Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-03-23

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ing was over we walked out together.
and in the course of conversation we
touched upon the way in which some
persons can so disguise themselves As to
hide their individuality from their most
intimate friends.
expressed myself rs being doubtful
whether this could be really done, pro-
vided the parties to be deceived were
on the lookout for such deception. My
fered to disguise himself so efiectually
that he would, in the course of the next
twenty-four hours. speak to me for ut
least ten minutes without arousing my
suspicious. | accepted the challenge.
and staked the price of a dejesaer at
any cafe he would like To name. He
agreed. and the very same day won the
bet in the following manner:
Shortly after leaving the detective. l
met an old friend, who asked me to dine
with him at Versailles that evening. |
agreed to do so. but could not leave
Paris rs early as my friend intended TO
do. and therefore told him / should 20
down BY the $50 train from the Care
St. Lazare. did so; and as got into
a first-class carriage, remarked short,
gentlemanly-looking man, with white
hair. who followed me into the same
compartment. Frenchman-like, he be-
gan TO talk about things in general. and
we chatted. more or less, nearly all the
way to Versailles. When within ten
minutes or SO of our destination. my
new friend quietly took off his hat,
pulled off wig, got rid of a moustache.
and to my utter amazement sat revealed
before me as my friend, the detective,
How he had managed to find out that /
was going to Versailles-which had no
idea Of myself when left him-or how
he had so efiectually concealed his APP
pearance that !, sitting within three feet
of him. had no idea he was the man |
had left some four hours previously, are
problems which l cannot solve. The
detective himself only laughed when |
asked him how he had contrived it, He
was evidently greatly flattered at the
I displayed; but beyond
showing me with some pride his wig
and moustache, he was very reticent,
and would enter into no detail. That he |
had fairly won tine breakfast there could |
be no doubt, but he said he would rather
put off the event until he could see his !
way as TO whether or not he should be |
able to recover a part or the whole of /.
the property which my friend had lost |
We then parted, he taking the train |
back to Paris. | going on to the house |
where | was engaged TO dine.
This was on Thursday evening. On
the next Monday, about eleven r. M. the |
waiter of the hotel where | was staying
told me that a gentleman wished to /
speak to me He was shown up, and
this time the detective was not dis
guised. He told me that. for reasons
which would learn later. he thought
il better to come to me than to 90 to my
friends house in the Faubourg st. Ger
main. He said he had good news; for
hat he believed the greater part of the
stolen property had been recovered.
md asked me to 20 to the Prefecture de
Police ON the following day, about two
;. m, and to take my friend with me.
We did so. and found that what the de-
ective had told me was true Among
,ther valuables that had been stolen was
canvas bag containing between two
md three hundred napoleons. These
rad disappeared; but the jewelry. the
,late. and, what was still more surpris-
ne, the bonds. payable, as all such doe
lments are in France. an pOrteur Ito
he bearer), had been found. and were
eady for my friend to identify. This
vas easily done, but nothing was al
owed to be touched for the present. as
would have to be sworn to at the
rial, which would shortly take plnce
When my friend returned home. he found
hat while he was at the Prefecture
he concierge hal been arrested for .