The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-11-19
VIT4hT I4IN -NIII
MademOiselle the Detective

NlademOiselle the Detective
In London, about noon of that day,
Wertheimer decipherer code message
Dear old bean: Please advise perfec-
ture de police without revealing your
source of information, unidentified man
murdered on express stopped yesterday
Hotel Terminus, Lyons, under name of
Comte de Lorgnes. During entire eve
ming before entraining he was shadowed
by two Apaches, one of whom, passing
as Albert Dupont. booked in same car
rlace with Lorgnes, but detrained La
roche six-fifteen. Can admirably sue
cient sketch of the physical Dupont is
here deletcd) AS stranger in Paris ]
crave passionately to review night life
OF the great city but am naturally tim
id about going about alone after dark.
only society of beautiful, accomplished
wel.infomed and agreeable lady can
rut me at ease Can you recommend one
such to me by telegraph? Presume you
have heard your old friend Duchemin
is suspected of looting jewels of Mad
anne de Montalais, Chateau de Monta-
lnis near Millau. He counts on your
discretion TO preserve secret of his in
no,ance pending. further advices. Paul
Martin here stopping Hotel Chatham.
Toodcoo
M. L."
\ telegram from London addressed to
NJ. Paul Martin. Hotel Chatham, Paris,
WIS delivered late in the afternoon:
Prefecture tipped off. Many thanks
Fully appreciate you cannot trust your
..I, t,, tI,. a. ..rIr fa. ,ba
fully delegating preservation your vir-
tue while in Paris to Mile. Althenais
RcBoaux. maiden lady mature charms
whom / beg you will respect as you
would my sister. Wishing you enjoyable
intellectual evening W."
II needed receipt of n petitblue, while
ha was dressing for dinner. to cure Lam
ard of an attack of premonitory shiv-
,rs brough; on py recollection Of the
awful truth that one is never really safe
i'm triflng with an Englishman sense
If humor.
Dear Monsieur Martin: 1t is too
sweet Of you to remember your promise
To ask me to dine the first time you
came to Paris. Since you leave il to me.
O. shall We say the Ritz at half-past seven?
In case your memory for faces is poor
1t has been a long time since we met,
hasn't it.-I shall be wearing the con.
Vcntional fast black with my very best
ingeuue expression; and my feather fan
win be flame colored.
Always to you
"ALTHENAIS RENEAUX."
Now that sounded more like
Madamemoiselle Athenais Reneaux
lived up In most gratifying fashion to
the tone of her note.
She swept spiritedly into the lounge
of the Ritz, tall. fair girl, very good.
looking indeed and brilliantly costumed
and placed Monsieur Paul Martin in one
glance, ON the instance of his calculat.
I'd start OF recognition.
Paul" she cried IN lifting accents
I'm so glad. les been simply ages
Aud looking 80 WELL | don't believe you
have changed bit"
And YOU. Athenals. always exouis.
iie. hut today truly one has never
seen you looking better"
"Flattery' she commented. But /
love IT,"
Meanwhile her gaze reviewed the
lounge In one swift. searching glance,
and returned to Lanyard with a droop
OF the lashes, sieniried there was no
one present likely to prove dangerous.
"Flattcry2 To YOU? But impossible. 1"
lie delighted her, and she showed IL,
openly. But her lips said only.
Have kept you waiting "a frlghtful.
iy long timer Poor boy"
Let your appetite accuse YOU. Athe.
uals."
But | am starving.
Then, as take IL, nothing on earth
can prevent our going IN to dinner"
Lanyard had already consulted with
the maitrc dhotel over the menu and
the reservation as the two settled dowp
at table ON the side OF the room.
Monsieur received telegram this
afternoon"
"Yes. mudemmoiselle. And your"
"lt is h,ro--sincc | am. May 1 see
yoursg"
with gay gesture she handed over
her telegram from London and took his
In exchange.
The ordinary cipher Of the British
secret service was as readily intelliglble
" htAil az Aif lNfN~tAEfN baN b'th
rouchcd In open French or English.
The girl was laughing as she return.
cd I4anyard's telegram and received her
own.
Mature charmsr she pouted "En.
joyahlc Intellectual evening" oh. how
dcprcssingl And are YOU going to obey
that injunction to treat me as some.
bOdy's sistcr2'
Never In my life"
~ like that better. And" she inuuir-
ed dcmurcly. may ask what are
monsieurs dCmands7"
"First. YOU will continue to flirt with
me as at present-outrageously
Even when YOU make IL so difficult7"
. "And then. II I discover an interest
E In people I may chance tn see. you viii
~ good enough to tell me who they are