The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-07

yYYHeN the Princess |-''''''' Az
" arrived in FairviCw. toward
w the end OF the season. society
was in u tlutter. 1t had been IN 4
tlu,ter for some time on account OF
the amazing series OF jewel r"hberieS
which had occurred up and down the
Florida coast during the winter. Up
TO date not a theft had taken place
I'm F'airvlew. but that was all the
more reason for expecting IN" DO"
TO fall at any moment. Old ladies'
with diamond pendants and ropes or
yearls, gave TYP their evening prone
na6e upon the boardwalk and stayed
within the bright glow OF the great
hotels. At night the safes OF these
hotels were Cvarnmed with EntterluS
gems which formerly had been hid
den in pillow-slips and laundry-haSs
until the morning sun brought new
sense Of security 10 their owners.
Now all was changed and extra &C.
tectives from New York supplement-
ed the regular hotel watchers as
they paced the spacious corridors
during the hours OF sleep.
When the Princess Zerentelle ar
rived in Fairview further stimulus
was added to the fiutter OF excite
ment. Did she not bring with her
the most astounding. star-shapcd
emerald earrings that anybody had
ever seen? The society columns OF
The Tattler, which printed nothing
else except beauty advertisements,
stated that each earring was cut
from a single stone, and that the
amount which had been discarded
must, In itself. have been worth 4
fortune. Around the Princess her
self, The Tattler wove such ro-
nance that she became. over night
the most famous person upon IN"
Florida coast.
Wonderful as were the emeralds,
the Princess was equally wonderful.
Her aristocrattc carriage. her "N-
ouisite co!ffure. the tndehnahie
something OF her clothes. her atiur-
ing French accent. marked h"r as
beyond the possibility OF imitation.
Outside the office OF The Tattler no.
body had ever heard OF the Princess
Zerentelle but, on the second day.
several people were heard TO speak
OF the dear Princess whom l knew
so we'll In the south OF France. AT
the end OF n week no dinner party
had any tang without the presence
OF the Princess. and anybody who
was really anybody had known her
long before the war.
Beyond her clothes. her personal
charm, even her emeralds, some
thing else stood out and marked the
Princess Zerentelle for attention. It
was her fearlessness. Besides some
diamond rings and string OF pearls
which could be bought for a mere
ftve or ten thousand-she strollsd
along the boardwalk in the evening
with the priceless emeralds dangling
from her ears as ii they had been
blister pearls from the nearest curio
shop. There was no ostentation in
the act. She could do what others
could not. II was simply her way
VI
Meanwhile the robberIcs at near
BY coast rSso-ts had continued. y
particularly spectacular one oc-
CURED within five miles Of Fairview.
All the lights IN huge hotel dining
room had been ext!ncutshed stimuli
taneously and. during the few min
utes OF darkness. a long rope Of
pearls vanished from the neck of an
old lady. So deity had they been
removed that the owner did not miss
them until some time after the lights
came on. II was discovered later
that n guest at side table had
short circuited the little lamp which
stood beside his plate. When the
light. were renewed that guest had