Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-07

honor of arresting me, explained.
"'Ahl what forF'
Picking pockets at Spa .
Serve you right, you know
As being one Thompsonue, with a
infnity of aliases who picks pockets ger
orally everywhere. Is Il not so, Monsieu
DardP
"'Eh, bien, oui { that individual rappe
out;' for me, confess, You are ThomI
some. Unless And he glanced intel
negatively at We're. Which tdrceur shoe
his head dubiously.
." Such,' he said, lis human depravity
that, in spite OF his ingenious countC
nance, it's possible he may be Thomr
some. On the neck of my conscience
Dick, can't say you're not swell mobs
man, and have not been picking pocket
at Spa
Allons doncr muttered Monsieu
Dard impatiently.
sec But, continued We're, Il can say that
except in the legitimate way of whist an
billiards, you have never picked mine
And moreover, Monsieur Dard, thougl
you may be right, and society in genera
wrong, am bound to add that by society
in general, and by myself IN particular
this person has hitherto been held to b,
one Richard Langley, and that, if no
honest, he is at least written down honor
able in Debrett.'
"'Diable diable diable = in the three
different keys from Monsieur Dard agar
at this.
$50 that We're concluded, before al
together renouncing him, perhaps l haC
better hear all about it.
"Well, the upshot Of it was that we al
three beat up the nearest Commissaire
that my identity was duly vouched for
and that 1t was arranged we should meet
the victimized Bourbon, and the English
detective Bokerre, before the same official
next day, when matters were partially
cleared up. Monsieur Bourbon declared
that though very strongly resembled the
individual who had stuck to him so per-
tinaciously at the roulette table, yet that
to the best of his belief he had never set
eyes on me before. And the English de-
tective decided as readily that was not
his man.
Only you see, sir Sergeant Rokerre
explained, you really are SO uncommon like
the other rasRl-that is, mean, of course,
the rascal-that it amt no wonder we was
put wrong. You had been noticed hurry
ing off to the station; we thought we was
tracking him all the while. Our descrip-
ton of him hit you off so we'll, that we got
that information about your gray jacket,
and that queer cap you wore, and so on.
Then again the description of you we tele-
graphed here quite fitted with the one
they'd got of him. Although, sir, you see
it weren't our fault. Besides, you'd been
seen with red pocket-book down at Spa,
and you'd been seen with one at the sta
tion here. Which that were odd start,
too, you're having your pocket cut that
way, wern't it, sirT
"I had arrived at that opinion already;
buta had about enough of this Comedy
of Errors by this time, cut Mr.. Rokerre's
discourse as the 'Chorous' ruthlessly short
here.
"Impassible as ever again, Monsieur
Dard had played an almost silent part in
the last scene. When it was over he
saluted US comprehensively, and departed
without word. AS his friend and con-
frere Rokerre had remarked, all things
considered the mistake of the French
agent was excusable enough. 1t was
though, a mistake, and it
punished Monsieur Dard's infallibility
sorely to have to own it was.
"'But,' he said in the course of brief
we had before | left Paris
but, en- TeDdnche, l think l can promise
you, Monsieur Langley, the recovery of
the money you were robbed of ON the
night of your arrival
"You have a clue, then?' / inquired,
not over hopefully.
al have my little theory If 1 get
carte blanche to act upon it, will answer
for success this time
"' Very good but remember, Monsieur
Dard, don't know the number of single
note, to begin with
"'That is of no consequence,-y can
identify the portefeuille p
"Of course
Well, it is part of my theory that the
money is in that portefeuille still, exactly
as it was when it was stolen
"tThe only thing, then, is to discov
er the portefeuille, Monsieur Dard?' l
laughed.
"' Precisely he responded. If, as 1
say, am allowed to act, l consider that
discovery certain. 1t shall be my anaende
honorable
"With that Monsieur Dard took his
leave. can't say that he left me with
any very abiding hope of getting my
note-case again. II was, nevertheless,
destined to become an affair not yet for
gotten at the Prefecture.
"On the Boulevard, three months later,
ran against We're one afternoon.
"Well, my Thompsonne, said the far
ceur, and how is business, chr Faxed
any more fat note-cases lately2 Isuppose
30, for your old friend Dard was inquiring
for you just now
" What did he want me for?
"' couldn't gather the precise crime
you'd been perpetrating; but he asked so
when you'd be back that
thought it more easy to answer him vo-
cally out of Kathleen Mavourneen'-
" II might MT be for years, and 1t might MT be for
ever"
at which he seemed annoyed. So at last I
proposed for certain sum down to be-
tray you unto him tonight
"a Don't be fool! What do you
meanP
al mean that I'm going to order a
DaGrO6otGTt dinner in here, and that you
are to pay for it like abird. AT least, l
shall think but poorly of you if you don't,
when l have told you that-keep cool now
that our Dard has recovered the coin
you boned from-I mean the coin that was
boned from you, you know.
'Bahr
" And that your formal Identification of
your purloined note case is all that is
wanting TO put you once more in posses
sion OF your ill-gotten gains, when, as a
matter OF course, you will invite US all TO
q dancing supper at Brebants.'
"ImAy as well add at once that 1 was
eventually let in for this entertainment
and then leave Monsieur Dard TO finish
the |" Affair of the Red Portefeuille' in his
fashion without further interruption.
90 My theory he said, was this (:
Monsieur Langley, not being my Thomp-
some, had neither robbed Bourbon nor
as l had given him great credit for doing
himself; but, on the contrary, Monsieur
Langley had indubitahly been robbed by
some one else. Now was it not thing
almost impossible, TO suppose
that ON the same day, in precisely the
same way as he was being accused OF
haV ing robbed Bourdoa az Spa, Monsieur
Langley should be robbed at the Place
Roubaix Of = similar portefeialle, contain
ing similar large amount, by any mere
casual cut-purser To me IL seemed SO i'm
possible that rejected the supposition at
once. i had, therefore. to conclude that IL