The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-04-30


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the thing. Finally, Captain Boyer
passed the one remark which
made all the difference in the
world.
"T suppose there's no doubt,
he said, that it's genuine. I'd
never thought of that. Well, we
picked it up and turned it over
and held it to the light. The
stones were clear and brilliant;
the setting looked 0. X. But after
while, we did notice one thing
There was no trademark of either
gold or platinum on it. You know
how all gold is marked for the
weight, .13-K or 1S-K, or some
thing like that. And platinum is
marked so that it will be known
for what it is. Silver is marked
Sterling But there was no mark
at all on the metal in this setting.
And it was ridiculous to think
that anybody would have precious
stones mounted in cheap metal:
He ground out his cigaret IN
the aSh-tray.
"Once we decided that the thing
was a fake, it was easy to guess
what the game might have been"
WHAT"
Insurance. She comes aboard,
flashing all these jewels before
everybody's eye, so there's no
doubt she had them, and suddenly
they're stolen. AS soon as she gets
back to New York, the insurance
company is called upon to make
good. To make good for a lot Of
fake jewelry that she threw over
board, while all the time the real
stuff is tucked away somewhere.
The big mistake she made was
working her spite out on you,
planting that phony clip in your
room. She knew it would be
found. What she didn't expect
was that the captain might keep
it to do little investigating"
Joyce felt as if the weight of
the world were slowly lifting
from her shoulders. But are you
sure, Dick? Can you prove it?'
81 can prove that the clip was
a fake. Captain Boyer and | went
ashore in Miami and had it ap-
praised the first thing that morn
ing. It's nothing but a very clever
imitation. SO then | took the first
plane to New York, armed with a
dozen of those candid camera
shots the ships photographer has
been making-you know the ones
81 went Immediately to see
fathers attorney. He sent some
special investigators out, with the
pictures. Within two hours one
of them brought in the interest
ing information that a clerk ir
the bank not four blocks from the
O'Hara apartment could swear
that this was the same woman
who applied for safety deposit
box the very day the Empress
sailed, depositing some package
which she claimed contained hel
silver. And she took out that box
under the not so very different
name of Mrs. Molly O. Hare. Now
let her ask for insurance on hen
jewelry and somebody's going to
ask to see what's in that Other
deposit box"
Maybe the jewels weren't in
sured."
"Oh, but they were. We made
sure of that. The representative
of the insurance company came
along with dad and his attorney;
they're all up with the captain
now"
"Your fathers here, Dick?"
"Of course. He'll want to meet
his new daughter, won't he?"
Several moments later, she re-
marked: "Isobel Porter left the
ship at Miami too" She had to
say it: it was the last thorn to be
plucked.
81 know it. We met her on the
dock, She stopped off to visit
friends"
cob" 1t was the echo of a vast
relief.
He sat up abruptly. "Say, don't
tell me you thought I'd eloped
with Isobelw
81 thought everything" she
said slowly. GIVE done nothing
but think horrible things ever
since the awful moment when the
captain showed me that clip.
Oh, Dick, l needed you so badly
after that, just to tell me that it
couldn't be true / sat I'D for
! hours, praying that you'd come
down and say something"
/ 81 tried to see you before ]
went ashore in the morning, but
= you were sleeping like log. And