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7! I. ~ - `in a way you won t like. - _ Britz turned to the Chief and remarked: .`Ever see such cheek as this before? ' _ 1. {I91 .......'..;I ` f1~n-:'n111r\`r` ` Why "you blundering as U115 UU.lU1'U: _ _ Cheek, eh? cried Griswold. 99 u-37...... -9 4k.-.4 nnnr Mp (1~pig__ I Wily yuu Ulullulxxxa None of that now, Mr. Gris.-` wold. I ve- `got the goods on you. .The less of that kind. of talk you indulge in, the better for all concerned., Mrs. Delar-- oche has ~`told xeverything. ,--..L.'...-.`I UL/IIU sxuo uv-us `\J"-'11 "" "U' Gris-wold inquired sarcastlcal-` 1y, And what, pray, had she to] `tell? ` LLA ___-_; 4-..! mnnn {hon Mr: DPILZ, UI."d.J.u1y. Don t,* mention that 1ady s name in such a place as this, exclaimed Griswold with a show of chivalry that would have gone very well before a jury, buL which was lost on such harden- ed thief-takers as Britz and V L611 5 A great, deal more than Missioner knows, ans Britz, craftily. a.c1\,.....H...rnnn41'nn Hnnf 11 Manning. L.'KT _ L. .. L\'.lbl,lll111.15. - `.`No hamn in mentioning her` name, is there, when the lady herself will be here in a few min- any utesi UUUD `. I This time there was no _simu- lation in the start Griswold gave. He stared at the detective as if he doubted his own hearing`. For God s sake, man, you re not going to bring` her down} . A ? I |Yo ur % Reading Needs] herei 116119. . ` ``That`s just what I m going to} , do, Mr. Griswold, repliecl Brit7.. 51] She s on her way here now. \ .Why---why --' you simply must not let. her come here, \sairl Griswold again. l would 6 at W yi 11' a 8 not have her see mehere for anything in the world. Can_ t this be arranged somehow? Say, you know 1 am not a poor man. 'Britz grinned at him. Oh_. I know you can t be bought, said Griswold. But. ., this is a serious mat.ter to me._lt means my whole future. I don t |\V'a1lt.. Mrs. Missioner to come I here and see me a prisoner. It ?'will be different when the case 5 comes to `trial. I\yill have I- counsel then, and I can take care v 3 of-myself, but just now I am .1. V helpless. uon t bring t.he.w.o- L i man here to make her lose all.E s respect. for me; darn it, man, \ don t queer me. Millicent Delaroche from the ( *t alcove heard and saw all that 1 `3 passed het.ween the men. She 1 a gripped the slender arm of her ' chair until her tapering fingers . '1 curving around. it bit into her `V pink palm. She watched the un- `" inistakable agitation of the pri- n. soner, until. no doubt remained in L" her mind of his attitude toward, " Mrs. Missioner. Then her rage.` W broke through all restraint. Casting the detective. s caution. m. to the winds, she strode to the `d centre of the room and towered 3' above. Griswold, as, thunder- `-" struck at sight of heI;--in his d- self_centred pride at what might 19 happen, he had utterly forgot- vn l.'__ ch... '11-uiln. hor nT'RSf`,I1C6 if Ozxuanv v.--- stretched his hands toward her imp|oring`ly. Millicent! he cried. . Never call me by that name again, she almost screamed. I wish I could forget every occa-. sion on which you have dared to utter it. You wretch! and she wrung her hands fltfully, as if she would like to clasp them a- bout his throat. "'I~1- -`.~....,.a Hm. r~`lnnT' snftlv bout n1s L[1I'()uL. Fitch opened the door softly and looked` in. Behind him stood Elinor Holcomb ` and Detective Williams. At a sign from Britz, they entered" the room noiseless- ly and stood beside the door. Be- fore.Williams could close it up- on them, Mrs. Missioner and Bruxton Sands appeared on the lUl'U. VV1ll1a.1uo uuuu. v-\(-' Missiorier threshold. _ Mrs. Delaroche turned to B in cold fury, an icy reaction f1 her volcanic rage of a men before. ` -n 1.11 --...-.'nl`| ~1n11 \'|1`iQ] .r\.a.