The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-03-06
By GUY De TERAMoND.
synopsis Of PFeeedlng Chapters.


synopsis Of PFeeedlng ChaDtsFL
Lucisn psIorms presents letters of
introduction to Nine. Armelin ana re-
istsrS al Ser boarding houss. Ne
makes the acqualntanco OF Nrs. Tank
cry. rich American widow, and .
GuAtemalan general Domingo
HrS Tanksry, about sixty. earFfss
about With her fortune IN teWeiA
Mrs. THnkery n found dead N nsr
room-murd.rsd: AIses an ~ -.
me Baron PiuekS meets DeIorms
and reveals details OF transAetion ~
Intends p carry out.
jsWOls Of the Coente DAbAsoli. Nt1cose
sxcites considerable comment through
out Paris. and clever orgeni.satlo as
ihtm- they lease an GdJotning apart
mant.
DeIorTnS comes TO sss the jewels.
which have been offered aS security
for . loan, and TO the surprise OF the
e0nts and his associates Announces 70
them that the safe suppoeed 20 con-
tain them u empty. The pane as-
eide 20 force an entrance 70 ne s anS
the vault empty % jewels,
DelorrnO - Bslsed while a. tns
comte'B apartment ana lett 20 ole
the jewel safe. TO avert susp1elon NJ
Baron PIueke, hnaneieEs seeks ald OF
Dslorne in solving murder OF rela-
tive, the circumstances q which are
almost identical Win the A PsI,SL
hukurFah sends an agent 20 Baron
Plueks seeking to borrow SIS Ooeyooe
on the royal Jewels;
Burglarg oreek the sSLS olo-.,S
Lusisn falls in love with Georgstte.
one Of the assassina. and has another
miraculous escape from death
Among the diamonds carried
away by the criminals there was
one marked in a special way which
would enable it to be recognized
among all the rest It had been
given by my great-grandfather TO
his promised wife, and BY . pro-
cess Of which I am ignorant the
diamond cutter had found means
to engraVe microscopically on the
lower facet their two initials, A
and F, Andre and Frederic, whose
bore testimony to the
eternity OF their vows OF love- So
IL will suffice to seek for this dia-
mond, and then il will be easy,
from purchaser to purchaser, to
reach the hrst seller, that is, one
Of my unele's assassinsr'
Yes" murmured the chief OF de-
tectives. shaking his head, only
.
Only
either this gem. in the course
OF three years. will have passed
through so many hands that IL
seems to me impossible to follow
its track, or, supposing that 1t
should have remained in the hands
OF it's FIRST possessor. 1t may easily
happen that the popularity you
describe would not have been no
ticed."
may not fortune at last favor
us?"
Granted, but it would be neces-
sary to send a confidential circu-
lar to all the jewellers in Paris, in
the provinces. and even in foreign
and / do not wish to
that this would be very
for the RESULT which
1 anticipate"
"If that's all. will bear the en-
tire cost, for since this Is my last
card, desire all the more to play
it, And" added the baron, think
a little OF the personal advantage
you would derive from having, at
the end OF so much time, discover
cred the author OF an old crime
which no one longer remembered"
ooh, Ir' murmured the other,
with a manner OF profound indif-
ference to all these contingencies.
Yet Baron Pluoke, without sus-
pecting 1t, had just touched the
sensitive nerve by showing the de-
tective the great renown so strik-
ing a discovery would bestow on
his intuition and sagacity.
VERY wellr' he said. ''Tomor-
row a notice will be drawn up and
sent broadcast. Let US hope that
It will prove OF some service"
81 have a presentiment that it
will. But he continued, have
you no information to ask OF me-"
You have already given it, sir.
merely wished to learn what
YOU knew OF this young man
who had been in your employ for
some time. What you have told me
ed to interesting conclusions. Logi-
caily, as / had always supposed.
his person must belong to the band
who murdered Mrs. Tankery. How
Else could he have known all the
details OF this crime? And. without
il, you yourself aided
ms plans, by coming the next morn
ing to OFFER him the opportunity to
pursue the investigation on your
behalf. This was an excellent way
Tor him to keep in touch with every
thing that we were doing without
attracting attention, and the pos
sibility OF warding off the dangers
that might threaten his accomplices.
That is why, the other day. he had
he incredible audacity to come into
my office to accuse Of the murder
1f Mrs. Tankery, whom
Then as, by a sign, Baron Plucke
ntimated that he was unable to
guess. the official added:
The representative OF the Maha-
-aiah of Pandukurrah."
Oh" cried the other in a Choked
tone. "that't rather too strong
Isn't Il? But have not you some
business association with Comte
4 Abazoli-
Certainly. And I consider him
IN honorable man, incapable OF the
east INSCRIPTIONS action. To &C
use him OF such a crime is incon-
,eivable! And" he continued. you
are certain. NJ. Clamart. that this