The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-06-24

mark of violence, not even fresh scratch.
On the south side of the apartment were two
windows, small, it is true, but still Of size
sufficient to admit the ingresS of an ordin:
ary.sized man. One was latticed-the 9th.
er had the lattice removed. examined
both the sills-there was no rubbing Of the
paint, and no sand remaining which could
have been brought there by the foot Of an
intruder.
Twas puzzled. The AooEyet remained to
bo examined. 1t was Of red and blue tile
and appeared solid throughout; there were
no marks of footsteps upon it, and 10 some
places the dust had accumulated undisturb.
ed. now descended, and was met by
Achmet. put on an expression OF intelli'
gence, but declined conversation; and to his
question, "Any trace yet!" simply replied,
"Wait Allah will not let wickedness 60
unpunished." .'..D.... .... ..r..-
1t was now nearly dusk, yet began to
reconnoitre the exterior Of the palace. 1t
was of an oblong form, and it's greatest
length was from east 10 west. There was
but one tree very near it, and that was g.
gantic palm, which toweredtwice the height
of the palace, at about yards distance from
it's walls. next examined the windows Of
the chamber from below. There was blank
wall to their very stills. then searched
the ground for indications of the use Of
ladder; and in so doing found the marks Of
feet. There was deep indentaton, as
from jump, beneath the window which had
no easement, and from this mark, single
[ track led off to the village. Butin these
tracks there was one pecularity, which was
particularly observable from the loamy soil;
I'LL the heel prints were deeper than those OF
the toe. 1t now became dark, and re.en
tered the palace. To avoid questioning,
Immediately retired-not to sleep, but to
think.
And now let me trace the conclusions to
which came. argued that the thief was
one of those to whom the treasure had been
shown; that he must have been courageous,
to have taken that which an armed man
most priced from beneath the pillow on
which he slumbered; he must also have been
athletic, to place sufficient onfdence in
himself, in case Of discovery. further
reasoned that he must have been of the
higher order, to know that a few shining
stones were of immense value, and to have
been permitted to view them by Achmet Bey
Next, to the question, SHOW did he enterr
I argued after this manner: He assuredlj
did not get in at the window, for the foo
prints all pointed away from it, then as the
heel prints were deepest, he must have taken
these steps buckward, to mislead any observer
from his true mode OF exit; and he made the
counterfeit of a leap, to further that impres
sion: ergo, he must have been cunning
man.
now returned in fancy to my scrutiny
of the room; all was examined except tht
the ceiling, and. it was next to impossible
tnul he uuu eHtelCu IIOi th0 "uiIoS AoVL VI
window--he must have come ftom the roof
But one other spggsrstion presented itself
and that at once dismissed. It was this
could he have been hidden IN the room!-
There was no place for concqalnteht, excep
behind the tapestry, and this as previous y
stated, was SO closely connected with th'
wall, as to make the hiding Of a man i'm
possible. =, ......... .,.
! now summed up the result in these fe,
words:-The box was stolen BY a cunpinI
/. fellow; he entered by the roof, and probab
, departed by the same ,wayi the thief mus
, be of the higher rank. After which con
clusions dismissed all further thought from
J my mind, and slept. ,..,l, w.. .
The next morning l examined the roo
by means Of pole, and soon found a boar
which yielded to my pressure. piled ON
ottoman upon another. aud with ease move
D the plank entirely. On one side of the ad
d joining plank 1 discovered small piece o
blue cashmere, mere shred, it is true, bu
d from il learned two important things
}. was right in my conjecture that the THE
J. was of high rank, for the material was cos
ly; and second, that the man, whoever
:. was, was dressed in blue robe. So costl
o was the cashmere, that at once conclude
], that he would continue to wear the rob
e notwithstanding the rent, SO now had
look for man who wore torn or mende
n robe. drew myself up into the loft, whel
:, l found piece of palm rope made fast
ID the rafter above, long enough to have m
q terially aided egress. and | availed rnyse
h of it to descend again into the apartment.
Q. now went aTound the building once mo
0. and satisfied myself that the palm tree W
r. the means of attaining the roof But fro
IN its size, it must have been q man OF extrac
ed dinary frame who could grasp it. Beneu
ct it were foot prints, but whether Of the thi
m or not, was now immaterial to me. 4
in chain Of evidence was thus far complete.
" My host met and inquired what progre
s. had been made. told him only porti
e; of my discoveries, and asked him for
key Of the box. This he produced and q
ON into my possession. He asked if there v
=. any thing else desired.
ng "All I now want" l replied. sis
,as suit Of Turkish clothes, 50 that ! may p
IL. az ono Of your relatives from Stamboul, .