The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-02

wavs wants to know the winner. 1ot
can see her almost every night at tine
Cafe Svlvain. She likes late suppers
a month ago her bicycle was stolen.
happened to be in the police commis
sarv s Office when she came 10 tell nm
of it, 7 promised her to do nv best
and have sent her a note that WI,
make her happy. ] reckon she VIII
be here tomorrow TO ask for her
bike
Tips had aroused my curiosity.
"When she comes / want to see
her"
Before calling on Baron s.
made an inquiry about Alfred On,
and what ! heard was deplorable. Inc
F., fortune he had inherited from MS
mother was squandered in less tnan
two wears. and his father, retired
colonel. was almost ruined by his son
extravaganza. Alfred raised money
when he could, and in a gamoiing clto
cheat. This charge had never been
proved, and il ended in duel, when
he ran two inches of steel into his
traducer' s body. He belonged to a
good family, and was dtstantly relat'
ed tn Madame H, whose house he
visited regularly,
The baron. l learned, had an estate
| IN huSSld< HUBEC uS lioSSCI tue
mer. The winters he spent in Paris
and he was very popular in the world
on ON muse. He had an apartment
| in the Avenue de l'Alma; and ] went
there toward II in the morning.
| His servant, a tall, well-built young
man. Informed me in bad French with
strong Russian accent that his mas
ter was having his bath and would re-
ceive ME in a few minutes. He soon
orroaro1 licfS ,ioh hoI 80 orofi n
man.
] apoloei2ed for disturbing him so
earlv. and begged him to give me an
account Of the disappearance of his
coat.
Between ourselves he smiled, 81
nm surprised these accidents do not
happen .oftener. This is my second
winter in Paris, and the third time /
have attended one of these functions.
/ am sorry I lost my fur coat; 10 was
valuable. Ny idiot of servant will
tell YOU how il occurred-Boris!
The valet, at the baron s request,
then explained to me, in his abomin
able French, that he had been waiting
In the hall for his master, with the
coat over his arm. Finding it cumber
some. with so many people passing in
and out, he had put it in little room
went to fetch it it was gone.
But why did you not leave it in
charge of one of the servantsf' I
asked.
ST expected my master to come down
everv moment, and as the door Of the
little room was open ] could keep my
ewes on the coat all the time. / may
have lost sight of it for second. -
The baron shrugged his shoulders,
and + hcopJ III. ssfopt
/ put few questions, but as neither
the baron nor Boris could supply any
further information. I withdrew. In
the room ] had detected peculiar per-
fume. yerv faint, without being able
to fix it with certainty. ] could not
nositivelv say whether it emanated
from the room itself or from one of
the men. Slight as it was, it caught
nv attention, as my sense of smell is
acute.
had written note to Alfred o.
asking him TO call, and found him wait
ing for me. | need not describe that
type OF Young man-to be met on the
race-course. at first nights, at fashion
able eatherings-to whom life is moth
ing but a huge Joke, He roared with
laughter when 7 broached the subject
of the robbery.
'EPlease excuse me, Monsieur Goron,
lh' W llbiC lining le Sp luNlCiOuS, DO
YOU know. that Uncle Jerome, whom
YOU saw this morning. darkly limited
that / stole the pendants? I heard it
from the little German eoverness. /
think he does IL out OF revenge be-
cause I make fun Of it. You never
saw ANYTHING SO ugly. The diamonds
are magnificent. but the design is gro
tesdue. with that silly little flower
dangling At the end
''You were at Madame lis the
dav the pendant was stolcn7"
Eyes. the greater part of the after
noon. -
Did YOU notice anything likely to
throw any light on the affair7''
| Nothing whatever. It seems very
strange Uncle Jerome is terribly up
| set: bnt. ] think, more on account OF
! the coat. The old chap is proud Of his
acnuaintauce with n haron!'
| tiGatinr case that had happened dur
ing the night ! was informed that
Georrette Chevallier. alias Tips, was
downstairs. having come about her bi-
cvcle.
'Eshow her in at once" I said.
Georgette was pretty. She was
small. remarkably graceful, with large
brown. intelligent ewes.
"You wanted to see me?'' she re-
| maj hfu III a EtDltc NUItSS
MADAME Georgette-" 7 began
"Pleasse call me Tips: everybody
does
"Verv well. TIPS, since you prefer
it.. I had the pleasure of seeing You q
conple Of days ago.
"Me! Where7'
''In 9. cab; You were talking to your
friend. -
.'What friend'''
Alfred o.
"He is not my friend, Monsieur
Goron. Not in the sense you mean
and ] do not understand you
"Never mind, Tips, BY the way, are
Won glad your bicycle is found1'
"Rather. But the stupid people al
the police commissariat are fussing tc
make me prove | am the rightful own
CT of the machine. ! can give YOU the
receipt of the maker; have brought
il with me.
She put her hand inside her muf
and with her purse drew out a small
silk pocket handkerchief which she
laid on nv writing table took it up
for 7 Immediately detected the same
faint perfume that had struck me al
the baron S chambers
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