Evening star., 1938-06-19
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

i realize WHAT lOOl We Dteii hS "
eating his cheese. no,U . well, it
would just choke mer'
MY dear Anne" said De Treville-
IF may call you Anne - you must
remember that l have been looking
forward to this supper Surely we can
forget the other Bernard for an hour!'
Hepointed the knife toward the cheese.
Stop" Anne clutched him fever
ishly Il daresay it's just silly SEN
timent - but l simply couldn't bear
to have you touch that cheese!
Listenv' - she held his arm - Give
me the beastly things! Let me take
them away. But -" she hesitated
looking up at him - maybe you like
Dutch cheese?"
1T is not my favorite cheese"
In that case. I'll take it away. Just
humor me - I'm terribly upset. And
if it would really disappoint you to
miss our supper, I'm staying in New
York tonight. If could 60 back and
dress, should be delighted to have
supper with you anywhere - any
where where there's no Dutch cheese"
She smiled brilliantly and hugged
his arm. But Trevvy. stepped aside,
adjusted his monocle and surveyed her
coldly. "You are a poor gambler.
Anne" he said.
That astonishing remark reduced
me to state of even greater stupefac-
tion: could not understand its sig
nifcance 1t meant nothing to me.
But dramatic change in Anne's ex-
preston told me that it meant much
to her. saw her bite her lip.
And suddenly l recognized the fact
that De Treville knew, or had deduced
something from the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, which was not
apparent to me. His next words did
not help me greatly.
'Your accomplice. the Electrician"
he went on deliberately, will no
doubt have told you that although he
secured the first cheese and left an
other in its place, the second one which
he removed was not that sent from
Holland?"
Il don't know what you're talking
about" Anne said hoarsely.
THE mistake could so easily have
been his One Dutch cheese is un-
commonly like another. But in point
of fact the mistake was not his.
removed the cheese which came in the
wooden box from Amsterdam and re-
placed it with a similar one which
succeeded in buying on Fifth Avenue"
saw Anne Hoskinson cast swift
glance in the direction of the door.
II discovered a small mark upon the
label of the original cheese, and this l
duplicated on the one l had pur-
chased. don't think it would be
worth while to cut into either of these.
The interesting specimen - the second
that arrived from Amsterdam - is
here" STOPPING to a lower shelf OF the
dinner wagon. he pulled out some
thing wrapped in a white napkin, un-
wrapped it and there was Third
cheese!
Whilst still stared in bewilderment
at De Treville, Anne Hoskinson
darted for the door which led into the
lobby. At the door she stopped, turned,
and stared back The door was locked.
I'VE shall now cut into the Amster-
dam cheese" De Treville stated.
heard a suppressed cry from the
woman and then the whole of my
attention became transferred to that
taking place on the dinner wagon.
As the knife penetrated the cheese,
it obviously met with much obstruc-
ton; but Trevvy persevered and cut
the thing open. A great part of the
cheese had been followed out in some
way, and in this hollow lay number
of neatly wrapped packages!
Anne Hoskinson stood over by the
door, her face pale, her dark eyes
widely open - as, one after another,