Evening star., 1922-08-13

OF the tenants. 1t was not certdaR
of course. that this persoi would know
that the necklace was in the safe, but
he would be convinced that the safe
held some objects Of value.
THE problem which now presented
itself was to discover what employe
in the building could have written
this memorandum. Forneau and the
marquis had before them the hand
writing. With the histories and as
sociates Of the valet. the concierge
and the older employees they were
familiar and were convinced that it
was not one of these persons; but
there were other employees in this
apartment and the problem was how
to obtain specimens of their hand
writing without mourning suspicion.
In his perplexity Forneau asked the
opinion Of the Marquis de Chantelle.
THE marquis suggested the follow
ing clever device: The service de la
surete should send an agent to the
building, pretending to be an official
of the government concerned with
certain mental tests required in order
to register citizens for the electorate.
Among other tests. he should require
them to write the name of the presi-
dent of France and that of the pre-
mier at the close Of the war. This
would include the names Of Millerand
and Clemenceau. and by this means
they could obtain the NJ of the word
Marquis and the c Of the word Chan
telle. which had been written by the
unknown thief upon the memoran-
dunn which contained the combina-
ton of the SAFE"
THE prefect of police stopped. The
attention of the Marquis de Chan
telle seemed to have passed from the
narrative to contemplation Of the
opera.
Mmo. Zirtenxon was at the point of
her greatest scene. Her voice filled
the immense house like silver
bell-like innumerable silver bells-a
quality Of the human voice that no
other diva had ever brought to Paris.
Her youth. her alturing beauty. added
to the enchantment.
NJ. le Marquis do Chanteile was
looking at her, one hand finger
ing his mustache, the other turning
the monocle at the end of the silk
cord. The project Of police did not
interrupt tho absorption, but he con-
tinued to speak.
"And as it happened" he said. cit
was the ingenuity Of this device sug-
gested by the Marquis de Chantelle
that enabled Forneau to locate the
one who had committed the robbery.
He found an employe lately taken on
by the concierge because he offered
to. assist in cleaning the building at
a lower cost. The agent from the
service de la surete came to this per-
son in the course of his interviews
with the employees of the building.
Monsieur he said, u am compelled
to ask you to submit to some men,
tai tests, but will make them brief.
Tell me the form ofsgovernment un-
der which we live and write down for
mo the name of the president Of
France and that Of the premier who
conducted the peace terms in the
great war and I viii give you no
further annoyance
"The man replied that France was q
republic and wrote the name Of Alex
andre Millerand, but when he came
to write the c in Clemenceau he hesi-
tated. The agent seized him at once,
snapped a pair of handouts on him
and confronted him with Forneau.
He was shown the slip Of paper which
the marquis had picked up in his
apartment He was told the details
Of the crime as he had carried It out