The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-14

Tor week later and taking days vacation at Nice His
people asked me to leave the necklace them at the Embassy but
had been charged to get receipt for Ambassador him
self started at for Nice The fact that Monte Carlo is not
two thousand miles from Nice may have had something to do with
making me carry out my instructions so carefully
how the Princess Itchy find about necklace
don't know but can guess AS you have Just heard she,as at
one time spy In the service of the Russian government after
they dismissed her she kept up her acquaintance with many of the
RUSSIAN agents IN London 1t probable that through
she learned that the necklace sent to Moscow and which
one OF the Queens Messengers had been detailed there
STILL doubt even that knowledge would helped her she had
not also known something which supposed no one else the world
knew but myself and other And curosly enough the
other man was Queens Messenger friend of
must know that up to the time of this robbery had always concealed
my dispatches IN manner peculiarly my got idea from
that play called Scrap of Paper In wants to hide GER
tain compromising document He knows that all his viii be
secretly searched for he puts in envelope sticks
up where any one it his mante shelf The that
the woman who ransacng the house all the
likely Places but passes the paper that just under
nose Sometimes the and packages they give carry
Europe very great value sometimes they are special
OF cigarettes and orders dressmas Sometimes we know
what we are carrying and sometimes do large sum
OF money or treaty. they generally u But rule have
no knowledge Of what the package contains
we naturally take Just great of though knew held
the terms of an tmatum the jewels As rule my
freres the official packages despachbox which Just as
obvious ad jewel bag the hands her maid Every
knows they carrying something of value They put premium
to put the government vuabes the unlikely place any
would look for them So the documents thew
me inside and small articles such money Jewels
carried old cgacae After using my case for that
purpose bought one exactly like it. for my cigars But to
avoid mistakes had initials placed both sides of new one
and the touched tho case dark could tell
which it was by the raised initials,
mo knew Of this except the Queens Messenger whom
spoke We left Paris together the Express was
going Conantnope and he stop off On tho
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him cgarcase recolect rightly that trip held the
grand St Michael and St George which Queen was send
ing to Ambassador The Messenger very entertained
scheme and months later when he
her about amusing story Of course he had idea was
Russian spy He didn't know anything all about her. except that
possibly have guessed that she could any of what he
told her.
Later after the robbery remembered that had informed this
young chap of my secret hdngplce and when him again
questioned him about it. He greatly distressed and said he
importance of the secret He remembered he had told
several people of it. and among others the Princess Itchy that
found that it she who had me- and know that
from the left London she following and that she
knew then that the diamonds concealed my cigrcae
"AIy train for Nice left Paris morning When
travel night generally tell the chef care am Queens
Messenger and he gives compartment to myself but in the
time take whatever offers On this morning had found empty
compartment and had tipped the guard keep every out
from fear of losing the diamonds because wanted to
smoke He had locked the door, as the last bell had rng sun
posed travel Alone began arrange my traps and make
myself comfortable The diamonds the cgarcase were in the inside
pocket of my wacOat and they made bulky package took
them intending put them my hand bag small satche
like booknker those hand bags that carry wear it
sung from strap my shoulder and whether am
sitting or walking, it never leaves me.
81 took the cgarcase which held necklace from nv inside
pocket and the which held the cigars satche and while
searching through it for box of the two cases
beside the
cat that the started but at the same instant there
rattle at the lock of the compartment and couple porters
lifted and showed through the door, hurled her rugs and
umbrellas in after her
nstnctivey reached for diamonds showed them quickly
into the hel and pushing them far down of the bag
snapped the spring lock Then the cigars the pocket of my