The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-04-06
for tbe Dome Girtle.
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
Story Of a Detective "Expert. I"

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Story Of a Detective I" Expert" "
The reader of the Lost Jewels of Ach-
met Bey,' in late lumber of the Knieker.
booker, will need no further inducements to
tperuse the following. which proceeds from the
same pen:
The circumstance which occurred in Cairo
to which alluded in my accounts of the re-
covery OF the jewels of Achmet Bey, happen
ed in this wise :.
i I had been to Petra and Mount Sinai, and
had reached afro. en- route for upper Egypt.
Departing from my regular custom of sleeping
at Kahan, put up at sheppard's Hotel. de-
!. termined to attone for past fatigue BY fort
nights rest. Our: caravan arrived late in the
evening, and when set down to tea found
but one companion. He was large and
rather handsome Englishman, whose gigantic
frame and ruddy countenance evidently bespoke
a traveller for pleasure and not health. The
usual courtesies of strangers passed between
us on meeting. and il was not until We were
nearly through our meal, that active converse
ton was commenced.
1 Finding our taste some what similar, and be,
ing much prepossessed in his favor. at my so.
lcit alton he accompanied me to my room,
where there was good FIRE, more for appear.
ance sake than necessity, and soon being in
volved in dense cloud of Latakia, flor which
! my heart now sighs.) we unfolded our several
4 histories. =
He had for some years been the chief detec-
tive in large English city; having grown
weary of his calling, and possessing some prop
erty. he had determined to travel. Not as
be bluntly and honestly confessed, because he
was scholar. ard wished to see that of which
he had read, hut because he simply wished to
I enlarge his views, and enjoy himself He en-
tertained me until long after midnight, with
detailed accounts of the adventures and diff
Guilty he had experienced in -ferreting ont of.
; tenders, although be frankly confessed that it
was an unpleasant amusement, soon turned in
: to unpoetlcai, degraded feeling of spy-like
drudgery. About ore o'clock we separated,
0 promising to devote the next day to sight see-
q ing; I3offering as an inducement, knowledge of
D the language, which would preclude the neces.
sity of other guides than our donkey boys.
D Two ortbree days of pleasant companion
8 ship had rapidly flown, during which much
was accomplished, when the servant who brot
4 fresh water to me in the morning, asked il |
3, had heard of the murder In answer to my list
!. less inquiries. he told me that Ibrahim, the
!, cobbler, was missing, and that there had been
!, enough blood found on the floor of his room
! to guarantee the belief that wherever he was,
{ he was not alive. This was all he knew, and
:, thought little more on the subject until break
=. fast time. ? ps - $3.50
!Thompson-so shall call my friend-was
already seated, when reached the table, anG
q after bidding me good morning, he asked mt
~ the English, also American question,
- What news p r.
'It would appear replied, that they hav'
es had murder or abduction case during th'
n uight, for our old friend of whom you bough
Sd your red slippers. has disappeared
ut If. instead of numbering him, they hat
ne made lin wear pair of his. own slippers fo
an hour or two. think theyswould have pun
ished him bad enough said Thompson, who
the day before. had been heroically enduriu,
pair of Turkish shoes. .s.31}
's After we had finished our meal, i propos
= ed the Pyramids or the palace of Abbas Pashs
% (which latter was not then completed y :
.-l Thompson said his feet were too much blisi
cred to walk round the curiosities' and pre-
posed We should visit the house where th
- murder was committed, and, said he,
Perhaps can give you hint or two o
circumstantial evidence which will prove ust
og full to you some day. So saying he limpe
'ef ont of the hotel. / following; and we wei
soon canterlng gaily toward the bazaars.
'ur When we reached the house, which was
at the thickest part of the Tahan Bazaar, a lare
-. crowd had already assembled, and the secret
yell ~ of the Pasha was loudly vociferating ar
- calling upon them to disperse:
, a Thompson seemed to forget his lameness f
ter dismounting. he plowed path to the hous
and / following in his furrow. Watching b
per chance. when the secretary was engaged
{ laying down the law to the most persisiter
,ess he pushed open the door and walked j
hat and qaietly closing it, leaving none within
ept walls but ourselves. The sight to me was
ar most sickening; and to divert my thoughts
- was about peering into the closets when q
,mr companion called me to stop. f.
Il DO not touch anything be said. here il
are rare chance to show you that all my adve
as lures we're not idle talk. will guarant
,e that if you will interpret for me that will q
zach out who did this deed ss fS
ong Il looked at him in astonishment I
nur. keen eye was rapidly scanning the room. a
Itch ideiihly transferring to bis memory all ii rest
on. aaa
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