The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-07-21
TH1EF-TAKIxc IN LONDON.
From "Househ,,ld Word. 81

lette-iable is bare: except the ornaments
she now wears. her beauty Is ~ unaiorned
as that of Quakeress: not ling is left
all the fond tokens you gave her when her
pre-nuplai lover. are gone: your own min
iature. with its setting of gold and brilliants
her late mothers diamonds the bracelets
"dear papa" presented on her last birth
dag : the top OF every bottle in the dressing
case brought from Paris BY Uncle John. at
the risk of his life. in February, l848. be-
ing gold. are off-but the bottles, (being
glass. remain. Every valuable is swept
away with the most discriminating villainy:
for mo- other thing in the chamber is touched;
not chair has been moved the costly
pencule on the chimney piece still ticks
The entire apartment is a. neat and trim a.
when il had received the last finishing touch
of the households duster. The entire es-
adjustment runs frantically up stairs and
down stairs and finally congr"gates in my
Lady's Chamber. Nobody knows anything
whatever about il yet every body offers
suggestion. although they have not an idea
'.who ever did it, The housemaid bursts
into tears the cook declares she thinks she
il going into Mysteries and At last you
suggest sending for the police: which is
taken as suspicion of, an insult on. the
whole assembled household. and they de-
scend into the lower regions of the house
in the sulks.
K - arrives. His face betrays sheepi
ness. combined with mystery. He turns
his bulls eye into every corner of the pass
aye. and upon every countenance On the
premises. He examines all the locks, b''lts
and bars. bestowing extra diligence on those
which enclosed the stolen treasure. These
he declares have been .'Wiolsted - thus
conci>ely intimating. without quoting Pope.
that there has been more than one "R ipe of
| the Lock" He then notes the non disturb
ance of other valuables takes you solemnly
aside. darkens lis lantern, and asks. in
my steriuas whisper, if you suspect any of
| your servants. which implies that he does.
| He then examines the upper bedrooms !:
and, in The room of the female servants. he
discovers the least valuable of the rings
and cast-of silver tooth pick, between the
mattresses. You have every confidence in
your maids but what can you think You
suggest their safe custody; but your wife
mercedes. and the policeman would prefer
speaking to his inspector before he locks
any body up.
Had the whole matter remained in the
hands of x 40, it is possible that your
whole troubles would have lasted iill noW-
A tain of legal neutrality-suspicious. fol
defamation of character and suits for dam
ages would have followed, costing mole
than the value OF the jewels. together with
| the entire evaporation OF all your neigh
bors and every private friend of your do
m-s,ies. But. happily. the Inspector
promptly sends a PLAIN, earne>'-lookIng
man. who announces himself as one OF the
| n II
les the whole matter l.. ten minutes. His
examination is ended in five. AS con
noisseur can determine the painter of a
picture at the first glance, or wine faster
the precise vintage OF sherry by the merest
sip. SD the Detective at once pounces upon
the authors Of The work of ART under con-
sidera,ion, by the style of performance it
not upon the precise executant, upon the
school to which he belongs. Paving
finished the toilette branch OF the inquiry.
he takes short view of the parapet vi your
house. and makes an equally cursory inves-
,igation of the attic window fastening-.-
His mind is made up. an most likely he
will ldress you in these words:
..All right, sir. This is done by one of
the Dancing School ! "
j 'ImpossibI- - exclaims your plundPred
partner. why. our children go To Mon
sieur Petlitoes, If NJ. 81. aud assure on
he is highly respectable professor. AS to
;, his pupils. =
The Detective smilts and interrupts
.'DanceIs,' he tells her, lis name given
u the sort of burglar by whom You have
been robbed and every branch Ut the thiev-
ing profession is divided into gangs, which
are termed schools From No. 80 10 the
end of the street the houses are unfinished.
The thief made his way to the top of one OF
these. and crawled To your garret-'
But We are twenty houses distant, and
why did he not favor one of my neighbours
you ask.
''EIther their uppermost stories are not
so practicable, or the ladies have not such
valuable jewels
But how did the thieves know that %
by watching and inquiry. This affair
may have been in prepa' alton for more than
u month. Your house has been watched !:
your habits have been ascertained. They
found out when you dine-Eow long you
remain in the diningronm. A day is Sc
lected while you are busy dining. and your
servants busy waiting on you, the thing Is
done. Previously, many journeys have
been made over lne roofs, " lind out the
best means of entering your house. The
attic is chosen; the robber gets in. and
creeps noiselessly, OF dances into the place
10 b. robbed
is there any chance of recovering our
property % you ask, anxiously, seeing the
whole matter at glance.
Il hope So ] have sent some brother
officers To watch the Fences houses"
Fences 90
Fences" explains the Detective. in re-
ply to your innocent wife's inquiry. '.are
purchasers of stolen goods. Your jewels
will soon be forced out of their settings.
and the gold melIed.''
suppressed scream.
I'VE shall see If. at this unusual hour oil
the night. there is any hustle in or near any
of these places; if any smoke lie coming out
of any one of their furnaces, where the
melting takes place. Ishall go and seek
out the precise 'garretteer'-that's another
name these plunderers rive them selyes-