The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1918, Page 17

HOME PAGE Monday, December 16, 1918 : 7 : The Trail of the Lost iol Peace Begins - mene Hleecker, a little over-dressed for hoe He pulled himself together, and, t ; Age and envious-looking. he, it Must say, apologized handsomely transpired, was Miss Hamerton’s Like all big men, he was often sure nd Leads the Detective to a Conipanion of ‘chaperoh, the’ unig. clang» fam. ”, “Forgive. mas other woman was @ sister star, @ said, Winningly. “You are quite righ Fi ’ h h + blond woman, older than | am terribly upset by your news. amous Jewetter 8 op Mins Hlamerton,. E'have forgotten her frMot myself. 1 confess, too, I ar name The men were of various burt that Miss Hamerton should hi ty Among them | remember the acted in this matter without first 601 (Copyright by George Hf. Doran Company.) editor of a prominent newspaper, a bs ba me ‘ am @ very ole friend? : Well-known playwright and M was la e had done #0, for CHAPTER I. i. . : i ; Nolaint Quartes: “Fhe tatter was something told me I never should bave EFORE beginning I should explain that though this was my first . . ‘ f M 4 tamert n'a teading man, He Foe ese eeu iad not felt ” case I wag no longer in the first bloom of youth. 1 was along in looked quite an handsome and youns Though he gave me several openings the thirties and had lost a deal of hair from my cranium, ‘This 0 do #0 enabled me to puss for ten years older if L wished to, and still with Miss Hamerton introduced me alt "ta" A narrow, man” he falda he aswstange of my friend Oscar Nilson, the wigmaker, 1 could make « rou te hes vans ages ieft me iP tenet yous Only show pe: tbat resentuble figure of youth and innocence, My particular purpore in making You are the man for the Joby ang | ‘About 5 o'clock one afternoon | reecived a large. square, buff-colored wan to cree, Wer aunin, te. Wi RIG 7O8 @Il my power.” nvelope with a brown border, and written upon with brown ink in tin- he Jeweller into her confidence L accepted the olive branch, “Ll spoke ense;"angular characters. On opening it I discovered to my surpriv« I pointed out to her we Ce aaa yee yeu cauenten On it contained a cand on which was written: to ne uniesa we blocked Shall be glad to tell you anyeMlag Fay, “Miss Irma Humerton will be glod to see Mr. B Enderby if it will the ¢ from dispoming of the pearls, eA Te inthe rays, of mutual be ponvenient for him to call at the Hotel Rotterdam at noon on ‘ etantly he finally con Rucer tor & @hite itm ‘Thursday.’ Mr. Alfred Mount stinctive dislike of the man would not For a moment 1 stared at it, dazed, Then I went up in the air, 1 did : pn to Mr. Alfred Mount, | quite down. He asked no more per sort Sf war dance around thé off nally 1 rushed out to the most ‘ Mount’s was the very “Titade ihe police been Rotiffe on 4 highable outfitters to get a new tin fashion. I was a small- inquired : it Hefore closing time. Thursday Hamerton didn’t need that kind of richly fitted up, on or Mise Hamerton Inposes aéeotht advertising. She was morbidly anx- he what a of the avenue aters ‘ as the next day, and I realized Muy that th aid be HO adver. | H carrier OL. Brivela Witew’ SMeEneN me ere Was a possibility of getting tising in this, the back, and in Mr, Alfred Mount js wi 7 om the famous actress my first “It wes w ingle strand of sixty- 1 saw it Thad a notable man. [ had my but I didn't seven black pours ranging in size far T knew him only as one of the air them. ae. from a currant down to a pea They ding Jewellers, By degreos Have you any clues? he asked, I had never heen inside that €X- were perfectly matched, and each T learned. that his interest were “None as yet aay sive of exclusivéswotels, the Rot stone had a curious, bluish cast, w What de vod want ena ta ape idam. 1 confess that my knees Which i, I believe, quite raro. As of etout Atty wh “To publish the loss through the 1 channels of the trade, with the fe- Jewels go nowadays, it was not an In lw na general way he a little infirm as if went exceptionully uable necklace, ik thoi Want aquest that ny mpt ism. wgh the swing dgon.and passed worth about — twonty-six thousand = “THE LOST NECKLACE WAS EXACTLY LIKE THIS,” SHE SAID. t int y dispore of the pe the