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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. THU Util! AY, AUGUST *), lWv. 'LICENSE INCREASE IS SWELLED AGAI The larfe Increase In the amount of licenses collected by the Kcens/s In spectors this year over last has been substantially swelled by the aggregate sum of $1,500, for which License In spector R. A. Ewing has received checks after making a careful Investl gation of the local pawn shops. It was ascertained that the pawn brokers were not only selling second hand goods, but were in competition with the retail dealers of the city by selling first-hand stuffs. There has been a paragraph In the tax ordinance for the past two years levying a tax of $50 for this, but up until the present has never been en forced. There are 18 pawn Shops In the city. Fifteen of these were run ning last year and Inspectors Ewing and Hayes have sent out notices that the money will have to be, forthcoming with the result that the checks have arrived in the license Inspector's office and will be passed upon at the next session of the tax committee. ON THE CANAL MAI CAUSE | BIG BOW Chief Engineer Is Charged With Efforts to Oust Jamaicans. Dy Prlrate Leased Wire. Washington, D. C., Aug. 30 —There is beginning to be some talk about the effort being made to employ Chinese Instead of Jamaicans on the Isthmian canal. Chief Engineer Stevens, who, by the p way. Is to succeed Chairman Shonts, Is the person declared to be responsible tor the demand to oust the Jamaicans and take on the Chinamen. Mr. Stev ens, It 1* explained, has about as deep-seated a case of race prejudice as could easily be found. For more than a year a determined effort has been afoot to have the Chi nese labor adopted. Senator James H. Jones, tf Arkansas, Is said to be for Chinese labor. HAS n KILLINGS IN LESS JAN l YEARS Farmer Is Killed by Young . Man on Whom He Advanced. Special ty The Georgian. Montgomery', Ala., Aug. 30.—At # Roach's saloon, six mllea from Luvern, ' last night Aubrey Roach, aged 25, •hot to death James Moore, a rich farmer. They fell out over some triv ial matter, and, it is said, Moore ad vanced on the boy with a knife. This is the twenty-second killing In Crenshaw county In less than two years. MOB OF NEGROES ATTEMPT LUNCHING Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 30.—An attempt was made by a mob of negroes lust night, to lynch Will Clark, the negro •tttosnged with, assaulting a 5-year-old negro girl yesterday. A crowd of about fifty men went to the Jail at 12 o'clock, and arousing the Jailer made a demand for Clark. Jailer Ellis and Guard Hes ter told the crowd they wouid shoot the first man who attempted to rain I access to the building, and at the sumo time telephoned Sheriff Passmore of the attempted lynching. The mob dis persed, but said that they would get more men anil come back. The Jailer’s family was moved from the building and preparations made to defend the place, but the negroes fulled to return. The negroes of the city are terribly In censed over Clurk’s crime. A' special term of court has been requested to try him. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD GEORGIA NEWS IN PA RAG RAPS Albany Merchants Organize. *fepeelul to Tbe Georgina.' Albany, (la., Aug. 30.—-Under tho name of the Retail Grocers' and Mer chants’ Association the ‘retail mer chants of this place have perfected an organization here. Every class of merchandising la represented In the membership. It Is the Intention of the aasociatlnn to protect Its members from uitacrupulous customers und Improve the credit system. Fifth Fevtr Victim. : ;a*ctnl to The Georgian. _ Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 30.—Jirs. George Robinson, the fifth victim of the ty phoid fever epidemic which has been raging in the Moore and Robinson set- telments. a few miles north of Naylor, In this county, passed away this week. The fever commenced more than three months ago and In all fourteen people have been prostrated. 8tore la. Burglarized. Special to Tin* Georgian. Valdosta, Ga.. Aug. 30.—The store of C. B. Peeples. In this city, was bur- jrtarfzed Tucsda3’ night, but It Is bo lleved that the burglar was frightened away before he had secured all of the goods he Intended to take. A lot of knives were stolen and the office ran sacked for money. Franchise for Auto Lina. 8p- M*inl to The Georgian. Fuvunnah, Ga.. Aug. 30.—A fran- ehlf'e for conducting an automobile line on Hull street will be asked by M. \V. Wilson. He promises to have the line In operation within thirty days after tin- franchise Is granted. Mr. Wilson's idea is to make a charge of 10 cents for a trip, with rides cheaper with cou pon b'Wkts. Wants Damage for Fall. KjiecJ#! to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Aug. !W.