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Arthur sat at a near-by desk writing a letter; Uncle John glanced over the morning paper; Inez, the Mexican nurse, brought baby to Louise for a kiss before it went for a ride in its perambulator. An hour had passed when Le Drieux entered the lobby in company with a thin-faced, sharp-eyed man in plain clothes.
Patsy almost giggled outright as she thought of Le Drieux and his ridiculous suspicions. One would have to steal a good many pearls in order to acquire a fortune to match that of the Sangoan. He was speaking of Sangoa now, in answer to a question of Beth's. "Yes, indeed," said he, "Sangoa is very beautiful, and the climate is even more mild than that of your Southern California.
"As a matter of fact, there is no Sangoa." said he; "so we may doubt the young man's assertion that he was ever there." "Why are you interested in him?" inquired Mr. Merrick. "A natural question," said Le Drieux, after a moment of hesitation. "I know you well by reputation, Mr.
Patsy urged them all to wear the ornaments to dinner that evening, which they did, and although Jones was not there to observe the effect of the splendid pearls, Mr. Le Drieux was at his place in the dining room and made more notes in his little book. That was exactly what Patsy wanted.
I chattered to the judge about pearls, it is true, because I found he couldn't tell a pearl from a glass bead; and I believe I even perplexed Le Drieux by hinting at a broad knowledge on the subject which I do not possess. It was all a bit of bluff on my part.
"Can't you get it of Le Drieux?" asked the young man. "Perhaps so; I'll try. But it will be better to get the date from the steamship agent direct." With this they shook the boy's hand, assuring him of their sympathy and their keen desire to aid him, and then hurried away from the jail.
If Le Drieux, who holds a warrant for the arrest of Jack Andrews, issued by the Austrian government and vised in Washington, could be won to our side, the whole charge against our friend might be speedily dissolved." "Disgraceful!" snapped Maud indignantly. "I am positive Mr. Jones would not consider such a proposition." "Diplomatic, not disgraceful," commented the lawyer, smiling at her.
Le Drieux, I suppose a big reward has been offered?" "Not big; just a fair amount. It will repay me, quite handsomely, for my trouble in this affair; but, of course, my firm gets half of the reward." "They are not too generous. You deserve it all." "Thank you. It has been an interesting episode, Mr. Weldon." "It has been more than that.
"Both you and Patsy are staunch friends," he observed, after a while, "and I have noticed that your intuition as regards character is seldom at fault. But I advise you, in this instance, not to be hasty, for " "I know; you are going to refer to those pearls." "Naturally. If I don't, Le Drieux will, as you have yourself prophesied.
"Well, you won," he remarked, taking a vacant chair beside Le Drieux. "Yes, of course," was the reply; "but I'll admit that fellow Andrews is a smooth one. Why, at one time he had even me puzzled with his alibis and his evidence. That flash of the pearls was the cleverest trick I ever heard of; but it didn't go, I'd warned the judge to look out for a scoop.
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