New-York tribune., 1912-04-28

I the other jewels. curiously enough snort
ly sfter the mysterious strangers last visl
10 " Steinheil. when he made threat
ening demand for them.
/ A first result OF Madames acqulescenc'
In the sale OF the necklace was the cessa
ton "as IL by magic" OF the campaign
OF innuendo carried on against her by III
{ Paris press In connection with the mvs
/ terry OF the death OF Felix Faure.
! The man with the German accent con
: tinued 70 call az the Steinheil house al IN
tcrvals Of four or five months, up 20
short time before the murders. purchasing
a lew pearls ~ every visit. but, Nine
| steinheil believes never paying for tnenl
Certain II Is she SAYS. that she never saw
any Of the money. One cannot help won
dering WHY she never asked her husband
for Il. a point which she ignores.
She discovered. however, that VI. Stein
he'll had also given the mysterious stron
ger some OF Faure's letters. which, TO-
g4ther with hts memoirs. were most un'
accountably kept IN her husbands studio
Paris knew, a few DAYS after the double
ragedv that the police had visited tht
house In tho lmpasse Rcnsin and had
made a thorough search for whatever doc
umentc and letters of the late president
/, might contain Paris also learned tha'
what had been found In the studio Was 2
half dozen letters. in which Faure had
, confided his political troubles 10 Nine
Steinhell. chiefly In connection with the
Dreyfus affair. and bundle Of personal
correspondence from lin In secret
drawer Of Madam-'o desk. Paris also was
convinced that more important documents
had been TOO we'll hidden 10 b" found b!
the searchers
Nine Stenheil's own narrative bears out
this account According 10 her. she re-
moved the papers from her husbands stu
dIo the moment she discovered 'is eurren-
der of some Of them 90 The mysterious
stranger made dummy package Whlch
shs locked in the secret drawer, and hid
IN, originals where they could not be
found. She adds.
.rbo render NAV wonder why ] was so
anxious 20 keep these papers. can only
sny. that they reminded ne OF a most irter-
est,ny norton of my life. that they con
,atnod most enllghtening information or
rapv events Of national and international
m -
in m. that vague, welnigh unconscious ana
vol uncomfortable sentiment which makes
you ,ooth 10 part with anything that YOU
bavo kent for a long time, for II you i've
long enough with things they become. as II
we're. mart and parcel OF your existence
Mime. Steinheil makes telling point
r.bsn she informs us that the assassins at
h.r bedside on the night OF May 81, 1908,
demanded OF her not only her money and
,.wels. but the ten pearls and the Faure
documents She made no mention OF this
znecitic demand In the course OF her trial,
hecause. she atfirms once more, she was de-
,armined To keep from her daughte: all
knowledge of her past
As has already been said. these
Memoirs" are capitally planned. All the
threads OF the story are clearly indicated,
well followed up and gradually brought to-
rether. Occasionally there Is room for
doubt. as In the case OF Nine. Steinhei :
Iinexplieable trust In her husband In the
case Of the sale OF the pearls and In tina,
Of Ias wing the Fsurs documents In his care
I'm the study. but, on the whole. the tale Is
plausible. and II Is certainly interesting
As for the mysterious stranger. she be-