—James M. Lowrle. a former employee of the Eagle and Phenix mills, has filed suit against that company for $5,000 damages for falling from a ladder while mending a belt for the company. Badly Cut on Head. tn Th<* Georgian. Columbus, Oh., Aug 3o. Frank Her- mann and Frank perry, two young men of Girard, had an altercation yes* ^texday,Jin which Hermann was badly ^X ial Warehouse Was Insured. Tit.’ 1 wlumbtis, Ga.. Auv V Hirst h uarelr.uec, h « ne.l here, valued a* MlS.oiw. „ for the gull amount. The Its****, Messrs. <\ R. Johnson 4c Co., were not insured •t all. and they lose over $1,000 on cotton and other products held by Llva Stock Company. A charter was granted by the secre tary of state Thursday to the Athens Co-operative Live Stock Insurance Cpmpany. *The incorporators are El mer Crawford, Cobb Lumpkin. A. A McDuffie, II. S. West and W. P. Jack ■on, all of Athens. It 1h a mutual con c0rn without capital stock. Swindell Sees 8ights. D. C. Swindell, a young man who arrived from Raleigh, N. C., Wednes day to see the sights, fell Into the hands of the Philistines before he had gone far and found himself In the po lice station that night. Rwlndell was found by Patrolman Rowan an White hall street between Mitchell and Trin ity streets as limber as a rag and for getful of the world. He explained to the recorder Thursday morning that he must have been drugged by an qunlntnnce or two he had met, for his as gone. He was let off with i fine of $l and costs and this wit! proba bly be remitted III order that the young man may return to Raleigh. It will be a long walk. LiMIe Girl 8truck by Whssl. The little daughter of Joseph L, Glll- nn, of 361 Gordon street, was run over and knocked down by Harris Adams, a negro bicycle messenger boy, late Wednesday afternoon. The boy was arrested by Patrolman Rowan and locked up. The little girl was not hurt lousl.v and the family will not ap pear to prosecute the boy. Hancock on Bench. ouncllmnn W. A. Hancock balanced the scnles of Justice In the recorder's court Thursduy morning und passed sentence upon an unusually long list of negroes nnd white men who had been Imbibing too freely or otherwise break Ing the peace of the city. He looked •ellcved when the last case bad been •asset! upon. Welcomed With ■ Bullet G.’a Perdue, a negro woman who Ives at 4(1 Grady avenue, was held under 5500 bond by Acting Recorder Hancock Thursdny morning for shoot ing Rosa Hparks, another negro, through the shoulder last Saturday night. The evidence showed that the women had been qminellng £or several days and Rosa went to Ola's house and tried to kick In the door. Ola welcomed her w ith a pistol bullet nnd peace was re stored to tbe neighborhood for some time, at least. 8. H. Smith Promoted. S. If. Smith, formerly mannger of the .biptlst Publication Hocleiy In this city, has been made secretary-treasur er and general mnnager of the Bowling Green cotton mills, at Rowling Green, S. (’. Mr. Hmlth Is well known through out Atlanta, and for a number of years was prominent In business circles. He left Atlanta two years ago to enter the cotton business. Goes to Charlotts. Houston R. Harper, publicity man for Harvey A Wood's chain of hotels, will leave Atlanta Thursday evening for Charlotte, X. C, to plan an adver tising campaign for the Helwyn hotel, of that place, which was recently ac quired by Harvey & Wood. Mr. Har per will be absent from the city only a few days. Pound Will Lscturs. Professor Edwin A. Pound, superin tendent of public schools at Waycross, will deliver an address at the First Methodist «<iurch next Hunriny night at 8 o'clock on the subject; “The Bible.” This win take the place of the regular preaching service. % Jones' Trisl Thursday Night. The pMIce board will meet Thursday night at the police station to take up the trial of Patrolman George G. Jones, who is under charges of lurcen.v and other misconduct. It is expected that the full membership of the board will be present. Mother and Daughter to Alms House. Mrs. Carrie Mapp and her daughter, Miss Lizzie Mapp. who arrived at the police station last Saturday In search of a home, were sent to the alms house Thursday, arrangements huving been made for their reception. Mrs. Mapp Is an aged woman, w hose husband was once a prominent Atlantan. Both wom en are Invalids and penniless. They have been kept since Saturday fn the rooms of Miss Sanderson, who has charge of the woman’s department at the station. Naw Hats for County Polios. Home one who Is mysterious, .but ab solutely nice, has enshrined his un known self In the hearts of the county police. Every member of that force has received a note from a well-known Atlanta toggery shop telling them that a friend had left an order tor the best hat In the house, and asking him to call am! “get hls'n." The man w ho Is buying these twelve hats came to Chief A. Q. Turner a few days since and got the name of every man on the fore#, but requested the chief not to divulge his Identity. Jack McKibbin Arrested. Jack McKibbin. a negro, who had difficulty with Conductor A. B. Branch on a Federal prison street car about a month ago, was landed by Of ficers Wright and Oliver Wednesday night at the new railroad yards at East Point, where he has !