Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-21

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Texas Siftinas.l
A hotel ws may call the Rosco<
Houss was moro like boarding houss
than hotel; Il vas without bar. ol
even o cianY stand, add vas the reSor,
Ut . number of the elite; Of youna mer
and families who prefarred its Quies
homs-liks attractions, and Who had
money 10 pay haudsomsly foe the very
best Of service, Cuisine, and attention.
Il was tony tn the extreme. Bat
the proprietor Of tho Roscoe Houss waa
nsasly At his wits end. 4 black sheep
had somehow slipped in among his
d0ck. and was pceying upon the valua-
bles of his guests. Watches, rings,
ehatuS and bracelets were missng. and
lattefiy even money was spirited away
in the most Uysterious msuner. II
vas terrible plight, and all the board
srs were assaillng him with complaints,
and demanded that somsthin2 mus
b done" Aside from the loss,
ths idea that . disreputabls being vas
AMONG them, was terrible.
There vas no olus, and what set the
prOpgistor nsa4ly distracted, vas t1G
nrcn soma innocsrt ,,er.cn 4 !. Ia
crsh o,d;n.,,iv to s,,s.e ~. ..c"a ~,
ss.,s1n - n This csss n ~orH i,s
kcrhs- a. from ths chsr.ct., ~ n.
cssse: IN Ia -. hiishmsnt rhn 80
"a -w~s Dhsswa abovs his eaAas. Al
void mos oeroAanly "opog~ pny ordi-
nary detective. Detective 0aiFn was
N ria hendnusrfsrn n ths Rc~noe
Rn.s For nome tima sfter his arriv.l
M nndeor~intions vere onmmitAed' Dur.
sro sbis interim. 4 youny man na.aed
Hs,rv Everrn0ud. an EncIishmnn ~
s,sat vcaith and eseeedino stvis. mt
m nj ths Kosooe Houea. besrino q ist.
70 ths host from Vel knovr nos..
IA. or course this vas brultsd among
sns % suests. and g N Eyermond VA
Ssvd~.mr' veaithv md of 4 GOOD fam.
c.mmss with mary;aSsshla
I.a,s IA ,~as sn,s,v ~. ~, -
uao ssa sasr ana !. nina ho.t h..rJ NJ ~
s.,.s,s, thrssta of : atamos.ia snnno
shs 'c c',ssts.
'nf rsS,mora s had ma han tan d.v. &,
ar homss hssors there - sncGhs., ,c,i.. -
s.1.. Vncrc Ne. Rr;ntcr vss dasna;lsa
- xsIushss onsa vssch ana . d,ar.nrJ
s.rS .h;ch - sfSirmsd he Ies, .sc,,ra1v
i.cIS % =, h;s ,,nnL Ths sr.;tsrsa,
; sss..E. 80 ~ sr.. ara IN. !. rdS~.J rn
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Wv =. susS swy S~kSSy s.as suo
vised = pIan which viii he di ,0losed
intsr-a nian vhioh. had II moi bsan
r1ortad mioht haye oooaaioned orsat
6sis. snd sdd;tiocai io~ans n T. |.
fsce vSich Otter militates aOainst snc.
rcss. thnt those Who empioy secret
sOsnAs A. mnnh IN sheIter ths rascals hv
tSs;r incbiIis~ n keen the mater . ~.
srss. Thsv vilI mint out the aoent Ia
SrisneIs. who' in turn. "a the seme to
sthcrs. II vas thus thnt Oairn vas
Snrcoveyadn to ali tho inmafns of ths
kooss. snd his u,efulness materiaIIy in
iurad NJ no4 dostroved. Tho landlord
aautioned vounc Evermond. Who seemed
n - rathsr oa areiess about his yxIuablss
snd verv iibsraI WITH .tips. 10 the
vaitera. The vouns mon of the
houae foupd him : capital oompanion.
Ana vsre eacer 10 shov him arouud.
and Ia. n turn. vss iust az eager 10 ID
shovn sround. The most stviish uer-
eon in the pIaoe vas Mr. August Leon
ard. Al gentleman considerably
oldsr, and Of vastly more experiences,
ths young EnQlishman seemed dfa wn
toward him, aud e the days went BY
- intiuaoy inoreAsed.
Again The Roscoe Was excited by
-AooShsr thsft. 4 ssstAin broker and
llY. Lsouard wsrs tho unlucky ones
che fcrmR losing qusntity Of his de-
osased vifs's jewslry, and She latter a
eonsiderable sum 0f money, mostly in
gold. The landlord rushed 70 the do
teosivs's headquarters, fumsd and
stormed. and insisted upon the perform
amos Of miracle In his case. Il wAa
only after the repetition Of emphatic
assurances that ths investigation Wa
nearly completed. and that the thief
wOuld be brought 20 tho front that the
excited man could b .pacinsd. He
wanted TO know . Rrent deal that the
ehtsf would not tell him, and was,
eoesofor4 Obliged 70 res c0ntens With
oho 0DUhGDl nonfnm00t that tho ebi0k