Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West

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Maud obtained a letter from Jones to Captain Carg, asking him to be on

hand, and this she dispatched by a safe messenger to the yacht

_Arabella_. She also told Goldstein to have his operator in attendance

with the film. Finally, a conference was called that evening with Mr.

Colby, at which the complete program of defense was carefully rehearsed.

"Really," said the lawyer, "there's nothing to this case. It's a regular

walkaway, believe me! I'm almost ashamed to take Mr. Jones' money for

conducting a case that Miss Stanton has all cut and dried for me. I'll

not receive one half the credit I should had the thing been complicated,

or difficult. However, I've learned so much about pearls that I'm almost

tempted to go into the jewelry business."

Friday morning was bright and cool--one of those perfect days for which

Southern California is famous. Judge Wilton appeared in court with a

tranquil expression upon his face that proved he was in a contented mood.

All conditions augured well for the prisoner.

The prosecution was represented by two well known attorneys who had

brought a dozen witnesses to support their charge, among them being the

Austrian consul. The case opened with the statement that the prisoner,

Jackson Dowd Andrews, alias A. Jones, while a guest at the villa of the

Countess Ahmberg, near Vienna, had stolen from his hostess a valuable

collection of pearls, which he had secretly brought to America. Some of

the stolen booty the prisoner had disposed of, it was asserted; a part

had been found in his possession at the time of his arrest; some of the

pearls had been mounted by Brock & Co., the Los Angeles jewelers, at his

request, and by him presented to several acquaintances he had recently

made but who were innocent of any knowledge of his past history or his

misdeeds. Therefore the prosecution demanded that the prisoner be kept in

custody until the arrival of extradition papers, which were already on

the way, and that on the arrival of these papers Andrews should be

turned over to Le Drieux, a representative of the Vienna police, and by

him taken to Austria, the scene of his crime, for trial and punishment.

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