Evening star., 1924-03-02

move1- in it; the dust and the spiders
have their way--1 had forgotten that
her Jewels remained In a little draw
er of her writing table"
| Then he turned quickly about to
me, az though some sharp. amazing
thing had suddenly occurred to him.
| Alas! Miss Sarah," he cried, you
will be loser with me, for the ruby
| bracelet about which you wrote me
| is gone with the other Jewels"
| The words were like q blow to me,
for had hoped to recover this heir
| loom of my mother's-this bracelet
Of rubies set in soldwork that
! hinged between the stones. It was Of
great value and had been In my
| mothers family for a hundred years.
I suppose I must. have looked the
| despair l. felt, and I could not keep
| back a mist of tears.
Sir Henry touched me gently.
Perhaps we shall md it." he said.
And he went on behind the Hun.
garian, who had faced about after
the delivery OF this blow. He also
| hoped that the Jewels would be re-
T,
Marquis would find them. Scotland
| Yard was SO wonderful and wise.
Sir Henry followed him to the win
dow. 1t was q French easement win
! dow OF little square panes Of glass
and opened from the drawing room
directly onto the terrace. There was
a small bed for flowers directly under
this window. The count directed Sir
Henry's attention fifst to the win
dow. and after that to the flower
bed below it.
the bolt fastening the window was
probably turned from the inside for
a long time. ON by collusion with one
Of the servants. You will observe
that when the window is unfastened
the knob stands perpendicular, in
precisely the same position as when
1t is closed; SO no one would notice
that II was unfastened. You can see
that the thief was q woman, a wom-
an about the size Of Miss Whitney.
There are her tracks, quite clearly
marked in the soft earth Of this
flower bed below the window"
Sir Henry examined these foot
prints.
''The lady" he said. has been very
considerate OF us. These faint foot
prints are in the very best position
on tho soft earth to remain clear"
Then he turned to Count Andreas:
But why do you say q woman
about the size Of Miss whitney,"
The man hesitated, as Though pug
zled to find reply, then he gave
the reason.
"I was thinking Of my wife's
maids" he said. "They have been
all women Of about Miss whitney's
size; and this robbery will be the
work Of some one familiar with the
house."
"on the contrary replied Sir
Henry. these footprints were made
by q thin woman-Miss Whitney will
weigh ten stone-an incredibly thin
woman"
The count was astonished-
Look at the print" he said; 'these
footprints might have been made by
Miss Sarah whitney"
Sir Henry turned to me.
"Quite so," he said; "the prints
here might have been made by Miss
Whitney's slipper IL there were no
such thing as gravity" Then he id.
dressed me directly. Sarah" he
said. will you kindly walk from the
flag path of the terrace to this win
dow and stand q moment before IT."
X
T DID ~ he directed, althouxh
= was puzzlef to understand what
it meant. Was I, perhaps, to be In
dicated as the thief7
Count Andreas cried out in con-
firmation OF Sir Henry:
You see. the prints are almost
"Ah. so!' replied Sir Henry; But
you fail to note the important fea-
ture. You will observe that the heel
OF Miss Whitnew's slipper sank into
the turf on her way from the nag
path, and here in the flower bed II
makes a deep footprint: while the
heel Of this other wonAn's shoe can
not be seen on the turf, which she
must have crossed from the path,
and here in tho nower bed whore she
stood the footprints are clear but
faint. Thess evidences could mean
only one thing - IN absence OF
weight"
Then he STOPPED suddenly over -
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