New-York tribune., 1912-04-28

: Womanlko Nine Stenheil began 20
! cross-eXanne her friend. Had a great
lady secretly sold the necklace and her
husband discovered It's disappearance
No THAT would be Il simple matter. ''liad
it been stolen" 40. no, Was u royal
jewell No, and again no Why not
throw the dangerous object into the
Senc?" NJ Faure might be caught doing
II. BESIDES, why destroy small fortune? ?
Tho thing was safe with her SO long as
she kept II hidden To return It 10 him
would he 10 expose him TO utter ruin and
disgrace. ~ things stood now II could
not possibly be traced 20 her. And with
this the lady had To he content. Her sur
mise is that the pearl necklace was stolen
by some scion Of = roval house and given
by him 70 the unsuspectlng President Of
the republic ~ payment Of r gambling
debt But she recommends the mystery 70
the lovers of IN" hvwavs ot contemporary
history
In one thing however. FAliN faure was
mistaken. The poarls vor" traced ~ th"ir
recipient
on the e.eniuF OF tine day after taure
funeral VI Stclnheil entered his WIGS
room and after pDologiz!ng Tor his ar'
parent breach OF their contract Of liberty
~ action Informed her that he had 'ust
received a vi-t from a stranger who spoke
French with q strong German accent. aud
who had Informed him that she Nln'
SteinheID was n possession Of valuable
documents written 10y the late President
and oG a pearl necklace presented by h:ni
20 her. NJ Stcinhcil had, ot course, been
kept III ignorance OF the gift in accordance
with hts wife's understanding with taurt-
That the stranger had come TO the nus
band instead of "a the wife was not due
10 ignorance Ou his part OF the relations
existing between them, but was done pu:-
roscly. for throughout Nine. Steinheil sue
,ecdeG only once In getting a glimpse Of
him. and that IN the dark Consequently
She cannot describe him. beyond his accent
and jewish nose. This. OF course, adds
10 the mystery.
This stranger then, demanded the sur
render OF the necklace 10 him, under threats
NJ calamities to befall tie Steinheils that
agreed omlnousy well with Faurc's own
f.ar OF ruin and exile and disgrace. The
man also demanded the documents, but he
must have tine pearls first OF all.
Nine. SttlnH'll itluNfu ~ SURRENDER
either and said "Blackmail." But her
husband soon convinced her that no black
mail was intended. FOR the mysterious
stranger was willing to buy the pearls.
few al a time. or row by row, and the clasp
first of all The thing OF most Importance.
he had declared. was TO unstring the neck
lace at once, to surrender the clasp, and
thus make II less easily identihatc In
case Madame refused, the mysterious
strangers threats against her, her hus
hand and her daughter would he carried
out to the letter. Misfortunes unimagin-
able would befall them. Remembering the
dead Presidents warning. the frightened
woman consented to tho sale OF the pearls
and Immediately unstrung them keeping
ten OF the largest for herself as sort cf
emergency fund
The stranger returned tho next day TO
the house during her absence, purchased
one OF the 1--WE rows ana agreed TO let Nine
Steinheil keep the ten pearls selected by
her. but on condition that IL ever she should
wish to part with them she must Offer
them TO him first OF all. These ten pearls
were stolen on the night Of tho double mur-
der In the Impasss Ronsin. together with