Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-17
: .rws of n kind for you, ma am,

IN N1E"o u H.
~ uccarty responded with de-
,,orv side glance at the figure In
,ns window. "1'm sorry, but III nave
~ - see you in private -,
- .uove to'?" Mrs. Creveling raised
.robrows. "You can say whatever
nsr =, wish before Mrs. waveriy,'
"" 't'ye instructions from headquarters
~ McCarty's tone was respect
na 1.,, he shook his head firmly
iu,, ,, :, have to say must be said to
N"Sl alone. but, of course. you re tree
you IVAN ~our own discretion afterwnrd.
to U.s. 'Wayerly had made no move to
Mrs. was listening with super .
rise a"o "oorusement to the little tilt, but
cillous, s,snvclinu's eyes met those OF Me-
ME-. IN suddcn question and then shc
oad n her companion. -,
tu,mv" tuTt Won don't mind. Stella! You
IL are in the hands OF the au-
thoIl,,Jii hoannite so." Mrs. Wavcrly laughed
so Qu,,' "Send Yvonne for me when
ana loJe sn secret has been disclosed. I'm
I aoinr to take a nap ..,. .,, ,ros
so,WHti soWti,bout dcigning to notice tns pres.
Wi.roWu WoCorty she moved to the door
ence hon VI II had closed behind her Nc =
ana VIZ" odynnred to the table beside
OafG Trs Crevcling had halted anu
which ,rnm his pockct a leather case. =.
dreM rev. ,.' one thing. Mrs. Crcveling.
rV ~, arovcly. i've come to bring
you these! .od oros no onencd the
,ose and poured out upon the 'aD,g "a u
.ssoom Of huge, unset emeralus whicil
sIowed with rich but almost SINISTER
yernal light l.. aosnod "I reod
:, ,hs papers that lisa had given her-
\ N M .nv ,n pt bnt I did not know that these
ssh ssd Uh been recovered! She had pried
Su, nau from their scttings--!
" 'sbe never touched them. ma am
81, % novor even saw them" There was
guy U,Orn % note in McCarty's tones. LISA
:. as ;nroccnt of theft as you are your
sell" o., A.. c,o;o,;,os
i moi his and the fash of green hre
s..U Tho Jewels upon the table seemed
sov an instant reflected in their depths
A. tbough some prcmonition OF the
t,u,b came to her she shrank back ana
.nI sIowIy into the nearest chair. III
~nst have been lisa, and | am deter =
% minsd that she shall be punished The
,naro restitution Of these jewels Is not
annn,b. she must be made an eX-
Iample-- ., = horord
V roach of your punishment. ma am
u Mrs, Creveling's breath came pant
Iingly. ,v, , .,,
lleorned?" she demanded, and then as
Itbough afraid to hear his answer she
added hurriedly: but 1t is absurd
No one else could have taken them, nc
ono could have entered my dressing
room during my absence. Mr.. Crevcl-
linz himself testified to that. ! had
seen them with my own eyes when
closed the case not five minutes
before--! ;,
| "'Twas these you saw, ma am:
l. McCarty produced another case, th'
replica of the first and opened It. DIS
closing necklace and stomachcr OF
antique gold set with small diamonds
and large deep green stones. whose
| color seemed dead and Hat beside the
| warm glow of those lying loose upon
| the table.
"They'rc a good imitation put bacI
in your own old settings, and twas
done between the time you got the rca
ones from the vault and the night yoI
meant to wear them.
"Do you mean that they were takeI
from my husbands safe?" Her voice
was a mere whisper.
Eyes. ma am. and by the only ont
who knew the combination the same
who entered your dressing room aftc,
lisa had left it for a minute, and tool
the fakes after he learned that yo,
meant to have them reset almost a
once and knew that you'd find out thu
truth"
"What do you mean?' she cried
"Are you daring to insinuate-!
'I'm not insinuating anything
ma'am, but I'll speak palmer if yot
like" McCarty said grimly. 'Wc'vt
found the man who made the fakes ant
he can testify that twas Mr.. Crevclinl
himself who brought the original set t'
him to have the emeraldS pried on
and copied. We've got the fcncc-th'
receiver of stolen g0odS-who bough
the real stones from Mr.. CrcvcIing fol
$4,000, and he can prove who hi
customer was. Mr.. Crcvcling saw hi
chance and threw the blame on lisa, bu
he never meant to have her prosecute,
for it, I'll say that for him; he onI!
thought to gain time. Twas your huS
band himself who was the thief, Mrs
Crevcling