Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-01-21
The Halliday
Erneralds
A Story of Their Quick
Recovery
BY CLARISSA MACKIE
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

L c,.,. uol1,sa 49,, Aoe., 49,.
uressins tapie iooAinS uoWh ~ her
Jewei case Win trishtened eyes ana
wildly beating heart. Costly gems
partment but one. The white nest
that had contained the famous emer-
aid necklace, the Halliday heirloom,
was empty.
She rang the bell, and after awhile n
strange maid appeared.
''Will you send Louise, my maid?"
asked Elsie.
81 do not think she is here, miss, I"
returned the girl bluntly. al saw her
running across the lawn shortly after
your arrival. She went toward the
river"
Elsie's eyes sparkled dangerously at
this evidence of the perfidy of the
trusted Louise. She turned to the
staring servant with n gesture of dis
missal and when she was alone pro-
ceeded to dress for the approaching
meal.
When her golden hni, WINS gathered
into its customary soft knot and she
had sIinped info the white chiffon
dress Elsie drew forth the string of
pearls and clasned II nhout her slender
throat. without pausing to admire the
charming effect she made care
full search of the room The chair
near the omen window must furnish
the first clew. and elsie was NOT dis
anpointed
IDENTIFY torn from a choaD handkerchief
"a fragment from which dnnpled n
bit of gold set with q dron of emerald
greenland the loce ameiled Of that
dreadful French scent which Iouisa
nersisted In usipr
ON tho 0nor noor +ba cboir r,os
white silk bopdkercbiaf twisted into
n loose knot FIsle IIftad q gincar,y
and insnected n fev Ianonese cboroc.
ters in dead hIocI, u,.ross ono CORNER
The characters wore foo largo for n
laundry mark and muSt renresent the
owners name ana that owner uas
probably q Jononese E,sia recoI,oct,
ed that the Ormonds had a hutIer.of
that nationality.
Last OF all. on the seat of the chair
was mans pearl cur link on the
fat surface of which golden initial
was finely inlaid elsie studied tbe
twisted "V,' with littIa nnzzlcd
frown knitting her brows. WHY had
Harvey yentnor's nome snr,ro co
quickly TO her mind IN sncb on mn.
pleasant connection. Perhans n was
because he. was never far from bar
thoughts or for the reason That there
are few names tbat begin with tbe
letter V. not that for one instant he
might be associated with ANYTHING
that was dishonorable.
The dinner bell rang then and ntsye
obeyed its summons arst toI,iny mains
to hide her Jewel case in the remotest
corner of her wardrobe. She went 70.
luctantly down the broad stairs con.
scious that this visit she had ontici-
pated must be inaugurated bv the nm
pleasant features surround;no y laval
robbery. While she realized that the
thief must be making a successful es-
cape and that every moment lost
strengthened the dlfIlcultv Of cantnre
Elsie hesitated to AIsturb tho oo,,o'
nimity of her geniol host now In
one OF manifest moods Near
the drawing room door two men were
talking In low tones and as Dlsje
passed one of them was saving. 81
heard Yentnor was hard hit TODAY.
That drop in X. and n must have
crippled him"
Elsie bit her trembling Inns In an
angry effort to gain composure Sbe
hated herself for the lightning
thought that had connected yentnor's
pecuniary difficulties with the pearl
cuff link and the missing emeralds.
In that instant she vowed to seel, no
further for the thief The Halliday
emeralds must go.
"You look troubled, DEAR whlspered
Mabel Ormond in her ear "Has any.
thing gone wrong?"
Everything is Iovely,n smiled Elsie
brightly. How dear of YOU to give
me the rose roomr'
81 knew you were charmed with II
last year. All, Katuru is little late
tonight. Rather unusual In our I'M
peccable japanese"
1t was not Harvey yentnor who