The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-10

7i-i or rno luxurious cSfes for which
Paris is famous The American was
man from her own country-a big.
good-natured, whole-souled chap. thor
oughly satisfied with his fortune and
himself
Therefore, why shouldn't the lone
ly, starving Miss Vincent enjoy gay
little dinners and, perhaps. gayer 1T.
tie suppers with him? She was al.
ways chaperoned by whom? BY the
Hlndoo, Of course. Besides, the mil.
lionaire's 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 bril-.
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 d.
lence. But she did not look at tho
Prince
However" ran the detectives mon.
ologue you'll have to admit. Mrs.
Delaroche, that It wasn't exactly
grateful on Miss vincent's part to
listen to the Hindoo when he offered
her a large bribe to-shall we say,
steal a certain rare and very beauti.
ful diamond from the multi.million.
aire."
Mrs. Delaroche's breath came in a
series Of soft gasps-almost in sohs.
A rose film seemed to spread over
her exquisite complexion.
The famous detective paused for n
moment and looked accusingly at her.
When he spoke, II was with hnality.
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 now you are a diyorcee--
but you were Miss Vincent"
She recovered her poise for a mo-
ment and gazed at him dehantly.
Then her courage broke again, and
she answered:
1T is true. How you have learned
1t cannot guess, butt IS true"
Doris Missioner, despite the sug-
gestion conveyed in the lieuteneut's s
revelations, gazed at Millicent Della
roche commiseratingly Elinors pity
was more oI-en.
"And now" Britz went on, Mrs.
Delaroche either stole those Jewels in
Paris or IN New York II they were
stolen I'm 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 Gully
a day or two ago, and If the crimo
was committed in this country We
will call IN the District Attorney" lie
turned abruptly toward the woman.
Mrs. Delaroche," Britt said Il do
not believe Mrs Missioner will call
on the French authorities to act. II
the crime was committed in their
ilrisdiptibn.i II the Jewels were taken
here, Mrs lMiseibner WITH have no
choice In the matterp q "sla q"
She seized at the bait Turning
Ihsr, flashing eyes, on. the dstecuye,, she
burst forth; ''''' 30 '''' '''''
The jewels were stolen in Paris
a tense silence was broken by
Britt
You'll have to show me-" he
Gnapped IT'S your last chance to
tell the truth"
II stole the collarette from Mr. Mis-.
sioner." she admitted. 'It was short
ly before his death. long time ago,
The plot had all been laid. Griswold
and Prince Kananda got me to do Il.
| met Griswold through Mr.. Missioner.
He made lovo to me, made me believe
he wanted TO marry me. Then, one
day, he proposed the plan to steal the
jewels. 1t almost made me laugh, for
! was already trying to get them for
the Prince. His plan was 10 have
ne induce Mr. Missioner to let me
wear them one night and disappear
with the collarGtte about my throat
| had agreed to do this, when Girls
wold"-she cast q whitening look at
the clubman-"brought me the sub.