The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
sooner had he said it than he turned and

panion dart on without the slightest
warning, glanced round to see what had
caused his hasty flight 1 suppose he
saw me and the detective and Mr.. Cole
gate, and he drew his own conclusions.
He dropped that handbag as II It had
been red hot, and on he ran. He ran
to such purpose that We never caught
him-neither him nor the man who had
cut my hair. But we got the bag. and.
one of the station officials coming on the
scene. we were shown to an apartment
where, after explanations had been made,
the bag and its contents we're examined.
OF course, we had realized from the
very first moment that Mr.. Colgate's
collection could not possibly be in that
bag, because II was not nearly large
enough. When it was seen what was in
IL, something like a sensation was
created. It was crammed with small
articles of feminine clothing. In nearly
every garment jewels were wrapped.
which fell out OF them as they were
withdrawn from the bag. Such Jewels!
You should have seen the display they
made when they were spread out upon
the Ieather-covered table-and our faces
as we stared at them.
This does not look like my collection
Of old silver" observed Mr.. Collegiate
NO." remarked a big, broad-shoulder-
ed man, who afterwards learned was a
well-known London detective, who had
been induced by our detective to join
our party. This does not look like your
collection Of old silver, SIR; 1t looks, If
you'll excuse my saying 80, like some
thing very much more worth finding.
Unless I am mistaken, these are the
Duchess Of Datchets Jewels, some OF
which she wore at the last Drawing
Room, and which were taken from her
Graces bedroom after her return. The
police all over Europe have been looking
for them for more than a month"
That bag has been with Us nearly q
month. The party who took 1t out paid
four-and-sixpence for cloak-room charges
twopence a day for twenty-seven days"
The person from the closk-room had
come with US to that apartment; it was
he who said this. The London detective
replied:
Paid four-and-sixpence. did he? Well,
II was worth ito US. Now, IL I could
lay my hand on the party who put that
bag IN the cloak-room, might have a
- t-l e. fn him "
had been staring. wide-eyed, as piece
by piece the contents Of the bag had been
disclosed; I had been listening, open
cared, to what the detective said: when
he made that remark about laying his
hands on the party who had deposited
that bag in the cloak-room, there came
into my mind the words which 1 had
seen the man who had cut my hair
whisper as he fed to the man with the
bag. The cryptic sentence which I had
seen him whisper as sat tied to the
chair had indeed proved to be full OF
meaning; the words which. even in the
moment Of flight, he had felt bound tc
utter might be Just as full I ventured
on an observation. the FIRST which had
made, speaking with a good deal Of
difadence.
found-I am not sure, but think"
All eyes were turned to me. The de-
tective exclaimed:
You think you know? As we haven't
got so far as thinking. II you were tc
tell us, little lady, what you think. 4
might be as well. mightn't it?"
considered-I wanted to get the
words exactly right.
Suppose you were to try'-I paused
so as to make quite sure-"Bantock. I3
Harwood Street, Oxford Street"
And who is Bantock?" the detectivt
asked. And what do you know about
him, anyhow"
Il don't know anything at all about
him. but I saw the man who cut my
hair whisper to the other man just be
fore he ran away, 'Bantock. 1s, Harwood
Street, Oxford Street, saw him quitt
distinctly
you saw him whisper? What does thu
girl mean by saying she taw him whis
pert How, at that distance, and with
all the noise Of the traffic. could yol
hear q whisperT'>
IT didn't say I heard him; I said !
saw him. I don't need to hear to know
what q person Is saying. just saw yoI
whisper to the other man. The younl
lady seems to be by way OF being {
curiosity"
The London detective stared at oul
detective. He seemed to be bewildered
But II don't know how you heard
that; scarcely breathed the words"
Mr.. Collegiate explained. When the,
heard they all seemed to be bewildered
and they looked at me, as people de-
look at the present day, as II I were
some strange and amazing thing. The
London detective said:
81 never heard the like of that. II
seems to me very much like what old.
fashioned people called black magic %
Although he was detective, he could
not have been very intelligent person
after all, or he would not have talked
such nonsense. Then he added. with an
accent on the saw"
What was it you said you saw him
Whisper
I bargained before told him.
II will tell you IL You let me come
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