The Washington times., 1912-09-05

uVeiy TO the watch, rings
and purse on the table, and
mained locked and strapped. II hope
the loss Is not a great one" she said.
Il have been robbed of ESQ, 900 worth
OF diamonds" said Miss Driscoll.
of,diamonds!' The manageress' eyes
and voice expressed blank amazement.
Are you really serious, madam" she
asked, with a catch in her throat.
Il was never more serious in my life,
as you may guess replied Miss Dris-
coll Who wouldn't be?'
But here in your room during the
night2' The manageress' fingers twist
ed and UNFINISHED In her anxiety and
horror of the crime. How could it
..I IT wish I knew" said Miss Driscoll.
10 o'clock last night and $50 this morn
ing, when l woke. How the thing was
managed / can't think. locked and
bolt were all right this morning.
g! don't see, how anybody could get
in by the window unless a scaling lad
dS was used, and I don't suppose any
60 away by It. But there's the fact
I've been robbed, and in this room, and
during the night"
.'"of 95o,ooo worth of diamonds" said
the manageress. Il can't believe it,
mean I can't understapd it, madam"
"As to believing" said Miss Driscoll,
that's an easy matter. I mean it's an
easy matter et to to prove that vas in
into this room last night.
Listen: I took the diamonds over
from the manager of Meszrs. Leatham,
Tew & Co.'S bank at Castleford, In
ing, and my solicitor, Mr.. Baxendale, Of
the same town, saw me deposit them in
a green leather bag which I secured
about my waist by a fine steel chain
llv
II arrived here. as you know. last
right, and when I retired I locked the
eteel chain around the waist of my
nightdress. so that I might feel quite
When Invoke this morning, chain, bag,
and diamonds were gone
You mean, madam, that they had
had been removed-from your very per-
sen while you slept?"
The manageress was horrifed.
oh indeed l do said Miss Driscoll.
That's Just what they were. There's
no doubt l was drugged last night but
eny one after entering the hotel: did
not sit near any one who could have
interfered with the single glass of
claret ! took at dinner. The things II
What do you propose to do madam"
asked the manageress. You are sure
the diamonds are not in the room. You
might perhaps have walked In your
have put them in one of your trunks"
That" said Miss Driscoll, rs one Of
the reasons why sent for you. l want
you, II you've time. to make a thorough
examination of the room with me-
The manageress had time. or made it.
and the two women set to work on the
task suggested by Miss Driscoll. But
there was no trace of the diamonds.
What of the people who were staying
In the house last night?" asked Miss
Driscoll, when the search was over.
Have you any knowledge of any of
them?'
1T so happens, madam" said the
manageress, who naturally was jealous
of the honor of the hotel, that I have
some knowledge of all the persons who
stayed in the house last night with the
exception of yourself and the two
clergymen who occupy the two next
rooms on this corridor.
1--WE had remarkably few guests la st
night, and all of them, as I said, were
known to me-with the exceptions
have named"
The manageress' tone had grown
somewhat distant and not little Icy in
quality, and she surveyed Miss Driscoll
with speculative eyes. During the search
for the diamonds she had been thinking
in a quick, business-like fashion. and
the more she thought the more she real
iEed the improbs bility of Miss Driscoll' s
Che had never heard of such thing
a. lady travelling with ESQ 0C
'"OIlH Oh uldiiOuuS ldSttueu ABOUT ntI
waist by a steel chain, nor Of such an
extraordinary thing as a lady securing
such a chain and such wealth about her
waist while she slept.
Nor could she understand how, If the
diamonds had really been attached in
this fashion to Miss Driscolls by no
means unsubstantial figure, they could
possibly have been removed therefrom
during the silent watches of the night
without Miss Driscoll being aware OF IT,
And then the circumstances of the
locked ana bolted door-how could any
one have effected an entrance into Miss
Driscolls room when Miss DTscoll her
Felf Acknowledged that the door, when
she woKe i'm the morning, was in eX'
10 he'd at night
The naEageress began to suspect that