The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-23

ored TO locate her. She had sue
cecded. sticking resolutcly al he
self imposed task. at tho unseason
ablo hour OF one o'clock In tn
morning. and in answer 10 he
urgent request. Mrs. Pernau ha,
quito Eraciously consented 20 re-
ceivo her In her room.
You do me quite an unexpected
honor" was the greeting OF Mrs
Pernau.
1T ia very important" replied
Miss CsdoEan.
Now what can II be that bringi
the exclusive Miss CadoEan TO th'
room OF a wanderer on the face o.
the globe. such as ! am. at thii
early hour"
1T is--about the peAris-the Al
lison pearls" said tho girl. hur
rlediy.
"Yesr They were stolen. be
liever-
"Yes--once from her neck or
the ballroom floor and again from
/ her room"
Il saw something In IN. papers
How were they stolen the accom-
time7"
They were returned. you know
/ by n mysterious woman, who ap
parsntly came from i02s-sdioin
ing tho one you formerly had. u
Is Stcrrctt Masters room, and h
says there was never n WON ar
there II Ii very curious"
Il don't 500 why. Any woman
could have taken position there
after telephoning for n call boy
From which room did the telephone
for tho boy Gomez"
Apparently from room 1928. but
the telephone girl. ! understand. In
the rush of calls. did not pay much
attention. Tho call was for boz
for 1926. and tho girl assumed the
call came from that room"
And they were stolen agsin you
say-wcre they returned tho SEQ
ond timef"
no. telcphoned Constance
this evening. They are offering q
reward for them-ss5.o 900. for In.
formation about them. wanted
10 ask you--f hope you won't feel
offcnded--but you recall. OF course,
tho accns on the ballroom floor
whoa Mr.. Wallpapers buckle
caught In Miss Allison's skirt II
was then the jewels we're stolen
the first time. And wanted 20
ask. do you remember seeing any.
thing unusual-you we're standing
very close by. I remember"
~" There was Just tho sllght.
est perccptible Stacking OF the Gig
aret on It's way nom her lips.
Then shc resumed smoothly: "Oh.
I do recall some confusion. and I
turned that way for a moment. but
I did not approach very closely
II vas coming out Of tho refresh.
meut pavilion. waa Il not7''
IT wns." replied Miss Cadogan.
eagerly. Il thought you we're
close enough TO notice everything
Your partner may have. Who was
he1"
Again tho clgnret was halted dc.
iibcrately while tho woman eyed
Il intently. 1T may seem like a
strange thing TO say. I, may sound
strange 10 you" she replied. 'bu,
I don't know who my partner was
just ut that time. I was sitting
out tho dance. A gentleman
asked mo and danced with him. {"
Ysobel Cadogan had struck fire,
In her clumsy fashion She re
allied II. and yet sho didn't know
how 20 take advantage OF II. BE.
cause she knew. with the certain
knowledge by which women un-
derstand women. that the other In
that one statement told n lie. She
had watched tho lady IN the Juliet
costume because Winkeppner had
danced with her two or three times
and Miss CadoEan had not liked
that. She had inquired casually
who the Juliet was and he had
told her. This very important in.
formation Miss Cadogan had thus
far kept 10 herself from some blind
instinct. simply because Winkepp.
ner had kept II 10 himself. but now
she suddenly appreciated that
she was flowndering out OF her
depth: that she was talking 10 n
skilled dIssembler: and more than
ever did she believe that Mrs. Per-
nau was In some fashion linked
back TO the pearls. She arose.
Mrs. Pernau had been watching her
closely. wait moment" the
hostess of the tote tete said. II
have tea urn III give you a cup
OF tea"
To herself. Mrs. Pernau was
thinking very rapidly:
This little doll has Just got n
big bunch that I'm TO the bad. |
got to get that suspicion out of her
worried little Uranium. Now.
where does she come in. anyhow
Winkeppner? Sure remember
now. It's supposed to be his little
gel. Well, I've got to take little
gel into camp"
From which, OF course. the dis
eliminating reader may under.
stand. II he has not already sus-
pected as much. that Mrs III IMAM
Pernau and the young lady foe
tlonately called by Diclsie the
Queen OF Diamonds" we're one
and the same person.
There came rap. The woman
stiffened to rigid attention, then
recovered herself quickly. for she
felt those curiously frank eyes up.
on her. and said "Oh. viii you
open tho door? Say I've retired.
will you, whoever It is?"
Miss Cadogan opened the door
TO discover Jack flanagan.
Good evening. Miss Cadogan,"
he said. cheerfully. "Ts Mrs. Per-
nau within?'
Tell the gentleman | have re-