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,..,sd In the opera box OF the
.,,rnr-rs DE CHANELLB impover-
NA', husband Of a wealthy American
woman,
=, 7oyOTELLE, greatest detective in
@r...~oa is discussing the mystery of
49,, ,rsft Of the diamond necklace of
w., "'..re them. on the stage, is the beau
.t1l
,,.,t. ,1ETENZOFF, idol Of Paris. Be-
entering the Marquis box, NJ.
-.,,,su. halted an usher who was
,.,,,,.g and managed to secure for a
,r.,Tt bouquet Of orchids which
.t.. ,r,rarlts was sending to the singer.
~, r.,roueue reviews the theories OF
vat, The Marquis had suggested
- ,bsories which led to the arrest and
.s,,sto7 Of Jean Lequex. Lequex was
,.r,a5 but did not tell where the
....rs could be found.
., was NV assistant Forneau who fol-
,.--, ,oa- theories" NJ. Jonquelle told
the Marquis.
Go on With the Story.
CHAPTER III.
,,, ,,,. occurred to Forneau that this
-.Ee~y had been committed by some one
,rs bo,el thieves Of Paris, who were
..,.,or7sd to enter any building which
..., o..rs able to get into, and to search
.. ,rartment that they happened to
@..1 AMEN continued NJ. Jonquelle.
.p,, the Marquis reminded Forneau
,,,, t5a person committing this robbery
,,5 BROUGHT with him a piece of paper
[.gr, tbe basement, that mere thieves
.,,g~irg on the chance of finding some
,auab!,s would not have taken this
rrecautIQa.
.7,r.s theory pleased Forneau, and he
s..u.,d every excellent suggestion which
,.s MARQUIS was able to make. But he
,..orI,r-a 10 wonder from what source the
,b,.f had been able to obtain the COM
ttrat.a1 10 the safe, since it was known
oaly to Nine la Marquise.
1.-THE Marquis was again able to indi-
ratio valuable suggestion. Women, he
ys,yred 10 suggest, had always the
~.rs habits. They did not trust their
memories for anything that required an
accuracy Of numbers. The Marqulse
ra9d have somewhere this memoran-
.tta written down. He suggested that
gorreau make a search of her writing
table.
"r5 their surprise they found the lock
10 the drawers Of this table broken, and
sroag some papers hastily turned over
AZ the back Of one of these drawers, a
small book with a red leather cover. On
The last page, in pencil, was precisely
The same memorandum which the Mar
guis had picked up on the slip of paper
nader the door-'the combination to the
safe OF the Marquise de Chantelle.' and
following. the four columns of four 1lg-
uros.
"trhe problem which now presented IT.
self was 20 discover what employe in the
building could have written this mem
nrsndum. Furneau and the Marquis had
before them the handwriting. With the
histories and associates Of the valet, the
concierge and the older employees they
were familiar, and were convinced that
il was not one of these persons; but
there were other employees in this apart
ment, and the problem was how to obtain
specimens Of their handwriting without
mourning suspicion. In his perplexity
Forueau asked the opinion of the Mar
Quis dc Chantelle.
The Marquis suggested the following
clever device The Service de la Surete
should send an agent to the building
pretending to be an official of the gov
eminent concerned with certain mental
tests required, in order to register citl-
gems for the electorate. Among other
tests. he should require them to write
Tho names Of the president Of France
and that Of the premier at the close Of
the war This would include the names
Il Mncrand and Clemenceau, and by
this means they could obtain the NJ Of
the word Marquis and the c. Of the word
Chauteue, which had been written by the
unknown thief upon the memorandum
which contained the combination Of the
safe"
Tho Project Of Police stopped. The
attention Of the Marquis de Chantelle
seemed to have passed from the .larra-
tive to a contemplation of the opera.
Nine. zrtenzoff was at the point Of
her greatest scene. Her voice filled the
immense house like a silver bell, like
mhumerable silver bells-a quality of the
human voice that no other diva had ever
brought to Paris. Her youth, her allur-
ING beauty added to the enchantment.