The Monmouth inquirer., 1917-04-26
BY VARlcK VANARDY,
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er part of the city-to be exact, 10 the
Bowery, near Houston street, saw
a face which l remembered to haye
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"
"Oh, no, lieutenant; l won't tell
you that"
'rWhy not?"
"Well, for one thing l night be
doing him great wrong in doing so.
You see, he might merely have been
asking direction of the man I saw
at Crewe's. They were together only
a short time, for / stopped and watch
ed them-from a mere sense of Curl
osity, 1 assure you. You know / 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 l am up against"
Naturally; and I am going TO do
my utmost to help you push it over"
Don't you see that Pm going TO
catch hell when he inspector finds
out what has happened here toright?'
'No. What l do see is this: I am
quite sure that Mr. Delorgne v-ould
greatly prefer that nothing should be
said about this-publicly, | mean. He
is a man of power and influence.
81 am sure that he will not blame
you for what has occurred. viii ask
him to say as much to the Inspector,
and to request, at the same time, that
you be assigned to the case Of fnd-
ing the lost jewels"
The lieutenant threw out both
hands in a gesture of despair.
ga lot of good that will do" he
said. Then: cat least, you can tell
me who the man was whom you had
seen at Crewe's."
"I can't tell you his name. He IS a
tall, dark, Mephistophelian looking
person. l was told that by vocation
he is a sleight-of-hand performer in
vaudeville theaters, and a yerI clever
one; that by vocation he is a thief
And that is all I can tell you about
him. Perhaps you know him"
No, I don't; but, by jingo, I'll find
him. whether | am sent back to the
pavements or not, and you can put
that in your pipe and smoke it, Mr.
Moreaux. And when / do find him
I'll make him give up the name CT
that other party"
"If he happens to know what 1t Is
which l very much doubt"
"Anyhow, I'll see Crewe before 1
60 TO bed this night"
"Do That is a good idea. Excuse
me. I see Mr.. Delorme Reckoning to
me. I think that NIr. Delorme will
want US both in consultation with him
before we say good night"
The evening was young yet,
The ceremony had been performed
at five; the supper was at eight. The
bride and groom had just gone TO
their special train and private car,
and it was not yet half past ten.
The guests were thinning out rap
idly. In another half-hour there would
be none but servants and the mas
ter left in the great house. It had
had no mistress, alas since Lorna
was very young; she had only faint
recollection of her mother, and sup-
posed her to be dead.
The son, Paul, was globe trot-
ter-neyer at home-and he was the
product of former wife of the steel
baron.
Come into the den with me,
Birge," the elder man said, 81 have
got Mills's inventory-the safe de
pesit company's man, you know"
Then, inside the small room where
Moreaux had been once before that
evening, he continued: Have you any
idea how man articles are missing?"
'Five-possibly six although
think that Lorna may not have left
that in the exhibit; one calls it by
no other name. The FIVE articles are
the diamond lavalliere which was one
of Jerry's presents; the diamond and
emerald bracelet that Paul sent to her
IIou IdIlS, tilo Tiara VI luuiSS anu
diamonds that my sister Eunice gave
her; bandeau of pearls, almost
priceless in value, the gift Of one of
my business associates, and-I hesl-
tate to tell you about it, Birge."
Il know already, Mr.. Delorme
The small baub1e that l donated"
'Bauble. indeed; The wire gold
bracelet with the single but wonder
ful ruby that was given to you by
some India raja when you were
youngster, and which you priced so
.hlghly-