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H By JANE BUNKER
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CHAPTER XVII Continued
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Madame if zrzo diamonds are not
In ray possession In two hours from
now Monsieur Kugcno will be nrrest
ed nnd go to prison and his stay acre
will not be short for I nsk to have ball
as ze crime Is r great one fixed at
one hundred sousand dollars and his
tnuzzer Is unable to give It Madame
If you are her friend you enn save her
now 1 give you two hours In which
to bring me zoze dlnmonds
And the diamonds lay on my tnble
beside him I I had only to reach out
my hand nnd say Here and the mat
ter was settled Yet something In me
kept saying No no no you
mustnt I
I said nothing nnd monsieur repeat
ed If In two hours zoze diamonds are
not In my hands I will have her son ar
rested and I sat there looking at the
box nnd thinking that in two seconds
If I so willed It the diamonds would
be In his hands
No I dared not do It without nt
least exacting some protlso that
fehould prevent their use In the treaty
with Mexico It would be treachery to
ny country cowardice We had two
hours we could do something In that
time wed not the three of us give
up without n struggle
Well 7 ho nsked
But Just what do you wish me to
do I asked finding ray tongue again
I dont seem to be clear on It
I have been telling you1 he showed
signs of Impatience I wish you to
call upon her Immediately she Is at
home for my daughter Is wis her
ho smiled at that remembering how
hed used Claire to checkmate Billy
nnd me the night before Repent zls
Interview zat you have wis me con
vince her zat I am ready to have her
son put under arrest he drew for
ward to the edge of his chair and con
tinued In the tone of one addressing
n partner I nsuro you zat when you
htve communlcnte zls wis her she
does one of two sings If sho have al
rcudy confess to you sho hnvo ze dia
monds she release you Instantly from
ze obligation to keep her secret and
if she have not already confessed all
to you she does to she Is obliged to
Jo so to protect herself to nBk ad
vice of a friend who comes to warn
ber
By this time I had perceived that
ny one feasible line of action lay In
pretending to fall In with his plans
thus gaining time In which to consult
Billy as well as Mrs Delario and I
nld smoothly
I appreciate the delicacy with
which you have put the case to me
nnd relieved me of the necessity of
talking to you about my friend I
ennt tell you how I appreciate It
and there I stuck
What did I mean to do tell him
Id go And If I did wns I to take the
dlnmonds or leave them behind In the
house At that Instant of Indecision
Hid perplexity my eye lighted upon the
Dote sent up by my recent mysterious
culler the supposed detective My
counter move I drew It from the en
velope and with It I made a freth
start In conversation
I appreciate It no much that I treat
yvu with a corresponding confidence
cud I ask you to explain one or two lit
tle matters so that I may avoid any
illfTlcultles that may arise while Im
discussing the matter with Mrs De
Inrlo
Wis pleasure nnysng
Well this I should like an cxpla
bat Ion of this note
I put It In his band
Ho read It frowned turned It over
to see if thero were anything on the
other side and still frowning said Zls
note I know nosslng of its note
And ho rend aloud Mademoiselle
Claire de Itavenol has disappeared
My daughter has not disappeared
copt so far sho has disappeared zls
morning to Madame Delnrlos house
Ills words and manner to ray mind
once disposed of the hypotl esls that
St
3e new man was monslcvrs accom
plice but I went on The man who
leent this up and whom I saw
claimed to bo a detective In your
iploy
Monsieur gave a start A
tlve In my employ looks for my
daughter Impossible When do you
TPcelve zls note
About two houre ngo
A detective two hours ngo tells
you I employ him to seek for my
daughter What does It mean I
buvo enploy no one tp seek for my
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daughter no one He tells you an un
truse What have you sought Is his
object to tell you zat he seeka my
daughter
I thought It was a plot against
her
A plot against Clnlrel Mon DIeul
Zls I am not prepare for
no was too genuinely shocked and
astonished for me to doubt his word
and I went on Yes nnd Mrs Delario
thought so too and Mr Rivers they
both saw the note and thought It was
a plot against Clntre The samo man
was at her house last night looking for
Claire Just after you bad left to go to
tho hotel for her Perhaps her faint
ing here actually saved her from him
I added quite keen on tho dramatic
side oft It all and feeling that It was
an excellent counter irritant to dia
monds
lpn DIeul Whnt kind of a plot
And who Mon Dleu I
Instantly I saw my chance nnd used
It Mrs Delario still had the whlp
handle end of the situation she had
his daughter In her keeping while he
wns talking about Arresting her son 1
Mrs Delario and 1 both thought
I said firmly that there Is a plot on
foot to kidnap Clalro and hold her for
ransom It could be done
Ho shrank as If hed been struck a
blow
Thnt Is whnt Mrs Delario came to
see mo about this morning I cried
pushing my advantage as fast as 1
could She Is frightened she be
lieves something Is going to happen
and with you In California
I am not In California he put In
hastily But It was necessary zat 1
