Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-10-05

The MAIRODA RUBY
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! Marshall Third stretched out a slim
hand across the chessboard
You will forgive me remaining seat
ed Lady Borrodaile. l GIN, as you see,
an invalid"
Lady Borrodalle, a pretty, we'll dress
cd woman Of ive-and- thirty, took the
profered hand and dlscreetly yelled the
establishment she could not help feeling
that this man Of whom she had heard
such wonderful things should be help
less as cripple.
You got my aote asking for An ap-
poinEnent?" she asked II know your
time Is valuable. but the fact is my
jewels, about 10000 worth, have been
stolen, and Sir Francis Ramon. whom
| think you know, advised me to come
straight to you and waste no time"
The Vlgilant sat upright.
Thirty thousand pounds. That's
very large sum, When did you FIRST
miss them? Perhaps you had better
tell me the story in your own way
he added hastily.
~ H'ASCtNLN oLlN i've III I,
few miles from Hertford," began
Lady Borrodalle. at Is a two-story
house, standing in about four acres Of
ground. The main road passes the
drive gates in front At the back and
Sides Of the garden are grazing grounds
and farm land. We live vsry quietly
when we are there, and only keep Eve
indoor servants, all OF whom have beea
with as for at least seven or elgat
years My jewels are kept In a case
red morocco box, with trays and corn
partments. The cass measures rough
~, twenty inches long by hair as much
across and In depth. This case Is al
ways locked and | myself keep the
key on gold chain round my neck
here It Is. The case stands On my dress
Ing table to the right Of the window
| sketch little by the way-and have
brought you a drawing Of the house
l Thought It might bo OF use. There,
you see those two windows marked
With cross-thoss are In zay room.
In the country wear little or ne
! J"'S'ht' 4 AO laSk ONIASiVH Oh Wn4fE |
used that In the ease was at a ball In
town over month ago. l repaaeaa
them myself the next day and Bs~k aa
the casa, Since then I never touched
! II TIL yesterday EasrninC, when
Thought | weuld take eHt tiara which
neaded resettlnG. l tried tho key. which
wet'ld not turn and bees1al nx alarmed,
l got my husband to fsree open the lid.
Not saly were the Jewels not there, but
the case, which WAS identical vita
mine outside, WAS act my case at all:
yet on tho outside 1t h&d nay monogram,
and was exactly the same even down
to deep scratch Ia tia left hand eo<-
nor"
Have you It with ysuT
"Yes."
Third just giaRc~d at It. ana put II
down on thu tabis.
Did you replace the jewels La town
or when yeu got henasy'
"Not till got ho1A0 only used a
| portion OF tb@sss-thoSs carried In SCR
arste cases In my dressing bag. l re-
turned en- the 2sth, the day after tho
ban, ard locked them uD sssae time
! that evening"
That leaves period Of thirty-trgo
days in which the robbery algnt have
been effected" He placed the case ho-
fore him, and examined It carefully
with a glass. This WAS made In Paris
I $50, and for such An expensive article
1t Is easy TO SEQ that 1t has been modo
IN hurry. The lining Is very roughly
flashed, and SOME ef the leather work
b bad. 1t has been made quite recently
too. The signs of wear on the onts,da
and on the edges are purely artificial
yet well enough done to deceive 4 cas-
nal observer. The monogram die was
OF course, cut from a tracing of ysur
own-sll of which means that the rob
berry had been planned and settled an
at least fvO days before It was carried
out-probably longer. whore was thu
ball TO which you went on the IaSt oe-
easion Of wearing your 1swslsr
AT Mrs. EDdover'R, In Carlton House
terrace"
Marshall Thirds pupils contracted
to pinpoint, as they always did uhea
he was thinking hard and quickly.
Among your jewels, If my memory
serves me Alright. there Was a ruby
known as the hsirods ruby-a stone
with A strange historyT'
Lady Borrodalle nodded
Eyes. that is 30, though how you
knew THE fact is. very few people
know Of Its existence. 1t has a tragic
story connected with 1t, and my hus-
band has asked me not to speak of 1t