The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-02-01

consequence, or anything that could be
of interest to you"
THAT is tiresome- most tiresomel
Our last hope is gone; if only the brace
let is not sent abroad 1t would then
be very difficult to get"
Bracelet, you say; was it bracelet
you said?"
Eyes, it was bracelet, an uncom-
monty costly bracelet, set with precious
stones, which disappeared from Adelina
PATHS dressing-room in the theatre
| yesterday. You know she is appearing
here for few days She had had it
given her by the Emperor of Brazil"
Indeed what pity But as said,
no one has tried to sell anything of the
kind to me lately"
There was no doubt that the old fell
low felt very much relieved He took
hold of the bell rope and ordered his
man-servant to bring in wine and cigars.
Fake a glass of wine with me, sir;
( both old and young need good glass
of wine, and you'll not get better than
this brought it myself from Oporto in
A."
We each drank a glass, and I must
admit that the wine was good
The lawyer had hastily left the sub
ject of the stolen gem, and had begun
upon several interesting "reminiscences
from the year 1890 or SO.
But it was not my plan to let him
have his own way / had opened my
trenches, and l wished TO advance to the
i attack
1T is nuisance said I, "all these
robberies of curiosities and costly jewels,
which have taken place in the town of
late. No one knows what bother they
cause the police"
Il can understand" said the lawyer,
unwilling again to approach the same
theme; and he filled the glasses again
with a shaking hand
yes" I continued, every one who
possesses such things should be just as
careful as old Prick of Drammen Road"
On hearing old Tricks NAME the old
fellow almost jumped ont of his chair,
but | continued mercilessly.
This last robbery at old Tricks is a
aughable affair" then burst into long
and hearty laughter, which evidently
affected Jurgens's nerves in the most
unpleasant manner
Haven't you heard about it? Well,
as you know, old Prick possesses a
whole lot of curiosties and many of
/ them are of gold, silver, and precious
/ stones, and all are very valuable. Peo-
/ pie are always coming there, some as
guests of the house, and some to visit
his collection Old Prick got tired of
always having to watch them so care
fully, and so he had limitations made of
all his most valuable objects, -gilt-brass
mounts instead of gold, and glass in
stead Of precious stones This is, how
ever, h great secret, SO much SO, that
even his best friends think they are the
real things they see, while these are
lying securely in the cellar of the bank"
"EE, what do you say?" The old fell
low stretched out his neck like vul-
/ ture
yes, indeed-but listen; few days
ago the most costly of all his curiosities
disappeared; fancy it was black dia-
mond in gold setting. 1t was called the
black tortoise We expect the thief
has gone abroad with his treasure. Ha !!
ha just sixpenny worth of BRASS and
/ half a crowns worth of cut glassp
l again burst into peal of hearty
| laughter. The old man sank back, but
tried to raise himself, gasping for breath.
! thought he was going to have mt,
and in a minute got his necktie UNI
done, and rang for the servant
We soon brought him round again;
he was a tough old bit of humanAy, that
must admit.
l knew now what / wanted to know !;
the lawyer had the diamond in one of
his hiding places The difficulty was to
| get him to give it up without being
obliged TO resort to unpleasant means.
For this reason | took leave, as soon
| as | saw he had got over his little at
tack, and without suggesting anything as
| 10 what the cause might be.
The servant followed me into the hall
/ to open the door for me.
Having reached the hall, asked has
! tily, DO you know who | am ?"
4es, sir, you are inspector MonN,
answered the man in surprise, ard some
what tardily
! "All right, let me then rer1ain here
! in the hall, but opca the door ard thsn
shut it, SO that your MISTER can hear il
/. and think am gone.
The man hesitated little and looked
! doubtfuly at me.
I
Quick What do, do in the name
of the law, but have no time for fur
ther explanations. Now them"
! He did as / tcld him and went in
again TO his master