- 979 5 "Liar. msiurc. A M I will tell you all you wish to know, lieutenant, she `said, I will tell you all I know about M1`, Griswold. ~~:--.1 1...'.ma.-.14` in gn g1__ Urlswulu. . _ Britz poised h1mse}_f In titude of polite enqulry. urrn_.1 :. Linn nn-an MP` Hat ` 4) T9" L1L\1(1e U1 puuus xjutl`-,:-7 That is the man, MYS- - G Y 4 aroche con1.1nyed. `V\h? Mrs`. M1ss1oner d1am0I1dS- --I1I._-- -1.34-lnxxr -Qf MPS`. IVIISSIOHBY ulalluvuua. _ The wealthy widow, -standing near the door, put..her hand to her heart as if ahouhto faint from the-shock. Sarfds ,his only thought being to support `her in such a trying moment, for-got._the presence ofball _ot.hers, and pass- e(`1'_hi\s arm iabout herhsheulders `to steady ihet-T -slightly. s way.i_ng Mrs. answered Br`-itz ion from moment an at- Lrorm. Elinor, with a little sigh, f `turned to Fitch and? clasped both? his hands with unmistakable. ten ,-t derness. Then her head sank upon his shoulder, and the-doc- tor, holder than `Sands, .eneircl.ed her waist with his arm. . Britz, without making a move to interrupt Mrs._ Delaroche,1 stretched one hand behind him . and pressed a button that:com.. _n1uni__cated_`yWith the room where Gordon" and "Hicks waited with the four *Hindoo s. The connect- ` ing dooropened and the Hindoos could by seen within. Mrs. Dela- Liroche, absorbed in her own grievances,. intent p\n1y upon . vengeance ._ that should shatter Curtis `U-riswo,1d to the very _ foundation of the man, again 1` xed her eyes upon him as she continued her denunciation to `- ma Man- \J\4I: `av: V. -.. continued he the d"et_ective. nin listened `intently. AL- ..A.na1-nno` 1~nnm_. r Henunciation Britz and Man- ning_liste11e(1 lnteuuy. uu...u.., in the _a_d.i.oi_ning. room, whippedl] out a.noteboo k and began taking 1 `in.sh0I't-hand everything the WO_- 4 man said. ' V Yes, you stole the jewels, 1 said Mrs. Delaroehe to the f crouchingelubman in his chair "'1 didn t know it when you gave them to me, and fool that I was, the suspicious 1 might have had were kept aloof by my affections for you. You wooed me for a long time. You told me I was the only w_oma.n in the world. You swore you never had a single _ thought 0,1" any. other. ` And all , that time it seems you were Icourting this Mrs. Missioner. L.-.\ ' II_`CI\Jl\r|I\\an- City. Town and Farm Properties bought T sold and Exchanged. I)e1- stole .v-- .,_,, , _ inthe You you courting You were seeking to win her-for her wea1th,.%I suppose--'it mat- tersnot `for what. And even] white you were in l1er house as a recognized, even an accepted suitor, you robbed the very wo- .man you really intended to mar- zryy h l m---m:n~ wiuh 5:: nanther s` Turning` with pa11ther s peed and with its, steely streng- ivy!" I h, she addL`essed?he1'self again 5 A L Mr. Griswold," she said, gave me a u.e.cklace a few weeks ag`e---.a diamond necklace. It was contained in the -jewel case you found in my room. He told me he had purchased it for me, and that it was to be his` bridal gift. I wondered at the muniii- cence of the present, but he as- sured me that he was a man of `much greater wealth than was ,,_-n-- r~I1r\1'\(\QElf` Qd that mucli greater wtsuiui ........ .....- generally supposed, and that when we were wed, we would live in luxury equalling "that. of any- one in New York society. '1 be- lieved him. .He explained that he wished me to take charge of the necklace at once as he feared to keep it in his own apartment, `and for business reasons did not wish to intrust it to a safe de- posit company. When the news * of the Missioner diamond rob- wish {.0 lubrubb lb |2\J .. .,..