Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-27

seems, there had been little talk about
Raoul to sell the diamonds for her IN
Amsterdam and have them replaced by
paste. On his way there the necklace was
stolen by an expert thief. who must
him and me. which she had heard And
! she didn't like it
Il see This gentleman started for
Paris, l have learned. the first thing in
where he met the British secretary for
foreign affairs"
Perhaps Fer l have inquired and
found out that the gir!-a Miss Forrest, Is
distantly connected with the British for
eign secretary She lives with her aunt.
Lady Mountstuart whose sist II Is mar
ried to that gentleman. And the foreign
secretary is cousin of Lord Mount
stuart"
All. Miss Forrest.
You know Of her already?
Il have heard her name.
q guessed how: for sue could not have
seen Ivor Dundas in prison. except
through the chief OF police; but I said
nothing of that
You say you know how we met at the
hotel, Mr.. Dundas and T. 1 went on
But I'll explain to you now the inner
meaning of II all, which even you can
have found out. Mr.. Dundas was to have
brought me my letters--half dozen. He
gave me a leather case. which he took
from an inner breast pocket saying the
letters were in 1t. But the room was
dark Something had gone wrong with
the electricity and I hadn't let him push
back the curtains, for fear l might be
seen from the outside if the lights should
suddenly come on. He didn't see the case
he handed 1t to me. nor could l. Just
at that instant there was a knock at the
door and quick as thought. I pushed the
leather case down between the seat and
back of the sofa
But what reason had you to suppose
=, n nP *
you, because Of a knock at the door?'
"I'u tell you There is a mani won't
mention his name. but you know 1t very
we'll and maybe it is In your mind now
who wants me to marry him. He has
wanted it for some time-1 think because
he admires women who are before the
public and applauded by the world; also,
perhaps. because l have re used him,
and he is one who wants most what ne
finds hardest to get. He Is not scrupu-
lous person. but he has some power, and
a good deal Of influence. because he is
very highly connected, and when people
have axes to grind he helps to grind
them. He has suspected for some time
that | cared for NJ. du Laurier, and for
that he has hated Raoul. | have fancied
that he hired detectives to spy upon me,
and my instinct, as well as common sense,
told me that he would let no chance slip
to separate me from the man l love. He
would work mischief between us--or he
would try 10 ruin Raoul. or crush me
anything to keep us apart. When saw
the commssary Of police, l was hardly
surprised. and though I didn't know what
pretext had brought him, I said to my
self That is the work Of
Perhaps better not mention the name,
mademoisalle."
Il didn't mean to- l leave that to your
lima gnation. This Is the work of the
man whose love is more cruel than hate.
I thought While I wondered what pos
sible use the police could make of my let
ters I was shaking with terror lest they
should come upon them and they should
somehow fall into-a certain mans hands.
Then at last. they did find the case, just
as I'd begun to hope it was safe. l
begged the commissary of police not to
open tin vain. When he did what was
my relief to see the diamond necklace
you must have heard o-my relief and
my surprise. And now I'm going to con-
fide in you the secret of another. Speaking
to you as my friend and a man Of honor.
Those jewels had been stolen only