The Yale expositor., 1911-12-21

Miss HOlcomb shrank away little.
And it needn't astonish u.s." Britz
continued, that when the polished
Oriental brought about her acquaint
ance with an American multi-million-
aire she accepted friendly little cour.
tesies from the rich man, even 60
ing so far as to dine with him In sew
eral Of the luxurious cafes for which
Paris is famous. The American was
man from her own country-a big,
good-natured, whole-souled chap, thor
oughly satisfied with his fortune and
himself.
Therefore. why shouldn't the lone
ly. starving Miss Vincent enjoy gay
little dinners and perhaps, gayer lit
tie suppers with him? She was al
ways chaperoned. By whomt BY the
Hindoo, of course. Besides. the mil
lionaires wife knew there was dash
of romance in her husband that made
him delight in these excursions into
the realm Of the unusual"
Mrs. Delaroche sat with those bril-.
liant eyes Of hers bent vigorously on
the rug. The other women glanced
at her curiously, Manning with suspi
cion, Kananda with a glitter In his
eyes that seemed to command 81.
, lence, But she did not look at the
Prince.
However" ran the detectives mon
ologue, you'll have to admit, Mrs.
Delaroche, that it wasn't exactly
tnf nj RI n
listen to the Hindoo when he offered
her a large bribo to--shall we say,
steal certain rare and very beauti-
full diamond from the multi-million
aire."
Mrs Delaroche's breath came In a
series Of soft gasps-almost in sobs.
A rose film seemed to spread over
her exquisite complexion.
The famous detective paused for a
moment and looked accusingly at her.
When he spoke, it was with finality.
Mrs Delaroche. you were Miss
Vincent" he said; you were the i'm
poverished girl artist of the Latin
Quarter. You have been married
since, and now you are a divorcee--
but you were Miss Vincent"
She recovered her poise for a mo.
ment and gazed at him defiantly.
Then her courage broke again. and
she answered:
1T Is true. How you have learned
it cannot guess, butt is true"
Doris Missioner, despite the sug-
gestion conveyed In the lieutenants
revelations, gazed at Millicent Della
roche commiseratingly. Elinors pity
was moro open.
And now" Britt went on, Mrs.
Delaroche either stole those jewels in
Paris or in New York. If they were
stolen in Paris, the authorities OF this
city have no jurisdiction in the case
On the other hand. we can prove the
necklace was In her possession only
was committed In this country. we
will call I'm the District Attorney" He
turned abruptly toward the woman.
Mrs. Delaroche," Britz said. 81 do
not believe Mrs. Missioner will call
on the French authorities to act, If
the crime was committed in their
Jurisdiction II the jewels were taken
here, Mrs Missioner Will have no
choice in the matter
She seized at the bait. Turning
her flashing eyes on the detective, she
burst forth:
THE Jewels were stolen In Paris"
A tense silence was broken by
Britt.
You'll have to show me-" he
snapped IT'S your last chance to
tell tho truth"
II stole the collarette from Mr.. Mis-
sioner," che admitted. ut was short
ly before his death, long time ago
The plot had all been laid. Griswold
and Prince Kananda got me to do it..
| met Griswold through Mr.. Missioner.
He made love TO me. made me believe
he wanted to marry me. Then, one
day, he proposed the plan to steal the
Jewels. 1t almost made me laugh, for
I was already trying to get them for
the Prince. His plan was to have
ne induce Mr.. Missioner to let me
wear them one night and disappear
WIN the COlJdICllt dbOuI my thiOoe
I had agreed to do this, when Girls
wold"--she cast a whitening look at
the clubman-'brought me the sub
stitute. He didn't know. Of course,
that | was In the pay OF the Prince,
and ] didn't inform him of it. Well,
one night Mr.. Missioner, after much
urging on my part, took the collarette
from his wife's jewel box and let me
wear 1t at little supper party. 1t was
then I made the substitution"
What did you do with the real
necklace?" Manning interjected.
Il kept it," Mrs. Delaroche returned
with bland smile. 81 informed the
Prince that | had changed my mind
about committing the robbery, and l
told Mr.. Griswold that l had been I'M
able to make the substitution"
But the paste jewels he had given
you-what did you tell him In regard
to them?" Britz asked
Il simply told him ! had lost them"
she replied. The fact of the matter
is, fooled both the Prince and Mr..
Griswold. OF course, when Mrs. Mis-
sioner discovered the robbery. Mr.
Griswold guessed what I had done.
and since then he has been urging me