Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-15
cHAPTER III.

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CHATTER III.
n oearehlng Examination. 1.
When the millionaire stopped t11k.
Ing ovsr the telephone. no turned to
tho widow With IN air Of nnality.
havs taken It on myself" he told
her. TO inform the Detective Bureau.
This = no time for sherlockins.
Thers'n DO . couple Of detectives
hsre In half an hour"
Mn. Missioner looked 1t him ad-
nirinEly. But her eyes turned to
Griswold With light It would have
taken . woman to read, . woman
moro experienced than little Dorothy
March.
Ranscome. ignoring the counterfeits
stood In absorbed study Of the Jewel
trays. kaloidoscopic contents. That
peculiar pallor returned to 0riswold's
hands. With fingers that bent and
straightened ceaselessly, no drum
med his INST.
'The robbery Is the moro incom-
iprehensible." said Mrs.. Missioner
thouEhtfully. because Of the extraor-
binary precautions have taken
against burglars. cannot understand
how tho thief got to the necklace"
"Your safe seems strong enough"
Ranscome vontured. Stepping around
the trays. he passed his hand over
the outer door and looked at the
twenty.four steel bolts curiously.
1T should DO strong" returned Mrs.
Missioner. TT was built on the lines
Of the great safe in tho Gramercy Ma
tionai. It differs only in size and In
the absence Of time lock"
Ranseome. staring ct the safe. shook
his head. Sands walked over to him
ana. thrusting both hands In his peck
ets, stood gazing ct the bolts. Gris.
void, smoking quietly IN the ingle-
nook, mustered show Of interest In
The safe from ume 20 time. but IL.
ways his g1a1ce returned 20 tho gilt.
tsring trays.
II wish you'd. put those away.
Doris" said 0riswold suddenly. with
oil this mystery In the air. I don't IKE
to SEQ them lying around"
surely they're safe among ~" she
answered. graciously Including Rams
como with an extra smile. She drew
OF her gloves decisively and. rising
q II from folds Of conjecture. rang
for Blodgett. II think she said,
then stopped With her hand On Doro
thy's shoulder.
Inquiry reached toward her from
four pairs e eyes.
II think she went on, Miss March
wants somo tea, and|l think We Ill
NEED something to drink"
Il Was when Blodgett, tray-laden,
was timing his way 20 the library
that the detectives arrived. The
hostess and her guests. the footman
having been hidden to show the 20
licsmen n. heard heavy breathing
cutsido the door. whore Donnelly and
Carson, Of tho Central Once. were
grfppeA IN . panioky pause. Next
moment, q large man with small
head, and another SO aggressively ~.
sruge % to be . nondescript, came IN.
ponnelly. the big man. turned out his
toes Is he walked. A charm the size
and shape Of . double eagle. bearing
Z Bacchante whose pose would have
been indecorous II Il had not been
impossible, swung from his equatorial
waist line. Ono could ten at glance
he used perfume. Ono could ten
nothing IN many glances about Car.
son. There was nothing to toll.
We've come up here, Mrs Mis-.
sioner," said Donnelly, addressing
Miss March. ito 1nd your diamonds"
"0h. thank yc::!" murmursd the
widow. sweeping toward him. II am
Mrs. Missioner. Won't you be seat
ed7"
"Why.-huh!-no. Miss Missioner
Mrs. Missioner-no. thanks!" answer.
Cd tie sleuth. with all the airy ease
Of highly embarrassed man. We'll
just-huh! walk around . little.
thanks-1ust walk around" Carson.
neutral echo Of his colleagues words.
did walk around. Donnelly. - IL,
having announced the action. he had
done his share. stood still.
Dorothy and Griswold exchanged
glances. Sands stared stolidly at the
sleuths. Ars. Missioner. with . per.
xnissive inclination Of her head. began
chatting with Ranscome. Even % hs
spoke with her. the veteran expert
could not drag his eyes from the
Jewels.
snow. then. MS Missioner" said
Donnelly briskly. 'Who-huA!-do
you suspect" There seemed to be
. sort Of astigmatism In his breath
Ing. Carson faced the group with an
expression that said bluntly no sus-
pected everybody.
n don't suspect anybody Mra, Ms.
sionsr replied, resuming her talk with
Ranscono.
.You notice that-AuAl-carsen, :"
said Don1siiiiy. wheeling 60 =. matA.
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