>een at work. At the time he got fn trouble he cursed Branch and then beat him and cleaned out the car. He escaped and left town, but came back and went to work on a night shift with the railroad. The of ficers have had him spotted for several dsvs. By Private LpukimI Wire. Boston, Aug. 30.—That the new In terstate commerce act, better known as the rate law, which went Into ef fect yesterday, will not establish Its Jurisdiction over the coastwise ship lines centering In New York nnd Bos ton short of an appeal to the United States supreme court was admitted In local steamship circles today. It Is said that the most prominent companies have combined for the pur pose of ascertaining the Jurisdiction of the Interstate commerce commission over their traffic. Savannah Companies Also. The local companies affected by the law are the Metropolitan Steamship Company, running to New York; the Merchants and Miners' Company, run ning to Norfolk and Baltimore; the Sa vannah-Steamship Company, running from Boston and New York to Savan nah, Ga.; the (Jlyde Steamship Com pany, running to Charleston, Jackson' ville and Brunswick, Ga.; the Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Company, running to Philadelphia, and, the East ern Steamship Company, connecting with Malnq, ports. FIRST PUBLIC ohoER ISSUED ON THURSDAY Washington, D. C„ Aug. 30—The first public order of the interstate com merce commission was Issued today. It decides an application of the Bos ton and Maine Railroad for relief from the operation of the 30-day require ment to change rates. The Boston nnd Maine, wanted per mission to reduce rates on Ice on no tice of five days. It was granted, "on account of the urgent public demand for. Ice- In Boston and surrounding towns and owing to tile shortage of the Ice crop and for other good reasons shown." The lower commodity rates on Ice are from points In Maine, Northern New Hampshire and Vermont to Boston and surrounding towns. SPREAD OF FEVER LINES COMBINE TO FIGHT THE NEGATE LAW Savannah and Brunswick Companies Will Tesfc Law Affecting Them. FORMER COUNTESS VISITS AMERICA Marine Surgeon Says No Alarm -Should Be Oc casioned by Outbreak. Hpcolnl to The Georgian. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 30.—Surgeon J. H. White, of the marine hospital ser vice, who diagnosed suspicious cases of fever at Natchez yesterday and de- lared them yellow fever, in an Inter lew todny said: “The Houth no longer has cause to fear yellow fever, as it Is indisputably proven that It cun be absolutely con trolled. The quarantine Idea must be abandoned Just as we abandoned the uarantlne of smallpox, more than a eoade ago. In my opinion we will huve no trouble with the disease In the Houth this year.” BRYAN DEMES AS TO POLITICS Was Enthusiastic About 150 Men From Ne braska. By IT!vcto Leased Wlro. New York, Aug. 30.—Mr. Bryan ro slsted all efforts to get him Into u dls cusslon of politics. It was following some questions along this line that Mayor Tom Johnson said ’See here, Bill, don't you rend that speech tonight. Just speak It tight out. want to hoar the old Bryan, ant you to talk out In meeting.** Mrs. Bryan added her entreaties to this. Mr. Bryan only smiled, but made no promise, lie remained abourd the house boat until the early afternoon, hen he was returned to the Illlnl. Referring to the 150 enthusiastic Westerners, he said It made me feel mighty good to see the boys from Nebraska, the best stuta \ Lknow- th® 1 I may be pardoned saying this, l our home- folks are the best In the world.” This Js a picture of the for mer Countess of Strafford, who was the widow' of Samuel Colgate. She now is Mrs. M. T. Kennnrd, wife of a clubman prominent In England. Mrs. Kennard has arrived In America, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Colgate. They are to visit Newport nnd then will make a trip to the Pacific coast, returning home thence. GA, STATE PAIR ABLY DISCUSSED Plan of Exhibits For Com ing Event Are Laid Be fore Convention. Another Gets Injunction. Mrs. Harriett Bridwell Is the latest file a suit against the Gate City Terminal Company restraining them from condemning property* Hhe wants more than they are willing to pay for her land on West Hunter street. As In the other rases, a temporary Injunc tion has been granted and a hearing set by Judge J. T. Pendleton for Sep tember 8. This makes eight or ten of this kind of suits which have been filed, but it Is said that most of the land which will be used by the terminal company has already been bought, and these Injunc tions will not materially hinder the operation of clearing the land, NEGRO BOY KILLED BY SWITCH ENGINE Special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 30.