nonchainat, indifferent’ gojjars. it rep! ted my entire ‘ him. It was only, Fup. ineantiy be notified. the handsome. foatmen it avingt 1 bave.a passion for pearls, he jnstan returned to m Has any one connectes with the ! te Bigek Bat hame, and the. clrewm: It smelled Hike h n. » were exceptionally perfect and dressing revi, em out and company left since then ou je more Juxuriantly pobbery must be kept ai 1 had time to take . ‘They were the result of pu nol ting nothing N Sian American. My Involun Very good,” he # hen the door opaned, and Mis3 years of search and selection. yor was 1 until after th Who has th r our dress hid Limpression was dead agaist memo on a pi will at Hamerton ed. She Was Jewellers call them blue pearls. TU tina that n taking them Foor whlle-you are On 8 ping the man. He was too much In-char= qt once, and. An Suestian oer’ wearing u pink lacy sort of thing Will show you what they looked like.” of 1 eir du i . Lapa boyghe woter with the strange Wt orchid pense hamper you,” that went with the roges. She didn’t — Sie went into the adjoining room j.)) ny 1 nark on the clas oe i But is not ex that decorated his butter Later “1 found later that he really meat gy mind me, of coursc.. Sbe was merely for a moment, returning with & I, wy there. I ind I had two ie bee ' pes ihe every m eet 1 decided that this was oaly my Anglos this. | was, however, very relucthat polite and casual, Hut just the same wiring of dusky, | gleaming pearls sir artificial pe a Gr tHe: alent in question Saxon narrowness to draw on him, 4 Oo we ie as deeply hang) ‘on ve and, Phe; ere ! tions, chee byngh et, , ¥ yout | some jovely » iny 8 tl reason fo: , ah tir } Poort w ted that 1 would explain my Hext day | asked her a questio ‘ makes a woman's eyes big and — “The lost necklace was exactly like 4 ps 1 F tha SARBRS ARAL MLL Te hit acilsl ata . : one pes wou tig PN 4 peel oy cate a hee 5 Aun Take at beautiful woman twice 4s this” she sald, See eer tees ; 4 al the eoar teal what that Was L told him quietly that With the object of finding out 4fu0" i by id you two asked 8 None, except them wig ae ' M Hamerton had bee ‘obbed of he were ly such ano! e ‘, She went to the pojnt ag straight prise es ant Ged te Renale t were. Wae ltomediately ind her “But shouldn't 4 ra ow lamerton had been robbed of fe me ee y such an old friend 4 gg a bullet 1 suppose bn are She amiled a little. "These are ar- v ni ght Have you any nto su t has bee a. 1 von't 1 ~ , ” i ° Q " ot to we the real pearls f whatever She's been wit one, : me anc hrougn ia or. 2 ne a! confensed: chat LiWOH. ov tics Tr On the, stame A hg ash Rian ’ \ stled 'N er. She's been with eBut jewellers or iA ' , biilllant black eyes . ai things, from him is merely Incide “I live in a blaze of pi t sta, , ad thy w ’ 4 ge ‘ fhe except tion for ve of Jen ' ” . . tal. e Was a end o! y P am surrounded by fatterers. “The Roberts, ‘The resemblar was 1 : ner from your inve fon jew ca per is w “ " 1 did Fg the facts!" he snapped. and he is a serv se0d ikea aa vod aah sort of peo- perfect ths co ell t ‘ De she know of your los seelrd : : - — baie . 0 he . pushing,. thick-skinned sort of peo- perfect that I cou t W A viien you we can prevent th rom realiz you,” he sak , «wp He has proved it more than once, ..ae ple fores themselves clowr to me. and difference mys only P : posit No in the world knows of it ing on the ' by having CHAPTER I. keg Md impatiently, “I A tow minutes later she burst out th the kind that I like avoid) m wearing them t ‘ box? 1 but you and 1." Joss published throughout the trade.” meine offers in a passionate plea t hh fear. J am not sure whom J can y wearing them aE was aulte “And the thief,” [ added “L can't consent to that, she sald EVER w experi- J, orfersd him my. card, end e+ cover the thief sales: to dang os trust. Tam very sure that if I put The warmth of my H Did any he know you We She winced. | was unable to ascribe with painfully pressed 1 I ence have I been asked to Pltined that Miss Hamerton had ree It tortures me!" she eried, “ene? my business in the hands of the the real pearls to gleam with r ct . © reason want you to ma ir investigation take up such a blind ¢ big pire Bie hg suspense, the ou pertainty! This Ns regular detective agencies it. would lus ‘Thay almost, seemed alive, Neoedicns tm tall man whevow EP” beaptcera Theres alti one wan, alent few moments, atmosphere of doubt and suspiciomyse soon become a matter of common she went on with a kind of passionate iny strangers on the waited six weeks before deciding t “Do you mind telling me who Mer : m omebla: (6 aricuas i It was jm- Is suffocating! 