The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-03-26
CHAPTER lx-Continued.

The third queer thing was that there
WAS no business of mine he could be
needing to see me about, and II 1t We're
business of his. he'd ask il rs Il favor.
II was then that my eye slid up /" the
date and saw it had been sent from
New York Well. if he We're in New
York. why hadn't he teleph"ned me or
cntue up IA the house:
wish could say it flashed over me
instantly that this was Il decoy de-
signed 10 Get me into monSieurS
clutches. bur II didn't flash 1t ALL
Thought ii queer. and ! was puzzled
bur | am free To confess that if il had
been an ordinary business manS mes
sage | should have packed my suit
ease. put the diamonds in my stocking,
and taken the train specified. Hui
while | WAS still wondering What my
brother cnul,! be wanting. me for in This
rsreuptory way, Mrs. ImmS"n
brought IN" the special delivery letter,
which. with triumph AMI p'en>llr" in
her face she said She had found UNI
der the set tubs.
pulled ii out of he envelope and
read
-Maaaue was seen hy two witnesses
tn carry away the package containing.
the Jewels referred To. II maatIne de-
SirAS to return them To their owner,
telephone Hotel Imperial at = Il. III.
The owner gives madame Ibis one OPP
1ortunity tea r.ctify her mistake With
sout further trouble on publicity. Faii-
are Ia comply with the request Ia lele-
st,,hle will prove madame'S intentions
and neee>>jtate active measures for
the recovery of the jewels"
ooh. YOU don't SAY" | sne.red.
"Wcii. wonder whn, HeXi, '" And by
that letter knew sill had the da-
tnui,ds
SO | WAS 10 telephone at nine
o'clock by right>--aud mail>ieurs
c:,irllatiou>-l should have received
the letter before the first delivery in
stead. ii had come after ami by arci-
.ient | hadn't read il till aeon. The
telegram was timed nine f"rty-'ivr.
II WAS then that | began 70 see
through Il hole in II stone. | had not
.s.iephoned (which proved ! meant to
keep The diamonds. My next move.
obviously. would be Ia get them out of
the city--tn my hrnther'S. of course.
The Telegram gave me The excuse ia
doing it: also told him by what train
and station | should leave, for he had
set them himself Hut why had he set
II iay train: Why not one at night: Ii
puzzled me- at iir>, until saw his rr:,-
sni--i could disappear out of day
tight crowd about four times easier
than out of II night crowd. Who would
notice. aU"ng hundreds Of women go
In" through he PENNSYLVANIA station,
woman rs simply dressed a> |, carry
ing common suitcase: Probably no
one.
| confess | WAS 81 much disturbed as
I thought what might So easily have
happeneh ltnh acted on the telegram.
that it was some time before | gol my
wits together. one thing was clear 10
ime. i,owever--lnonSieur was going to
act with great rapidity and secrecy
serrecy--that was the main point for
II he We're sure ! had The stones, he
hnsl only In get q search warrant and
he'd have the stones.
AIRS. Jim,n>on came to my study
~ tie was bordering all this and
aSAcd me: What about lunch?' !
s~,.t her round to the delica,es>en and
ibid her I" buy everything she thought
Ar'N iva IT, have.
The r.sMeut che was on: of the