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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-06-28, Page 2The colour and exquisite flavour of "SALADA" Green ""ea are natural—only the process of curing is different from Black Tea B Tea—oth asealed equally pure— SALADA G tight aluminum—fresh—delicious-,--satisfying--- BSc per at all grocers. Ask for this t Copyyight1994 ,NBA-SelviGe Inc„ - 114Q9 CAaZft card, were final proofs calculated, he was well aware, to convince any court in the world. For a moment he must have believ- ed. that he had been walking in his sleep; but suddenly hie hands felt at his waist, where, I had,reason to know, he wore a money -belt. "T ani innocent," he cried, "I am the victim of a plot. It is I who have been :robbed!" He was standing beside his bed, pajama -clad: I shouldered DIY way in front of the 'others, and stared him in the eye. "Monsieur states that it is he who has been robbed," I said softly. "May I ask monsieur of what?" His mouth opened; but words did not come from it for a moment. For nearly halfa minute, wide-mouthed, be 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 spoke in English. "You are a thief caught practically in the distinguish the screen behind which, act. Nothing can. save your name. BEGIN HERE TODAY I tm But you can save your skin. If you John' Ainsley, a man of education ' I had heard the Prince tell Beresford, willstate to these gentlemen the truth and breeding, becomes a master crook was a trunk- .)Now, that trunk had un- about Monsieur Beresford's entrance —preying upon other thieves. At questionably 'contained a cash -box. into your room, I, who have recovered But if it had contained anything else the property which you stole from bre, will forget the matter." He stared at me. "So? Some day, monsieur, we shall meet again." "But . not at Monte Carlo," I told him. 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 for your .answer," I in the trunk. interrupted hint sternly. If the Prince was what I thought And there could only be one answer. him to be, proof in support of my He accepted. He withdrew his charge belief would be found only upon his person. And it is a difficult think to seareh a sleeping pian without awak- ening"hirn. Nevertheless I did it. And havin c'ltihe se, I raggedly clipped! fro great black beard a tuft of his .pre ottkiwhiskers. Then I return- ed to njv room. Monte Carlo he learns that solve clever thief has stolen a pearl neck-' of value, would the Prince had rashly lace from. the Baronne d'Esterelle. handed the Englishman his keys? If, Ainsley overhears a man posing as for instance, the trunk had contained a Russian prince offer the use of his evidence which would indicate that its hotel apartment to a young English- oer possessed unprice:y habits, man and his American bride who have would the Prince hive given up the lost all their money at roulette. Later the prince brings hotel attendants to the apartment, claiming that the young Englishman has stolen his keys. keys? - This action of mine was based on b the theory, none too logically acquired, mprince offers ed tree the English- that the Prince was a criminal. Un - rid if he is allowed trip. take the young less 1 s could find proof in support of brifg t. a motor This brings ones my theory, my nocturnal visit would the fight. Later the wonders dismisses is be not merely dangerous but useless. charge Ainsley wonders what is the nature of the prince's game. ' And it was silly to look for evidence NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY For I had no more desire''tp face a court, even in the rale of witness, than, I suspected, the Prince had to stand before a judge as complainant And ifI 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 a respect for wifehood. They would insist that the Prince be brought to trial for con- spiracy, and I would have to testify in court. So, while I had no intention of per - slitting Beresford to be deported, finder 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 MOMS. Like the cat which walks alone, I walked silently. Also niy •movements were quiet. I picked the lock without ,iifficulty, and passed through the actor. I found myself in a living -room et the far side of which was an open ,Aoor, through which heard snores. i tiptoed to it peered through, and ±ntered the bedroom. A night light Was burning, and by its rays I'could olke The Largest Hotel in The British Empire The greater the size of an organ- ization the smaller the cost at which its product can be given to the public. 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True, the young man 'Police might then be released for see - was cleared of the charge of crime, ! ing that motorists' goods are safe as fifteen mille notes, a thousand franc but in his humiliation at being unable well. plaque, and an express cheque for alto pay his bill he might quietly slip No Wonder. thousand dollars." away. And at eight I knocked upon "Could Monsieur identify the thief." ' his door. I looked at the clerk who put the The management had already apolo- question. I opened my hand. Upon, gized for last night's contretemps, but my palm lay a tuft of black whiskers. it was a harrassed-looking youth that "I tore these from his face in our admitted me to the apartment. struggle," I declared. "I am an older man than you," 1 "Ahl" they cried in unison. told him, "and wish the privilege of I glaneed down upon the floor. age.„ Something caught my eye. His -wife laughed. "You're not a "Look!" I cried. day over thirty," she said. A porter picked up the golden ob- I frowned at her. "Nevertheless, ject. It was a pencil, richly chased. that is old enough for my purpose, 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 Meerkovat!" cried one of the same unfortunate whom a few the clerks. The others echoed his, hundred dollars will save from misery. name. The second clerk assumed an. Give him the few hundred, and eon aider 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 rete. "We can't thank you. You've clear- ed Back'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 gratifica- iestig No, 25---.14 r u' "What caused that traffic tangle?" 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