee. 4 expected the house I'm more
cnssgea 'oshiusion. Pitsey was busiiy
nenss m experimenting arrange.
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