—Mack Hen ry, a 16-year-old negro boy, was cut In two by a switch engine on the Ven tral of Georgia Railroad at the Fifth street crossing today. The boy was «>n % coal wagon. Special to The Georgian. Griffin, Ga., Aug. 30.—The second day of the convention of the Georgia Agricultural Society is being largely attended and considerable Interest Is manifested. The feature of today’s session the speech by Frank Weldon, on “The Advantages of the State Fair.' Secretary Weldon said that the state fairs have not been appreciated by the public at anything like their real valuo; that the fairs furnish object lessons to the visitors, and th tt thousands of farmers receive information and a stimulus which result In an aggregate Increase of $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 a year in the value of Georgia's farm products. He declared that this ln- euse In wealth and the splendid ad vertisement to the state would justify un appropriation by the state for agri cultural and live stock premiums. Many states aid their fairs. Florida gives $15,000 a yeur. Kentucky, South Caro lina and most of the Western and Northern stutes contribute in the inter est of agriculture. In concluding he said: “We are trying to make the 1906 fair better than any the society has ever held. 1 believe the agricultural exhibits will equal In quantity and sur pass In quality those of Inst year, and that is saying a great deal. "A new feature this year Is the corn and cotton contest for boys. We offer $500 In prizes for the best exhibits of corn and cotton raised by Georgia schoolboys, and at last accounts up ward of 1,000 had entered this compe tition. We want to Interest the boys and girls in our fairs. They are to be the future farmers and farmers’ wives, and If we can get them Interested while young In the fairs, they will grow' to be better and more successful farmers than their fathers are. “You will ull be proud of the live stock this year. Our Jersey cattle show 111 be the best In the United States In 1906. The American Jersey Cattle Club has appropriated $1,000 for It. We have added $500, nnd the result Js the largest premium list for a single breed of cattle offered by any fair In America this year. We will have 200 to 300 head of domestic and Imported Jersey cattle. Breeders are spending from $1,000 to $5,000 preparing their cattle for It—-not on account of the cash prizes so much as In the hope that they will have the honorable dis tinction of winning some ribbons at the Georgia State Fair. “Another feature this year will be the museum of Georgia manufacturers, which Is Intended to embrace as nearly ns possible spectmena of everything manufactured In Georgia. The purpose back of this display Is to^show our people that they can supply almost their every need with goods made In the state. We talk about patronizing home industries without knowing half the things which ate made at home. Now we are going to show you a col lection of cotton, woolen, silk, leather, wooden, clay and metal products which will surprise and thrill you. For this department I ask the earnest co-opera tion of every’ member of this society. Every Industry In the state should be willing to contribute samples. We do not care for elaborate displays—Just a few samples from each. If the manu facturers will ship us the samples we will Install them without expense to the maker*” Senator-Elect Congratulated. Special to The Georgian. Gadsden, Ala., Aug. 30.—Hon. Ed. D. Hatnner. who was nominated for sena tor of the Sixth district by only six majority, uaa the recipient of many hearty congratulations here over his victory. The court house muddle In St. Clair county was ascribed as the cause of his receiving a majority of »Jie votes in that countv. Claire de Romaln was a genuine child of her time—bright, nervous and overeducated. She passed her life in a condition of eternal unrest. As she possessed a very large fortune of her own and was exceedingly beautiful, she had had many suitors, but Claire had absolutely no desire to marry* Of all her admirers, she was most fond of the Advocate Jean Grillon. When he proposed to her she gave him her hand In her straightforward manner and said: “I feel greatly hon ored by your words and I thank you very much, my dear Grfilon. As It Is now’, I do not feel that I can accept, but should some trme a day come when I feel ready to give up my Ideas of ab-. solutely Indllvdual independence, L