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BEGIN HERE TODAY distinguish the screen behind which,
I had heard the Prince tell Beresford,
was a trunk. Now, that trunk had un-
questionably contained a cash -box.
But if it had contained anything else
of value, would the Prince had rashly
handed the Englishman his keys? H,
far instance, the trunk had contained
evidence which would indicate thee its
owner possessed unpricely habits,
would the Prince have given up the
keys?
This action of Irvine was based on
the theory, none too logically acquired,
that the Prince was a criminal. Un -
John Ainsley, a man of education
and breeding, becomes a master crook
—preying upon other thieves. At
Monte Carlo he learns that some
clever thief has stolen a pearl neck-
lace :fromthe Baronne d'Esterelle.
Ainsley overhears a man posing as
•a Russian prince offer the use of his
hotel apartment to a young English-
man and his American bride who have
lost all their- money at roulette. Later
the prince brings hotel attendants to
the apartment, claiming that the
young Englishman has stolen his keys,
The prince offers to free the English-
man if he is allowed to take the young less T should find proof in support of
bride on a motor trip. This brings on
a fight. Later the prince dismisses my theory, niy nocturnal visit would
the charge Ainsley wonders what is be not merely dangerous but useless.
the nature of the prince's game. And it was silly to look for evidence
in the trunk.
If the Prince was what I thought
him to be, proof in support of my
belief wound be found only upon his
person. And it is a difficult think to
search a sleeping lean without awak-
ening him. Nevertheless I did it. And
having done so, I raggedly clipped
from his great black beard a tuft of
his precious whiskers. Then I return-
ed to my room.
NOW GO ON WITH TIIE STORY
For I had no more desire to face
a court, even in the role of witness,
than, I suspected, the Prince had to
stand before a judge as complainant.
• And if I offered testimony in support
of young Beresford, such a plot was so
flagrant, so vicious, that not even the
Monegasques, willing to wink their
eyes at almost any offence, if scandal
could be thus averted, .could ignore
this. The French, for all that is writ-
ten about their morals have n respect
for wifehood. They would insist that
the Prince be brought to trial for con-
epiracy, and I would have to testify
in court.
So, while..I had no intention of per-
mitting Beresford to be deported.,
under circumstances that would for-
ever stain his name, I waited. There
might be only one way of skinning
this particular polecat, but I suspect-
ed that there might be another.
And so, two hours later, when all
the hotel save, probably, young Beres-
ford slept,' I entered the ' Prince's
MOM
Like the cat which walks alone, I
walked silently. Also my movements
were quiet. I picked the lock without
difficulty, and passed through the
door. I found myself in a living -room
et the far side of which was an open
door, through which I heard snores.
I tiptoed to it, peered through, and
entered the bedroom. A night light
was burning, and by its rays I could
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Three minutes later I had broken.
two chairs, overturned a dressing -
table, and, smashed a pane of glass in
the window. Also, I had shouted at
the top of my lungs and had aroused
the valet de charebre who slept in a
cubbyhole at the end of the corridor.
He had aroused the night -clerks, and
to these latter and to the porters who
accompanied then, I poured forth my
tale of nocturnal crime:
"I was awakened by the sound of
footsteps. I saw a huge figure by the
side of my bed. I attacked hdn'i. We
fought. Behold, messieurs, the condi-
tion of my room." I gesticulated -wild-
ly, indicating the damage which I had
just committed.
"But it is outrageous, monsieur,"
cried one of the clerks. "That such
a thing should happen in the Hotel de
Paris is almost incredible. Was any-
thing taken from Monsieur?"
"I doubt it," I replied, "but I will
see." I felt in the pocket of my din`
ner jacket, "My purse," I cried, "with
fifteen mille notes, a thousand franc
plaque, and an express cheque for a
thousand dollars."
"Could Monsieur identify the thief."
I looked at the clerk who put the
question. I opened my hand. Upon
my Palm lay a tuft of black whiskers.'
"I tore these from his face in our
stru,ggle," I declared.
