Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-04-11


that. Not he. And, as / said before, TO
accuse an innocent person Of such a
crime is rather too risky to suit me.
Now, gentlemen, I have two cOnstables
who viii be stationed at the corner Of
Mount street. I shall 60 and join them,
and keep watch upon this house. You
get the fellow turned out as soon as you
can, and leave the rest for me to look
after That is all, gentlemen, and 1 wish
you good morning"
I left the room and the house, Joined
the uniformed men-I, of course, was on
plain clothes duty-and gave them my
directions how to watch, while 1 strOled
up and down, smoking q cigar.
In a quarter of an hour the rain, which
had been threatening, came down in
showers. 1t most certainly drew a dam
per on my spirits. In a very little while
est noise aWakens me. Hence my having
ordered James to leave them where I
threw them"
u observe. 1 pray you, my Lord, go
on"
'fWeu, the letters finished, 1 rang the
bell for James. He came with the usual
chocolate, and so forth, I sent him down
with the letters for a fOOtman to post.
While ne was gone 1 had occasion to 90
to my trousers pocket for something. My
purse was there, but empty"
"Humph! Was there very much in
about seven or eight pounds, some
silver, and two dVe-pOund notes. No
more"
AND is that all you have missed? p" ]
inquired. "Of course it is a hard and
dangerous thing for any gentleman to
have a dishonest person about him; but
the loss Of that sum is so little to your
Lordship that"
"But it is not the loss of that sum. The
keys of my private safe have been re-
moved. Hastily dressing myself, hur-
ried to the library and examined the
safe. The key was in 1t and on search
ing, I found that coupons and papers of
great value had been stolen. One-a
letter, which, by accident, I brought
home from the-Ofice, was most import
ant. 1t must be kept private, at any
cost"
"Come, come, my Lord; do not speak
so 10 ldly-there may be listeners" said
I. "Was there anything else gomez"
"NOt a thing"
"The family plate-that on the side
board; your jewell case, and her Lady.
ship's?"
"Not a thing touched"
was wet through, but could not move
from my post.
Presently I saw the Colonel come out,
and very well he acted his part, appear
ing not to know us until he had come
round the corner, and then he told me
that James had requested his Lordship
not knowing how to act, wishing to fol-
low my instruction, and yet not to be
hard upon the man, had sent the Colonel
out to ask my advice. 1t was: "Let him
pack his boxes. will wait until he goes
for a cab. That will be my time"
PooIy rryav,F tho TO1onn1 1wd Fvyo
Wretched hours did have to wait until
I saw James appear.
I stepped forward and beckened to
him.
Ina moment he started of, right down
Park Lane, I after him. up GrOsVenOr
street, into Grosvenor Square, and there
I collared him, giving him one on the
side Of his head which made it tingie, 1
know.
His manners changed suddenly, and
in a careless tone he said:
81 saw that you suspected me from the
first, and 1 was foolish enough to get
frightened. So, when half charged, I
ran away. But see my folly now and
am ready to return. Do with me what
you like. 1 aminnoCent."
The fellows GOODNESS knocked me
over. Could 1 have made q mistake? If
so, I had made a big one with ven
geance. But I brought him back, and
into his Lordship's presence.
"Can it be possible" cried Lord Lori
mer, chat you have been guilty Of such
a deed, after the kindness 1 have shown
you"
"My Lord, - replied the young fellow,
with the greatest GOODNESS, "a detective
must have a victim. If he does not
find out a fellow creature to suffer for the
crime which has been done he is called a
fool. Therefore, guilty or innocent, he
must catch some one"
Enough of this" I said, 81 must
search you"
Search mel" he exclaimed, as he held
up his arms.
"Hallo!' thought I. ''No one does that
before they have been in prison once or
twice. A fresh man drops his arms by
his side, and he is hopeless, helpless, 1
have a queer customer to deal with"
Well, 1 examined his clothes most
carefully; epnptied his pockets, passed
my hands around his body, legs, and
even made him take off his bOOts-nOt
single thing.
Had made a mistake? AS to the
things being in his boxes. I knew that
could not be. The gold in his pocket
proved nothing, as he received good
wages, and was reckoned to be a saving
man.
''Take off your coat and waistcOat,"
said.
He did so and threw them carelessly
on the table.
Only a click; something hard struck
the table. 1t might have beer a button
"a CONDUIT my suspicion was aroused.
I was up and at it in a minute, feeling the
coat all over. Yes, there, just under the
arm of the coat was something sewn in.
Out with my pocket-knife, the sleeve
was ripped open, and there were the sto-
len cOupons-the valuable letters-in
fact, all of the things but the coin; but
what had made the noise was a gold
medal. which Lord Lorimer's father had
won at Waterloo.
-The thief once found ont is always q