The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02

the little foreigner struck, Napoleonic
attitude, noddinC mis- head violontlv
"Tut! Tut! Pierre, said Mr.. Nee
kin. " You must be mistaken. There
may be a resemblance, of course, but
that's merely an accident. We've got
| a lot of other matchable stones in the
safe at this moment but that doesn Z
argue they We been stolen,
! ''What s the trouble?' here inquired
| Dakln, nudging his partner to he eau
tious in the presence of a third per
son.
Why" said Meekiu, "Pierre has a
notion that Mr. Cavanna s pearls are
the lot that Mrs. Batterman lost in
that Newport robbery last month. OF
| him. - "Perfectly absurd,' assented
Mr.. Dakin "Let s have no more fool
ish talk. Pierre We know what we re
about,
To indicate that the discussion was
closed Meekin slid the tray of pearls
into a drawer which he locked. Pierre
| Dapser, muttering in his beard, went
back to his workbench. But Valentine
had lust heard by chance a quartet of
Cavanna-pearls; Mrs. Batterman-
| Newport robbery.
That same night the ex-inspcctor
and Pierre Danser sat vis-a-viS at n
table IN a little brasserie south of
Washington square, a bottle OF good
wine between them.
"If you re sure of your facts Val.
ontine was saving slowly and impress
sively. "that five thousand dollars re.
ward is as good as yours, for II find
some way TO nab The gentleman.
"'Sme! Name of cat!' spluttercd
Danser Then, moro quietly, "Sec,
it ecs like ices: Three years since
when / work for Marks & Marks,
make up one charmanto necklace for
Madame Batterman: every pearl |
weigh an polish, an drill, an match,
! low in &c middle. V'la. 1 know an
love zose pearls like my own childrenl
Zen comes &c robbairy; ze necklace
magniiiquc ecs stolcn Meestaire Bat.
terman ofIaire fife t'Gusand dollairc
+ reward. Mais oui Nozzing doing,
| Zen, thrce-four day SINCE, customalre
/ be bring for-rty-hfc pearl for to be an.
range in necklace. Z's cutomaire
Mecstaire Cavanna, say nc paris belong
zis long time in hces fam 'ly-what you
call heirloom Ny boss call me into
Office an gifc me zc ordaire. Prestol
! ] remembaire zose pairls! -Four have
vanish, what YOU call vamoose, but re
othairs arc &c same. | swear himl
Pierre Danscr cannot mecstake! V'lal
/ | want &c T-TPWaTu, DuJ lbtCSJJhC ICc"
/ kin he say Pouf! -
I Valentine followed every word avid
| ly, The little expert seemed pretty
confident, yet Dakin & MeekIn ought
to know; nor could they be suspected
of shielding criminal, no matter how
wcll-conuectcd he might be. The lead
was promising one, yet with his hab-
/ itual caution that was as far as Valen-
tine would permit himself to 90 at
present.
''See here, Pierre he said at
! length. I'll do my best TO get you
| that reward, But you must promise to
keep your mouth shut. Understand?
Not word 10 anyone Go ahead and
make the necklace. II the firm asks
any questions, let 'em think you We
changed your mind about recognizing
the pearls. - Danser volubIy promised,
and they parted, Finney Valentine TO
tramp around Central park before
sleeping, in order TO digest the story
he had Just heard apply IL to other
existing facts, und formulate plan
for catching the thief.
Assuming that Roslyn CavapDa was
the culprit. tho fact that he had, with
brazcn effrontery, dared to carry the
| Batterman pearls TO u leading house