The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
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 another. speaking to you as my friend, and man of honour.
 Those jewels had been stolen only few days ago from Monsieur du Lau- rier, and he was in despair at their loss for they belonged to dear friend of nissan inveterabte gambler, but an adorable woman. She dared not tell her husband of money that she'd lost. but begged Raou1 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 somehow have learned what was going on through the pawn broker with whome the jewels had been in pledge-for a few thousand pounds only You can imagine my astonish- ment at seeing the necklace returned in such a miraculous way. thought Iyor Dundas must have got it back, meaning to give it to me as surprise land the letters afterwards. And It was only to keep the letters out Of the affair altogether at any price--evi- dences in black and white of my silly filtration and also to avoid any asso- citation of Raoul's name with the neck lace, that I told the Commissary Of Police the diamonds were present from my lover. I spoke impulsiyeiy, in sheer desperation; and the instant the words were out of my mouth l would have cut off my hand to take back the stupid falsehood. But what good to deny what had Just saio! The men wouldn't have believed me:
 "when the police had gone, l asked MT. Dundas for my letters. But he thought he had given them to me and he knew no more of the diamonds in their red case, than I did--far less, indeed.
 q was distracted to find that my letters had disappeared, though was thankful for RaouPs sake. to have the necklace. Mir, Dundas believed that his own leather case with the letters must have been stolen from his pocket III the train, though he couldn't imagine why the diamonds had been given 10 him instead. But he suspected tray cling companion of his, who had acted sueerly: and aa determined to try to and the man. He was to bring me news after the theatre at my house. about midnight.
 . "IIe came fifteen minutes later, hav- ,ns- haen detained at his hotel Friends of his had unexpectedly arrived. lie had just time to tell me this, and tnat after going out on a false scent ne had employed a detective named GI- rard when Monsieur du Laurier ar FiVA0
 besp made franticaliy jealous by some Tnisrenresentations of-the man whose ,,ay,e we haven't mentioned. I begged MT pundas to hide in my boudolr, 1xbich he disliked doing, but finally d,d- to please me. hoped that ne would escape by the window. put II stuck and to my horror. heard him there. in the dark, moving about ! covered the sounds as well as l could ana nacifed RaouI, who thought he had seen someone come in. I hinted if must have been the aance Of nrettv housemaid have. It was nor fiIl long after one, that Ivor Dundas got away: this I swear to you. What happened to him after leaving my house, you know better than l do' Tor I haven't seen him since, as you are well aware.
 s'TIe says he found a letter from the thief in his pocket and went to the address named; that he couldn't get cab and walked. But you have read the papers"
 "Yeg' and know how loyal he has been to me. Why, he wouldn't even tell about the diamonds, much less my lettersF
 aAs for these letters. you are still anxious ahout hem, Mademoise1le?"
 My hope is that MT. Dundas found and had time to destroy them, rather than risk further delay
 you would like to know their fate?'
 T would, indeed"
 "Weu I applaud the Englishman's chivary. Tive FEntente Cordialer'
 You are the man to understand such chtvalry. Monsieur. Now that I've humbled myself. can't you give me hope that he'll soon be released. and yet that-that I shan't be made to suffer for my confession to you2 It's clear to you. isn't it that the murder must have been done long before he could have reached the house in the Rue de Ia File Sauvage from the Rue d'TIel- lander"
 ''Yes, that is clear. And needless to say, I believe your statement, Mad emoiselle You are brave and good to have come forward as you have, with out being called upon. There are still some formalities to be gone through before Mir Dundas can be released; {; but English influence is at work in high quarters; and after what you have told me, think he will not much longer be under restraint. Besides. I may as well inform you. dear lady, that not ten minutes before you ar rived this morning I received satisfac- tory news of the arrest of two Eng lishmen at Frankfort. who seem to have been concerned in this business in the Rue de la File Salvage. They certainly graveled with the murdered man; and friend of his called Ges- Ire, just back from Marseilles, has sworn that these persons were form | erly partners of Janson, the deceased. l If Janson stole the necklace from Mon | sieur du Laurier, with this pair as ac- complices, and then tried to cheat them,