Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 16, 1922, Page 10

PACT SNK. — Triumphs M-Jonquelle by Metviie Davisson Post THE MOTTLED BUTTERFLY. Begin Here Today Seated in the opera box of the MARQUIS De CHANTELLE, tmpov- erish husband of wealthy American woman, M. JONQUELLE, gyottest detective n France, is discussing the mys tery of the theft of the diamond necklace o Marquise. Before =hem, on the stage is the beautiful MME. ZIRTENZOFF, idol of Paris, fore entering the Marquis’ box. M. Jonquelle halted an usher who was leaving and managed to se eure for a moment a bouquet of orchids which the Marquis was sending to the singer @ reviews the theories ‘The Marquis had sug: theories which led to the M. Jon A the arrest and confession of Jean Le quex. Lequex was gentenced but did not teil where tho jeweis could be f $ “Tt was my assistant Forneau who fellowed your theories,” M. Jon- quelle told the Marquis. Now Go on With the Story. CHAPTER It. T now occurred to Forneau GOH inat tnis robbery had been committed of the hotel thieves of Paris who were accustomed to en ter any building which they were able to get into, and to search any apartment that they happened to find open,” continued M. Jonquelle. “But the Marquis reminded For neau that the person committing this robbery had brought with him a piece of paper from the basement that mere thieves entering on the chance of finding some valyables wracd not have taken this precatu- tlun. : “This theory pleased Forneau and he adopted every excellent suggestion which the Marqu/s was able to make. But whe venture) to wonder from what source the thief had been able to obtain the combination to the safe, since it was known only to Mme. Ia Marquise. “The Marquis was again able to in- @igate. a valuablg suggestion. Wo- ho ventured to suggest, had al- the same habits. They did not trust their memories for anything that required an accuracy of nuny bers. The Marquise would. hav somewhere this memorandum writ dow! He suggested that For: make a search of her writing-table ‘To their surprise they found the lock to the drawers of this i ust broken, and umong some papers ily turned over, ai the back of one of these drawers, a small book with a red leather cover. On the lagt pag in pencil, was precisely the same mi morandum which the Marquis tad picked up on the slip of paper under the door—the combination to the safe of the Marquise de Chantelle,’ and foilowing, the four colums of four figures. “The problem whieh now present e4 itself was to discover what em-- ploye in the building could have writ- ten this memorandum, Forneau and the Marquis had before them the handwriting. With the histories and associates of the valet, she concierge and the older employes they were fa- millar, and were convinced that tt wag not one of these persons; tut there were other employes in this apartment, and the problem was how to obtain specimuns of thelr hand- writing without incurring suspicion. In his perplexity Forneau asked the opinion of the Marquis de Chantelle. “The Marquis suggested the follow- ing clever device: The Service de: la Surete should send an agent to the building pretending to be an offictal of the government concerned with certain mental tests required, in order to register citizens for the electorate. Among other tests, he should require them to write the name of the presi- dent of France and that of the pre- mier at the close of the war. This would include the names of Millerand and Clemenceau, and by this means they could obtain the M of the word Marquis, and the C of the word Chantelle, which had been written by the unknown thief upon the memor andum which contained the combina- tion of the safe.” | The Prefect of Police stopped. The| attention of the Marquis de Chan-} telle seemed to have passed from the| narrative 0 a contemplation of the| opera. Mme. Zirtenzoft was at the point of her greatest scene. Her voice filled | the Immense house ike a silver bell, | ike innumerable gilver bells—a qual-| ty of the human voice that no other diva had ever brought to Paris. Her| youth, her*alluring beauty, added to} the enchantment. Monsieur le Marquis de Chantelle! was looking at her, one hand finger-| ing his mustache, the other turning the monocle at the end of the silk} cord. . The Prefect of Police did not interrupt the absorption, but he con. tinued to speak. | “And as it happened,” he said, “it was the ingenuity of this device sy gested by the Marquis de Chantel that enabled Forneau to locate th one who had committed the robbery He found an employe lately taken on fy the concierge because he offere to axsist in g the building at a lower cost. The agent from the| Service de la Surete came to this| person in the course of his interview |. with the employes of the building. = ‘onsieur, he said, ‘I com. pelled to ask you to submit to some| mental test but I will make them brief. Tell me the form of govern-| ment under which we live and write| down for me the name of the presi-| Cent of France and that of the pre-| mier who conducted the peace terms | fn the Great War, and I will give you | no further annoyance.’ | “The man pied that France was & republic and wrote the name of | Alexander Millerand Bu- when he} came to write the C in Clemenceau. | Let. The agent si d him} at once, snapped a pair of handcuffs | am neau disguised as Jean Lequex who; confessed to your rbbery and took | |@ mock seetence of imprisonment under an arrangement with the c We did not find, then, the thief who pened the safe to oF neau. He was shown the slip of pa ver which the Marquis had picked up n his apartment. He was told the details of the crime 4s ve had car- tied it ow?, and in ais cenfusion he confessec. The Prefect of i’olice continued to speak, slowly, witout a change of accent, as !f to himsel “Monsieur le Marquis will remem. ber the Apache's confession; he had obtained a position in the building and had watchal the Marquis’ apart ment. As it happened the night of the robbery was not the time that the Marquis had ne door unc 1; a week before, had left| t osed in, the ernoon. It was the this man had gone in ing with him a slin of pape: the basement—broke open the quise’s desk and searched for the com- | bination which he finally found and| wrote Cown, The search had re quired a very long time, and he had not time on this day to open the safe. He had trken the paper with him and waited until this night on which the Marquis had again gone out, leaving the door unlatched. “Then he had opened the safe and removed the necklace. He thought that in putting the necklace into his pocket he mugt have pulled she elip! of paper out, and by this it} had falien to the floor where the Marquis had picked it up. Bore Bis 38 “May I trouble you to present them! to Madame ia Marqu'se.” ' “The waived euned m of fumed the M. auis, ais man made n all legal procedu 1 hos been sen’ imprisonment to say what he necklace. Jnoqu took cket and nail around the not open the box. ly to the Marquis de Chantcile; his voice was shar, clear, and its tones | arrested the man's attention. ‘Monsieur lo Marquis,” he said, “Mme. Zirtenzoff will not be pleased with her bouquet of orchids.” | The defense ani He con-| enced to a But he re-| had done with | Hew: box ‘atghing the Mar- of cigarets out of slipped his thumb-! stamp, but he did He spoke gudden- Marquis turned sudden‘y on} him; his eyes y now contracted | with an intense expression, ! “You know, mongieur, that I have sent a bouquet or orchids to Mme. Zirtenzot! i | “Sure! monsieur, ed the Prefect of Police, “f passed the boy | departing with them when I entered. | They were very lovely, superb, ex quisite, the Mottled Butterfly! How aptly adapted is that flower to Mon- sieur-le Marquis!” The Marquis continued to regard him. “And why, monsteur, Co you com-| pare me with this variety of orchid “If you will tell me, Monsieur le Marquis,” replied the Prefect of Po-| Nee, ‘why Jean Lequex refused to| where thy necklace was that he had stolen, I will answer your ques. tion.” The hauteur in the Marquis’ voice} was now distinctly audibl | “Monsieur,” he sald, “it was you who promised to tell me tha “And IT shall tell you,” replied Jon quelle. “Jean Lequex refused to say | where the necklace was for the very good reason that he did not know | where it was.” M. Jonquelle looked steadily in the face. “The agent of the Surete neglected | to mention to monsieur an item or two of their discoveries; the writing on the slip of paner had been made with the left hand; and the conclerge, as it happened, seeing the Marquis | the Marquis | Chantelle go out leaving his door ajar, closed it. “Ah, monsieur, we have been en- gaged in a bit of comedy. Pardon us if we have deceived you . . . It was I who conducted the investi- ation of your affair, disguised as Forneau; and it was the agent For your apartment. | The Marqu's regarded the Prefect | of Police with an amazed expression, | his lips parted, his eyes wide. | ‘Then monsieur,” hd stammered. | you have discovered neither the | thief or the necklace. h, yes,” replied M. Jonaqu modulated voice of one who “We have dis. in the bids another adieu. covered both.” He took a mass of jewels out of his waistcoat nocket anc handed them to the Marquis. | “I found these in the bouquet of orchids which you were sending to| Mme. Zirtenzoff. May I trouble you <0 present them to Madame la Mar- quise when she shall return from America tomorrow?” | “The Man With Steel Fingers,” an- other thrilling adventure of M. Jon. on bim and confronted him with For-| quelle, will begin in our next issue. [te YMCA. SAID \Tais EMPLOYMENT CFRicE MIGHT GE ABLE To FR ME uP ONTH A SOB ~ Mt ade FoR SPARK PLUGS } extex Fee’ Tm DESPERATE I Need 3 ‘BARNEY GOOGLE..“<= | | 45 tf Che Co sper Oailj- Srhune ————— HERES THE |\ ADDRESS OF A RICH AMERICAN FAMWN = THEY” NEED A SUTLER AT ONCE = ¢ is Youu Nesm. Ir Can START IN AT CNCE® 1S 1T ALL RIGHT For ME Yo KEEP ON ANIMAL IS Barn = Now, 'S THAT THE ONE You'D RECOMMEND FoR THE OCCASION ? THIS PATTERN fw RicaT. 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