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Show Page Four But by the time had disappeared. he had brought Detectives had himself been to admit employed GOLD AND defeat his daughter was surmised and it BLUE that the couple had left the country. Lady Ann’s intense liking for France and its language had been used as a clue. Finally a girl who called herself Jeanne and who was in the employ of a wealthy French woman was suspected and Scotland Yard had sent one of its most efficient workers, Miss Clemens, to unveil, if possible, the identity of this girl. Jeanne was inexperienced in the art of camouflage and almost momentarily committed an offense of some sort. Undoubtedly she was using an assuming name for often she would forget to answer to Jeanne unless it was spoken harshly. She almost unconsciously seemed to recoil from the association with the other servants and Ruth one day saw her stamp her foot and slap the face of the butler who attempted in his rusty manner to be sociable. Though she always put up a brave front, Ruth sometimes caught her with a meloncholy look. Jeanne received daily letters post-marked “America” and addressed in a bold, masculine hand. Ruth had sent to Scotland Yard for a sample of Pierpont’s writing and if the two were similar, she intended to use this as a final clue to Marie’s true identity. At last the required information came and had it been made to order it could not have satisfied Ruth’s purpose better. In the morning she would tell Jeanne of her discovery and her father’s different attitude concerning her marriage. Morning came as mornings usually do, but morn-~ ing brought no Jeanne. She had disappeared and Ruth was really despondent for she had worked diligently in her efforts to conclude the case. However, she was surprised to discover in the course of the forenoon a letter directed to her on the great dining room table. The note was something like’ this: Dear Miss Clemens: I have been a little doubtful of you for some time because of your English accent, but tonight my suspicion was confirmed when I accidentally caught a glimpse of a letter directed to you from Scotland Yard. In the same mail I received a note from my husband who has just completed a successful business transaction in America. Enclosed was money and my fare:'to New York. When you read this letter I shall no doubt be suffering from sea sickness but nevertheless happy in anticipation of my future in America where As to my father I shall try a true spirit of democracy. exists. hard to forgive him but preter not to see him for a short time at least. He cut me cruelly and my nature is neither forgetful nor forgiving. . Regretting your failure but, nevertheless, happy in my own success, I am, Very MRS. 4 sincerely, R. PIERPONT nee LADY ANN GUIRE, alias JEANNE. —Margaret Lyman, ’21. |