El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-25
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

find it. If do, it is according to
1T is a piece Of jewelry worth about
An right. sir. If find it I will
buy it from you for 1000
Persifry bit his lips. Meredic could
not conceal his admiration
Describe the article, madam said
Gibewlett turning his back to Persi-
1T is a pendant hanging on a plad-
mum chain. O. 1t IS set with two large
sapphires.
How larger
"As large as peas. small peas.
Thank YOU. Value 5000 francs. It
will be 5000 francs to me If I find it
Persifry objected to the price ana
tried to bargain, but the deteetlv I've.
They finally agreed on 250O francs,
which Persifry gave his written prom
Use to paw. Anything rather than lose
the pendant altogether! ar
Then Gibewlett exclaimed. 10
work." and, followed by the WnoIe
family. he inspected the whole mousse
made notes, mea sured madame "alsT
counted the number of buttons IN Fer
sffrv's vest. patted Celestes cheek sat
down and asked for a good cigar anu
some brandy. Then he sat for nan an
bO11r silent with half-closed eyes
thinking and smoking IN the Hiosl
comfortable chair in the mousse M
clients gazing at him in respectful
SiI Suddenly he arose and said abrupt,
W. i will begin my eXaIllnat lOL-- s
he made them all leave the room ana
covered up the keyholes. Then he once
more opened the door OF the roOt s
where they were all gathered anu
said: M Mederic, will you pIeass
come in here?
fellow with a smile, i am the uA EIl
''That makes no difference. Ny eA-
animation recognizes no uncIes-
When alone with the old man, ne
made him sit down pierced nm ~, IgI-s
with his gray eyes and said curry,
you may 60" The man meekly
obeyed.
What" exclaimed Nine. Persifry
l." MY nSethod recognizes no daugh-
's7 When they were alone, eibewlett
said gently:
demOiseleE"
Nothing at all"
Then give me one of your pretty
white hands" -.
of his own. drew her close to him,
kissed her several times and sent her
away, calling:
''Firmini"
Firmin blushingly confessed that he
had a love affair with Annette.
Disgusting" exclaimed Gibewlett
and called: "Felecie" while Firmin
left the room shamefacedly.
The cook, bursting into tears, as
sured that she was innocent He ask
ed her a few questions and sent her
away asking her to let Annette come
in
As soon as they were alone, he said
with the purest Menilmontant accent;
Here it is. darling" and took the
pendant from his pocket.
Thank you JulOt," she replied, slip
ping ii into her own pocket Have
you had the sapphires changed2'
You bet It was done the day after
you swiped it, in case they might dis
sover their loss right away. But it
Will be better for you to leave this
house"
"Oh, there is nothing to be afraid
of. Here is another letter from the
young one"
Good And now begin your part"
She threw herself down on her knees
and began to sob. JulOt threw the
door wide open and. once more adopt
ing the English accent, he said, point
ing to Annette:
Here Is the thief. She is quite
crushed You'd better repeat your con-
fessiOn. Did you steal the pendant?'
Yes, monsieur" she sobbed-
Where is ft?''
In my trunk"
GO and get it. And don't try to
the house. You can't escape"
While Annette went up to her room
on the sixth floor, accompanied by
Felicie, Julot-GibeWlett explained how
the girl had taken an impression Of
the lock with wax and opened the
drawer with a false key
She. undoubtedly belongs to a gang,
he said.
I shall be glad when I see her in
a cell" Nine. Persifry exclaimed.
also discovered the detective
went on, that she had a liaison with
your young son. She has a pile of
letters from him. She surely intends
to create a scandal"
Firnin lowered his head in shame.
On the advice of the detective, II
was decided to send sthe girl away
on the spot.
Gibewlett then smilingly received
the cOngra tulations Of everyone on his
success and at the earnest request Of
the uncle he consented to tell a few