The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-12-29

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THERE was as little doubt that
Lord Herbert Laurence Shefield
belonged to the nobility as there
was about his nationality-and that
was apparent Immediately from his
monocle and his spats. Every shop
keeper along the Via Shiaia in Naples
knew his lordship, and every 6ne OF
them admitted that a more repre-
sentative member Of the British aris-
tocracy had eve visited Italy.
Lord Herbert was not only lavish
with his money, but 1t was whispered
around the Grand Hotel di Napoli that
his daughter, Sylvia, soon was to be
married to one Of the richest men in
England.
Therefore when the English noble
man wandered into the establishment
q TIA largest jeweler In Naples some
two months aftsr his arrival In the
city and asked to b shown. some dia-
mend necklaces, there wis IN immedi-
ate scurry to wait upon hin laLM Finally.
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Herbert to come into his private Of
1lce while he took from the safe 4.
necklace valued ct 10000 francs, the
properly Of . client who was in imam
eial straits.
II would like to purchase something
to give my daughter for a wedding
present." explained the Englishman,
and the jeweler nodded, for the rumors
Of the engagement had already reached
his ears. I'm afraid, though" con-
unued his lordship, "that this neck
lace is q little more expensive than /
can afford at the moment. I don't
doubt It's value, but I'll have to have a
little time to think. it over" A
Certainly" agreed the jeweler. II
will be pleased to hold it as long as
you wish and, should you desire to
e and examine it again, I will be
very glad to bring it to the hotel at
your convenience"
"That would be excellent" assented
the visitor, "but I naturally do not
wish my daughter to know anything
about the transaction. The whole mat
ter is to be a surprise to her"
A few days later, in response to
Lord Shefield's request, the jeweler
took the necklace to the Grand hotel
and found the Englishman alone in
the room. After q very careful ex-
animation Of the diamonds terms were
agreed upon and Lord Sheffield had
just produced his letter Of credit from
his wallet when a girls voice was
heard In the corridor, just outside the
door. ..Se@ss .
my daughter !" exclaimed the Eng
lishman. "She mustn't know any
thing about this,' and he swept the
necklace and the wallet into the draw
or Of the desk before which he sat. A
moment later Sylvia Sheffield came in
and announced that her fathers tailor
had arrived and wished to see him at
once. Excusing himself with the state
ment that he would be back very
shortly, Lord Herbert left the room
and his daughter followed him imme-
diately.
When half an hour had passed the
jeweler began to wonder what was de-
tanning his client, but he didn't worry
in the beast because his necklace and
his lordship's wallet YER there in the
drawer of the desk, right under his
hand. The transaction involved too
much money to warrant any impa-
tience, SO it was not until two hours
had slipped by before the jeweler rams
for the hotel clerk and requested to
know what was OBTAINING Lord Shelf
field.
His lordship and Miss Sylvia left
the hotel nearly two hours ago." was
the reply. "They had received a cable
gram from England"
Sensing that he had been robbed, the
jeweler tugged at the drawer Of the
desk only to find that it was locked,
but a moments examination of. the
next room suficed to show that the
wall against which the desk was
placed had been pierced and that the
whole procedure had been a plot to
lift the necklace and make a quick
getaway.
Lyigi Bonf, one Of the shrewdest
detectives in Naples, was Immediately
placed in charge of the case and tele-
graphed to Rome to have the pair ar
rested. Sheffield, anticipating such q
move, had planted two confederates in
the capital, and by the time that the
police had found that their alibi was
ironclad the real criminals were well
on their way northward. Then fol-
lowed one Of the longest chases in