| Show R BUlTON A Sro ar Py fN I Here the police stenographer cut corners In t this this' is last phrase he be condensed con con con- man many diva divagations and evasions on the part par of t tho e witness indeed Inspector Martain McGee expert inquisitor inquisitor in in- in that he was spent five minutes in in bringing bringing- out that simple declaration and and the tho he next nest Ho Ho said that ho loved me I believed him It was all very quick Within a week wo were secretly engaged I supposed that ho was was' an American army arm officer on special duty And after we no were were betrothed I 1 told him about our troubles and mv my wish to help Juan My My- mind was mado up un by bv that time time time-l I I would se sell l my jewels before belore m my brother returned to prevent me I told this to Captain Hanska He offered cd to help Ho He said ho he must go to England tho the next week and in England he ho could soil soU them to much better advantage than in Port of 8 Spain ain I a agreed agreed I reed reed-I I trusted him absolutely you Ot sec see Then Thou Thenh h he be told mo that he be could dispose of them more easily and for more money if it ho he appeared to to be tho owner Downer SoI So SoI I made out and signed a bill of sale salo describing in detail ovary every piece picco t to the thc thelast last matting ring and pin and transferring thorn them absolutely to him Now I 1 know what a foolish thing I 1 did For that made mado I tho the jewels nis pr property in law as surely as though I be e ha had bought diem thorn fro from mo me The r e steamer on which h he be planned to sail for lor j he he told mo was mo-was was duo to leave Port of ot Spain on Wednes Wednesday da day morning On Monda Monday night ho hog visited me me and took away t the e jewels Jools Ho said that ho wanted to register thorn them in iri advance with tho the purser He promised promised prom prom- to again on Tuesday night I Ho did not ot a spear appear I learned the next morning norn l that no a had left loft on Tuesday for 1 York I started for or the tho pier from I which the tho Southampton steamer sails I in order to see if t there hero was any mis mise I take On the way I Imet met a of the family wh who had been waiting to warn mo nio He lie found out about Captain Hanska's s career carrer in Caracas Ho no pr proved pred ed to me that the captain was an an adventurer tuner and almo almost ta a professional gambler Thon Then I understood I I. told no ono one about the jewels until Juan came back butI but I 1 wrote a letter to Captain Hanska Hauska in in care of or the tho steamship company compan somehow somehow some some- how bow it reached him He answered it with a cold letter claiming the jewels absolutely b and aDd stating tating that be he bought them thorn from me ml I That arrived armed just after Juan came back from Caracas Juan ha had not uc- uc in raising money The planta planta- plantation tion went into bankruptcy That Thatis is the matter with my oyes eyes They had always alwa's been troublesome e. But now now-L now ga gave o them thema a r real al disease by weeping over the tho loss loss' i of our our property Hero Horo as Miss Estrilla made her bor statement she spoke broken phrases about another nother loss The police pollee questioned questioned questioned ques ques- her minutely minutely- to discover what she meant Upon finding that she h referred referred referred re re- re- re merely t to the loss lOBS of of a 8 whole hearts heart's love they dismissed sed this part of her statement us as as' as immaterial and did not enter it upon the record I told Juan of course He was vory very kind to me Ho did not reproach mo me But we could do nothing he be found Captain Hanska had bad landed in New York York the the passenger l lists ts showed that It was waa certain ain that bo had bad smuggled smuggled smug smug- Clad the jewels into the I United States States' without paying duty and we e confirmed that afterward Juan has found out a D areat treat reat deal since then about smuggling Tho The agents of your government watch tho the big purchasers in Europe and notify notify noti noti- fy the tho custom house to look out for them But an irregular ular purchase at a remote point I like ko Porto Port of Spain Spain Spain-it it is I easy for an expert to smuggle such I jewels through h the customs We decided de deg tided at last to togo go o to the United States and see if wo we woO could coul get et them back back back- if not tho the jewels at least east the bill biU of sale sale because because if iff the diamonds were in our possession with f tho the bill of salo sale des destroyed troyed wo we co could ld prove b by half tho the people in Port of Spain that they were Vero ours Wo We wore were safe in stealing them from him perfectly him perfectly safe For ho bo would not dare complain to the Now York police since if ho claimed thorn them publicly publicly pub pub- li l wo wo could have him arrested for smuggling Juan n uan thought that all aU out We took what little mone money we wo had left and started for New York tolling our our I I I I I 1 J friends that we wore were going to settle settle- in New Orleans Juan wrote to our uncles nukes in Caracas and secured the tho New York agency for a small mall asphalt company of r theirs That was done don to conc conceal al our real reason for lor being here hare On tho voyager voyage my ply eyes grew I 1 cried i so much I was very vory ill with thorn thom when I landed Juan and aDd L 1 took rooms apart Wo Wa had learned enough h about Captain Hans Hanska 3 to know knoY where we wo might look for him hini Juan traced him to Mrs r Moores Moore's boarding house It seemed certain that Captain Hanska Janek i had bad not not notI sold lie Iho jewels je yet else ho would not be bo living Dg so 80 cheaply Tho The fi first t thing was was' to find whore where th o they thoy were wore were Fin Finally a. a II v Juan and and JL I