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

reasonably sure of getaway as
easily after murder as a1ter d fop-
berry"
| "You must have been reading about |
| Ali Bahia and the Forty Thieves,
Brits," said Manning with another
harsh laugh This sounds altogeth-
er too much like the Arabian Nights
to be the goods"
s"Well, there weren't az many as
forty OF the thieves, and the All IN
this case wasn't an honest man. I'm
giving it to you straight, CHER. l
haven't worked day and night on this
proposition for nothing. You'll find 1t
just as I'm telling 1t to you, and II
| you'll suspend judgment until ! get
through, I'll deliver the goods all
right"
Il think" remarked Fitch to Man
ming. I'VE shall find that Lieutenant
Britt comes pretty near knowing
what he is talking about. I've seen
him work on this case, and know
something Of the facts he has dis
covered. II you have ever studied
the ways Of Orientals you'll be sur
prised at nothing they do. They look
at life from altogether different
angle. Life is about the cheapest
thing in life to them
Very good said Manning. I'm
willing to be convinced, but 1t seems
hard to believe that woman worth
hundred millions could live for
months with death hanging over her
head in her own household, and yet
know nothing about it. What's the
use of being a multi-millionaire II
, you're no safer than in an eighteen.
i dollar fat: For my part, don't take
| much stock in your Hfndoos.
You'll take a lot of stock in them
, before the morning is over, Chief, II
t you stay with u.s. Britz retorted. TN
> going to show you not only the Hin
: docs in the act of attempting to get
away, but I'll turn up the goods IN
q their possession They have the dia-
mond now, but I'll have both them
and the diamond in very few
hours!"
. II believe you,' Fitch chimed In
You see, Chief" he explained to
Manning, "this lieutenant Of yours
has made the capture of the Hindoos
more or less of personal matter.
A choppy laugh from the detective
Interrupted the. physician.
* es,. he agreed, .sI don't mind =tel tell
..4I ing tha III IN almost as eager e
get those fellows as am to recover
the WIDOWS Jewels. They got just
little bit too gay with me for theil
Town good" He flushed slightly al
he recalled how utterly he had beer
at the mercy of the Hindoos when ht
lay like holiday turkey on the foo
q of that bare room in the unoccupiet
uptown apartment.
"The Hindoos," said Britt, wen
through the apartments of Sands an,
Griswold with what Sam Welle
would call double-million agnffy
: ing microscope. They didn't leave
postage stamp unsearched. The
!, looked into every hole and corner
ransacked every drawer. and turne
every place inside out. caught 'er
at 1.-TWO of them, anyway
Sands room, and they're now in tn
West Thirtieth Street Station. The
must have gone through Griswold
apartment first, for it was there,
guess, they found this note fraua MI
faeens e Curtis dear and it wa
this note that gave me line on no
brother GrisWold stood with the lad
of the Hotel Renaissance. I kne
Griswold was in the habit Of visitin
that hotel, but didn't know who,
he went there to see. / felt prett
certain when I got the note that
came from somebody in the Renal
to sance, and I got Rawson to send tt
an bunch out on the hunt so that
he could make certain I'd made no mi
He take.
Ia Zone OF the men. reported the
ep- was a Nine Delaroche at the Renal
sance. That looked good enough
On. Eme / went there that same nigh
nd with the doctor on the sidewalk,
tai / the lockout did little burgla
FOR stunt that would have landed Il
Jewels If the Hindoos had not G
re. there ahead of me. In some way
other, those fellows learned abo
40 the acquaintance between Griswo
,da and the Delaroche lady about t.
The same time I did, or perhaps a It'll
,tb. earlier. One of them got into b
90 apartment by the fire escape rou
- and sneaked the jewels from und
ark her pillow What's more, he contel
tod ed himself with the diamonds the
and selves, and didn't even take the cash
aan they were in. The jewel case W
He still under her pillow when I s
am. there, and 1t wasn't until after t
,rd lady, under the impression the ge,
,or- were in the case, gave herself aw
ong more or less, that / found the lit
one box was empty. When looked {
IAN on the fire escape, I saw the handk
.o,n chief the dark-skinned sracksman b
ars dropped in his hurry. That sent
,ent hot-footed to the Swami's house."
mir When Britt had sketched the |