Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-04-12

reasonably sure Of getaway as
easily after murder as after rob-
berry"
you must have been reading about
All Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Britz." said Manning with another
harsh laugh. This sounds altogeth-
er too much like the Arabian Nights
to be the goods"
"Well, there weren't as many as
forty Of the thieves. and the Ali In
this case wasn't an honest man. I'm
giving It to you straight, Chief. ]
haven't worked day and night on this
proposition for nothing. You'll find 1t
Just as I'm telling 1t TO you, and II
you'll suspend Judgment until get
through, III deliver the goods all
right"
Il think" remarked Fitch to Man
ming. I'VE shall ind that Lieutenant
Britt comes pretty near knowing
what he Is talking about I've seen
him work on this case. and know
something OF the facts he has dis
covered II you have ever studied
the ways OF orientals you'll be sur
prised at nothing they do. They look
at life from altogether a different
angle. Life is about the cheapest
thing IN life to them"
Very good" said Manning. Tn
willing to be convinced, but 1t seems
hard to believe that woman worth
a hundred millions could live for
months with death hanging over her
head in her own household, and yet
know nothing about It. What's the
use Of being multi-millionaire II
you're no safer than in an eighteen
dollar nat? For my part, don't take
much stock In your Hindoos."
You'll take a lot of stock in them
before the morning Is over. Chief. II
you stay with u.s. Brftz retorted. I'm
going to show you not only the Him.
: docs in the act OF attempting to get
away, but I'll turn ND the goods in
their possession. They have the dia-
nond now. but I'll have both them
and the diamond In very few
hoursi"
Il believe you," Fitch chimed in.
you see. Chief" he explained to
Manning. this lieutenant Of yours
has made the capture Of the Hindoos
more or less of q personal matter"
A choppy laugh from the detective
interrupted the physician.
Eyes," he agreed, Il don't mind tell
ing you that I'm almost as eager to
get those fellows as am to recover
the widows jewels. They got just 9
little bit too gay with me for theil
own good" He flushed slightly al
he recalled how utterly he had beer
at the mercy Of the Hindoos when be
lay like holiday turkey on the fiool
Of that bare room In the unoccupiet
uptown apartment.
THE Hindoos." said Britt. wen
through the apartments OF Sands ans
Griswold with what Sam Wellel
would call double-million-magnify
ing microscope. They didn't leave |
postage stamp unsearched. Thel
looked into every hole and corner
ransacked every drawer. and turne'
Ievery place inside out l caught 'en
at 1.-TWO OF them. anyway--il
Sands room, and they're now In tn
West Thirtieth Street Station. The.
must have gone through Griswold'
apartment first, for II was there,
guess, they found this note from Nil
licent to Curtis dear and it wa
this note that gave me line on hoy
brother Griswold stood with the lad
Of the Hotel Renaissance. l kney
Griswold was In the habit OF visiting
that hotel, but ! didn't know WHOM
he went there to see. felt prett
certain when / got the note that
care from somebody in the Renaii
o sance. and got Rawson to send tn
n bunch out on the hunt 50 that
Q could make certain I'd made no mis-
e take.
J. "one Of the men reported Their
D was Nine. Delaroche at the ReLaii
sance. That looked good enough .
a. me. went there that same nigh
d with the doctor on the sidewalk, a
Al the lookout. l did little burglar
,r stunt that would have landed tn
Jewels II the Hindoos had not &C
q there ahead of me. In some way o
other, those fellows learned abou
the acquaintance between Griswol
i and the Delaroche lady abouts th
= same time did. or perhaps a littl
i earlier. One of them got into be
: apartment by the IRE escape rout
- and sneaked the jewels from unde
. her pillow. What's more. he conten
4 ed himself with the diamonds then
a selves, and didn't even take the casks
= they were in. The jewel case wa
Il still under ner Pillow Wneu i g
there, and It wasn't until after th
Z lady. under the impression the gem
!. were In the case, gave herself ava
10 more or less, that found the lit
Il box was empty. When I looked OF
on the fire escape, saw the handke
~ chief the dark-skinned craftsman hs
: dropped in his hurry. That sent I
~ hot-footed to the Swami's house"
IN When Britz had sketched the hi
10 tory Of the Missioner case, Mannir
ne and Fitch looked at him admiringl
:, Both his hearers were thoughtful 4
e. a minute or two. Then the Chile
= though he realized Britt had solv'
~ the mystery, could not refrain fro
M picking flaws.
an you have not explained fully"
~ .aid show GrisWold contrived