, 1875-02-07

| received with but indifferent eraco, having rea.
IONS that tho other know not Of for thinking but
uodestly OF this same vigilance. -, :,
fOde morning, a1ittle wh,Ie afsar the ftuitIess
| watch, Alr. Baaeiton Was in vory bad tanper,
| for he had saatained a fresh loss: Ha vss lean
ing against pillar, soma aiinrt istancs; from
! his counter, thoughtfuliv biting the enn of his
pencil-case, when man spoke to him. He
const.bs whom he I uch aod s1Esa far bis
hn and sr"s oa se SsG
words, and turned from the man, but The latter
was not to be- daunted
~ am afraid yon have had loss, SIR" said
! the man, ..and hope it ls not very serious: bds
| at any rate, should ike = word or two WITH
] you.''
:. What for ~ retorted Basaltcn. I" have
| Lost gold watch and as I have hot breathed =
could know anything Of it, unless some OF yoar
lively force have~-'' ...--.. -
You are too seyera Mr.. BaseIton, " said the
other, finding he' stopped ~ you are, inleed
sir Now, sir, Ihaye my opinion about these
| robberies. and think L have found out sta
order tho thief works in, and can pretty we'll
guess in what quarter he viii next try. Ibe1ioYe
can catch him.
"Tou I" exclaimed Baselton, with an empha-
sig M which vas anything but complimentary to ths
Yes, Sir" replied the man firmly; IT can.
You have GOOD 'deaI Of iufueuco wiz t;,oe an
thoritiea and, if you will aak. Ishall ha t.kef,
of regular duty and detailed for SPECIAL seryica
and I can then catch him ~
sWen tell me your plans" said Daselton:
and, in return, I will tell Won thIs. you xnou
there are ESQ offered On the quiet Tor tie apnro-
hension of the thiaf. Find him and viii m.t.
it s1oo. ''' ''-'~> . "'@N ''''''>~
Tie Constable smiled, md, lowering his voice,
had finished Baselton slapnad his hand IN ~.
counter with = force that Jared eyerv srtici.
around, and e3cioiucd lyon are richt Ar
you on duty z"
aThen Won shayi be-
The application for the Constable'e change o,
duty vas donbtless mafe for ha disanneared
from his accustomed patrol
During tho next dav or two Daselton beran,e
loq,1acious on: tie subject. and, in conyersation
with Alr. Glisser. who took ycrv Endly intcr.
est in the matter. owned that be had cl,anee1 biz
opinion about tie manner Of the robharies. Ge
was CONVINCED, be sad. that il the tfief caIne
bv night. he would have been caucht long be-
ecent and that the thafts rera reeiIv cnmmitted
in tho bustle OF ciosiug for the e7euiog. xnd
then, not being found out till the morning. il
was naturally supposed that tie thief c:ne in
the night. Mr Gfisser was ve.y nuoh etruck
by this view, which he commended highly, and
u-ged Increased vigilance, about 10 .iu,e Spoken
Of.
Nb;1n th;s ,ras tro;np ,n t,,ara hal b,.,, m
fresh tenredatinns from the cnnn1o1s .rfj Ton-
st,hla TavrlifTn L7d has,, shssnt tsn-,, 49, ~
thoT;ph no one saemed T., ,.ys no,;cad;t W,ar
tho y;sitorx densrted At thu cIasa NJ t,s t,v II
the interior of fha hn,tding hecama Sinr..ts;@a
anoush as the light faded away. and there TeTe
no places more sDectral in thar asnect ttiar
those where cinstered roost c1o.a,v tt,e ,rh;ts
statues winch yyern nlant1fniiv snr;n1,,aI ahont'
Nvnnhs. Vannscs. Racchuses. and Ano,1ns
f;rac'an Innterr Scr,ntnra1 and muthos,
foeical fe11res all Ionked eo1a11v chnst
1v II fEeir dim wh;ra whao os ~.
tw;,;oFt or n;nht md f.11an MN thar u. ~
IA rr.v a, ths 1norning al1 tba ata,,.-v 1aos -
,nyaS;c and onasrth1y eno,,ot as ~ stn1.
t;gnTsa 1nnEed Jnwn rom t1,e;r ,sadasta1a t,nt
nona ,oolod mora snnnici,roi *tban d;d IN
shae,ad f;enra [h;cb occnn;ad na5aa+s; ~ s;ant..
~ screensdNcome fIon, wh;ch t t3;rnction na ths
visitor mirht-hv txo ar thrae torce orrmn..
rh;s f,r,+e ,,o,ott h.ve haa-. -.la =, ~ ~
+.Tns aoa =, ~ AIN lott ~ ~ 1s;a.t a
~ a nrn,a ~ ~ .n1.h;ng - ~ tsnd ~ ~
nv ma co,s -, ,a,5 an,cf ~ ;snse+ =; ni
hasa oIo pa,' .ea+ ..t ~ "sa'
not stone and That tha faea was ess that M ~ A.
snc;ant harn +l,.1 modaro ora an1 wh.r
1aa rathar atrnn@e +n;. nsr.cni.r ns5ost., .sas
EMMY iii dav, and nnlv occnnfef1 At ,,icht
r. r5' y +,;a a5s uurS a. ,a
eaa ;n eveTv 3irectian tn s fist.nre
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