The Raymer enterprise., 1911-05-18

mouse. Smart gossip also opined that
they could never marry. for financial
reasons. and that latterly Roslyn Ca.
rama had been casting sleeps eyes
at certain Kate Rysdale whose mil.
lions We're In inverse ratio to the
rapid rise Of her Steel Trust papa.
T. Finney Valentine owed his sue.
cesses TO one trait among many 9th.
ers: he kept an open and unbiased
mind In the face Of facts that would
have unduly Influenced another man:
he was never one to formulate the
ory and then make the facts ft: rath.
er he built up his cases bit by bit. line
by line. until there was but one In.
evitable conclusion. Then he struck,
and struck hard. So. In the matter Of
Roslyn Cavanna. he merely decided
that the man would bear watching
and arranged to be on the spot In fu.
ture.-a guest at every social function
where repetition Of the Jewel rob-
berries might be expected to occur.-
should such move prove advisable.
Although. as narrated already. the
losers had refrained from calling in
either the police or an ordinary detec.
tive agency. some suf rewards had
been offered through the daily prints
to be paid by Messrs. Dakin & Meekin,
the well-known jewelers. on Fifth ave.
nue.. through whom many Iof the bau.
bles had been purchased In the frst
instance.
To Dakin & Meekin. then, went Fin.
ney Valentine. ostensibly to inquire II
any article had ever been recovered
In that way-he knew otherwise-but
really to mouse around in search OF
chance information. This visi, led to
momentous results. But In order to
complete clarity OF narrative We must
revert for a moment to the last great
jewel robbery some six weeks before
at Newport
There the chief booty was magni
flcent necklace OF matched pearls.
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fifty thousand dollars, which the fair
owner had carelessly left In an un.
locked case on her dressing.table du.
ring dinner. While she and her maid
were absent from the suite the neck.
lace vanished into thin air.
Strolling through the aisles Of show.
cases In Dakin & Meekin's, waiting
for chance to speak with either OF
the partners. Valentine saw the door
OF the private Office open and young
man emerge with Dakin at his side.
The man was Roslyn Cavanna, hand
some. deb0nair. and fautlessly dressed
He was evidently valued customer.
for Dakin accompanied him almost the
length Of the store TO the entrance,
On his brisk way back. Finney Val.
entine buttonholed him and made
known his errand.
Nothing doing. I'm sorry to say
was Dakin's response to the query
whether any OF the jewels had ever
been recovered through the medium
of the firm. "Of course, they're good
for business in way-those robber.
les, mean-for everything had to be
replaced, you know. and some OF the
losers are among our best customers"
Was that one OF them-the good
clients. | mean-l saw you with Just
now? Young Cavanna. you know"
Dakin laughed.
"Well-er-not exactly. His spend,
Ing days were over some years ago.
I'm afraid But we're always glad to
see him; his father was good Gus.
toner, Things are on the mend with
Roslyn Cavanna; he's expecting to be
married. he tells me. In fact. Mr..
Valentine, we are to make his wedding
gift. He called TO see us about It."
By this time they had reached the
door of the private Office where Nee.
kin. the other member. sat at a table
with tray OF pearls before him. Fac.
ing, on the other side OF the table.
stood an eXcitable French workman
talking volubly. with many typical
gestures OF the hands and shrugs OF
the shoulders.
But tell you. Meestaire Meekin."
he was saying. Il am not mistake
me, Pierre Danser. Non, Ze pearls
are identique-vat you call a palrfait
match? Ze shape, ze weight. ze coul.
eur' Nom de Ia nom, Did | not as.
semble ze fairst necklace for Madame
Batterman? Pouf' In such mattairs
you cannot fool Pierre Danser'" And
the little foreigner struck n Napoleon.
ic attitude. nodding his head violently.
Tut Tut Pierre" said Mr.. Nee.
kin. you must be mistaken. There
may be resemblance, OF course. but
that's merely an accident. We've got
lot OF other matchable stones In the
safe at this moment, but that doesn't
argue they've been stolen"
whats the trouble7" here inquired
Dakin, nudging his partner to be eau.
tlous In the presence OF third per.
| son,
Why" said Meekin. pierre has n
notion that Mr. Cavanna's pearls are
the lot that Mrs. Datterman lost In
that Newport robbery last month. or
course It's ridiculous. and so | told
him" Perfectly absurd" asscnted
Mr. Dakin "I et's have M more fool.