The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-27

mentioned" p"'e 'ou
Nodding TO his companion. "Tbat
vii % good news for Tips. Hers was
among the lot" 80
VINO the deuce Is Tips? This ia
inc second time within an hour I hear
her mentioned"
Her name. sir. Is Georgette Che
'aiiier. She was married to n trainer
brute, who beat her and drank him.
sen TO death. She speaks English "a
We" DIS french. and Is we'll known to
inc English trainers and Jockeys in
,hahuiiy and Maisons Lafitte, who
christened her Tips because she al.
ways wants TO know the winner. You
can see her almost every night at the
.aie SYLVAN. She likes late suppers.
month ago her bicycle was stolen. I
happened to be In the police commits.
sary's office when she came 10 tell
MIN OF 1t. promised her to do my
oest' and have sent her a note that
VIII 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"
All right. sir"
Before calling on Baron s.
made an inquiry about Alfred o.,
and what | heard was deplorable. The
fortune he had inherited from his
mother was squandered in less than
two years, and his father. a retired
colonel, was almost ruined by his
sons extravaganza. Alfred raised
money when he could, and in a gam.
hling.club had been accused OF at.
tempting 10 cheat. This charge had
never been proved. and il ended in a
duel. when he ran two inches OF steel
into his traducer's body He belonged
TO good family. and was distantly
related TO Madame Il, whose
house he visited regularly.
The baron, | learned. had an estate
In Russia. where he passed the sum.
mer. The winters he spent in Paris and
no was very popular in the world on
Ton s'muse. He had an apartment In
the Avenue de rAlma; and went
there toward eleven in the morning.
His servant. a tall, well.built young
man. informed me in bad French with
a strong Russian accent that his mas
ter was having his bath. and would
receive me In a few minutes. He
soon appeared. a distinguished, aristo-
cratic man
apoogized for disturbing him so
early, and begged him to give me an
account OF the disappearance OF his
coat.
Between ourselves" he smiled, 81
am surprised these accidents do not
happen oftener. This is my second
winter in Paris, and the third time |
have attended one OF these functions.
They are boon to the Paris thieves.
| am sorry lost my fur coat; 1t was
valuable. My idiot OF servant Will
tell you how It 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 II cumber-
some, with so many people passing In
and out, he had put It in little room
leading from the hall, and when he
went to fetch II II was gone.
"But why did you not leave 1t In
charge OF one Of the servants" l
asked.
81 expected my master to come down
every moment, and as the door OF the
little room was open ! could keep my
ewes on the coat all the time. l may
have lost sight OF It for a second
The baron shrugged his shoulders.
and I heard the wood fool
nut a few questions: but as neither
the baron nor Boris could supply any
further information. I withdrew. In
tho room had detected peculiar per-
fumc. very faint. without being able
10 fix It with certainty. could not
rositiyely say whether IL emanated
from the room itself or from one OF
tho men. Slight as 1t was. 1t caught
my attention, as my sense OF smell Is
acute.
I had written a note to Alfred o
asking him TO call. and found MIN
waiting for me. need not describe
that type OF young man--to be met
., tho race-course. at first nights, at
gatherings-to whom ne
is nothing but huge joke. He roar
cd with laughter when ! broached the
subject OF the robbery.
"please excuse me. Monsieur Goron'
tho whole thing is SO ludicrous. 10
Won know. that Uncle Jerome. whom
you aaw this morning. darkly hinted
;ha, 7 stole the pendant? I heard II
from the little German governess.
think he does II out OF revenge De
cause I made fun Of II. You never
saw ANYTHING so ugly. The diamonds
.ra magnificent. but the design Is gro
tesoue, with that silly little mower
at the end. ., A..
"you were at Madame H--s the
aov the pendant was stolen?"
' .yes. the greater part of the AFTER
noon" s,,. u..,v IN
.aw onv light on the AFFAIR."
"No,bing whatever. It seems very
T,.,o Jerome IN terribly up