shall marry you and nobody else. That Is as much as I car\ promise you.” “I thank you. my dear Mile, de Ro maln, and I shall patiently lyatt, for I feel convinced that It will come very soon.” After Claire had tried various pro fessions and even attempted to gain success on tho stage, she one day ap plied for a position as detective In one of the Parle criminal courts. She was accepted and at the very beginning was very successful and was praised by the chief of police as the most promising detective he ever had. One day early in the morning, she re ceived a telegram from her chief to come to his private office Immediately, and when she entered about half an hour later, he received her In the most amiable manner, though he was not quite able to conceal his Impatience. “I am glad you have come, made moiselle,” he said. “I have a task for you which I admit Is not an easy one. Undoubtedly you have heard of the great thefts of Jewels committed in various places on the Continent. The thief or the thieves in no case left the slightest clew, and the police are ab solutely In the dark. Now,* these thieves are again at work; about an hour ago I received a telegram from Madrid that the concert singer, Lola Paquita, has been robbed of Jewels w'orth 50,000 francs. A young, beau tiful Parisian lady Is suspected, but there Is no evidence. She has lived at the same hotel as Mile. Paquita for two weeks, and suddenly, yesterday morning she left, supposedly for France. The description of her Is this: She Is rather small, dark haired, about 23 years old, a narrow face with very refined features, and dresses In excel lent taste. When she left Madrid she wore a brown velvet traveling suit. She calls herself Mme. de Charmols. The details of the theft have been sent me In a later telegram. The Jewels which were stolen are a number of exquisite turquoises, which Mile. Paquita kept In a small steel box. The day before yesterday, when she wanted to wear a certain bracelet, she opened the box, and found It empty. She Immediately notified the police and the hotel was thoroughly searched, but nothing was found. The next morning Mme. Char mols left suddenly without having mentioned to anybody that she Intend ed to leave. “Yes. this is all that I can tell you, Mile, de Romaln. If you should suc ceed In catching this thief, who un doubtedly has committed all the thefts, you could lay claim to great fame as a good detective.” “I shall try to do my best,” replied Claire quietly. “Has nothing been heard of Mme. de Charmols since she left Madrid?” Suzette, the maid, changed the plates. Outside the sun was shining brightly, and a ray fell through the window upon a diamond pin which Claire wore. “Oh, what a beautiful pin you have!" Luclenne cried. "Do you really dare to wear your Jewels In public after all those terrible thefts?" asked one of the two Germans, "Yes, why not?" Claire replied laugh ingly. “I am sure I am not among thieves.** “Well, one can never know!” cried Miss Jefferson, in her piercing voice and looked at Claire's pin. “No, the only thing which Is known or which Is believed to be known Is that she bought a ticket for Saragos sa, but she was not among the pas sengers who arrived there on the train when It reached that city." “Oh, of course It Is possible that she has left the train at some Intermediate Htatlon or pefhaps that she has changed her dress, but It will not take long to find that out* If you will kind ly hand me my papers and a warrant I shall be ready to leave In a moment.” "I wish you the best of luck,” said the chief, handing her the papers and cordially shaking her hand, “but be careful that she doesn’t get .the best of you.” It was four days before the chief re celved any news from Claire, but on the fifth day a short dispatch arrived from Biarritz: "I have found the trail at last. She lived four dnys ago In this city In the Hotel de la Relna. She stopped one day nnd then left for Trouvllle and from there went to Ostend. 1 am go ing to Ostend now’ ”C. de ROMAIN ” A few days Jater a second telegram arrived dated from Ostend: “Found her, of course under another name nnd wearing a blonde wig. Shall keep you Informed of all that hap pens. My address Is Villa Arietta. Penslonat Savllles, Ostend. * "C. de ROMAIN." Vhree shnrp taps on a bell. Claire stood up over her desk and locked up her papers. Then she went over to the high mirror to arrange her hair. “Now’ you look charming, my dear Claire," she said to herself; “almost as charming ns little Mme. de Carlno, as she calls herself here.” Below’ in the large, airy dining room, the others were already at the table when Claire entered. “I thought that you were not going to eat any lunch today?” cried the little Mme. Luclenne de Carlno. “Then you prove that you do not know- ine,” replied