The Donaldsonville chief., 1911-12-30
sentiment that Mrs. Missioner ant

/ sentiment that Mrs. Missioner and
| Miss Holcomb shrank away little.
"And it needn't astonisn u.s. Br1tz
/ continued, "that when the polished
Oriental brought about her acqua1nt-
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 when
Paris Is famous. The American was
a man from her own country-a big,
| good-natured, whole-souled chap, thor
oughly satisfied with his fortune and
| himself.
! sTherefore, why shouldn't the lone
~, starving Miss Vincent enjoy gay
little dinners and, perhaps, gayes lit
tie suppers with him? She was al
ways chaperoned. By whom? By the
Hindoo, Of course Besides, the mill
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 brill
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 1t wasn't exactly
grateful on Miss Vincent's part to
listen to the FIindoo when he offered
her a large bribeI to-shall we say,
steal certain rare and verv 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 accusing1y at her.
When he spoke, 1t 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 'E1ow you are divorcee-
but you were Miss Vincent"
She recovered her poise for a mo.
ment and gazed at him det1ant1y
Then her courage broke again. and
- II is IS true. r Ho1 1syou have learned
I. 1t cannot guess. at--it IS true. Z s=
i n Doris ii ssIUlsEssl, despiite t1g
i gestion conveyed fh the 1ieutenant's
revelations, gazed at Mil1icent Della
roche commiserating1y. Elinors pity
was more open.
"And now" Britz went on, "Mrs
Delaroche either stole those jewels in
Paris or in New York. II 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
day or two ago, and II the crime
was committed In this country, We
will call in the District Attorney" He
turned abruptly toward the woman
''Mrs. Delaroche," Britz said, II dt
not believe Mrs. Missioner will cal
on the French authorities to act, /
: the crime was committed in theil
jurisdiction. If the jewels were take1
here, Mrs. Missioner will have NJ
choice in the matter"
She seized at the bait. Turning
her flashing eyes on the detective, sht
burst forth:
: "The Jewels were stolen in Paris.
. A tense silence was broken b.
Britz.
you'll have to show me- b
, snapped. TITS your last chance t
: tell the truth"
, ''I stole the collarette from Mr.. Mis-
: sioner," she admitted. Tt was short
ly before his death, long time age
+ The plot had all been laid. Griswol
a and Prince Kananda got ME to do 4
, I met Griswold through Mr.. Missioner
p He made love to me, made me believ
+ he wanted to marry me. Then, on
/ day, he proposed the plan to Mteal tn
= jewels. It almost made me laugh, fo
I was already trying to get them fo
y the Prince. His plan was to hav
. me induce Mr.. Missioner to let m
81 wear them one night and disappea
with the collarette about my thloa
J. had agreed to do this, when Gri
. wold"-she cast a whitening look 8
= the clubman-"brought me the sui
= stitute. He didn't know, of cours
y that was in the pay Of the Primo
!. and l didn't inform him Of it. Wei
a one night Mr.. Missioner, after muc
+ urging on my part. took the collarett
n from his wife's jewel box and let nc
r wear it at little supper party. 1t va
O. then I made the substitution
What did you do with the rel
= neck1ace?" Manning interjected.
) 7 Kept it, Mrs. Delaroche returne
!. with bland smile. sI informed tf
- Prince that I had changed my min
= about committing the robbery, and
Q tcld Mr.. GrisWold that I had been III
J, able to make the substitution"
+ "But the paste jewels he had give