East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-22
Story of a Detective Expert

The circumstances which occurred in
Carlo to which I alluded in my'account
of the recovery of the jewels Of Achmet
Bey happened on this wise:
/ had been to Petra and Mount Sinai,
and had reached Carlo, en- route for Upper
Egypt. Departing from my regular Gus
tom Of sleeping at Khan, l put mp at
.Sheph0ds Hotel, determined to atone for
past fatigue by fortnight's rest. Our
Caravan arrived late in the evening, and
when ] sat down to tea found but one
companion. lie was IA large aud hand.
some Englishman, whose gigantic frame
and ruddy countenance evidently bespoke
a traveller for pleasure and not for health.
The usual courtesies of strangers passed
between US on meeting, and it was not
until we were nearly through our meal,
that an active conversation was COM
menced.
Finding our taste somewhat similar,
and being much prepossessed in his favor,
at my solicitation he accompanied me To
nv room, where there was a good fire,
more for appearances sake than necessity,
aud soon being involved in a dense cloud
of Latakia, Cor which my heart now
sighs) we unlodcd our several histories.
He had for some month been a chief de
tcctiye' in large English city; having
grown weary of his calling, and possess
ing some property, he had determined to
travel. Not, as he bluntly and honestly
confessed because he was a scholar, aud
wished TO see that Of which he had read
but because he simply wished to enlarge
his views, and enjoy himself He enter
tanned me until long past midnight, with
detailed accounts Of the adventures aud
difficulty he had experienced III ierreting
ont offenders, although he frankly con-
fcssed that it was an unpleasant thing to
find that what at first was amusement,
soon turned INTO an unpoctical, degraded
feeling of spy-lke drudgery. About one
O'Clock we separated, promising to devote
the next day to sightseeing | Offering,
as an inducement, my knowledge of the
language which would prelude the necesi.
ty of our guide than other donkey. boys.
1.-TWO or three days of pleasant COM
psnionship had rapidly flown, during
which much was accomplished, when the
servant who brought fresh water to me
in the morning, asked me if had heard
of 'the murder In answer TO my list
less inquiries, he told me that lbrahim,
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 breakfast time.
Thonspon-so | shall call my friend
was already seated when reached the
table, and after bidding me good morn.
ing, he ask cd me the English aud Ameri-
can question. What news?'
1t would appear, | replied, that they
have had murder or abduction case dur.
ing the night, for our old friend of whom
you bought your red slippers has disap.
peared.
If instead Of numbering him, they
had made him wear a pair of his own
slippers for an hour or two, | think they
would have punished him badly enough,
said Thompson who the day before had
been heroically enduring pair Of Turk
ish shoes.
After we had finished our meal, pro.
posed the Pyramids, or the Palace OF
Abbas Pasha, (Which latter was not then
completely Thompson said his feet were
too much blstercl to walk round the
curiostcs, and proposed We should visit
the house where the murder was commit
ted, aud, said he, perhaps / can give YOU
hint or two on eircunstantal evidence
which will prove useful to you same day.
SO saying, he linpcd ont of the hotel,
following, aud we were soon cantering
gayly toward the bazaars.
when we reached the house, which
was in the thickest part of the Tahar
bazaars, a large crowd had already as
scmbled, ard the secretary OF the Pashs
was loudly vocilerating and calling upon
them to dispcrse.
Thompson seemed to forget his lame
ness, for dismounting, he pIOughed a patti
to the house, following in his furrow.--
Watching his chance, when the secretary
was engaged in laying down the law t,
the most persistent, he pushed open tho
door and waikinp in. "a u,,ictIy closed IL