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He handed them a card which read: "ISADORE LE DRIEUX Importer of Pearls and Precious Stones 36 Maiden Lane, New York City." "I have connections abroad, in nearly all countries," continued the man, "and it is through some of them that I have knowledge of this young fellow who has taken the name of A. Jones. In fact, I have a portrait of the lad, taken in Paris, which I will show you."
All this might possibly be explained by remembering that a man like Jack Andrews is undoubtedly a clever actor." "Exactly!" said a jubilant voice behind them, and Mr. Isidore Le Drieux stepped forward and calmly drew up a chair, in which he seated himself.
Arthur asked a few more questions of no importance and then bade Le Drieux good night and rejoined the girls. "You win, Maud," he remarked as he sat down. "That clew of yours was an inspiration. Andrews arrived in America on January twenty-seventh, just one day after Jones had a motion picture of himself taken at the stockholders' meeting of the Continental Film Company."
The collection of Countess Ahmberg was noted for its variety of shapes and colors more than for its large or costly pearls; and that leads to my great discovery." "Thank heaven," said Flo, with a sigh. "I have discovered that our famous expert. Le Drieux, is an arrant humbug." "We had suspected that," remarked Maud. "Now we know it," declared Colby.
Le Drieux sat in silence for a few minutes. Then he said: "I appealed to you, Mr. Merrick, because I was not thoroughly satisfied, in my own mind, of my conclusions. You have added to my doubts, I must confess, yet I cannot abandon the idea that the two men are one and the same.
"He ought to have no difficulty in proving he is not Jack Andrews," he remarked, reflectively; "and yet those pearls are difficult to explain. Their similarity to the ones stolen in Europe fooled the expert, Le Drieux, and they are likely to fool a judge or jury. I hope Jones has some means of proving that he brought the pearls from Sangoa. That would settle the matter at once."
Merrick, "doesn't amount to shucks! It is constantly getting good people into trouble and allowing rascals to escape. Nothing but direct evidence will ever convince me that a man is guilty." Le Drieux shrugged his shoulders. "The pearls are evidence enough," said he. "To be sure. Evidence enough to free the poor boy of suspicion. You may be a better messenger than you are a detective, Mr.
Le Drieux, that the story of Andrews can not be the story of young Jones." Le Drieux took the picture and replaced it in his pocket. "To err is human," said he, "and I will admit the possibility of my being mistaken in my man. But you will admit the resemblance?" "Yes. They might be brothers. But young Jones has said he has no brothers, and I believe him."
In other words, whatever Jones may be, he is not Andrews; or, if by chance he proves to be Andrews, then Andrews is innocent of crime. All your theories are based upon a desire to secure rewards, backed by a chain of circumstantial evidence." "A chain," said Le Drieux, grimly, "that will hold Jack Andrews fast in its coils, clever though he is." "Circumstantial evidence," retorted Mr.
Logically, the question has weight and I shall present it as effectively as I can; but, as I said, I rely more on my ability to disprove the identity of the pearls, on which the expert Le Drieux lays so much stress.
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