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Show ! (Triumphs oF jk MJonqvelle-M j Melville Davisson Post i9q2 , NEA Service lnc THI MOTTLED r.i PTERI LI I '. I ' I (II Kl It H N Seated In tbe opera box of the MARQUIS pE CHANELLE, Impoverished Impover-ished husiand of b wealthy American Ameri-can woman, M. JONQUELLE, greatest detective in Prance; is dismissing the mystery of the theft of the diamond m-eklaee of the Marquise. Before them. On th stage. Is the beautiful. MME. ZIRTENZOFP, idol of Paris. XofiTe. c ut' rii.'jf th" Marquis' box, M. Jonquelle halt iJ .in u!ier, who was leaving and managed to secure for n moment .i ln!iio-t if nrn.hlrta which the .Marquis was sending to the singer. M, Jonquelle reviews the theories of the theft The Marquis had suggested sug-gested the theories w'nlcii led to the arrest and confession f .Kan LeQUex, LrBQUes was nentencud. hut did not tell where the jewels could b found ' It wm my jLS3lstaut FOTBB&U who followed your theories," M. Jonq.uelle told the Marquis. GO n u ri n i ii i ST in CHAPTER III It now occurred to Forneau lhat this robbery had been committed by some- one of the hotel ihi n- s f Carls, i who were accustomed ! enter any building which they were able to get into, and i search any apartment wnich tney happened i find open." continued M Jonquelle ; "Rut the Marqula reminded Por- I neau tha the oeision committing this robbery had brought wiin ;iini a piece ol paper irom tne basement, that mere thievea entering on the chance of rinding some valuables would not lhae taken this precaution, "This theory pleased Forneau, and ne adopted every excellent suggestion i which the Marquis w;is alii" to make blit he ventured to wonder from what source the tnler uad ! n .ible to ob-i j tain the combination ) the safe, since lit was known only t Mine, la Mur-qjlse. Mur-qjlse. The Marquis was again able to in-' dieate a valuaoie suggestion Women he ventured u suKk.'!. had alwsvys the same habits. Tney did not trust their memories, tor any thing that re-j quired an :i nra. v ol numbers. The Marquise would have somewh'era this memorandum written down. Ho suggested sug-gested that Forneau make a search of her writing table. "To -their surprise, thi . found thr-lock thr-lock to th- drawers of tnl.s tuble broken, brok-en, and among sonm papers hastily lurried over, at the bark of one of these drawers, a small book with a red leather cover. On the la3t page, in pencil was precisely the same mem- 1 orandum whicn the Marquis had picked pick-ed up on the slip Of paper under the i door the combination to the mfo of the Marqulfi' do Chantelle, and following, fol-lowing, the tour columns of four figures. fig-ures. lv problem Which nor.- presented itself was to dlacovi r what employe in the building could have written this memorandum Korneau and the Marquis Mar-quis had before them the handwriting With the histories and u&aoriatcs of the valet, the concierge ami the older employes they were familiar, and were Convinced that It was not oue of these persons but th. n v.. -re other employ's employ-'s In this apartment, and the problem prob-lem wa.- how to obtain specimens of their handwriting without incurring: suspicion, in his perplexity, f orneau asked the opinion of the Marquis de J Chanteli... "The Marquis suggested the following follow-ing cievei device: The Service ie la I Suretc should send an agenl the j building pr lending lo He an official I of the government concerned wlh certain mental lsts required. In order Jto register citizens for the electorate Among other tests, he should require Kam -nwtts. II... , L. . '"'.14 n i i vir lliu UdllMiii hi ill"- Mi-n- 1 id nr of France and that of the premier prem-ier at the close of the war. This j would Include the nj,ms ,f LMlllerand 'and Clemenceau. and by this means, thev could obtain the M Of the word Marquis and the C of the word Chan-'ie!,- which had been written l tlir ; unknown thief upon the memorandum hlch Qontained the combination of I the safe." Che Prefect of toIkp stopped. The attention of the Marquis a i hantolre Bei mod to have passed from the nat- I ratlve to a contemplation of the opera. Mine. Zirtenotf was ai the point o;' ncr reat t scene. H-r voire filled ite Immensi house like a silver bell,, like innumerable silver bells a quai-lty quai-lty of the human voice that no other diva had ever brought to Paris. Her iouth. her alluring bu:y, added to ' I he enchantment. Monsieur le Marquis de Chanted n.i;; looking a', her, on.i hand flupi : nu his mustache, the other turning the monocle at the end of the silk cord. The Prefect of jv.'ue did nol Interrupt the absorption, but ne continued to ; speak; "And so it happened." he said, "it" was the Ingenuity of thia device sug- i;. st. ,1 by the Marquis de Chcun'eilc that enabled Forneau to lorate the one wUo Jiad eonimltted the robbery, He found an employe lately taken "on bv the on lrge because lio offere-d to a-lst In cleaning the building !at a lower cost. The agent from the Servlco de la SuretC came to this person In the course of his Interview With tho employes em-ployes of tho building. 'Monsieur he said, T am compelled compel-led to ask you to submit to some menial men-ial t.yfs, but I will make them brief. Tell mo the form of government under un-der which we live, and write down Cor me the name of the president c.r France and that of the premier who conducted tho peace terms in tbe I Krcat war .and I will give you no fur- I thor annoyance." 