The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-23
ssThe Allison Pearls"
BY Edward II. Hurlbut
Copyright, Paget Newspaper Service.

particular location, SO L gave ner
that one"
Armstrong took his departure.
IL was not many moments later
before flanagan had escaped the
watchful eyes OF Maggart and was
before the door of room 956.
The door suddenly swung open
and Ysobel Cadogan stood be-
fore him. 1t would have been
very apparent to a man less train
ed to instantaneous appraisal than
flanagan. that she was suppressing
an extreme agitation.
1t will be recalled that Miss
Cadogan had contributed two defi-
mite phases, or points of interest,
to the mystery OF the Allison
pearls during the original investi-
cation In Douglas office. She had
insisted that there was a couple
near Miss Allison; and she had
been deeply puzzled to account for
Winkeppner's conduct during that
entire scene and his curt denial
that he had seen such a couple.
Jealousy was the determining
cause for Miss Cadogan's presence
at the unusual hour of 1880
o'clock in the morning, in the
room of Mrs. Pernau, putative
widow of a wealthy Frenchman,
who had amassed a fortune in
Mexican mines, to die suddenly
and leave IL all to her.
Ysobel Cadogan was in love;
very deeply in love. with Winkepp-
ner. She had been conscious dur
ing the past week or ten days that
she did not receive his undivided
attention. Something obviously
was on his mind. That he had
shown quite partially for the So
ciety of the dashing widow of the
Mexican mining man. she knew.
The Cadogans lived at the ALI
son. Whenever occasions offered
In the lobby. groups or at the
grill, Kinkeppner had not beer
particularly solicitous In avoiding
the attention of the dashing and
vivacious brunette. There had
been a mild, light whisper occa-
sionally that he had been seen In
her company outside the hotel
Certainly Miss Cadogan, shooting
swift to the core OF the situation
with the intuitions of jealousy
knew there was something be-
tween the two.
Winkeppner had danced with
her at the ball-several times.
And that was the point. Miss
Cadogau was just as positive AZ
any other woman under similar
circumstances, with woman's in
buttons, that Winkeppner had no.
ticed the couple of whom she
spoke, and knew one of the two tC
be Mrs. Pernau. But he had delib
erately kept his counsel until SHE
had spoken and then had fatty dis
posed of her tentative question.
And, merely because OF som,
reason, best known to himself, tn,
Imam she loved was shielding an
other woman, she permitted
things, in her momentary excite
ment and worry, to rest In tina
manner. Had she but known IL
there was another person in tina
room whose intuitions were al
keen as her own. flanagan alone
of all the rest had caught the
fleeing note of hurry, of defiance
in Winkeppner's voice when he re-
piled to Lanagan's question, ask
ing him whether he had noticed
the couple that Miss Cadogan had
noticed: 81 did not" And flanagan
had caught Winkeppner's infin-
itesimal start when she first had
stated that she had notice such a
couple lowering near Miss Allison.
Altho Leslie had scorned Lana
gan's suggestion that Miss Oado-
gan and Winkeppner go back on
the floor and search for this
couple Miss Cadogan claimed to
have seen, Miss Cadogan had
swiftly determined, the instant
the suggestion was made, that she
would of her own initiative adopt
1t. She had been unable to locate
the Juliet costume again on the
floor that night; and the telephone
to Mrs. Pernau's room did not an
swer. The next day she was told
at the desk that Mrs. Pernau had
left the hotel.
She had heard late in the even
ing that Mrs. Pernau had regis
tered again and she had endeav'
Grated to locate her. She had sue
ceeded, sticking resolutely at hei
self imposed task, at the unseason'
able hour of one o'clock in the
morning, and in answer to hel
urgent request, Mrs. Pernau had
quite graciously consented to re
ceive her in her room.
"You do me quite an unexpect
ed honor" was the greeting o.
Mrs. Pernau.
1T is very important" replied
Mics CadOgan