-- _- - bery was published in_the papers, I commented upon it to the man I supposed to be my ance, and expressed wonder as to whether Mrs. Missioner s diamonds were as beautiful as those he had giv_ en me. He asked me to say_ no- thing about my possesion of the ,necklace until our wedding day. -`He said he did not wish the dir_ ectors of the Iroquois Trust Co. f ~to know he had laid out such a l = large sum of money yet awhile. i 1 When you, Mr. Britz, tried to A - steal the necklace from myoroomj % when, in fact, you did take the l case that had contained them, I ,- - supposed you to be an ordinary 1 burglar. Naturally I became ex- 1 cited at the thought of losing such magnicent gems. How the ,.`jeWels vyere'taken- from my cus- tody I do not yet know. I have f no idea where they are. All I do :3; know is that Curtis Griswold, k stole them, and that in turn, they 9 were stolen from him. Ll A 9-.. __,,... 19 r; Chg f]]`,nQd SLOIBII 11'uu1 uuu. As `for you, and she turned upon Griswold anew, "`I pray Heaven I shall never hear your name again unless it be under- ciI'cu.mstances*that will give me further opportunity to revenge myself upon you! c4:1.....n.-. fnllnurnd fh l.heatI ica1 myseu upon yuu: Silence followed the theatrical outburst of the woman. Gris- wold stood with clasped hands, his eyes on the oor. Mrs. Mis- sioner, her eyes resolutely avert- ed from his crouching form, gazed at Britz expectantly. Eli- nor, her ne womanhood athrill with sympathy in spit.e of her weeks of suffering--rnore keenly because of it, perhaps-suought to soothe the agitation of Mrs. Delaroche, who was close to , collapse. Fitch, too, strove to calm the woman. As a man he pitied her; as a physician, he felt , some alarm for her because of the great excitement to which she had wrought herself -- ex- citement plainly beyond the en_ _ durance of her emotional nature. _ Alfeeling akin to indignation _ stirred within him when, glan.c-` ing toward Britz, he saw" a sar- ii castic smile on the detective s face. `Hishands in his_.pockets he was rocking gently on his heels, and watching Mrs. Dela- roche as one would concentrate his vision on a great tragedienne near the grand nale of her per- formance. l M11- I..- ..n~n4~:nun:-I \ . .IIlnard s Llnlmont cures Dis- temper.` ' . Pl.:fno:u' 255. a. 597 LUU. ( To be continued.) d -_ The Welsh soprano _ TEACHER OF VOICE APRODUC... TION AND SINGING. Special lessons for repertoire, English and` Italian. Studio at Mr. Geo, Mo~nkman's, Mary St., Barrie. Phone 85b. For terms, etc.,, can at studio on Wednesdays. Voices ' 5 tested free. V MJIUII Ii. v----. .7, ` Piano and Vogal Lessons. 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Wine W `fNOW5 Mrs`. 1Je1a1'uuuu, .u.L1.on -` replied, I'm going `to tell youa that you are the most mistaken lady in` Manhattan Island right now. Griswold `is not engaged to you; at any rate, he doesn t think that he is. hung +hr~.anf.Anp.d tmnx Lnat lie is. `- The woman was threatened` with a return of her passionate outburst, but curiosity got the better of_ her through her emo- tions, and whirling toward the lieutenant, she` asked: Whatdo you mean sir?" I mean, madam,? answered , Britz, that Mr. " Griswold, though he engaged himself to marry you--i-though he gave you reason to believe that you and he would be married very shortly, has been jndustriously engaged '- ~~~- um- ......c.+ 4.-. aHamnf.in2' nas uetsu ;1uuuauwuo._, ---..c,-__ fonsome time past in attempting to become engaged to another. woman ' LL1`1'L- :... .~l.n`) nabod fh Wuluaua. o - Who is 'she`? asked the i of the Renaissance eagerly. . -1 .....1......-.1 'nnnaHnm UV: .50 and thus help Canada to do her share theGreat War. " ` INTEREST ALLOWED AT 3% PER ON_ savmcs nnposrrs 01-` $1 AND UPWARDS AT ANY E BRANCH 01+` _THE BANK % 1 , ./ U1 hut`: Lllluloouxnvu .....c---~, .A most natural question, ma-` dam, said Britz_, but one which an, innate _/sense of delicacy re- strains me fromasatisfying. How- ever, the lady to whom I refer is on her way here now, and in half an hour at most, you will have `the pleasure of seeing her. Who is she`?, What" is she`? Where is she? exclaimed Mrs.! Delaroche. _ 1" M 1ur:..._:.