The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-27

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"tt,s not a" l""r ~" LIN" was nor"
;,:r.l first heard "f tho r"hh"r:'.
No. no. - course no.. .aid th" MN
a=cr >s""thiuslv. I'm u'sii" sure y2A II
'ir your brs:.'
II" rUffl"d Alllnf"rd SAT down. - ;;
! nv. tell YOU my truuhI". Mr.. l.anton.' IL:
sail. "PrrhapS YOU raH h"ir. Hers
Mr. Tex Ncrndaic. Il customer al '"dr
hotel"
shall W. say = rli"n;"' intcrrui,cd
I'll" lifrlN manager wi;C dignity.
Very w"il. Il client i .."U prefer ina.
F;rtwecn sin n'rn"l, last evening and
nine o'clock this morning Mr.. Ncrndrl"
, lost from his room Il diamond u"cElHcH
valued at five thousand pounds sterling.
Now" he took the "tntnrmIi i"ilS
from ifiS pocket and tapped il wi,n Il
! white f"refiugnr m"ruIncw il vas
reported to headquarters that burglary
was committed n Sir Rupert li'ltor's
town houS" in Mount street and that tho
thieves got away With Lady licii"r :
jewel ras" which contained. among other
thingst. 4 dicmnnd neckla"" wortN hNc
Thousand pounds sterling.
"Tou don't sag So exclaimed ~"
manager With as,oniShm"nr. "What IN
extraordinary: coincidence:
Il bclisve you" said .Allinford grim
*. whats NOR" extraordinary is tina;
tally even 10 III" weight Of each Indivi-
dial diamond. New I'm going W ~ SO
Mr.. N""ndalc again. bEt | wanted T." hsli
%"u what lou knuw about him before
hand"
The manager thought h" saw L subtle
suggestion in III" Question. He made Il
c"Stur" tleprccat"ry "t suspicion. lie :
undoubtedly 4 gautl"m%n.' il" said Ia
iu". Sigh; stress on the second WARD.
He's stayed with Us fo~ three months
~, 20 m "a
five years now. He's Travelled 4 great
deal. l believe. He is very we'll know
among good people and las private
income q fhis Own. He is extremely
iievc"-with q recollection Of a scheme
.; which he hal hnarrl--"thlt he's try
ing 10 work an insurance fraud
That's one of tn" points. said Al
linford. The jewels wcr" not insured
First time I've heard Of any one with Il
valuable heirloon-which he SAYS it was
which was not insured. You don't
know where he gets his income" No?
Well il doesn't matter think III x"
~a AMI sec him NOW. Iii look in l;t"r
on you"
Mir Rex. Verndalc occupied 4 suite
81 rooms IN the first floor OF the by n"
means inexpensive DUrhar hotel. in itS'ir
4 proof at ample means, il. aS the man
iSar said. ne had occupied them for
tong terms over Il period OF years.
His manner. as h" received AllinTord.
WAS lcftily auStcrc and patrOniZng. IL"
was . Young man Of thirty or there
ahou,s. tnwhtuded. with clcan-shav"n
face. alert Yes and an empowering
dor Of scent. The detective dctcstcd Il
man who used scent.
He raised his eyebrows lanGuidly -
IT,. official rXplainnd tn. cninciinnr.
tina; had Irisc,, ""rhlt's very "ytraor-
druary--vcry extraordinary indeed" l..
drawlcd How do you account for il
Il can't" said Allinford bIuntly. DO
yc;; know SIR Rupert Ilc!ton and Lady
IIeIton""
Ny good man '--Verndale stretched
nut 4 w"ll-dttiue boot ami rocked to and
fro as he admired it-"1m not sure
whether | do Or not. I may have met
th"ln--I can't say. one sees so many
p.o;l.."
"Th"rc's one other ruint-.vou'n for
,.i,. NM, f,,r ,,..utin,,i,. !, Van ,nId mo
f '' Diamonds I'' bad .' hn your tn 9TH,
10 Won know Wire Sin. sot them"
yGrnd. H. Si..JmJ wr;iriIT, rs on: na
tinn,iT inj,rtiIm:. :, bore, ".Thrv were
din. ,I;,y'" H.. said, NV father was thc
Sr,.,nd SON IF Tho .jrhih Earl Of Nal
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