Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

carefully planned. She wanted La
bouChe to know as soon as she had
escaped who had stolen the Josephine
pearls. And by this purpose of THE
Swans" the police knew that unless
they were on her trail within a few
. hours she would again slip through
their fingers. and. safe from arrest,
! lift her glass to them in some fash
ionable perhaps hear from
her own lips how she had secured the
credentials OF the real Countess de
Clairmonte. who was i'll at her home.
Once before The Swan" had shown
her fancy for pearls by disappearing
from q fashionable ballroom with a
famous collection, taken from a cabi-
net in the home of a London hostess.
That time also she permitted herself
to be recognized. Consequently, the
police knew THE Swna" had the
Jewels. and, too, how difficult it would
be to find them. They could not OBJ
jeCt when, after few days, the owner
was given opportunity, through mys-
FERROUS messengers, to recover them
for a substantial sum of money. They
We're compelled TO advise the hostess.
who wanted her pearls more than she
wanted justice settled upon the thief.
that the police might catch Tho
Swan" but that would not insure that
the pearls also would be discovered.
So Polly got the huge ransom. which
satisfied her for an evenings work.
The pearls We're returned and there
was no one to prosecute The
Swan" Inspector Maxim believed
this would he Polly's procedure with
the Josephine pearls. Until she was
ready TO act, she would be safe in
some underworld harbor. guarded by
thieves outposts, unreachable.
Inspector LabouChc at that meet
ing with his superior a half-hour after
the disappearance of the Josephine
pearls was gloomy.
she will beat us again, chief" he
said to- Inspector Maxim.
And Inspector Maxim was of much
the same mind.
Unless something happens that we
can't expect" he returned. Madame
Roupin will have her ornaments
within a week, Polly will have S50, 900
or so. and the madame will notify US
that it was all a mistake and that she
found her pearls under the carpet or
in fireplace. But something Will
happen to The Swan
And something did.
Inspector Maxim set in motion the
cCst omary police wheels. Meanwhile,
The Swan" who had actually gone
to the Hotel Ritz from the Roupin
mansion, was safe in her apartments
there-the last place in Europe the
police would look for her,
r X
WHEN the telegram from the Paris
w police announcing the theft and
the supposed identity of the theft ar
rived at Scotland Yard, in London. It
was Immediately spread before the
commissioner himself. The commits
sioner had taken a personal interest
in reports of the activities of Polly
Carr. He had confessed that he had
some private theories which he was
working out in secret.
Soon after daylight the next morn
ing an inspector attached to the COM
missioner'S confidential staff lowered
aimlesSly across from substantial
residence in Upper Marylebone street,
one of the quiet residence streets in
London. A maid servant shortly
appeared with her pail and brush to
perform her morning duties to the
white stone steps that led to the foyer
of the house on the other side of the
street from the commissioner conf.
dental inspector
The later took a turn about and