Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1917-08-03
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Diamond
A Case Of Double Detective
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One winter when congress was in
session was invited to the national
capital 90 spend O week with my
friend jim Trcusdail ia company With
others, forming a very pleasant house
party. Jim had not been long mar
riod. and ! was a bachelor l have
always thought that his wife got up
the affair especially for my benefit and
that Of Miss Mildred Sweet. Mrs. jim
desiring 10 make a match between us.
IL she did she bad no trouble. so far
as was concerned, for ! had not
been acquainted with Miss Sweet ten
minutes before I remarked TO myself,
That's the girl ! am looking for"
have O theory that a good way to
win a girl Is to conjme up something
ia which you and she may have a mu-
tual interest Fortune favored me IN
this wise.
One evening at dinner Mrs. Jim show
ed plainly that Aething had hap
pened. She said n6Illng to any OF the
guests and when they spoke to her
replied IN monosyllables. Treusdail
labored hard to keep a certain amount
OF me IN the party but was not sue
eessdul
Ai'er uiiher jim tooA me up TO
little den he used to hide away In
and told me what was the matter.
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d,nT M, ~. ~ - !. ~ y,
its roca,,o.,e "a nav, - :, th.t , ar ~
NJ a reeontio, tbat w. 70 ooc, 49, - ;
no Wblte House ma bod ,eft 4 On
har buresu wblle gfvine sorr dlroc
lions about tbs dinner
IT, Ind n, sooner t,id mo tbis than
it required 10 mo IN make n detective
Of myself for the nurpose Of discover.
inc the tbiaf md 10 tako Miss sweet
into fine business with me Rv inter.
estiap her IN fine case beped eventu.
anv ia fsrn mat interest from tbe
pam 10 r.rsalf
asl.od In #, goo3 man, onost,ons
bnt only elicltea the Informntion that
ererv servant An tho house dpring nd
wlfe's At sepee from her room was
4 ,vnsfai,s on1 npita brsv most ~
Them win tho nronoratt,1s FOR tho
dinner Tbo mo, .-,osts - an a.
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.,nas.s -. - T., 80 Ia ~" .l,
eo- 1,nnor an1 - .,,at tbo s,,a 49,
n tbo VbiTe House A tbird iii
ow nTrs Iernagan vim a l,tt1o dowah
to, dvo aus ai5 had sa ,st "a ~.
toIist ana ,ras assis,,,s H.. - -.
mn no anna 20 ,a5 ''' -
Mrs 1erneyon 1vas INV arc. oho,oo
for tho .h,ae u.or,oa ~ 49, 49, - ~.
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-, W. an. %'li ~, uu'iils tne evening loiH ner
- ny 'Vss 'iiu pesan ~ eAoi'e her
~ ~. 80 ~, as 70 VINO eouiu nave Deeh
ne w.. 'ulei
~. :. "ouiL pe d lice tAihB, sail,
I. yOu Yhu I, WORKING togetner' could
e. tae s'oie anu turn II back TO
Tue rlsiltiui owner.
liueeu' u would she SAID, but
nov Gan we 10 mat
uoii Know that we can, but We
can ny
eoineea 70 her that suspected
mrs Jernegan- She did not especially
Iancy the widow, but could hardly
prlhg herself to feel that she had
stoieh the diamond. told Miss Sweet
that she, being a woman, could keep
an eye On the suspect better than !,
ana she agreed to do So
had a little scheme up my sleeve
to compel Mrs Jerneean to show her
e9lers II she We're guilty. OF course
tii;it vas not proving her guilty or
getting hack the stone, but it would
serve for elew J invited a party,
III Hiding Mrs. icrnegan, 10 visit the
capitol Miss Sweet was, Of course.
With us. After showing the party
through the building | took them up
ihto the dome There Is a whispering
gallery in this dome in which a voice
speaking on one side can be heard at
the other. Leaving the widow on one
SIDE OF the dome, took Miss Sweet
halfway round the semicircle, and,
watching I'm Mrs Tprpapnn rroe san