Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-02-18


sider?" 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 off"
Monsieur positively jumped. "Zey
| were not in Eat slipper?"
Moon my word of honor as q gen.
tlewOman, monsieur, I tell you those
diamonds were not in the slipper I car
ried off,"
mon Dieu!" he said under his
breath. Madame DeIario must have
zem-in spite of her denial-in spite OF
Eat search re entire house-and her
self-and find also re slipper in her
wardrobe as she would not leave Ii IL
she find zoze diamonds"
"But she may not have found them
they may have fallen out and got
| lost"
mpossible-impossible he inter-
rupted. 81 have examine bose ZoZe
| slippers-you see it 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 It is Eat little accident-and
some words from yourself-Zat con-
vince me it is yourself who has found
zoze diamonds"
''No, monsieur. When you accused
me of robbing Claire of jewelry l
hadn't the least idea what you meant.
1 suppose you accused Mrs. Delario
of the same thing? Didn't you accuse
her of taking jewels from Claire-just
as you did me-without specifying
what kind of jewels?"
"Oui-yes. Naturally, / do not
specify, for re reason if she find re
diamonds, she know to what | refer ;
but if you have find zem, do not tell
| for what I seek"
'Wen, 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 ftW he
cried, popping off his chair in hurry.
81 see it is some error of idiom 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.
ooh, mOnsieur-you diplomati"
tipped off. "And you think you can go
to an American citizen after SUCH ac-
cusations as you've made and say: Tt
was all a mistake and settle every
thing?
'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 a
salver, neutrality-suspicious. you-for-tak-
ing-them.
I laughed. Suppose she won't &C
cept your Apology" I asked, and be-
fore he got a reply, 1 added: "She
probably won't even see you-nOt after
the way you treated her.,
ST bet she doesn't even see you,''
Billy supported seeing my drive.
"What are you going to do?" he was
anxious to make monsieur commit
| himself.
Monsieur twisted his hands nervous
ly and 1 kept the ball rolling by OBJ
serving slyly: "You have just told us
that the most profound secrecy must
be maintained, so you cannot call in
the police. But there is one thing you
can do" paused.
He asked breathlessly, Sand Eat
| is-?"
go straight to the president and lay
the whole case before him."
Monsieur looked as if he'd fall in a
faint at my feet.
'Ze president-mon Dieu" He used
his handkerchief over his face. "Ma-
| dame-in pity-out of re 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. l ask it for re
| sake of Claire. I ask on my knee"
| And the man was actually preparing
| to do it, too! But /, not being used to
| that sort of demonstration and seeing
it as anything but compliment that
he felt he had to go such lengths to
propitiate me-for like to think my
self at least decently approachable on
common humane grounds-responde
| to his near-kneel with peremptOry,
Don't do tn and look and gesture
that showed him he could save the
histrionics. 'How can l help your" !
| questioned.
sit is case for-diplomacy-in
dealing wiz re lady; and / ask-as a
SO great favor-zat you see Madame
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