The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1913-06-26


z" thought I heard the name OF one
lof your friends No matter; let us
return TO business. Shall we a 100.
| 900 sfrancs2v hass
he Sartines rose 10 his feet. paced
1.-The room. pulled down his waistcoat
and suddenly turned to his visitor.
did you speak, madame ~
shall we say 100, 900 francs? That
is he exact worth OF my jewels"
De Sartiaes laughed. The nobleman
suddenly vanished and the minister OF
police appeared.
"a hundred Thousand devils! / have
( 4ugnt you, madame! Not a word OF
our conversation has been lost. All
has been recorded by my secretary,
Gerfnain, who sits In the adjoining
room. and who, at my direction, has
listened while / led you into your own
trap. So you would rob me German!
Ho there, Germaini',
The door opened. and German. pen
in hand, appeared.
You have heard our conversation,
Germain?" asked De Sartines, with q
slight grinace that was quite lost on
the secretary.
mo, monsieur"
The baroness broke into a joyous
little laugh. and De Sartines, sup
pressing his anger with a tremendous
1 SllOIl WdNSu MNftTillHln ITOin the TOOIIls
As he turned again to the baroness
the face OF this extraordinary man had
completely changed. He was laugh
Ing now as IL tickled by the joke
against himself.
"Mordieui" thought the baroness,
what an actor! Let us bswarel" Then
TO De Sartines, We'll, monsfeur--and
my jewelsg"
Upon my word, madame" said DE
Sartines. your wit seems II have In
Creased the stupidity Of my servants,
Its enough to make n call a truce.
The difficulty between us has been
that we have not beef quite frank one
to h other, have we? I admit It on
my part Now. will show my mind TO
The baroness laughed, Heaven help
me to meet the sight" murmured she,
lcasting her eyes up to the ceiling.
Il will show you myIheart." h
"Oh, monsieur" cried the baroness,
still laughing. 1T Is useless, for 7 have
left my magnifying glass at home"
Il will do, madame, for your wit and
beauty what l would not do for
money" r.
%; monsieur. beware of promising
Il win explain to you this affair.
First or all, I admit that the police
have visited your house"
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there. Germainl Are you listening? %
De Sartines held up his hand.
Information reached the police that
a thief was in your house. They went
there In search OF him; they arrived
to late" =" r.. E# ".
why did you not tell me this at
once?" asked she, more to gage De
any other reason. T..
Because. madame, it is q rule ut
the bureau of police to say nothing Of
the work OF the office. Had you been
able to assist us, you would have been
apprised of the affair. And that re-
minds me; now that you are here and
have given this information, I must
ask you for an exact list Of all these
jewels you say you have lost" +
He watcher her N rrowly rs he SAID
this, but her face did not alter in tbs
least. t 1 #.f"r g.. IL
with pleasure, monsieur; take y
seat and a pen and / Will dictate"
DE Sartines, amazed at her aplomb
and GOODNESS, look his seat at his
desk and q pen. ~. 3
IA necklace OF Al diamonds, set in
two rows OF 20 each, each diamond
divided from its fellows by a double
chain of gold; the hasp formed of u
single diamond set in a heavy gold
and. with my initials, 8. L. on the
gold; value at the very least, 10000
francs" asA
Forty thousand francs" MUIR
INJURED De Sartines, completing the
sentence. Eyes. madame; proceed"
She did; rings, bracelets, brooches.
she described all with such minutiae
that the unfortunate De Sartines,
whom she had turned into a %scriyener
more hardly driven than those OF the
palace OF Justice, began to ask him
self II, after all, her tale might not
be true. But only for a second-there
was mirth In her voice, laughter
scarcely disguised. II was no part of
her plan, seemingly, to delude her
enemy whom she was keeping busily
employed with the tale OF her hcti-
tious Jewels. "."
The av~ariciousness of De Sartines
was well known.
Well, madame" said De Sartines
as he finished writing, that is all, and
the total amounts to 120, 900 francs
II win forego the 10000 francs" re-
piled she: and now, monsieur, that
we have set the account between Is
ON a definite footing, may / ask you
one question? We're you Of h search
party that visited my house tbs att
~ernoon?" " H>
II. madameI /, Count de Sartines,
seeking for thieves In person! Ma
dame, do you know to whom you are
speaking?" n
Yes, monsieur. to the owner of this
handkerchief" She took the hand
tkerchief from her pocket and held II
toward him. a..
De sartines clapped his hand to
his pocket
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