formed H a R plan m mand and acted 1 upon it Juan IJuan had di discovered d that the backroom backroom back backroom room on tie tale top floor of Mrs Moores Moons house was vacant Captain Hanska Huska lived below there thero was no good Reason reason for him ever to come up Ur on on that floor I took tho the vacant room calling myself Miss Mills Estrilla as 35 you OU know J Juan had hud been watching Captain Hanska like a detective Hr lie moved 1 mo me in iu ono one day when the tho captain had hart gone gono to Staten island My presence in the house was 8 safer than thau it may seem to you ou I 1 did not leave my room oven eron for meals since my oyes w hero ero ero really ally in in very cry bad condi tion Then Than I dark glasses an eye ege shade shado and a heavy scar scarf carf about my head heaLt bead I I do o not b believe my own other mother would havo bavo known wn me Captain Hanska lIen Han had never seen Juan uan or orr his nis is picture it it just happened happen d that there thore were no no photographs of ot him in our house bouse at Port art of Spain Juan lived in an apartment hotel We were croin in communication all tho the time b by telephone He wa was waa careful to avoid t tho e captain when ho visited me mc It li was a all dangerous for lor at any time timo we might be discovered But W we had our oui plan plan plan-I I was to enter Captain Hanska's room with a pass key and search for foi forthe forthe the bill of sale Whenever I t made ado this thit search Juan was wa to be following Capt Cap t twin tain i Hanska If the captain a owed ed signs of returning Juan was was was' to call mo nu me up ups up on on on tho the the telephone the rin ringing ing of th the tho boll bolln in n m my ro room m which h i informed me mi from st stairs irs that I was wanted on on th the extension tel m my doer dace was to bo be my warning signal J-coule J hear bear that boll bell from C Hanska's Hanskat room There could be no mistake bo bo- causo cause Juan was the one only person in Now ow York York who would be telephoning to me men But But when I tried Captain Hanska Hon Han s door with m my pass key I X found that bo ho had installed a new now patent spring lock Jock The Tho next time Juan called lie Jie a looked over the house bouse He Hee found tn that tat t you could enter enter- Captain Hanska's room yoom from m tho the firo fire escape escape- and that you you could get et on to the fire escape from the window ow of tho the lumber room across the tho hall ball from mine That room was never locked looked It was only a a 3 question of ot pr prying ng open p n the catch on Captain Hans Hanska a s 8 win win window ow One night about a week before Captain Hans Hanska died I began tho the search I went down don the firo fire escape escape carrying a pocket electric torch which which Juan had bad ought bought ht for mo me I got the window catch open ope-Ii ope with n a a penknife penknife-it p penknife it fe-it it was old and arid loose I 1 went over the whole room that night and again ogain on another cr night and night and found nothing I did discover a little strong box in iri tho the top drawer of the dresser It la lay wide wido open It had bad a curious lock In Jn that I was sure ho he would put the jewels if he ever over wanted to move them There was was was- no sign of ot the bill bUI of sale It occurred to me then that Captain Hanska might be bet carrying it iton iton iton on his person I know him t to be bo a avary avory er vary vory sound sleeper sleeper sleeper-he he had boasted to tomo tomo tomo mo of that and ho pro proved ed it by sleeping sleep sleep- ing through a fire at this his hotel when ho was in Port of Spain So I I did a ft dangerous thing Without speaking to Juan I II went down own the fire escape at two o'clock in the tho morning of a night when Ca Captain taro Hanska was at home bome and looked through rough his pockets I o oven en examined all the papers in hi his t wallet by tho the light of tho the electric torch But it was was not there Juan when I told him was angry with mo for taking such a risk Ho He made mado me promise never to enter the roam a again ain unless Captain Hanska was was was' away And And then we wo found that we wo must mut act let quickly or lose our property for for- over ever Juan was watching Captain Hanska Han Han- following his movements very closel closely That day the day tho day and night when everything a happened the happened the captain visited sit d a jeweler in Maiden lane I lane I think you call it He stayed a n lon long time Fro n thore there he be went to a sate safe deposit bank jank When ho he came out be he hap hall a a. package e in his pocket Juan could see his coat cont bulge Juan Junn was wu afraid that ho be w would uld co o straight back to the jeweler anI and ma make malto co the sale DD and then our last hope bore would have o been gone one Instead Captain Hanska went to o a cafe caie and D sat alone n a lon long lone time drinking When he be left loft that pJ place c ho he returned to Mrs Irs Moore Moores s. s And the shape of his bis pocket showed that he still carried the package eIt e. e It was was was' plain to us Ui that the package contained the tho jewels and that bo he in in- tended to 10 dispose of ot them at once once once- the next T probably morning night the jewels would be bo in his TO ro ad and it was vas our last Jast chance JuP Juls Jut come camo to see sea me just after dinner VS Ws 5 talked it all over over and made our out finan plans Tn the first place it seemed best for Juan Junn to do the tho work himself I nm am a I. I w woman and very weak with grief and had illness I could do nothing in in case I was wan afis discovered o ered Though Thong Juan ba lead had never Dover been in the room I could tell tt him exactly where to look- look there seemed no doubt t. that Captain Hanska was keeping the strong box for tor that very vory purpose Continued Continue Monda Monday |
