The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-05-08

tildta what want TO know. and what's
more, even Il b. got up, how did he ever
get down again ~ ( !, t -, Isl
Elearing these REMARKS nut aloud, and inl
an fnteFrogatiye form, Mrs. Stott thought
it incumbent upon her to speak, and the
more *, AS she had ingeniaudly eiabor
ated 4 theory Of her own TO account for
the whole mystery.
tIf nobody could have got in from the
outside, John, people IS was inside
could have done II easy enohgh II was
one Of them trapesing servant girls, who
dresses 50 fue, and Is always wanting
money tobny gewgawss You may take my 4
word for ill.,
,eT Tdont suppose, ma am, = returned the !
ehief+constable, with supreme contempt
!" that the Bench Of Justices would take
your word for Vt, even # I was weak |
enough To do so, which / amnot. Toe
servants are All above suspicion both at
Sir Roberts and Mrs. Peewits, that was
the 6rst thing aswe looked to, of course
But evenif il were otherwise, do you sup
pose that thieying isan epidemic, that IL \
should breako out in'one household to-day,
and in another tomorrow, as this has
doneg You had better 70 to sleep, Ina'ara,
and leave me TO think the matteF aut
alone. Which, aocordinglg, this great
man, having drawn his night-cap on, the
better 70 consider in, proceeded to do.
Two buFglafies on two following nights,
in town under his personal superinten.
dence, and nobody yet in cuatodyI He
had never imagined that such aplot could
befall his 'scutcheon twas notimpossi.
BILE, in d town SO slenderly guarded, that d
ladder might have been employed without
datection, but, most certainly inneither OF
these cases had such an instrument been
used The flower boxes had, in both in.
stances, projected beyond the sill, 90 that
the top of any ladder must have rested on
them, and LEFT its mark. There was also
no trace Of the foot of il ia the soil below,
--OI sign Of an attempt to remove such
trace, Although, IN the case of Sir
Roberts house there was flower,bed i'm.
mediately beneath the window Mr.,
Stott in short brougbta all his intelligence
TO bear upon this problem IA vain, and
nothing came of it but headache Z
Next day, the Whoie town was
lin q state OF intense alarm. The
previous robbery had created much
excitement among the inhabitants,
but not sd much on account of the crime
as Of the sagacious manner IN which their
chiefconstable had discovered tho mode Of
/ depredadons but now, not only had sec
/ ond outrage been committed, but the lact
Of ils occurrence whilethe acr0bats were
away had proved their innoeenca of this
particular otfense though the ma trates,
1 not knowing how else to acaount for their
seizure, committed them for month, as
L rogues and YagabOnds), and negatived Mn.
John St6tBh solution Of the riddle alto
eether The chairman Of the Bench, who
4 had been accustomed 20 suck that officials
1 brains before addressing bis audience in
the Town-hall, had nothing I'd say upon
i the subject except to recommend people
to shut their second. q oor windows. which.
since it was very warm weather, and most
of them cultivated flower boxes, did not
/ giVe general satisfaction.
The next night the mayor own house
was robbed In precisely similar manner.
Il was on . Friday and the local papers,
which came out the next day, published
second and third editions, TO describe thede-
tails Besides The burglary, assorted 800
rilege had been committed. The Chief had
aetually possessed himself of tho Munich
pal Mace. This beautiful object, although
mos intrlnsically valuable, had apparently
excited his gfeed, for be had dragged L
out Of its case as far as the window, and
thence let Il fall Witha report that had
alarmed the house, and dentea the ground
below. When the door was opened, how,
ever (which the servants declined 70 do
luntil the Hproper authorities arrived
the mafauder had vanished, and with
him this Emblem Of Authority, as well AZ
! q pair Of bis Lordship's boot-hooks Thert
happened 70 be nothing kept in that room
but the mayors boots and the town mace
But the incident was, Of course, as dis
tressing to Mr. John Siott as though ths
! lfegalia had been plundefed BE felt thai
his great reputation wasgiying way undei
these repeated shooksl while the rest D
the constabulary were Of course over
whelmed with disgFace and the Tor
{ newspapers openly advocated 4 siringsn
measures and Tho calling out of The Keo
+ nanfy.
aI suppose, sighad his wife upon Chi
! Saturday afternoon, there Is 10 chanc
/ sf your going with me tonight to th
( showf And yet It seems such pity
af6er that civil Mr.. Shaw has cent rs thes
tickets and you know / never enjoy any
! thing-iet It be Wild beastesses, or wha
not-without you, John How fne the
& look, with this picture Of tie hon and th
: unicorn, though the bill says Is the uni
Z lc0fn Is dead, with Sbas5ss Sb0aD, patron
/; lied BY all the crowned heads Of Europe
3 and admit the bearer, with bis autograp
b in the corner, ii red inki Why, th
/ mayors own invitations are not NOR
i, splendidY
3 ~ Don't talk og the mayor, woman, "a
Z that makes me think Of the mace, replie
d ! her husband With a A1iveI / don't wis
8 to see any show but one. and that's th
g man that stole that mace, with a pair Z
!. handouts on him, OF, Whist would Be bel
{ ter eth, a-standing underneath Bit {
/ wood, with a rope round his mech, and
o parson by his side. But there, it's n
3 good wishing Upon my life, I Isonetime
q wonder IL the Devil himself IS not a-dDin
q on IT all 40 Vex me
III Ii0rs JQnn, y9n make nAe egeepl''
/ Well can,t ake you reckon,
= replied M 6totE ukIily and yet that
what This fellow can de- c0nf0und him
3 He's Ike bird 81 the air a bird ,
!. prey
9 Well Ohm, do you know espt hel
4 sometimes thinking only would n
lave manli0nedi e 0aiea oa bad-tha
q perhaps, after all is abild You kno
4 5 nagpie s thief by nature
= e And so sou euppssa magple coul
have stolen tho town naee. do you
i Why, yon area greater I'D than the neE
q papera
H NJ forgot TN mace, John observe
a Mrs. Htott, humhly
= / wish could forget 1T ef0Wied u
3 chiefnnnsldble You had better put {
2 pour bonnet and lake my ticket rom
i the corner to Mrs Jones, Who VIII 30 Eli
9 enough % 20 with you only take ca
at Shaw don keep you both, and put you
caeo for q paf of owls There I'm 30
nv t0 Be So rude, Mra. Stolt; but the "a
It is 4 feel a. I shall 20 ont 0f my mind u
IL lass tackle lhis gatety and must
Ii IeEi alone 70 think u out
n 81 MIRA 6fott, ohedlank wife "a slla WA
IL ttii6a h6rs6ll III gorgeous apparel "A
il acoompanlpd ~ her iEiend and neighbg
tho Parish DOCTORS Hiie, hQnofed N