, 1922-11-16
Now Go on With the Story.


the hotel thieves OF Paris.
who were accustomed TO en-
ter any building which they were
able 10 get into. n 10 search n
apartment has they happened to find
OPEN" continued NJ. Jonquelle.
"But tn, Marquis reminded For.
naAu that the person committing this
robbery had brought With him n
piece Of paper from the Placement.
that mere thieves entering On the
chance of finding some valuables
wra-iS not have taken this precau-
tim.
This theory pleased Forneau and
no adopted every excellent suggestion
which the Marquis was able to make.
But ie ventureo TO Wonder from
what source the thief had been able
TO obtain the combination to the safe,
since it was known only to Nine. Ia
AIarduise.
The Marquis was again able TO In
dicate a ~vnlunblc suggestion. Wo-
man. no ventured to suggest. Ind al.
ways the same habits. They did not
trust their memories for anything
that required an accuracy of num-
bers. The Marduise would hav''
somewhere his memorandum writter
down. He suggested that Forneau
make a search OF her w~ritinE-t1ble
TT their surprise they found he
lock to the drawers OF this table
broken. aud among some papers hast
lily turned over. al the hack o. n
OF these drawers. n small book with
a red leather cover. on the last page,
in pencil was precisely the same me-
morandum which the Marquis had
picked up on the slip OF paper under
this door-'the combination to the safe
OF the NIarquiso dc Chnntelle.' and
following. h four columns Of four
figures.
"The problem which now present
ed itself was TO discover what en-
ploye in the building could have writ
ten this memorandum. Forneau and
the Marquis had before them the
handwriting. with the histories and
associates OF the valet. .he concierge
and the older employees they were IA
millar. and We're convinced that 1t
was not one OF these persons: hut
there were other employees in this
apartment. and the problem was how
TO obtain specimens OF their hand
NElNAItb mANA4O0N hAGdAAAIb 1AspANipAA-
In his perplexity Forneau asked the
opinion of the Marquis do Chantelle.
THE Marquis suggested the follow
ing cleve 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.
dem OF France n that Of the pre-
mier at the close of h war. This
would include the names Of Millerand
and C1emenceau. and by this neal
they could obtain the NJ of the word
Marquis. and the C OF n word
Chantelle. which had been written by
the unknown thief upon the memoir.
sndum which contained the combina-
ton OF the safe"
The Project of Police stopped. The
attention OF the Marquis de Chan
telle seemed TO have passed from the
narrative 20 a contemplation of the
opera
Nine. ZIrtenzoft was at the point OF
her greatest scene. Her voice filled
the immense house like a silver bell,
like innumerable silver bells-a quail
ity OF the human voice that no other
diva had ever brought to Paris. Her
youth, her eaTluring beauty, added to
the enchantment.
Monsieur lie Marquis de Chantelle
was looking at her. one and finger
ing his mustache. the other turning
the monocle at the end of the silk
cord. The Project of Police did not
interrupt the absorption. but he con-
tinued TO speak.
And as II 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 employee lately taken on
by the concierge because he offered
10 assist in cleaning h building at
a lower cost. The agent from the
Service de la Surete came to this
person in the course of his interview
with the employees Of the building.
Monsieur he said. I am COM
PEELED to ask you TO submit to some
mental tests. but l will make them
brief. Tell me .he form OF govern
ment under which we V and write
down for me h name Of the presi-
Tent of France and that OF the pre-
mier who conducted the sac terms
IN tho Great War. and I viii give you
no further annoyance
1.-THE man replied that France was
= republic and wrote the name Of
Alexander Millerand. But when he
came 20 write the c in Clemenceau.
ne hesitA.ed. The agent seized him
at once, snapped a pair Of handouts
OF lin and confronted MIN with For