Evening star., 1925-07-26

| learn nothing. Only after NJ. Dubois
| has been released and given an oppor-
| tunity to leave France will I take YOU
to where is the packet containing the
missing diamonds"
| THE commissary turned TO Q. O.
'I am afraid, NJ. Quayne, there is
nothing to do but to return to Paris
for instructions. And you, madame.
| fear will find yourself in prison as an
| accomplice."
Mime. Dubois made a gesture which
! accepted this possibility.
We'll, NJ. Quayne," said the commits
4 sary, 1--WE will return to Paris. But
| before we. go We will give ourselves
! the satisfaction Of searching this
| house"
Mr.. Quayne had stood silent. his
hands in his pockets. He started, as
If awakened to present realities at the
| commissary's words and took his
! hands sharply from his pockets. AS
he did So he accidently drew out a
| handful of small change which rolled
/ all over the room. He went down on
| his knees and began to pick the coins
/ up.
| Pardon, madame" he said. as he
| groped around her skirts for them.
| ''Pardon-ah, encore une piece" He
| crawled round to the other side of her.
| he rose to his feet and turned to the
! commissary.
Il will willingly assist you in your
! search, mon cher confrere" he said
| But first have an urgent telegram 10
| Dispatch"
We took a provisional leave OF Nine.
Dubois and walked TO the telegraph
| Office.
The comnissary was not a little sur
| prised at the telegram written out bv
Mr.. Quayne, and handed to him for
| official signature:
! Chef de Police, LIE Havre:
! Examine postal packet name Mad
anne Dubois waiting poste-restant
Havre report here
He was even more astonished when
| an hour later telegram came for us
at the Soleil dor.
"Commissaire de Police, VilIers-en-
| Amont:
Packet found contains 81 large dia.
| monds corresponding with informa-
ton in case st. Georges.
| Chef de Police, LIE Havre."
Quayne.
But when or how did Nine. Du-
bois confess this to you?" exclaimed
| the commissary.
| She did not confess" replied the
chief -- '-'0
Then by what miracle did you dis
cover her secret?"
BY using my eyes, said Mr..
! Quayne. IF you had looked a little
more closely at Nine Dubois new
Paris frock, you would have noticed
that it had a design on the corsage. :
He took out a pencil and opened a,
| notebook. "A design in blue beads.
IL you had looked a little more CLOSELY,
you would have seen that the beads
were Of two distinct shades. one dark
| er than the other, and rather irreeu-
| larly disposed. Suppose we represent
them like this" He drew g. spiral
of little circles, some open and some
filed in
Does that convey anything to
you?" We both shook our heads mo?
| Well, assume that the open circles
are dots, and the closed ones dashes,
and follow round the spiral You
! both know the Morse code, I pre-.
sume?"
'Voir bord!' we exclaimed
Precisely. "See the hem" l pro-
| ceeded to see the hem by cropping on
the floor for the money 1 dropped.
And | saw design in beadwork, like
thls. he drew again, quickly, a zig
gag line of spirals
=.
"Chercher paquetu Nine. Dubois,
P. r. Havre. Garder pour moi. Me
f1e toi. Henri" read the commits.
sary.
Exactly. Fetch packet addressed
Nine Dubois poste,restante Havre.
Henri" said Mr.. Quayne.
But why did he do this?" The
commissary was still little puzzled,
1T is easy of deduction" smiled the
chief st. Georges had posted the
packet to Havre to the name of Nine.
Dubois. He intended to fetch it-on
his way to America-with Angelo Le-
vasseur. who could prove herself by
her marriage certificate to be Nine.
Dubois. But Angelo Levasseur was
murdered. Then he bethought Of that
other Nine. Dubois, in whose fidelity
he was sure he could trust. But he
had no time to write her before the
police visit showed him the danger
he was in. He spent that night after
we mad left In doing little embroid-
cry on gown and getting it ready
to post as present to Mile. Lerouy
in the morning. That was the dress
examined by the policeman just be-
fore st. Georges was arrested. Mile.
Leroux naturally closely examined
this present-and equally naturally.
to professional telegraphist, the dot
anu-daSn sequence OF the two shades
or blue beads on the spiral would
| soon become apparent. 1t is possible
that she had already received mes
sages from her husband in that in
genious manner We shall probably
never know this
But NJ. Dieulafoy has his dia.
mondS, and 1 trust NJ. ST Georges
will get his deserts. This proves his
| share in the robbery, and 1 think the
| iIIrU will INtnfoi. n aYI !; l.
of Jules Monnier as the suppression
of an inconvenient accomplice rather
| than as the romantic crime passionnel
he claims it to be. Let us now go
back to Paris.-And," he smiled at me.
remember next time, Mr.. Creighton.
that there are hidden potentialities in
everything, even Paris frocks,"