"Ah!" they cried in unison
I glanced down upon the floor.
Something caught my eye.
"Look!" I cried.
A porter picked up the golden ob-
ject. It was a pencil, richly chased.
I bent ever and from the floor picked
up a visiting card, torn and crushed.
Dramatically I smoothed it, and rtad
the name, "Prince Meerkovst."
"The thief's name," I exclaimed.
"Prince Meerkovst!" cried one of
the clerks. The others echoed bis
name. The second clerk assumed an
air of great shrewdness,
"That is why, a thief himself, ho
was so lenient to the Englishman," he
said, "Ah, the eanaillel We shall go
to him."
* * * * *
We did, opening up his door with a
pass -key. He sat up in bed, amazed
at the intrusion, and at first disdain-
ful of our charges. But when I found
underneath his pillow, where I had
planted it a quarter of an hour earlier,
my purse, his scornful disdain gave
way to sudden fear. And when the
clerk bade him look in the mirror and
note the gap in his bristling whiskers,
anti also asked him to observe the sir-
sute trophy which I was supposed to
havo torn fromhis face, fear began to
give way to panic. Aad the geld pen-
cil with the broken links which fitted
to his watch -chain, and his visiting
g
card, wore final proofs calculated; he
'as,well :mare, to convince any court
in the world.
For a moment he must have believ-
ed that he had been walking rn ,hi's
sleep; but suddenly his hands felt at
his waist, where, I had reason to know,
he wore a money -belt.
'rT
:on innoeent" he cried, "1 am
tho victim of a plot. It is I who havo
been robbed!"
He was standing. beside, his bed,
pajama-clac}. l shouldered my 'way in
front of the others, and stared him in
the eye.
"Monsleur states that it is he, who
has been robbed," I said softly. "May
T :sic monsieur of what?" -
His mouth opened; but words did
not come from it for a moment. For
nearly half a minute, wide-mouthed,
he stared at me. And if•he had looked
venomously at Beresford earlier to-
night, his regard of the young Eng
lishman had been friendly as compar-
ed with the glance he gave me. Then
he replied: "Of nothing, monsieur."
"We shall take him at once to the
jail," cried the clerk. "Two robberies
in the same night in this hotel! But
this thief shall not go free"
"Wait.," I told them, ' raising my
hand in protest. I turned to the
Prince:
"One forgives a repentant sinner,"
I told him.. I sp7ske in English. "You
are a thief caught practically in the
act. Nothing can save your name,
But you can save your skin. If you
will state to these gentlemen the truth
about Monsieur Beresford's entrance
into your room, I, who have recovered
the property which you stole from me,
will forget the matter."
He stared at me. "So? Some day,
monsieur, we shall meet again."
"But not at Monte Carlo," I told.
hint. I looked at my watch. "It is
now four o'clock. At four -thirty the
de luxe from Rome stops here en route
to Paris. If you take that train, after
having confessed your vile plot, the
matter is ended."
"Monsieur is a great detective," he
sneered. 'Set a thief to catch a
thief—"
"I am waiting or your answer," I
interrupted him sternly.
And there could only be one answer.
He accepted. He withdrew his charge
"Monsieur states it is he who has
been robbed."
against Beresford, packed his things,
and took the train de luxe.
* * * * *
I left an order to be called at seven.
I wished to take no chances of missing
the Beresfords. True, the young man ,
was cleared of the charge of, crime,
but in his humiliation at being unable
to pay his bill he might quietly slip
away. And at eight I knocked upon
his door.
The management had already apolo-
gized for last night's contretemps, but
it was a harrassed-looking youth that
admitted me to the apartment.
"I am an older man than you," I
told him, "and wish the privilege of
age."
His -wife laughed. "You're not a
day over thirty," she said.
I frowned at her. "Nevertheless,
that is old enough for my purpose,
which is to extract from you young-
sters a promise that you will never
gamble again. In return for that
promise I make you a present of ten
thousand francs. Some day you will
see some unfortunate whom a few
hundred dollars will save from misery.
