The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-05

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case"
Your You3 Madame
OF what are you sinking?"
"-yes, certainly" 1 replied firmly
following up my advantage; for he
had given 1t away to me that he didn't
wish the customs house to know about
this little smuggling Of Claire's. "Since
you have seen fit to accuse me Of a
robbery / know nothing about, I shall
II must-do all I can to help Claire
get her jewels back in order to prove
my own Innocence. will 60 to the
customs house and report the whole
matter tomorrow morning."
"You will do Messing Of re sort I" He
fairly Missed the words at me. "You
will tell nobody Eat re jewels have
been stolen-nobody. And you will
give me your promise before you leave
| zis rOom."
He turned scarlet, and then deathly
white. but he got control of himself
Immediately.
So that was the way the wind blew !
My shot had carried home-I felt l
had him, a good deal worse than he
had me. l gave him another dose of
the same ammunition-'I certainly
shall-there's nothing else to do. Now.
then. what were the jewels Claire was
smuggling in?"
He kept back a retort by biting his
lip and glared at me.
What were the jewels?" repeated,
You must at least tell me that-since
You accuse me of taking them. What
We're they? know absolutely nothing
about them. You may believe me or
not as You choose. but it's your own
loss if you don't"
My words seemed to shake his con.
victiOn for moment-but only for a
moment; what he said next left me no
doubt as to the gravity of my situation
in the matter.
"And now. madame, we lay all sub.
terfuges and evasions to re side. Zere
are but two persons who could have re
jewels OF my daughter-yourself and
Madame Delario. have already cues.
toned her. fully-to be quite frank-I
sion l have also search her person by
means Of woman detective-and she
has convinced me Eat she has not re
jewels Of my daughter"
"Neither have l." snapped,
He went on as II I hadn't spoken.
MY evidence Is positive, and wis
Madame DelariO's denial of all knowl-
edge-her wish zat send for you and
give you re opportunity to EXPLAIN"
'Where Is Mrs. Delario-let me see
her Immediately" I broke in. 'Do
you mean to say she accuses me of
robbing your child?"
Il do not say she precisely accuses
but she has seen you-and Claire
mas seen yOu-wts ze package contain.
Ing Re Jewels in your hand"
I burst out holly. ''That's a lie
every word Of It! Inever touched her
jewelry-or the package containing
her jewelry. Never"
He flushed a deep red at the insult.
but he was making every effort to con.
troll Misunderstanding how enraged I
was. he probably thought I'd use nv
hatpin on him next-and I whippefl
him ON. feeling that I had the upper
hand.
Yes. monsieur shall make you
take this case to court" went on
rapidly. "After that shall sue you
for false arrest-and Imprisonment, II
I'm imprisoned. But meanwhile. II
shall Immediately set the customs
house ohacials ON the hunt for your
Jewels and find out wheth-
er they were actually brought into
America or not. II the Jewels are in
the least valuable-as you seem to be |
trying to make out-thereTl be quite
q neat little duty to pay, provided |
they're not conflscated outrieht-l
which Is more than likely. Monsieur.
you have overlooked the fact that / |
asked Claire-and heard Mrs. De.
lario ask her-if she had anything to
declare and she told me she had not.
80 l shall be witness in the govern.
nent's case against you"