Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-10-24

l gasped spasmodlcally. Thir.
ty thousand dollart! A fortune
more than the price Of my happi-
nessl And then the pride of my
profession came to my aid, and !
told him that / should succeed.
/ examined he apartment.
The brrglery has been effected
very simply, apparently. Edward,
the footman-a tall, lank speci.
men of humanity-had heard a
noise in the night in the library,
but had paid no attention to it, as
Mr.. Dayton was in the habit of
writing very late, and be thought
it was bis employer.
What puzzled me most was the
means Of entrance aud egress a.
dopted by the burgler of BURGERS.
The library was fully fifteen feet
from the ground, had a bay win
dow, and, except the broken pane
of glass, there YVES not the slight.
est sign to show how the window
had been gained. A ladder would
have done it, but no marks of
ladder, no signs of footsteps, ex-
hibited themselves in the damp
ground, wet from recent rains,
was sorely puzzled. / exam.
aminel the servants one by one,
but could find no clue to justify
the slightest suspicion'of compiled
ty in the affair on their part.
The work had evidently been done
by scientific burglars, and they
had worked at their leisure.
inquired into the antecedents
of Edward, the footman; but Mr.
Dayton averred that he would al
low no suspicion TO rest on SO
faithful a servant to the family.
| resolved to inquire more about
him, however; but l found moth
ing against the man, and tempo
rarily dismissed him from my
mind as having no connection
with the case. fu
"You heard no noise, on the
night of robbery inquired of
Mr.. Dayton. ~
"None. Islept unusually sound
last night" 2fJ e
/ went away thoughtfully, for
| had found in the library an emp
ty bottle which, from the scent,
| knew had contained 9chloriform,
end / had noticed the marks of
muddy boots leading from the a
partment while around the win.
dow zone were to be seen, The
glass, TOO, had been broken by a
quick blow, not cut out. Alto
gether, it was a most mysterious
piece of business.
watched all dives frequented
by the cracksmen of the city, and
worked like a beaver. / could
not obtain clue to the perpetra-
tors of the daring burglary, and,
after three days Of unremitting toll,
i was considering if it would not
be as we'll to call in prefessio aal as
sistance, when the advertisement
in the Herald attracted my at
tenticn. Instinctively / OWNED
some connection with the "crook-
ed" business, and whether it re-
ferred to my case or not, ]. resolv |
ed to ascertain its IneaniDg.
! went down to the Herald Of |
fee that morning. and, iutroduc
ing myself, attempted to obtain
some description of the person
who had handed in toe advertise
ment. The clerk stated that it
had been received by mail, in a
letter inclosing the amount requi
site for its insertion in the paper. |
"Could ! see he original copyY'
He would see; aud messenger
was sent to the composing room.
Luckily the copy had been pre-
served. 1t was written in a dis
guised hand on little scrap OF
paper. ! asked leave to retain it, |
and, permission being granted to
me, l returned to my room at
once.
pored over the cipher for a
long time, and, discouraged at my |
inability to make but one word
of it, and / read, "UDited States
bonds, $l0,000," and other memo.
randa, indicating that it hal been
a loose wrapper for valuable pa
pers.
Then / knew that the adver.
tisement bore an important rela- |