1 wish T never hady, knowlédge.” ret. “The artificial pearls show no look for the thiet? T-waked as wently your jeweller remember, Six weeks lomt beyond | » guess What was going un had any pearls! 1 wish I wer bh Mor semmipticity and sadness affect. 6 of courne, “And they have to M ii leat. ax poalble Mr. Alfred Mount." recall! It was discouraging hind the mask of his features. Sud- farmer's daughter or a mill pied ed me. deep! {f could do nothing be renewed in a short Is very pa tt ‘ W who ix an old fri If you could only tell me why he T called upon Miss Hamerton the ike e started to cross quostid Please, please settle it one way or® yut out methods and’ my — Lasked for the efrcumstances of the fn ay ant Spelt ied se : ee tabibe wales ; © like a ul lawyer the other, Lah sae Mi robbery. D Woe 4 Nee mi i i accede more, blue pearls” mae n : ‘i isle ; 1 ponouss ‘ ‘4 folt wir afters an A uw aya When My pat finally gave way under sleep until I ia have a quiet Tam ashe said at last. | “lt Was at he sheaire, se 1. Hroduction the working force behind me for the necklace, so that he can woman's reason,” she murmured she was compo in maneer, one "i te escn, & sale atlitly "Know what T asked quietly. “Are you V busy at present? It occurred on the night of 14". small. I ean give you the name add them to it. [cannot put him off “You know, of ec MGW Yeu. Ins fALENE Say & tHe HaUNht + Ow the right of only ono . But she made believe not, te “Tolerably,” 1 said with w busy | “Six weeks ago” T Beatie it. Gt avery Who Was on the much longer without confessing that er ny diMeutt withholding ‘There wan quite a crowd. It in in my olenté ne manner, heard me. “4 7 s cold! Raat t ‘ " " ease m ¢ olding ere mC crowd n at is my client,” 4 air, It would never have done to Mia deprecativgly: eee ee peste T have lost it, art of your confidence.” cluded a middle-aged lady, a Mra. Dee (To Be Continued.) : —— . ———— <psistinenneenpiomsghiiaaiil Original Fashion Designs | For The Evening World’s STOP THAT Noise ! Give NE KNOCKING Dior eR IT's Daddy's MOTHER | Home Dressmakers ee, naa beat all eather CE eR rae SEE WHAT | By Mi : ae ag of at any moment. BU meal en | |LRADIATORI cae PEEOUN y Mildred Lodewick of cou se 1 WOH 1d pay-you.” git in question T wore —s Ke BEHIND Tre Cornet. 1018, by The Pre Publuhing Co (The New York Rvening World) routekly ‘agreed to. tho conditions, ccket of the nufse's Un 5 PIANO School Girl’s Holiday Frock. “T have been robbed of a pearl thém in the p necklace,” she: said with an air of form and carrie the stag infinite sadness with me during the second act. In I did not need to be told that there the third act I was obliged to leave was more in this. than the ordinary (hem in my ares sing room, because act I »wn in bed. | them é i ANY little social | High Sehool girl | will take place during Jt lidays, and 1 ut every niother on whom rests the responsibility of a ‘ guardianship will that at least ty frock of dressy character will be on hand to " these alwaya- et her.think otherwise, I would like you to take my ease,” a miracle she sdid with an enchanting note of as to go on, | wepeals “but it would have to be.on “Ehad an impulse to wear the gen- the condition that you atte to it uine that night: 1 got them yourself solely, I would have to ask put of the wate deposit vault in the you wb ag not o de sate any noon, When | w the re « part of it to even the most trusted t tiflelal te 1 was afrat | Mt your employees.” ng a mistake, xo Eade a | This was wosy, since I didn't haye Aeratch on the clnap of the rea dl a ‘must, Pease, further agree I have to leave them off In the second not to tike any steps without con- act, when I appear in a nurse ulting me in advance, and you mist in th third when T am ictress' -#tol we Irma. in this ‘The Bell of Justice By the Rev. Thomas B. Gregory Copyright, 1918, by ‘The Prony ¥ one of the old. cities of Italy a bell was bung in a certain tower, and Hishing Co. (The New York Bening World.) any one who had been wronged was at Mberty to ring the ell, and thus summon the Magistrate to see that justice was done him. It wae known throughout all the region roundabout as the “bell of justice.” to-be-remembered good In the course of time, when the lower end of the rope had rotted times fully enjoyable, Did You Yes The one fabrie whieh A SET oF Furs na to be pre-eml INTHE BiG: Rox henty suitable und / x PIN CUSHION Dente ~ all o¢ INTHE LITTLE Box ire aaa HIDE THESE BEHIND THE PIANO oun 2 1 DID My X-MAS SHOPPING EARLY _ Too BAD You FouNd THeM | horse that. had.bean. abandoned and turned owt to die wandered into th tower, and in trying to eat the vine rang the bell The Magistrate of the ctty, hastening to see who had rung the be found the poor old horse. Tle forthwith caused the owner, in whose ser Vice the harse had toiled and been worn ont, to appear before him, and +A 5 ndestruot|b! when he me the Magistrate delivered to him this Httle speech t ¢ ‘ 1 4y bem poor old horse has rung the bell of justiee, and justice shall be done un ) » a welt him, _ order :that during the ‘remainder of bis life you shall previde b n with suitable food, drink and shelter and treat him kindly ? 4 oF one of ligh It would be a beautiful thing H we bad a bell of justice—several F watin them indeed—in this tity of oltirs, Which the poor, neglected or abused o 9 + might ring to gét justice done to th: overloaded hors ny any wild, reck 1 am not going to inal harges against Ue owner away, & wild vine was tied to it to lengthen {t, and one day an old starving ———— em ee re ne a ns ne em and drivers oP hursea, out 1 dm going to say this‘much, that in far too man Detaverws ‘Vane, for that matter, fs too many) eur dummy friends, the horse | neu Are trenied-mbxs brutally | 1 Som f them-—-it can be seen at € are underted T have pee ie them so weak Trani lack of food and from old age that they could scar H keep titatr reef It seemed to me that a fairly stiff breeze might blow th over, , I have seen them with the unmistakable signs of merciless beatin er . t he hands of the drivers ™ ad { THE Cure 30 To 11 | EN om. 1 @ plait HERE IS THE / weeny them overloaded, trying vest they could Jo the in cas ) LITTLE Box : ( HAMMER « sae ver each shoulder an possible, ¢a-pull the loads that they stmply were‘unable to p nelr’ eyes FoR YOu . bulging, their muscles quivering, while the blows were raining upon thou THE BIG Box ak Ti } Lae ie ee ip the upt to make them do what tiey yuld not do. FoR. MY | ) ge : Eide ny ian T have seen them hiteved up to heavy lodds which they were ex TYPEWRITER » din front, 11 pected to pul with next to no shoes on—that 1s to say, with sh bringing — te smooth that {t was impossible for them to get any kind o erip on the el t, two 1 pavement or the steep bill, and because they failed to do what they we the tiniest of unable to do on account of the fact that they. had no footing th are unies, that onl: cruelly: punished , siibbihitee hail ce phe MAC only) RASPBERRY INDESTRUCTIBLE VOILE ‘ I want té say a rt eer ACHIEVES AN ATTRACTIVE EFFECT. no! mY purpose to be rash Ip my Slate ments, I am lappy In ing that the majority of owners and drivers! are kind to their horses, but in many cases this is not true. Par toc often tlie “animal next to man,” our faithful, patier gentle and affectionate friend, ix sudjected to ribbon streamers with a double row of little satin button’ 1 ends appear from | that extends all the way from the neck?” | ns held under the belt. |to the lower skirt edge. Some such. 1 back portions of the/color as peacock blue, or raspbe: t ught up at the|or gray, would show up well in Both foundation, while the}evening and afternoon. Ribbon andes ’ sin @ bem and|embroidery match the frock, wii"? jdeep tuck, The back of this frock|silver threads and silver thread tan: | would be rather plain were it net for|eels offer a relief. udhee > eee a and, if treated ri HO fa iment that le a grace to our civilization—to say nothing of the suffering to one of noblest of the animals Yes,,we need in our, midst a bell of justice that these poor horses 1 ‘ing. apdoget thelr rights