Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-22

other rooms. Have your man watch me
while you examine everything-every-
thing-and then you must get wom-
an to search me-"
This unsolicited action, her fiat de-
NAL and his finding the slipper where
she'd carelessly dropped it in her ward
robe threw the scent on me. In two
hours monsieur convinced himself that
she did not have the diamonds and
knew nothing about them, and he then
requested her-as the proof of her
Noncompliance let him lock her in
her room and send for me! And she
didn't dare to refuse!
And there you have, simple as
simple could be, the whole Of it.
had her side Of the story when saw
her Sunday morning as monsieur's
messenger. But I had enough of the
story before I went to her to feel
pretty we'll chagrined; yet sad, too as
I thought of the disappointment had
In store for her when I told her that
Emperor William owned her "find"
and how the diamonds came to be in
her slipper.
confess didn't like very much the
way she'd lied to me about the uncle
abroad who had left them to her.
Still-it was an understandable lie:
since she'd found the diamonds and
didn't know who owned them she felt
they belonged to her as much as If
they'd been left her in will.
Mrs. Delario herself admitted me;
gave gasp when she saw who it was,
and whirled me into the seance room
! and locked the door on us before we
exchanged syllable.
We sank into chairs. I felt as If a
tidal wave had swept from under me
and left me not even hanging up in
coconut tree but sitting still in peace
full security. It was she who got us
down from the high peaks to the levels
where conversation can go afoot with
out falling off, by asking, "And how
are you-after it all?" to which I re-
plisd, "But how are you-after It ALT"
and we both laughed.
Her laugh died away into an indig.
nant frown. "You never heard any,
thing like it," she cried. HE came
here with detective-and it wasn't
five minutes after you got out Of the
house, Monday-and accused me
me!-of stealing Claire's bracelets!"
| "Bracelets?" echoed.
"Yes-me."
I said "Oh," slowly. I hadn't ex-
pected she'd grind the word jewels
quite so fine.
did you ever hear anything quite
so outrageous?" she rushed on. ITO
come here and say I robbed his child
Of jewelry! I don't believe she had
any jewelry, anyway-it was all a
trumped-up story to get something out
Of me; but was so Indignant" and
she poured out the whole tale.
swell, it's all over" she concluded.
Il didn't care how much monsieur
searched-1 knew I hadn't robbed
Claire, and I knew that so long as
you had my diamonds they were safe.
didn't worry after the first day
or So"
She said my diamonds" and now
I had to tell her!
Mrs. Delario there seems to be
a misunderstanding about those dia-
monds," began suavely.
She gave a start and asked, GLOW,
misunderstanding? You mean they're
not worth all you said? Well-you
didn't tell me positively they were
worth-that." She seemed to hesitate
at "a million dollars" which is what
said.
"Oh, yes-I still stick to that-that's
the worst of it: they are worth it
that's what made them shining targets
for that thief"
"Thief!" she cried. "You say
thief too! Then he was, after all !"
She was very much excited, and re-
peated the word several times with a
kind of joy and ran on rapidly: II
wouldn't tell you what thought about
him, but I knew he was thief. !
knew it In Paris-I knew it in Ant
werp-it was in Antwerp-after I'd
made all the arrangements to bring
Claire over-that I heard it clairaudi-
emily, DE Ravenol Is thief I knew
it herein this very room-the first
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at me benignantly: "And thanks to
you he didn't get my diamonds, so
we're safe-Claire's safe-she'll never
know the truth about her father from
me.
"Claire never had any jewelry-the
whole accusation was trumped up to
get the chance to rob me. But how
under the sun did he know had those
diamondsT
HE says he put them there-or at
least Claire did-in your slipper" ]
blurted.
Her hands few to her heart.
'Never" she cried. "Never in the
world!'
"And he says they're his" persist.
ed. feeling I'd got my opening at last.
I put it that way partly to disabuse
her mind Of the idea that monsieur