The Detroit times., 1910-03-07


moved by force. Burlcs said sisnt
icantly NY ~ M
No. / should say not Less than an
hour ago I had 10 take IN telesfahl
10 my guardians room. tie was III
bed and ne asked me 10 read 10
him. lie spoke quite IN his nsnal
level emotionless voice II any Nlo',
ence had been offered him, he Mouli
never. have been So quiet ana s't
c0ut.lubl Unless sumethinE has nap
paned within the last half.hour-
You can disabuse your mind OF
that Burlcs fastened TO say I'm
nhqttcallv. this is not the rins De
longing 10 Mi Archibald Colvile l
tool n from the hand of the woman
who has been nearly murdered next
door II was tightly clasped In her
polm and only a minute hash oi the
diamonds showed. Il seemed To me
m be an important clue. SO | removed
| il OF course. need not ask YOU 10
keep this a dead secret.
"rhen there are NO, II not three' OF
those rings" Ailsa exclaimed. MY
guardian has one. the man car"
stern has another. and here Is 'h'
third. Il is very amazing.
perhaps not quite SO amazlhs as
Ion the first blush II would seeu'
Burles replied There is no reason reason
vyhy there should not be two on tleSe
rings Very few things are absolute
I1 unique But there Is no occasion
for there 10 be a third. Ny theory rs
! that this ring is the one that you si"
on the finger OF the man called Johu
Stern
Ausa started. Her mind had been
framing something OF the same klhu'
This Is what I mean" said Burles
gravely regarding the ring on the
table John Stern knew the secrets
NJ This house. He was searching tor
me panel leading 10 next door. ne
aid not find Il. but he managed %
-, into the house AL the same NY
| idea Is that John Stern is the man
that YOU saw in the boudoir after inc
lights were put out-the man VINO was
locked in the inner room HIS untor
inmate victim was there already, theF
HAD bottle OF champagne together
There was a struggle or Somethihs
Of that kind. and that is why touhu
th., ring in the woman'S hand
AllEd ull HhA NtiAN W NNt'
theory II seemed quite logical
~ can't make II all out, she saia
can YOU explain 10 me how thai
room altered from luXurlously-tur
ni.hed apartment 30 a dingy recepta
lcle for a woman's clothes? But per
hans YOU will say that I'm getting OF
700 fast. Is that some or the con
fetti?"
Allsa asked the question quite ab
ruptly. Two or three Of the tiny
CANDY little discs lay on the table ol
The side OF the ring Burles nodde'
es Ailsa picked them mp In NJ %
Idle curiosity There was not mucr
chance OF a clue beins found here
All the same. Ansa's face Eghteneq
This is rather curious. she SAID
The only time | have ever hee'
abroad was al the Nice carnival one
wear. II was the spring that M
father died was in the thick or ina
riot indeed have some confetti ina
have preserved as memento eve
since But that confetti was made .
rapcr This IL not paper az ALL bu
someihing much heavier. II looks =
no as if II were rice or starch o
something Of that kind colored. Dl
: YOU ever see anything quite Ike
l., efore Inspector Burles?'
Burlcs was fam 70 admit that h
had not. It seemed TO him that Ais
had missed her vocation and that sh
! should have been a detective tn
more he came 20 examine the CONTEXT
} the more sure he was that II was no
Of the ordinary variety.
There is some suggestion Of m
theater about r." he said The SUI
is heavy. and inclined 20 stick. w
/ will imagine the comic man IN som
musical comedy. if YOU like emerein
= from a wedding or something of ha
kind covered with This stuff Tha
, is what Is called business believe
We are getting on. Miss LEROY
Thanks more 70 your acumen thar
mine
(To he ContInued.D
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