East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-11-22

sickening; and, to divert my thoughts, l
was about peering into the closets, when
my companion called TO me 10 stop,
DO not thouch any thing he said !;
here is a rare chance to show you that
all my adventures were not idle talk. i
will guarantee that if YOU will interpret
for me, | can find out who did this deed,
/ looked at him in astonishment. His
keen eye was rapidly scanning the room,
and indeibly transferring to his memory
all it rested ON. ......
We shall not long remain undisturbed
here, aud therefore don't say any thing
to me, but note every thing, however
minute about the place, and we will talk
it up afterwards
Il obeyed his instructions. In about
half n-hour the crowd had been dispersed
and the latch was drawn. At the noise
we both looked up. 1t was the secretary
who entered, with broom IN his hand;
paid little attention to his looks, however,
my friend paid more. The secretary was
little startled at finding two Franks in
the dwelling, and he seemed heated and
fa'igued with his contest with the people
outside; he, however, asked us to be seat
ed, and apofogized for his having no re-
freshments to offer US. He did not ask
us our business, as is the custom among
the Orientals, although they couch the
inquiry in such terms as toInake it appear
an act of friendly interest rather than
curiosity. Although he did not ask me,
it seemed SO natural to make some re-
mark concerning our affairs, that | asked
Thompson what excuse | should offer for
our intrusion.
Tell him, replied he, that VIC are go
ing to discover the murderer, after the
English plan; that we would like him to
recommend us to the Pashs, as being ex-
celent OWNERS.
Although was somewhat toubled to
find the requisite words in which to frame
this eloquent address, | managed in some
manner to convey the idea to him, aud
with abundant assurance that he would
exert his influence with the Pasha on our
behalf, We left him.
after taking ride for an hour or two
longer, we returned and enjoyed SieSta
before dinuer took little walk round
the square, which is in front of the hotel,
and then went to my friends room. l
found him drawing, at the table, and
without looking up, he pushed a piece of
paper before NE and asked me to draw
plan of the room in which the tragedy
took place.
'On comparing them, they were found
to agree in general; but in detail, his was
much more exact than mine.
He then drew two chairs before the
fire, and after clapping his hands in the
hall to summons a servant, he ordered
some Of 'Alsop's East India, which, tho
less poeticsl than sherbet, is far more
satisfactory. We lighted our cherry
handled chibonks aud drew comfort from
their amber mouth-pieces.
And now said Thompson, after we
had smoked while in silence, what do
you remember about the room, and what
things attracted your special attention?
Il gave him all the observations had
made, without skipping, as | thought, the
most trivial thing. When | had ended,
he praised my power Of noticing, and
said, he thought few lessons would
make me an adept. Then, reilling his
pipe, he told his views, as follows. / only
omit such things as we talked up and
discarded as irrevelant:
4 noticed that the house was at one
end Of small street, although it fronted
on the bazaar; there was one occupied
house in front of it, and the shops on
either side, remember, are closed at
night In the rear there are no houses
whose windows command Ibrahim's dwell
ing. Inoticed that the house was com.
posed of the room in which we were and
the loft above. Now that loft has never
been opened, within a week at least, as
the cobwebs were as thick round it as
they are round the mouth of parish
poor-box. Now, as the man must have
slept somewhere, he slept in that room
and perhaps was sleeping when his assas-
sin entered observed in one corner Of
the room mat and some pillows, which
had not been disturbed; and the only
evidence / have that he was sleeping, was
the evident adjustment of those three
ottomans. Now man is never murdered
at least very, very seldom = except
from covetousness, jealousy or hatred
for an injury done; insanity | look upon
as a mere make-shift used by clever
counsellors to divert the law from its true
course; although so popular has the doc
trine become that the word murder seems
to be defined ,mp,mishabe insanity. But
that is getting off our subject. In this
enlightened country, where it is no object
for man to be insane, we may reduce
our inquiries to the three causes Of mur-
der before mentioned. And first, let us
take up Jealousy. Was the man hand
some, was he even passably good looking?
was he young? was he attractive? What
think yon?
TO me- | replied, 'he appeared to be
none of these
Very well, continued Thompson, 'at
best, these are but suppositions; we will
find ont tomorrow, in a quiet way, a
great deal more about him. Iou think
then, we might dismiss jealousy?
Il do
'Thcn, to my mind, he either had some
thing worth coveting, or else ho had