Claire, with her pleasant smile, and sat down next to her. __ The handsome Count fortune Garrinac looked at her admiringly from the other side of the table. “There are people who think of noth ing else but to attract the attention of others, and if they can’t do so In any other way they do It by being unpunc tual at all occasions,” said the an gular Miss Jefferson, pale with Jeal ousy, for she had noticed the admira tion which the count’s face plainly ex pressed. . ,, . “Oh, those who use those kind of tricks are only people who are so un attractive that It is the only way In which they are able to attract atten tion," replied Mme. de Carlno. Everybody at the table laughed, with the exception of Miss Jefferson, who did not seem to have heard the last remark, and who nervously swallowed her iced beef tea. Two newly arrived German tourists spoke of the great theft of Jewels In Madrid. "Maybe you come from Madrid? asked Luclenne, with some show’ of In- terest. M _ •'No, medame, but I came from Sara- gossa." , , - . ••Do the police suspect anybody? she asked. • , Claire was looking at her cup, seem- Ingly absorbed, in thought, but not a word or tone escaped her, "Oh. ye*, the newspapers speak of a French woman who lived In the same hotel with Mile. Paquita." ••Where do you come from. Miss de Romaln?” Luclenne asked, turning to Claire. "Direct from Paris.” •But do you live In Paris?" "Oh, then you must surely promise to visit me In my home. I live Rue de Matin. 123, and I am always In Paris during the winter." "I than!, you very much, madame, and I shall surely take advantage of your Invitation,” replied Claire, making a mentai/Bote of tbe address. After the dessert, the party had gone but on the terrace to take their coffee In the open air. In the park below, the orchestra was playing and a crowd of people were listening to the music. Mme. de Carlno had gone to her room to write a letter, while Claire, the Eng* Hah splnter, and two Swedish ladles were sitting In comfortable wicker chairs, listening to the music of the band, while the gentlemen were looking at the passing crowds. Miss Jefferson was smoking a big cigarette and drink ing anisette. Suddenly she turned to Claire and asked In English, “Isn’t that pin you're wearing an antique piece of Jewelry?” "Yes, It belongs to an old set, which I once Inherited. Are you Interested In Jewels?” she asked rather sarcas tically. “Yea, I am quite a collector of prec ious stones," she replied, and looked at Claire with a peculiar expression In her yellowish-green eyes, "but I care only for those which are out of the ordinary, while I pay no attention whatever to ordinary stones." She leaned back In her chair, closed her eyes and enjoyed her cigarette sb only a passionate imoker can do It. Claire stood up and went upstairs to keep an eye on Mme. de Carlno. She never cared very much for the com pany of sour English women. She found Mme. de Carlno standing at the door leading to her room. "Oh, there you are!" she cried. “I have been knocking at your door {or about live minutes. I wanted to ask you If you could let me have a stamp." "I shall look an<J see,” replied Claire, and went Into the room. "Here I have one; do you want me to put It on your letter?” "Oh, no, thank you very much; I can do that myself.” But Claire's sharp eyes had already noticed the address of the letter—M. Jean Pontalrlo, Rue de Matin, 125, Paris. Suddenly the letter fell from Lu- clenne's hand, and as ahe stooped down to pick It up Claire discovered a small dark lock of hair under the blond wig. "Now I am sure of her," Claire thought. "She Is Mme. de Charmols. All I have to do now la to keep her." “Don’t you want to alt down?" ahe aaked In her frtendlleat manner; “It would be so nice to have a little talk together without being disturbed by the rest of the people here.” “Why, certainly,” replied Luclenne heartily. "Have you got a cigarette here? I do so like to smoke when I chat.” "Oh, yea, I have soma excellent Span ish cigarettes." "Have you ever been In Spain?" aaked Luclenne. "Yea, In Madrid, and I even lived In the hotel in which the Jewels were stolen." "You?" cried Luclenne; "but that is Impossible" "Impossible? Why so?” "Oh, 1 mean you told me a little while ago that you came-direct from Paris.” "Well, so I did. It was last year that I was In Madrid. Have you also been in Spain?” "Yes,” replied Mme. de Carlno. '•It Is beautiful there, don’t you think?" "Yes, especially beautiful now"' She suddenly stopped and looked at Claire with an expression of alarm, but Claire was quietly smoking her cigarette and did not seem to notice. There was a small pause, at the end of which Claire said to her: "I am told that Mile. Paqulta's turquoises were very valuable." •'Yes, so the papers say. , I hope the