'The man replied that France was a republic and wrote the name of AI- j xunder Millerand. But w hen he come ! to write the C in Olemenreau, the man hesitated The agent seized him at once, snapped a pair of handcuffs on him and confronted him with Forneau. For-neau. He was shown the slip of paper Which the Marquis had picked up in his apartment. He was told the details de-tails of the crime as ho had carried It out, and In his confusion, he confessed." con-fessed." The Prefect of Police continued to eak, slowly, without a change of accent, ac-cent, as If to himself "Monsieur le Marquis will remember remem-ber the Apache's confession; h hod obtained . position In the building and had watched the Harquifl apartment. I As It happened the night of tho robbery rob-bery was not the first time that the Marquis had left tho door unclosed, a week before, he had brt it unclosed I In the afternoon. It was then that this mrin had gone In taking with him a slip of paper from the basement -broke open the Marquise's desk and searched for the combination, which I he finally found and wrote down. The ) search had required a very long time, and he had nut time on this day to open the eafe. He had taken the pa- I per with him and waited until this nljfht on which the Marquise had again gone out. lsvlnjr the door nn- ! latched. , "Then he had opened th same and , ! removed the necklace He thought I that In putting the necklaco into his i pocket, lie must havo pulled the Blip of paper out, and by this means It : had fallen to the iloor where the Mar- qulfio had picked it up. "The man made no defense and I , waived all legal procedure. He con- ' leased and has been eentencod to a I term of Imprisonment. But he refused refus-ed to say what h had done with tho necklace." M. Jonquelle watching the Marquis. I took a box of cigarets out of his p.. k- i et and slipped lils thumbnail around the stamp, but he did nol open tho , I box. He spolc ruddenly to tho Mar- j quia dc Chantelle; his votco was sharp, clear, and Its tones arrested the man's attention. "Monaleur le Marquis," he said. "Mme. Zlrtenaoff will not he pleaded ' with her bouquet of orchids." The Marquis turned suddenly on hlni, hts eyes were, now contracted 'with an lntena expression 1 'Ton know, monsieur, that T have sent a bouquet of orchids to Mme. Zlr-tenzoff Zlr-tenzoff "" "Burely, monsieur." replied the I' n feet of Pol lea "I passed tho boy departing de-parting with them when I entered. Thev Wore Very lovely, superb, exquls- "May I trouble you tr present them to Mojianuo La Marquise." I ite the Mottled Butterfly! How apt-1 apt-1 ly adapted is that flower to Monsieur le Marquis." The Marquis continued to regard him. "And why. monsieur, do you com-l com-l pare mo with this variety of orchid''" "If you will tell nie. Monsieur le Marquis." replied tho Prefect of Police, Po-lice, "why Jean Lequex refused to say where the necklaco war. that he hac Stolen, 1 will answer J our question." Th hauteur In the Marquis' olre was now distinctly audible. "MOnaier," he said. "It was you w ho promised to te rue that." 'And I shall t 11 you." replied Jon-queile. Jon-queile. "Jean LeqUSX refused to say where the necklace wax for the very (rood reason that he did not know where it was." M. .lonqn. die looked the Marquis steadily in the face. The apent of the Sun t, neglected to mention to monsieur an item or two of their discoveries the writing on the slip Ol paper had lieeil made with the left hand; and the concierge, as It happened, seeing the Marquis Chantelle Chan-telle go out lnvlntr Ins door ajar, closed clos-ed It. "Ah. monsieur, we have been engaged en-gaged In a bit of comedy. Pardon us It we havo deceived you .It was I who ondatcted the Invest ligation of your affair, dlspiiiwd as Forneau: and it was the aqrent Forneau disguised ss Jean I.eqe who confessed to your robbery rob-bery and took a mock sentence of imprisonment im-prisonment u n 1 i an arrungement with the court . We did not find. then, the thief who opened Unsafe Un-safe to your apartment." The Marquis regarded the Prefect of Police with an amased expression, his Hps parted, his eyes wide "Then, monsieur," ho stammered. "you have discovered neither the thief nor the necklace." "Ah, yes," replied M. Jonquelle in the modulated voice of one who bids 1 another adieu "We i,n- discovered both." . took mass or Jewels out of ids w.ilsti oat pocket and handed them to the Marquis. "I found these In the bouquet of on bids which you were sending to Mrne. Zirlenzoff. Mav I trouble you to present them to Madame In Marquise Mar-quise when sh.- .hall return from America Am-erica tomorrow V" i b- Mm With the Steel i Ingem another thrilling adventure of M. Jon-i Jon-i i lie win begin in our net issae THE SPHINX. In Adventure Magazine for November. Novem-ber. Mr. John L Dinda relates ihe f ol lowing information about the Sphinx: If 1 remember distinctly the Sphinx I lfl about 172 fept long and 66 feet high from the crown of the head to the pavement on which the forelegs rest The forelegs are 50 feet long, and the . head Is aboul 30 fpt long by 11 feet w Kb- There Is a great deal of doubt as o lis ago; but Welgall, ihe Egyptologist with whom I traveled a greai deal in; Egypt, told me (hat he estimated it as being aboul 4000 years old, and that it! was probably built In tbe time of1 King Chephren in the fourth dynasty. 1 The main part of this Sphinx is' carved out of solid rock, but other ma SOnry has been added around thp bane and certain parts to complete ihe form When I was there In 1914 there was j qulto a good deal of excavation being; done around Its base, nnd several little i temples had been found very close to' P. Work was also being done In the face of the Sphinx itself, and a small passage had been found. This work I was suspended on account of the war and I do not know whether It has ben taken up again. About tho same time, traces of a chamber were discovered in the Pyra mid of Ghlza. This work. 1 understand, has been completed and s groat many things of archeologieal interest found nn |