Give him the few hundred, and con-
sider paid, your debt to me."
He was proud; but she :bless her
heart' had common sense. She bade
him take the money, then looked at
me.
"We can't thank you. You've clear-
ed Jack's reputation, - and you are
enabling us to return to. England. I
think, Mr. Ainsley, that you are the
finest man we know."
And I think that those words of
hers were a source of more gratiflca-
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What? But of course! In the
Prince's money belt. That was why
he cried that he had been robbed, And
it was also why, when I asked him of
what he had been robbed, he had re-
plied, "Of nothing."
Even rage against me could not
blind him ±0 the fact that if he, accused
me of stealing the necklace from him,
he would convict himself of halving
stolen it from the Baronne. It was
also why he had said: "Set a thief to
catch a thief."
Naturally, he wouldesay that. A
common thief cannot appreciate an
artist.
(To be continued.)
United States and Canada
London Daily Chronicle (Lib.), It
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an augmented trade,` and the best
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Wild Fowlers Adopt
Constructive Plan
To Show Public interest of ,
Sportsmen is. In Con-
servation
The American Wild Fowlers, an ori.
sanitation formed a year age for the
purpose of promoting the preserva-
tion and increase Of migratorywild:
fowl, hoe undertaken a survey' to de-
termine the extent to which wild fowl
are interfered with by crows in the
nestiifg :tree of Western Canada, The
survey is being undertaken fu'eo-oper-
atton with the United States Bureau
of Biological Survey and the Uliiver-
sity of Edmonton under pertniesion of '
the Canadian Government, • eayd a;
recent bulletin of the, American Game,
Protective Associetlon.
Tho field work is being ' ilone by
Archie Hull, a young ornithologist of I
Brigham City, Utah, and T. E. Ran- i
dall of Boyle, Alberta, who is experi-
enced in worst of this character, In
addition to making observations of
the crow and other vermin, they will ,
conduct banding 'operations, Their
work will be largely along the "rim
of the p'low," as the crow does 'not
penetrate much beyond settlement.
The Wild Fowlers have;been carry-
ing out their work quietly during the
last year, but the aims of the organize -
tion as
rganize-tiou,as set forth in their articles Of
organization indicate that it is the
intenton o do It great, deal of construe-
tve work. The objectives are enumer-
ated as follows:
"(1) ..To interest all rersois or
groups of person's In, the, intelligent
preservation:' and increase of migra-
tory' wild fowl in order that legiti-
mate sport, recreation and a game
food' supply may be insured for the-
present
hepresent and future generations.
"(2) To co-operate with the United
States Bureau of Biological Survey
and to resist legislative efforts de-
signed to take away from that bureau.
or the department to which it may be
assigned the authority necessary to
administer the migratory bird life of
the nation.
"(3) To assist the Biological Sur-
vey in the defense :of all of its poli-
cies approved by the Executive Com-
mittee of the American Wild Fowlers
;where its officials in public office may
be barred or handicapped from partici-
potion. ; e
"(4) To co-operate with the Bureatf
of Biological Survey in making a.
census of our wild fowl. -
"(5) To co-operate with all State
agencies in legislation consistent with
the policies of this association.
"(0) To show to the public that the
active interest of sportsmen is the
.principal element in wild fowl con-
servation.
"(7) To assist In studying the life
histories of wild fowl for the, purpose
of more intelligently administering
and preserving them, and to help to
remedy all conditions adversely affect-
ing them.
"(8) To urge upon Congress 'the
passage of a migratory game tom
mission bill along lines similar to
that introduced before the last.Con-
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"(9) To -co-operate with the consti-
tuted authorities to suppress the ille
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"(10) And` to adopt such policies
and institute -such procedure aseither
the Board of Directors' or the Execute
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and increase of wild fowl and their
properly reglstered shooting."
Dr. John C. Phillips, naturalist,
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Charles Sheldon, of 'Washington, D.C.,
explorer and authority on conserve -
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The bulletin states that it is not the
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Turkish Women Organize
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