The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-05-30

robbery by your valet, nor would /
have mentioned the circumstance had
not your grace referred to it in the
first place"
The duke gave vent to a sigh of re-
| lief
you are a model o, discretion, my
dear NJ. Claude he said. For the
present l will bid you adieu.'
As events proved, it would have
been vastly better for Henry Shaw,
having executed his master stroke of
plumber and revenge, had he trusted
10 the assistance of some professional
thief in disposing of his booty For
his endeavor to gain the aid and graft
tude Of the duke of Molinford recoiled
upon him in a startling fashion. The
latter, a prince of the British blood
royal. waxed indignant over the pre-.
sumption that he would consent to act
as a rogues confederate, and turned
the eXvalet's letter over to the Lon.
don police. They, in turn, forwarded
it to the prefecture at Paris, thereby
furnishing NJ Claude with information
which made certain his capture.
In a postscript to the letter, Shaw, to
whom it did not seem to have oc-
Cured that the duke Of Molinford
would refuse to benefit by his ser
vices, stated that he would wait at,
Boulogne until a messenger arrived
from England with authority to re-
ceive the diamonds and pay him the
reward demanded. Immediately upon
receiving the clue from the London
police NJ. Claude started for BoulOgne,
and the following day saw him seated
in the Hotel d'Angleterre in company
with Henry Shaw whose own heed
lessness had thus delivered him into
the hands of the law.
The eX-valet's face was downcast
and sullen, and NJ Claude surveyed
him with a certain amount of being.
nant pity,
Il 30 not mind telling you that per
sonally l regret in certain sense be.
ing Obliged to put you under arrest"
said the chief "Oficially, Of course,
regard you as a successful criminal
But your story with reference to the
unfortunate Ellen Crosby leads me TO
declare that your former master
) richly deserves any retributon that
may oyertake him
Il might have thrust a knife in his
heart said Shaw, looking up But
who know him so well, knew that
/ tho kaapagt aonpv Gould Ia tot ,,poD
him would be to deprive him of the
idols he worships, the bright gems for
which he sold his worthless soul TO
Satan"
That" said NJ. Claude. gravely, rs
probably true. But in a game where
Fate deals the cards the boldest and
most sNllful gambler knows not what
the end may be. And this time the
duke has won the trick"
Much to the surprise of certain peo-
pie who knew of the capture of Shaw.
the duke of Lambay upon receiving
his valuables back positively refused
TO prosecute the prisoner
Il wish to ascertain, he said to the
chief, when and to what time the
wretch who robbed me is to be re.
stored to freedom?
Your grace's motive Is no doubt
a philanthropic one9" queried NJ
Claude, with the ghost of a smile
lowering on his lips
My motive is that may take ad.
ditional precautions against becoming
a victim OF his audacity second
tire, rejoined the duke, testify.
| think you overesumate your dan.
ger returned VI Claude. TRANQUILITY.
Nevertheless your grace is welcome
70 the information " shaw leaves
the prison at eight o'clock tomorrow
morning
From the hour that the released
prisoner stepped across the rhrasb.
.o'd Of the gaol into the streets az
I Paris those who knew him saw him no
more. and It was generally supposed
that he had returned to his native
land Two weeks later the npwsna.
In"rs contained aD item to the effect
.aaf tho eccentric duke of Iamhay
VAS leaving Paris and would reside
TT Pc future in Switzerland on
Tho following day the chtas Of ra,:ra
received a communication from tho
a,'."haa in question which read as
follows
Monsieur Claude Enclosed ror
w... tai 3 key which will admit, Won
Fl ta' sma,. door Ia the west wing 10