Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-23

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IT know al thst" insisted the
Prince. but We have not the tine.
This hunt II sdrawing Sclose to hot
dnish. You forget that we have tho
clevsrest detective; In New York-one
Of the cleverest In tho world,
to beat. II he got the diamond. he
would not recognize our claim to It
for an instant. He'd turn 1t over to
Mrs. Missioner, and we would not
stand the ghost of chance In any
court Of law. This is, a case whore
We must help ourselves to our own.
Besides, there is GriswoM. How do
We know he IS not getting ready to
Zee with the Jewels tonight? They
may be IN hts possession. or he may
have given. them to the woman who
signs herself Millicent."
Tho Prince paused, framed bis nm
gers tip to tip. and looked between
them at the note as II peering into =
crystal Eazers gloEe.
Il am Convinced tho woman has the
necklace" he went on. Our men
have, had time to search Griswold's
apartment from end to end, and the
other mems, too. If they found the
Jewels in either place. we would know
It by now. The whole question pre-
sentp itself clearly enough to my.
mind. The. old French proverb holds
good, cherchez La femme
The swami arose. As he did 90. All
re-entered tho room with moro
salaams, and extended toward his
master. . silver tray on which lay
Tiny, scroll, written in minute hero
slyphs. Of the Orient. The, scholar
broke. the seal ana scanned the paper
swiftly. A slight exclamation be-
trayed that the Information contained
in the little scroll broke through even
his magnificent reserve. His hand
trembled . little as he handed the
paper TO tho Prince. A hurried read
ing sumced to destroy all Of that
young mans recently gained calm. He
fairly hurled himself into sealskin
coat, and thrust his head into an
opera hat
"Quick!" he said, we have not = mo-
ment to lose!"
It would have been we'll for Britt II
the young photographer had acquaint-
ed him promptly with the fact Of tho
disappearance Of the Millicsnt note.
The detectives acute Intelligence
would have argued from that incident
the need Of even greater haste than he
was making in pushing his pursuit Of
the Missioner diamond to . close. But
Burlen, csnscience-strieksn though he
was, was leath to send the Information
to the Headquarters man until he could
have time to make further and moro
exhaustive search Of his shop, a. well
- OF the courtyard In the rear Of the
building on which its windows gave. II
was dark IN tho court, and the impef-
feet light Of his candle made his
search 80 slow that by tho time he
was sure tho note was gone beyond
possibility Of III recovery. it was too
late for him TO ind Detective Britz at
Police Headquarters. When his mos
senger returned with the report that
the Central Once man had left his
room, and that NO one in the Mulberry
street building knew where to find him,
Bur1en became 80 alarmed that he
haste1ed to Headquarters to try to
take up the hunt for Britz from that
point He was as unsuccessful as his
emissary. and he spent many anxious
hours in the waiting room hoping for
tho detectives return. The photo en-
graver tried to console himself with
the thought that the negative had been
spared, and he therefore had been able
to send to BIRTHS ONCE the hundred
facsimiles Of the Curtis dear" missive
his customer had ordered. But It was
poor consolation when he recalled tho
sarnestness with which the detective
had enjoined upon him net to let the
IN exceedingly uncomfortable young
man during all the. time he awaited
the sleuth's return. His discomfort did
not decrease as the hours dragged by.
But It would have been we'll for
Britz to have that knowledge in re-
gard to the strange vanishment of the
Griswold note, It would have been bet
ter for Curtis Griswold If Dorothy
March had not become conscience
stricken in respect Of him that same
evening. For little Miss March, being
Of Puritan stock, As soon a. she per-
suaded herself that she might have
made trouble for Mrs. Missiener's ad-
mirer by talking too freely to the
bland man from Mulberry street in
the cory corner Of the Forrest theater,
resolved to repair the mischief as rap
illy - possible. She, therefore, sent
little note to the clubman. asking
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