The Missioner Necklace Case Heats Up In Paris
Detective Britt pursues a complex theft involving a priceless paste necklace. He deduces the duplicate was made abroad, likely Paris, and that Miss Holcomb is not involved. The search narrows to a clever thief with inside access, as a new cablegram confirms drawings and a Paris connection.
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Maharance
Paris
Britz
Logan
Detective Bureau
United States Treasury Department
Writz
Reo
Orignal
Britt
Miss Holcomb
Paif
Elinor Holcomb
Fitch
Mrs. Missioner
Griswold
Dorothy
Sands
Donnelly
Carson
Diamonds and Detective in a Forrest Theater Interlude
Detective Lieutenant Britz spies Dorothy March at a matinee and learns she may hold a clue to Mrs Missioner’s diamond mystery. Their flirtation yields chatter about society, art, and era contrasts, while Britz tracks Griswold and Sands covertly, chasing a lead through New York’s social scene.
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Dorothy March
Forrest Theater
New York
Britz
Manning
Jritz
Doris Missioner
Dorothy
Cape
Britt
Mr. Britz
Mrs. Missioner
Miss March
Mulberry Street
Murray Hill
Ward McAllister
Central Office
Broadway
March
Spain
Queen Victoria
Teddy Lorimer
Mr. Griswold
Anatole
Anatole Daubigny
Newport
Forrest
Logan
Curtis Griswold
Lorimer
Daubigny
Lieutenant Britz
Elinor Holcomb
Doctor Fitch
Missioner
Fifth Avenue
Griswold
Sands
All
Blodgett
Debonair
Forty-fourth Street
Sherry
Braxton Sands
Fifty Ninth Street
Madison Avenue
Seventy-second Street
Sands and Griswold
The Scientific Butler and the Evolution Debate
An anecdote from Canon Ringer highlights a maid at a country house party mishearing scientific talk. The maid praises the butler as refined and scientific, claiming he explains évolution and asserts that humanity is descended from Darwin.
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Ringer
Darwin