Charlevoix county herald., 1915-09-18

tlNe-lleuleldnl muCIIlOIt DIoht III
upon the artists reverie into which
he had fallen.
"What is that about Crewe, Mr..
Moreaux?" he inquired sharply.
Moreaux raised his eyes leisurely,
and with a slow smile he replied:
"Oh;-you heard that, did your"
81 could not avoid it. / was just
coming to speak to you, and stood,
waiting, behind you-but without any
intention cf overhearing your CONVEX
sation with Mrs. Beverly. But now 1t
Is my duty to ask you what you meant
bye that reference to Crewe. He Is
rather a shady character, as you
doubtless know"
ooh, yes, I know!" the artist re-
piled with another of his slow smiles.
"Will you answer my question, Mr..
Moreaux?"
81 very much doubt If could, even
IL tried"
The lieutenant was silent for q mo-
ment. Then he said with pointed
directness:
"Mr. Mortaux. am going to put 1t
to you straight"
"That is surely the best way to do,
lieutenant" They had drawn aside,
away from others, and stood in the
embrasure of one of the windows. II
suppose the two agency men are on
the job in your absence?"
Eyes; and an officer of the Croydon
Safe Deposit Company is superintend-
ing the packing of the presents. He
is also taking careful inventory Of
them. That part of the job is off my
! hands now"
"Good. Now, what is 1t that you
were going to put to me straight"
"This: Mr.. Richard Delorme made
application to the department for a
man to be detailed here tonight am
that detail. The responsibility of what
has occurred rests upon me.
II have been called a capable Off
Ger, and yet those things were taken
under my very nose, and was none
the wiser. How it was done I have
not the least idea; but if young Bev-
erly spoke the truth, or knew what he
was talking about, / have pretty
clear idea as to when the thefts &C.
curred--or at least one of them-that
OF the cavalier. But never mind that
just now.
"The point is this. am RESPONSE
BILE to the department for 1t. 1 will
be called to account for it, and will
be made to suffer for it unless those
missing articles are found, and speed
lily.
"In a sense, I am in authority In
this house at the present moment. l
want you to look at my position fair
ly. l heard you say to the bride--I
quote your exact words = 4 have a
fancy that one of Crewe's acquaintan-
ces was here tonight / want you to
tell me exactly what you mean by
that statement. l think I have the
right to know"
"You have, lieutenant. This is
what meant: I am acquainted with
Crewe. I have visited his place in
South Fifth avenue. Being an artist,
have good memory for faces.
1.-TWO or three days ago, in the low
er part of the city-to be exact, Ia the
Bowery, near Houston street, saw
face which / remembered to have
seen at Crewe's upon the occasion Of
my visit there. Another man was in
conversation with him - and that
other man was here tonight"
"Who was he? Tell me that"
ooh, no, lieutenant; l won't tell
you that"
"Why not?"
"Well, for one thing I night be
doing him great wrong in doing So
You see, he might merely have been
asking a direction of the man I saw
at Crewe's. They were together only
a short time, for I stopped and watch
ed them-from a mere sense of curl
csity, ! assure you. You know 1 wan
der through all parts of the city, seek
ing types as we artists call them"
"But great Heavens, man, don't
you see what am up against"
Naturally; and am going TO do
my utmost to help you push it over"
Don't you see that I'm going to
catch hell when The inspector finds
out what has happened here toright?"
"No. What I do see is this: l am
quite sure that Mr.. Delorme would
greatly prefer that nothing should be
said about this-publicly, I mean. He
is man of power and influence.
II am sure that he will not blame
you for what has occurred. will ask
him to say as much to the inspector,
and to request, at the same time, that
you be assigned to the case Of find
ing the lost jewels"
The lieutenant threw out both
hands in a gesture of despair.
"a lot of good that will do" he
said. Then: AT least, you can tell
me who the man was whom you had
seen at Crewe's."
81 can't tell you his name. He Is
tall, dark, Mephistophelian looking
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