The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-10-12

her confusion to push her aside and
slam the door behind them.
ut must be mistakel What is nv
husband accused Of? He left me only
three hous ago. / do not believe you.
The tall man drew a paper half way
out of his pocket and looked at his
silent companion. who grinned stu.
pidly. A
Not tho madame we saw him witt
at Auteuil last Sunday, eh, Jean!'
Nine. Deserves flushed with anger
How dare you? Let me pass.
want to call a policeman"
Jean took hold of her arm.
The tall man went over to the tele
phone. Five thousand Louvre ), he
SAID, and added, police headuuai ters .
e5. '0'f = CO.
Police headquarters? This is De-
tectve Laurent speaking. We ear
Nuellly. Deserves is not here. What:
You don't say? So he was about to
slkpE Well We are going to search
the house now"
Your husband has Just been arrest
ed at Care du Nord," he said quietly
you will MAKE no disagreeable shrdiu
turning to Nine. Deserves. I hone
you will make no disagreeable scenes
but will permit us to perform our
duty"
What is he accused of" she sobbed
Embezzlement," the tall man re-
piled.
Nine. Deserves suddenly grew calm.
Go and do your duty" she said
What do you expect to fnd?"
Some missing jewelry."
"Jewelry," Nine. Deserves exclaim-
ed my husbands samples. j sup
The tall man nodded.
We will have look at them"
They are in the safe upstairs. Here
is the key"
The men took it in silence and they
followed her upstairs. They had al
most paralyzed her. Disgracei Ruin :
And the terrible disvorey of her hus-
bands unfaithfulness to her.
Detective Laurent quickly opened
the safe. Yes, the boxes were still
there and Nine. Deserves drew a sigh
OF relief when one of them was opened
and showed its glistening contents.
Detective Laurent examined the
diamond necklace critically.
of course! Just as thought" he
exclaimed.
"What?" asked Nine. Deserves.
Imitation paste" he grunted
Nonsense" said Nine. Descaves.
81 know what l am talking about"
said Laurent. >Pk
Perhaps it is, because it is only a
she suggested.
Laurent grunted.
He got the real thing from Leverier
& Co., all right enough. Well we will
have to take it all. Take care of these
jean"
caves suddenly, and handed Laurent a
bracelet with pearls and rubies. "Is
this paste, too?" she asked.
Laurent looked at it.
Just like the rest of the lot" he re-
piled dryly.
Nine. Deserves said nothing more,
but calmly surrendered the bracelet
When they had emptied the safe they
all went down stairs.
wait a moment" said Nine. Des
caves. with tears in her vice. You
might as well know it all. will not
protect a man who has treated me like
hat. There are more diamonds"
More diamonds" cried Laurent i'm
patiently. where are they? Hurry
up now, please"
They are hidden-ni the celler," she
srasped. "He thought they would be
safer there"
Show them to US. But no monkey
business now or you'll be sorry"
Nine. Deserves laughed historically.
Il shall not try monkey business.
IS you call it," she replied bitterly"
oh, how 1 hate him now! Come
along"
They ofollowed her silently down
he narrow cellar stairs.
There they are-in the box in the |
They pushed her roughly aside and |
vent in, one of them striking a match. |
With shrek Nine. Deserves slammed |
hn IL