Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-11-15
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MJonquelle:X
by MELVILLE DNlSSON pOST
@ 1900 NEA Service Inc

colby, u believe the mystery has
already been concluded; I believe its
solution seems complete"
Seems repeated tae Project
of Police, lis the word precisely.
While it is true that the criminal,
Jean Leauex. has confessed before
the court ana been sentenced to
term of years for the robbery of
these jewels, the jewels remain to
be discovered
lie paused and regarded the Mar
quis wit han expression of compi-
ment.
eve feel, at the Service de ia
Surete, that if we could bring to the
remaining feature of this matter the
same degree of excellent acumen
that was brought to its initial stages
by the Marquis de Chantelle, we
| should be able to restore the neck
lace to the Marquise upon her re
turn from America. She returns
tomorrow, does she not? 1t seems
a brief time for SO difficult an UNI
dertaking.'
NJ. Jonquelle smiled
81 regret to intrude upon your
pleasure, Marquis, and especially on
this, the final night of Nine. Hnten-
Zoff's triumph amazing woman,
adorable woman One should lose
no moment Of her excellence"
He paused.
But, monsieur, + cannot ada-
quately admire your excellent hand
ling Of this matter unless I am
! quite certain that l have the details
Of it correctly. Permit me, mon
sieur, to repeat these details, and
correct me, beg of you, if 1 should
present them with an item Of in
accuracy. | was absent and | have
only the memory Of interiors"
The Project of Police rested his
arm on The seat of the box, while
the Marquis fingered his monocle
idly, twisting the sill; cord. He as
sumed all attitude of careless at
tention, and NJ. Jonquelle went on:
con the night of the 18th of
February, Monsieur le Marquis,
opening the door of his apartment 1T
a late hour, saw slip Of paper be-
side the door. At the moment the
Marquis gave this item no atten-
ton; it did not impress him. 1t was
/ late, the servants having retired,
| and the Marquis withdrew to his
bedroom alone.
! ut appears, however, that digres-
sions of the mind occur to all Of us,
even to the Marquis de Chantelle
on the border Of dreamland. 1t OF
cured to him that this slip of paper
was a memorandum by the con-
cierge to call the attention of the
Marquis upon his arrival to some
inquiry that had been made for him.
!; The Marquis, however, did not arise
at that hour to verify this impress
sion, but in the morning when he
awoke, he remembered it, and going
into the drawing-room in his dress
ing gown and slippers-it was before
lHC dlIINil VI HIS NdlCC ilC ~ Hii'
the slip of paper where it had re-
manned as though it had been slipped
under the door.
"The Marquis was surprised when
ne came to examine this bit of paper.
1t contained some numbers written
with a pencil and the words in a
strained, uniformed hand: "The
combination of the safe of the Mar
| quis Chantelle.'
"Monsieur turned at once to the
small safe which is built into the
wall of the apartment after the
American fashion. He tried the com
bination written on the slip Of paper,
found it correct, opened the safe and
discovered that the necklace had
Disappeared"
The Project of Police hesitated in
the narrative and addressed an in
quiry.
1T is true, monsieur" he said,
chat you did not know the combina-
ton of this safe, that the combina-
ton was known only tho your wife,
the Marquise, and that more ,han
once, for example at the Cafe An
i glais on the 14th of December at
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