make some adequate reason why I
leave my daughter wis her for day or
two a few hours only I had ex
pected
Until you rnn arrest her son 1 Oh
for shame monsieur 1 I exclaimed
hotly with both renl and nssumed In
dignation He tried to excuse himself
But ze arrest of Monsieur Eugene Is
only a possibility In ense you fall to
Impress her wis ze wisdom of to re
turn zoze diamonds Immediately a
possibility zat you avoid for her en
tirely
Your obligations to Mrs Delario
nro now such
Oui I appreciate It ze situation
Is changed In an Instant of time
But zls man he calls upon you nnd
he asks you some questions about my
daughter and you tell him
He got nothing out of me why of
course notl I put him off till tomor
row I wouldnt even let him In
Ho returns And he goes perhnps
once more to Madamo Delarlos and
she tefls hlra Clnlre Is In her house I
Monsieur bounded up at that white
as a sheet and I was Just trying to
reassure him telling him that Mrs
Delario would guard Claire ns she
would her own child when the front
bell rang
I made a sign to him for silence
thinking It was Billy come back with
his news but wishing to keep on the
safo side went noisily along tho ball
and opened the door a crack against
the chain bolt to reconnolter before I
let anyone In
It was my unknown visitor of the
morning tho detective I And some
how I wasnt surprised
What you here again I exclaimed
testily and In a voice loud enough for
monsieur to hear and I knew he was
straining every nervo to do It too
It came over me In a flash that now
wns my chance to get It coming and
going thnt having played on his
fears for Claire Id see if I could play
on his fears for himself Id make the
detective talk loud enough for mon
sieur to learn something
I am sorry to trouble you again
after what you said the detective
apologized But the case Is so urgent
If you will spare me ten minutes
now It may save a life
My reply was to laugh In the mans
face Ho drew back a step
If you come here pestering me any
more about anything I retorted I
shall telephone for police protection I
dont know who you nre or what you
nre after but I do know that when
you came here the first time you told
ine n polntblank He and thnt Is enough
for me
He changed his tactics so suddenly
It almost took my breath Ho came
close to the door and admitted That
Is true I did tell you a He It was
rendered necessary by tho extreme
difficulties of the case In hand
Well and what was the He
I told you I was looking for the
daughter knowing that you must have
some little Interest In her and would
respond to my note and allow me to
see you I wished to find the daugh
ter but only that I might find her fa
ther
He stopped abruptly ns If hoping
Id say something to the point
I told you that I would see you to
morrow
You may regret your delay His
tone sounded threatening
All right then Ill regret It
Really madamo I feel I must In
sistfor your own sake since you are
acquainted with Monsieur Do
noi
Id tike to know what you mean
coming here and forcing yourself on
me this way r i cneo in paruy
THE JASPER NEWS
even troubled to teli mo your name
nnd bow do t know whnt you nro
Ah so that Is ft 1 -lie feitftfed and
light appeared -to break upon his understanding-
You are afraid of mcl
I nm
Ho laughed Well that Is 71 con
fession In five minutes In one min
ute I can convince you
I hope you can tomorrow morn
ing said 1 and pressed on the door
to show him I- had no more to any lo
htm
He hesltntcd nnd then probably de
ciding that there was no more to gain
by trying to forco mo to sco him fold
me I will return In the morning with
credentials and bowed himself off
He went down the stairs without ring
ing for tho elevntor
I had totally forgotten monsieur nnd
tho dlnmonds alone together and my
heart dropped Into my boot ns I
turned from the door nnd bounced up
Into my throat ns I cnught the first
glimpse of him Ho had tiptoed to the
hall archway nnd wns pressed against
It where he could hear every word
yet remain unseen He was actually
clinging there for support mid shnktng
not trembling but slinking
Are you 111 I nsked for he looked
like a corpse
He pointed to Indlcnte the mnn who
had just left nnd gasped out It Is a
plot against ray daughter stnggered
to the nearest chair and crumpled up
In a heap
CHAPTER XVIII
Monsieur Explains
From considerable experience with
tho Latin temperament I long ngo
came to tho conclusion that It works
In n mysterious way lis wonders to
perform nnd certainly its emotional
reactions nre so much more histrionic
than one Is accustomed to In Anglo
Saxon llfo that- I was not completely
unhinged when monsieur collapsed In
a chnlr and burled his face In his
hands nnd began to ob ttven then 1
had a Rncaklng suspicion that ho was
fM 1 I
Now Was My
Chance
not without nn rye to the main chance
In Its dramatic effect on mo his fute
was In my hands and he hnd to make
every appeal that would work
I said and tiptoed back along
the hall threw open the front dpor as
wide as I could get It on the chain bolt
and peeped out to see If tho detective
had returned and was eavesdropping
But though I thought I heard n slight
shuffling noise on tho stotrs I could
seo nothing nnd did not dare to Inves
tigate more Intimately and went bnck
to ray study with another Ssh to
monsieur who by this tlmo was allvo
again to the case
It was you ho was nfter didnt
you hear what he snld
