The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-01-30

| A-cnuihB WfaLHs WneIner the Ola
monds were lost strayed, stolen from
me, or drowned In the sea wrath that
would follow me and my name for
ever, world without end, amen.
"All right, let it." replied CURLY.
But would 1t not be better to con-
sidera" urged monsieur. "Ze wrass of
re emperor Is terrible. Consider,
madame. / beg you to consider. Zoze
diamonds Eat you have found in Eat
slipper you have re misfortune to carry
off. Consider to give zem back"
They were not in the slipper car
ried or"
Monsieur positively jumped. "Zey
were not in Eat slipper7"
Noon my word of honor as a GEN
tlewoman, monsieur, I tell you those
diamonds were not in the slipper car
ried on"
Mon Dieup he said under his
breath. Madame Delario must have
zem-in spite of her denfaI-in spite of
Eat search re entire house-and her
self-and find also re slipper In her
wardrobe as she would not leave 1t IL
she find zoze diamonds"
"But she may not have found them
they may have fallen out and got
| lost"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" he inter-
rupted. II have examine bose zoze
slippers-you see il is zis way: My
daughter have glue re box in one, safe,
| and on an evening you tell Madame
Delario to wear zoze slippers and
Claire have but just time to remove re
box and she returns IT to re uzzer
slipper. 1t is Eat little accident-and
some words from yourself-zat con-
vince me 1t is yourself who has found
zoze diamonds
mo, monsieur. When you accused
me of robbing Claire of jewelry j
hadn't the least idea what you meant.
suppose you accused Mrs. Delarfo
of the same thing? Didn't you accuse
her of taking jewels from Clafre-just
as you did me-without specifying
what kind of jewelsT'
"Oui-yes. Naturally, 1 do not
specify, for re reason If she find re
diamonds, she know to what 1 refer;
but If you have find zem, do not tell
for what | seek"
well, that's it, do believer" I ex-
claimed in the tone of having discov-
cred the key to the whole difficulty.
You said jewels and she thought you
meant what we should mean by it-as
we use the word, we think of pins,
bracelets, pendants, made-up articles,
you understand"
"Ah, so Eat is re way of It'll" he
cried, popping off his chair in hurry.
Il see it is some error of i6iom of re
language Eat cause all re trouble |
go Immediately to re estimable Ma
dame Delario and explain all to her"
He took up his hat, which Billy had
picked up off the floor after the scrim-
mage and laid on the dining-room
table.
"0h. monsieur-you a diplomat!" /
Tipped off. "And you think you can go
to an American citizen after such ac-
cusations as you've made and say: 1T
was all mistake and settle every
thingw
But / apologize for re mistake" he
urged, as though his sweet apology
paid for everything he'd done and
brought forth box of diamonds on
salver, neutrality-suspicious.
ing-them.
laughed. Suppose she won't ac-
cept your apologyT' 1 asked, and be-
fora ha srot a ropIx- I adda5. ESbo
probably won't even see you-not after
the way you treated her"
81 bet she doesn't even see you"
Billy supported, seeing my drive.
"What are you going to do7" He was
anxious to make monsieur commit
himself.
Monsieur twisted his hands nervous
" and l kept the ball rolling by OBJ
serving slyly: "You have just told Hs
that the most profound secrecy must
be maintained, so you cannot call ia
the police. But there is one thing you
can do paused.
He asked breathlessly, sand Eat
isl"
go straight to the president and lay
the whole case before him.
Monsieur looked as If he'd fall IN
faint at my feet.
Re president Dieup' He used
his handkerchief over his face. "Ma-
dame-in pity-out of ze kindness of
your so kind heart-I srow myself on
your mercy-I, De Ravenol--and ask
you to help me in re recovery of zoze
diamonds in secret. ask it for re
sake of Claire. / ask on my knee"
And the man was actually preparing
to do it, tool But i. NOT being used to
that sort OF demonstration and seeing
it as anything but compliment that
he felt he had 10 so such lengths TO
propitiate me-for like TO think my
self at least deeently approachable on
common humane grounds--responded