~...nn"n Ir-\`I(\nr` hDI.l1l.V lJBla.I'UUllt:. Doris Missioner s blond beauty` would have fared badly at her hands, perhaps, had the multxi- millionaire widow. been inthe room at that moment. She is the possessor of many millions, said Britz, a \ \-`cnnan ' `~--`-'3-v-r-J knnnfxr and millions, said brnz, u n-u...m.. , of acknowledged beauty and of ; undeniable charmg Of course 1 1 don t undertake to say for T a i `moment, madam, that her at- ' tractiveness equals __ yours. Douhtless, Mr. Griswold, being an enterprising young man, has eyes more to her millions than to her looks. "Nevertheless, she is a beauty." A. I He watched closely the effect! of his words on the high-strung woman facing him, and saw that ' he had touched a responsive ' chord, Her eyes ashed as ifher _.:1.......t.-...l uvh innlnn 1161' UJUD ll(.IDl.l\.'LA uuu .- ---_ very soul- vibrated with jealous` rage. Her breath came and went in short gasps. Her ngers twisted and untwisted nervously. 7 and shetseemed to he on the point of aviolent revelation when the situation was -interrupted by knock on the door. , a;.-.1.. A4` nr\nI1QolT\DT|*-`In! KIIOUK Ull but: uUI.u. Britz, a ash of amusement `in his face, walked to the door, on- ened it, and thrust his head out. In the corridor stood a man from the Detective Bureau who said:- The prisoner, Griswold, re- quests an immediate interview with Lieutenant Britz." - L__:i..1....l `n nninnh: {hon WILD l4lBUl/Ull'd.l1l, .L)I.1\;Lu Britz hesitated a minute, then` said: Bring him in here," and then returned to ,Mrs. Delapoche. LL. 1 ,1! __AL .-..'Iu cvnlu 4n TT\\V: Ixell l'BbLll'll\3U hU,u.|.;o. -IJ\IlI.-:-\r\r--v- i I shall not ask you _to take my 5 S word for it, madam, he `said. I ll` soon give .you proof of the 1 very best kind that what I have i told` you about- Mr. Griswold is : true. Just sit over here in this - alcov_e where you cannot be seen from the middle of the room, and pay attention to what goes on. Mrs. Delaroche was too far gone in the throes of jealousy ` to be squeamish. She crossed the room quickly and seated her- self `in the place designated by Britz. Shortly after that Gris- wold was brought into the room, ' and the lieutenant, his hands in . his "pockets, his shoulders squar- ed, his features cast in an iron mould," confronted the clubm.an. ;.How long is this farce. going ' to be kept up? Griswold de- |"manded. I A--'l--l. .. ... nnnnn hay-n,` 111(ALLuuu- ~ Is that what mu came to, ask _..me,- Mr. (`-.-:i.s3zvo1d`? turned Britz. LL17 , -r __--....L 1... 1r-r\r\I'11 1-uh: Lurucu .L)l'1_hl4. . Yes,tI want to know whether _I am a prisoner, or in what cap: acity I am here. If the former. I insist upon being taken before :1 magistrate at once.- I know my rights and I will have them-'-de- pend upon it. 'U`Tn.u Trnnnv I) O`Y|D9`l l"D,HI,'d("],t. D6110 11pUu lb. ' You know a great deal,'don t| you, Mr. Griswold? sneered. Britz. Well, let me make you- understand that you are here as ' long a time as we choose to keep you. Yes, you are a prisoner, and you:aI;e going to be one for a good long time - a good many "years. You don t like the class- ification, do you?` Well, you ll have leisure to get used to it. V I call your. _blu`, Mr, Griswold. clubman, V society man, embezz- `ler, would-be jewel thief." ,,,-_-I.'l ...l....u\-unpl `pI\1|fI1Of5l" ac leI', WIUUJU.-UU JUWUI. uuxuan. Griswold stepped forward as fto strike the speaker "of thy of- fensive W rds. eBritz grippep his wrists and Iwhirled him ix; to\ a ; chair. - ' . -V _ \\ , .f`.Sit:...;-d0!,%z11l." ,.h.e.t_cIfie,.s1.,- Tad if `-y'*p1i"t-~ Ii1ke'-giiietherg`move - like that , I l1'_x those wrists of yours OF HEADQUARTERS BRITZ nltfzxniilhtn Ann 8fUHDAY~ momma lady -r-_1__ By Marcin Barbe}. ,