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I IJ li The Tell-Tale ! '1 I' Gloves 1' ! 1 < i 1 i 1 1 ! By EVELYN LEE 1? 11 1 > (Copyright, 1919, by th? W?at?rn N?wspaper Union.) I would never have gone on with the Folsom case if I had not met the sister of the party principally at interest, her brother Gregory Folsom. He was a high class wholesale diamond salesman, had over $100,000 in diamonds and pearls ready to start on a long trip, when between the hours of seven and twelve, while the pair were at a theater, a slick thief had forced a , door in their flat, had burst open the safe with that terrible instrument of cracksman ingenuity "the drag," and had departed with the chamois strip In which the gems were stored. I was at the time a stenographer and private secretary to the chief of the detective bureau, was considerable of a favorite with my superior and had a natural liking for mysteries. . Such the Folsom case was in the eyes of four of the most noted experts of the department, who visited the scene of the turglary and came back shaking their heads-seriously, with the announcement: "No clew." It was the following day that the chief hailed me at my desk in a bantering sort of way. "See *.ere, Wharton," he observed, "you have done some good theorizing in your time and have expressed a longing for some real detective work. How does this puzzling Folsom case strike you? The big four have thrown it in the air on ? ho thorouahfare' basis. The big jewelry firm has offered $10,000 reward. Why rot take a hand and earn enough to make you feel comfortable for a few years?" I had a talk with the head of our crack professional quartette soon afterwards. Blake Muriel was his name and he had done some marvellous things In the sleuth line, but he was short and snappy in his replies to my interested inquiries. Don't wing any hopeful flight on that mixup," he advised. "It's simple, but trackless. One person broke into the house, forced the safe and walked off. It was a neat, quick job. In one thing, however, the criminal, for such he was, and an accomplished one at that, beat us to it. We relied on finger marks. There wasn't one." Two hours later I visited the flat where the crime had been committed. It was Gregory Folsom himself who met me at the door, and when I had introduced myself as a special investigator from the bureau he cordially and courteously invited me into the flat He looked anxious and depressed, showed me the forced door and that of the safe, and I was about to make my departure when a beautiful girl entered the room. "My sister," he introduced briefly. And then: "Eunice, this is a man from the detective department. I have told j him all I know." The charming creature bowed to me pleasantly. Then to her brother. "Did you mention the man whom. I noticed hanging around the building day before yesterday?" "Why, no," responded Folsom. "You can't describe him." f "And the gloves, Gregory?" "Ah, yes, the gloves! I didn't think of that," said Folsom, and his sister j left the room and returned with a pair of kid gloves in her hand. "We found these in the hall," she explained, "wadded up, as if worn for some purpose and then thrown aside." I examined them carefully. They showed creases and peeling where they had evidently been used for some rough work. They were immensely large, quite beyond the numbers kept in the average glove stock. They were brand new. Studying them closely, I discerned that they must have fitted to great splay hands. Another discovery they were brand new and workmanship upon them showed that they had evidently been made to order. Something in my manner seemed to inspire pretty Eunice Folsom with curiosity and hope. "Do they give you any clews," she inquired eagerly. And in response I turned back the inside of one glove. Across it was stamped the name of its maker, "Jules Lefarge, 22 Conway street." "Very much so," I said. "You have j furnished a full start in the quest for a man with remarkably large hands, ~ ? ?1 ????<? n/\ AO fA IaOTTA WHO wore II1USW giuves ?u aa IU icaiv behind no tell-tale finger prints.** Within an hour I was at the establishment of Jules Lefarge. It was no trick for him to immediately recall supplying a dozen pairs of gloves made to order for a man with very large hands a month prior. They had been delivered to Behjamln Stole, 912 Park Row. I hurried thither to learn from the landlady that the man with the big hands had paid his bill the day on/1 Vi o H Hanortod Rut II YIVUO auu uuu uvyu& WU? letter had arrived that very same evening. As a duly commissioned emissary of the police I deemed it best to appropriate it. The address of the writer in a neighboring city was given. I reached it the next morning, called in two detective auxilaries and located the writer of the letter and his guest in the man with the gloves. It was with a good deal of satisfaction that I encased those brawny hands with a pair of handcuffs. It was with rare and radiant delight that I decorated the soft, gentle ones of Eunice Folsom with an engagement ring somewhat later. NAVY T OSELL SUGAR. 3,000,000 Pounds for Hospitals and Naval Employes. Washington, Oct. 24.?The Navy Department will sell 3,000,000 pounds of sugar to hospitals and naval employes throughout the country, to ass.'st in relieving the sugar shortage, Secretary Daniels announced tonight. The navy has a six months supply of sugar on hand and .Mr. Daniels estimated that 3,000,000 pounds could be spared without serious injury. Any hospital can obtain the sugar from navy canteens or by ordering from the Navy Department direct and paying freight charges in addition to the cost price. 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