thieves may soon be caught." •'So do 1,” said Claire. Again a pause. Then Luclenne stood up. "I must go and mall my letter. Thank you very much for your kindness. Au revolr." Au revolr,” repeated Claire' rather absent-mindedly. "Who knows under what circumstances we two shall meet again," she thought. The same evening ahe sent a dis patch to her chief In Paris; "Get all Information concerning Mme. de t’aiino, who lives In Rue de Matin, with a certain Jean Pontalrol. "C. d. R." few hours later she received the following reply; Luclenne de Carlno lives at Rue de Matin 125. She Is the widow of Sen ator Paul de Carlno, Is very rich and travels most of the time. Jean Pon talrol Is the Janitor of her houae iln Paris. CARTES.” Claire had not expected tWs reply. She had thought that she would hear that both name and address were false. It was now necessary to prove that Mme. de Carlno and Mme. de Charmols were one and the same per son and to discover why she lived In Spain under another name. The whole of the following day Claire watched the young woman, but did not discover anything suspicious. Just now she was sitting In her room put ting the last touches to the costume which she was to wear at the great ball the same evening. She had taken all her beautiful antique Jewels out of the case and was now fastening the costly necklace around her white throat, ••Now, I shall try to tempt the little de Carlno,” she said to herself. Just then the door opened and Miss Jeffer son came In. "I beg your pardon. Mile, de Romaln, but have you got a French dictionary ?" "No, I am sorry to aay, I have not," replied Claire, "but If you want to And a word 1 may be able to help you out." A smile spread across the homely features of the Miss. "I suppose you can," she replied, still smiling. "I want to find the French expression for the word lesson.” "Why, that la 'lecon,' " replied Claire, surprised. "1 thank you one thousand times,” Mias Jefferson replied, and put on her eyeglasses. "You are going nut, I see." "Yes, I am going to the ball.” "Are those the Jewels of which you spoke?” "Yea, they are." The English woman looked at the stones through glasses. "Yes, they are really beautiful, beau tiful enough to make a person steal them. If I were you, I would not wear them tonight. You might meet all kinds of people at these balls.” FOUR—A LESSON—Miscellaneous. "Oh, I think I shall be able to look out for them," replied Claire. "If they should be stolen from me, I believe I know who took them." "So you really think you would? Well, I wish you a very pleasant evening.” And ahe shuffled through the door, In her peculiar, awkward manner. "What a ridiculous old woman." mumbled Claire, and threw her opera cloak over her shoulders. When she reached the door she suddenly turned and said to herself: "I wonder If I shouldn't be smart and play a trick on the little Carlno?" And with a smile, she exchanged the genu ine necklace with an inflation, which resembled It so closely that no one but a connoisseur could tell the dif ference. Then ahe went over for Lu- clenne, who was waiting for her In bar room. It was early morning before the two young ladles came back to Villa Aart- etta. When Claire came Into her room aha put the Imitation stones on the table and undressed. Two detectives were Immediately as. signed to assist her. and the Villa Art- etta and everybody living In It had to submit to a thorough search and ex amination. When they came to Lu- clenne'a room Claire asked the detec tives to wait outside a moment, as she should like to apeak a few words with the lady Inside. She knocked at the door and Luclenne, still In her night gown, opened It. "Hut Isn't that ter rible!” cried Luclenne. “All your beau tiful diamonds!” Claire turned the key In the lock and went up close to her. "Mme. de Carlno, or de Charmols, whatever your name Is, I beg you, for your own Bake, to be frank with me, and to tell me the whole truth." The little lady turned pale. "What do you mean?” she stuttered. Claire showed her her warrant. “We have reasons to suspect you of this theft, but before I shall allow the de tectives to enter and examine this room and yourself. I beg you to tell me the whole truth." “They suspect me of stealing?” cried Luclenne. “That Is too comical.” And she laughed so that the tears came Into her eyes. ••You should not laugh,” said Claire, earnestly. “We have our reaaona to suspect you." You have?" Yes: you were In Madrid when Mile. Paquita lost her Jewels, and lived at the same hotel under the name of de Charmols and disappeared suddenly the day after the theft." “Is there anything remarkable In that?” asked Luclenne, astonished. “You went from Madrid to Sara gossa; from there to Biarritz, and then to Trouvllle and Ostend. While you were living In Spain your