The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-23

| fore MS depart uTe ana Iluu TcSoiNeN
| the change. Just, however, rs he
was entering the car to leave. the
manager came to him hurr.edly and
| asked him to sep into the bureau
/ for n moment. There the note he
| had given was shown him, and de-
clareu to be counterfeit.
! Godfrey stood stupefied, while the
manager walked very angry. declar-
/ ing that since the war France had
been flooded by spurious money
brought there and changed by for
eigncrs. Falconer declared his limo
ccncc, apologized, and was about to
! take back the note, when the man
aver in fury retained 1t to forward
! TO the Bank OF France for destruc-
ton. So he was compelled to pay his
bill n second time, and also to lose
forty pounds or so.
Then, feeling very cresfallen. he
rejuined the ladies, without, however,
letting them know what had &C.
Cured.
That night they stopped at the
| Hotel Modernc at Orleans. and after
dinner Godfrey. without telling them
OF the incident at Tours. warned
them TO be on their guard against
spurious French bank notes.
ON, yes" said Madame Claudet
II have heard that recently great
quantities Of forged notes have been
passed all over France. Somebody
told me they are being made in
Spain. one has to be always on the
lookout for them. II would be so
annoying to pass one In innocence"
Indeed. one could very easily fall
| into the hands Of the police" ex-
claimed Mrs. Beverley. II had q
most unpleasant time in Dinard. l
bought that little butterfly brooch al
Il jewellers close to the casino, and
paid for 1t, when. to my horror, the
man said that one Of the notes-one
for five hundred francs--was 4 for
gerry"
What did you do. my dear?"
asked madame.
DO? Well. felt perfect fool.
| tore the note up and gave the man
another"
You never told me that. mother"
| sylvia remarked.
mo. dear. felt too angry about
It. SO didn't tell anyone. IT &C.
Cured four days before we left
Dinard."
1t was upon the tip of Geoffrey's
tongue 10 relate his own experience
at Tours, but he hesitated.
Geoffrey's leave was up, 30 he had
to be at the Works at Chelmsford
on the following day. He seized the
opportunity to run over to Witham,
and there discovered that during his
absence Mr.. Mildmay had received
two further cipher kilograms, one
sent from Fontainebleau and one
from Beauvais, both signed M. c."
Now in his many conversations
with the handsome widow she had
never mentioned that she had any
friend in London. On the contrary,
on the night they had stopped at
Abbeville, while they were dining at
the old Tete de Boeuf, she had ex-
claimed across the table to Mrs.
Beverley:
1T really Is most sweet Of you,
dear. to put me up In London. ]
know nobody there nowadays. I've
been away so long"
She made no mention Of the man
who occupied those expensive cham
beers in Ryder Street. and as far as
Geoffr"y knew the pair had never
met. Naturally. the young wireless
engineer was often at Mrs. Bever-
leys house. and his own observa-
tons, combined with what Sylvia
told him, made II apparent to him
that Madame Claudet was a most
extravagant woman.
I'VE are out every night some
where" the girl said. And madame
will never allow us to pay n farth-
ing. She must be very rich, for she's
ordered eight new frocks from Lu-
Giles"
She has no friends in London has
sheo" Falconer asked casually.
she didn't have any when she ar
rived, but, OF course. she now knows
one or two people to whom we've
introduced her"
On the following day another Curl
Gus telegram came through the wire
less station at Witham. Dispatched
from MarseiIles. it had been sent
across by wireless from Paris. and
was addressed 10 Midway. 1t was
in plain Language, and read: ''Ur-
gent that Marguerite should come
over. The change would do her
good.-Jules.'
This puzzled Godfrey more than
ever. Why was madame wanted ur-
gently ut Marseilles, and what hid
don meaning was contained in the
declaration that the change would
do her good? He was very anxious
To ascertain il she ever met the mys-
tcrious Midway. and for that pur-
pose he went to London one evening
md again saw his friend the lift
| nan.
No lady had visited Mr. Midway
/ 10 his knowledge. She certainly
, might have called when lie was off
duty.
Hence Falconer determined to
watch again. and after the lapse OF
several weary evenings. he one night
, followed Midway to the Savoy,
where, just before supper-time. he
took Il seat in the lounge and idly
lit n cigarette.
Ten minutes later Godfrey saw
standing ut the head OF the short
| flight of stairs the familiar figure Of
! Madame Claudet. wearing a gorgeous
theater wrap. Her quick eye recog-
nlzed Mildmny, therefore she went to
takc off her wrap. and 4 few mo-