The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-12-16

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selves
"Your powers Of deduction are truly
marvellous, Britt" said Manning with
a short laugh, In which Britt thought
he heard a faint note OF mockery.
"Now, let's don't do any kidding,
Chief" Britt rejoined with just
shade OF acid in his voice. "This Is
nretty serious case, and I've been
IN a few nights without any too much
sleep. I'm not on the witness stano
now. recollect, and don't feel as II
ia eotsto parcel out my words when
I'm talking to friends" There was
the least little lift Of his eyebrows as
he uttered the last word.
Manning laughed again-apologetlc-
aIly this time, and the lieutenant,
once more unruf1ed, continued:
$50 Griswold had to make sketches
and diagrams Of the widows necklace
Even that couldn't have been easy, for
r guess he had to use his pencil when
MIS-. Missioner wasn't in the room.
It isn't likely she gave him many op-
portunities of being alone with the
Jewels she priced above all the others
in her collection. You see, when her
husband gave her that necklace and
told her about the Maharanee d1a-
mond. he made up pretty little fairy
story that probably gave the big stone
much greater value in her eyes than
If she'd really known the truth. Wom-
en- said Britt golemnly, fare funny.
They are about the funniest things In
this little old world of ours-particu-
larry when It comes to jewels and
gowns, with the jewels leading by a
city block"
Fitch, in his capacity as a lover.
became somewhat FESTIVE under the
detectives cynical summing up OF
the sex, and relieved himself with the
remark:
sIf women are any funnier than
men, I'd like you to show me how
Your experience IS all very well, l1eu-
tenant; but I've seen them In their llt-
tie white cots In hospitals
kinds; and I have seen them on the
operating table, and I can tell you
the woman has yet to be born that
can do as many fool stunts as the
average mani. After this burst OF
romance born frankness he subsided.
well, we won't quarrel about ' the
sex, dacto /, sd n rita, s. hol1gh
must say don't ike to hear youI get
ting of these suffragette sentiments en- ls
Anyway, it's safe to assume Mrs. mis-
sioner didn't let Curtis Griswold have
time to drape that necklace OF hers
on an art model when he started In to
sketch it. He made those drawings by
fits and starts, and 1t must have taken
him a good many weeks to nnlsn
them"
"Unless he drew the necklace from
memory" suggested Manning.
"That sounds too easy Britt re
turned. He'd have to have memory
like daylight film to carry all the
different sizes and shapes OF thoss
Jewels in his mind-to say nothing o.
their fire The fact is, the drawings
: he made were not only accurate Il
the smallest degree of outline, but tn
5 luster Of every stone seems to have
been reproduced with skill that wouit
| keep 'em guessing at the Academy o
? Design / tell you, Curtis GrisWold Il
I an artist in more ways than one!"
Pausing a little, Britz went on:
r "And that's what he did; he mad
d the drawings at first hand, and prot
4 ably colored them in the same way
g Then he took them over to Paris an
s farmed out the contract among se'
It eral firms, taking care to split up tn
drawings SO that no one manufacture
t. Of paste Jewels might know they Wer
9 reproductions Of the famous Mahars
Il nee necklace. Logan traced all tn
drawings in gay Paree, and sent the1
It to me. Here they are" He took Sc
o. eral small sheets Of cardboard fro1
c. an inner pocket and spread them Q
t. his desk.
ID There's something missing fro
a the center" Manning commente
t when he had pieced the slips togethe
g. This is picture Of necklace wit
Is a hole in the middle"
[e Britz smiled.
k "Yes,' he said, "that's where II
le Maharanee diamond was. You Sc
at Griswold was too foxy to have
I imitation Of that celebrated sto1
to made anywhere in Europe. He kne
1t there wasn't man on the Contine
~ identified in any way with the tra'
10 who wouldn't recognize drawing
IN that diamond on sight. Though t
e. diamond is not so well known to t
be public, it's as familiar to every 1e
VI eler in Europe as the Kohinoor, t
We Hope, or any other Of those gre
* sparklers."
tie where could he have gone, the
il to have the big stone reproduced
X asked the Chief.
Oh ASK the doctor there. If he's b
IS. the detective I think he is, he kno
IL as well as do"
of Fitch smiled nervously, then
". face became grave as the realizati
mt of what all this meant to Eli1
es surged back on him.
ps 81 fancy" he said to Manni
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