hair was dark, and here you wear a blonde wig. AU that doesn't look very well." There was a short pause. Luclenne walked up and down a few seconds. Then she stopped In front of Claire and aald quietly, In a voice which was ab solutely Arm: "I am very Sorry, made moiselle, but you are on the wrong track. To explain, however, certain things which you discovered, I shall tell you something about myaelf on the condition that what I tell you goes no further." Claire nodded her head. "When I was still very young I was married to Senator Paul de Carlno, a man 80 years old. Five years after our inurriage he died and left me his whole fortune, several millions, on the condi tion that I must never marry avain. In case I should do so, I was to- lose the princlill and to have only the In terest of the fortune. While I was still married I fell In love with a young sculptor, Henri de Charmols, and a year after the death of my husband I went to Madrid, where he was living, and was secretly married to him. My second husband, however, died shortly after from consumption, and a few weeka after his death 1 gave birth to a boy, who is now In Madrid, and whom 1 go to see every year. You will un derstand that It would mean a serious loss to me should It be discovered that I married again, and I beg you not to reveal onythlng of what I .hp,ve told y °"You may rest quite assured that I shall not do so,” replied Claire curtly. •'What you have told me has nothing to do with my case, but you have nothing to say about the wig." "Oh. I forgot all about that, said Luclenne. with a smile. "You see when I married the Arst time I wore my hair In short curls. My husband did not like that, and for that reason I bought a wig, and when my hair grew longer after a while J used It only when I was traveling or visiting my son In Spain. I only did this so that acquaint ances from Paris should not recognise me so easily. Are you satlsAed now? "I suppose I have to bo satlsAed, re plied Claire, nnd stood up. "Do you object to letting the detective search your room aa a matter of form? "Oh, by no means. I shall Immediate- The "search was made, but nothing could be found. , , About a month later she received by express a rather large package which had been sent from New York. She broke the seal and found an expensive jewel case. She opened It In surprise and saw her own diamonds resting on a white satin pillow. Underneath was a letter written on rather common pa per, with a strange odor of ‘Jockey Club." With trembling hands she opened the letter and read: "My Dear Miss Romaln: There are people who believe themselves to he born geni uses. I do not say that you are one oi those, but you do believe that you pos sess the qualities to become famous as a detective, and that Is a very mistake. You never dlscoycred that l stole your Jewels, while I Immediately discovered that you were a detective. “You did not use your eyes ana ears, but listened only to remarks and ne«s- paper reports, and had only eyes for the sweet little Mme. de Carlno. She was beautiful and a Parlslenne, and that was enough for you. W bile > ou followed her you did not pay ani at tentlon to me-the ugly. English woman—and left me free to do anything I pleased. I could have taken advantage of you, 1 but I iIW» ( “* want to. I only desire to give you a good. Instructive 'lecon. Do you re member? I got the word from jourself and have deprived you of the desire to become a detective. Only for that rea- son I stole your Jewels, llow It hap pened and where I concealed them t shall not tell you. I them to you, although wUh bleedlng heart, the necklace which- looked so becoming around your neck, and I give becoming rau one goou auvue. *«*** ZZTZnd ful, very beautiful; ro back home ana marry.* ... “Yours very respectfully. "JACK JEFFERSON.’ Claire’s face was flushed, and as sh« let the hand holding the letter fall Into her lap, she mumbled, "Yea, ahe is right. It was a good lesson." Then she laughed loud and heartily and looked nt her long-lost diamonds which she had given up all hope or seeing again. Then ahe hurried down stairs nnd told all the other people m the house that she hail found her J*** els In her trunk. She gave Mow ™ Carlno a cordial kiss and naked her ir she would ever forgive that she had suspected her. The same evening she wrote a letter of resignation to her chief and told him at the same time that the thief had escaped across the ocean. Two days later she stood In Grill on's office and said - without any explanation. "I have thrown them over board, Grillon." "The principals?" "Yes." "I knew It." . "When are we going to get married. ••Whenevr you want to.” "As soon as possible." ... "But Isn’t that delightful, Mle. Claire?" "Please give me a cigarette." “Why, with th* greatest of pleas ure."