Oui I hear everyslng and It Is
my little Clnlre He burled his face
In his hands nnd his shoulders heaved
as If he were weeping
I didnt relish this sort of a scene
with him and besides tlmo wns press
ing if this man were trying to find
Claire and kldnnp her something bad
to he done Immediately
Do you sink zat man suspects I am
here asked monsieur suddenly look
ing up
No I dont sco how he can But 1
think hes trying to find out -where you
are
Oui I And why does he seek me
Only zat he knows if I have my daugh
ter still wis me and can protect her
from zozo who hnvo already seek to
steal her from me once before
Oh I Then you know who this Is
I do not see him but I sink to rec
ognize his voice It Is a plot against
us It Is a plot on o part of France
to prevent ze treaty wis Mexico Oui 1
Mon Dleu it has in some way be
come known zat I am ze secret mes
senger of zo emperor and spies nre
feigned exasperation Xou havent I ent out to follow ma and U not to kill
me at least to keop ma from fetng to
MexicountH It Is too late
Monsieur put the case tersely And
tragically
And do you hot seo re plot he
rled Zey accuse mo pf BOme crime
aey have mo ptit under arrest and
While 1 am In prison zey get my little
Clnlre
But what crime monsieur Soa
hnvo not done Anything on this side of
the water have you thnt any ono can
got hold of
Bnh I do nosslng I Zey bring
forged pnpera from France perhaps
zey extradite mo before I end even say
fnrowcll to my child
But havent you got some proofs on
your side I ventured You can make
It evident to tho court
To courtl he fairly hlnsed
the words nt me Mon Dleu whiit Is
It you say Ze messenger of ze im
peror under arrest In America He
drew out his handkerchief aud wiped
his brow Whnt does It matter I
prove zls or zat I am under arrest
she Is left nt zo mercy of zozo scoun
drels 1 I could kill zem with my naked
hnndsl
Why not let Mrs Delario tnke her
Immediately to California was the
bright suggestion from me
He met It with scorn now far does
mndame get wis her To Chlcngo To
Pittsburgh Probably sho does not
even lenve New York I She gets Into
n sleeping car nnd a mnn two men
a man nnd t worann perhaps step up
to her and say You arc kidnaping zat
young girl you ere under arrest
come wis us Immediately And Ma
damo Delario what does she do She
goes wis zem naturally she dares
not do uzzerwlse She gets In a car
riage wis zoze strange people and zey
take her where zey please sho and
n young girl can do nosslng I do not
need to be told how easy It Is I have
experience In zoze sings I know how
easy It will bo even In your boasted
New York nnd your America I be
cause I know te people I hnvo to deal
wis
I realized that that was the way he
hnd fixed It for me tho tlmo ho sent
mo tho decoy telegram but I did not
remind htm of It Instead I admit
ted
Yes I sec It could be done It
wouldnt be safe
Zey care not for znt he broke In
Mon Dleu How lb she to be saved
He looked nt me nnd there were tears
In his eyes
Tho only thing I could suggest wns
Wo might appeal for police protec
tion which he met with something be
tween n groan and a Bhrlek
Ze police I Never I We must ex
hniibt nil zat vfe can sink of to try
nil places whore we may hide sho and
I
Mrs Delario will conceal Claire
nnd for myself ho stopped to con
sider this a moment nnd nsked ngnln
Yuu do not sink znt so called detec
tive suspects znt I nm here Well zen
I hide here for ze present
Oh I cant keep you here I cried
In some dismay
No madamo I do not suggest It
Ho smiled a little But I can trust
you to keep my confidence znt I have
gone to my npnrtment below
Oh I remember 1 But how nre you
going to get Into It Theres probably
a mnn In the hull now waiting for you
to come down
Ze fire escape after dark Zat Is
If I dare trespass upon your hospital
ity for zls nftcrnoon7
Yes of course I answered as cor
dially as I could though thu prospect
didnt fill mo with any Joy a whole
afternoon shut up alone with him and
the diamonds
It really isnt safe for you to stay
here I began when the rumble of the
dumb wnltcr gave me another bright
thought And the fire escape wont
do either somebody would bo sure to
seo you Youll have to go down by
the dumb waiter and youd better do
It as soon ns possible in crse thnt
man comes back And ho will I know
ho will
Monsieur considered this a
an d then nsked But how should I
nrrlve lnsido my own npartment Ze
door to- zat little lift Is shut and fast
ened on ze Inside
Ill lend you my Icepick nnd yon
can pry the door open Ita easy
mough to do the elevntor boy once
got Into my own flat thnt way for me
when I had lost my key borrowed an
Icepick from some one In a flat below
and camo up the dumb waiter
Ah I sec nnd he agreed with me
It would be safer for him to go Think
ing I might start him on Ms down
ward way and be rid of him before
Billy came and I was expecting him
to nturn from Mrs Delarlos every
tnlnute and thought It much wiser to
sco him nloneand hear the news about
Clnlre I stepped Into the kitchen to
get the Icepick and show monsieur
how to use It on his door
The dumb waiter was rambling op
and up npparently It was stopping at
my lint ana minting ir migut ne
something for aiejor else a mistake for
the flat below to which I would have
to call down Youve got the wnmj
flat I I stopped a moment Icepick Is
hand to see If the bell would ring
TO BB CONTINUED
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