Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-11-21

thought that some dignitary of the church
had come TO visit him. When ] disclosed
myself he was greatly astonished and
then amused. / told him 1 might be
away for few days.
''How about the marks on the door"
"They have faded OUT" l replied.
walked from the palace to the town
ON street OF which the main gate opens,
and, hiring cab, was driven to the sta
ton. Soon Mr.. Stanley arrived in q
drag. We took the train and travelled to
London together, though not i'm the same
carriage. Why didn't l arrest him at
oncey Oh, that would never have done.
He might have sent the picture away.
1t was a most unlikely thing that he had
kept It about him. WANTED to get him
with the picture in his possession. On
reaching London followed him to No.
Argyle square. After short stay here
he went to Great Queen street and en-
tered hatter's shop, in the rear Of which
man was at work. In the meantime, /
must tell you, | had telegraphed for my
assistant. and we met before | quilted
Argyle square, and he accompanied me TO
Great Queen street After Mr.. Stanley
Quilted the hatter's my assistant kept
him in view, and went into the hatter's
and got measured for a new tile in the
regular clerical shape.
II never made hat for dean be-
FORE said the man, "though ! have
made some curiously shaped ones"
After quite n long talk / said
"Do you happen to know where | can
buy any valuable old pictures or china,"
"Lor', no sir" said the man in unmis-
taxable astonishment.
"Oh, WE'LL" / said, ''excuse me, but l
thought | saw well known picture
dealer in your shop just before entered"
"What. that mani" he exclaimed; II
don't know what he is, but | do know he
ordered the funniest hat ever heard Of"
''Indeed," said /. what was it like?'
"Well," was the answer, "it's to be an
inch higher than the ordinary and be
double. First of all, there's to be hat
shaped this way"
And he drew on a piece of paper the
figure Of a hat.
"Now," said he, ''in that there is to be
the entire hat, which is to fit the broadest
part, and have round the bottom next
the brim, the hat band; SO that there Is
to be a space Of three fourths of its
height, and the outside is to be movable
so that he can take it of and put IL on as
he desires"
swhat is the object of itf" / asked.
That's none Of my business" he re-
piled; 'he pays good price for IL and
that's all / care about
i went away, thinking about the new
fashioned hat. What did il mean' III
Stanley had got possession of the picture
it was worth q small fortune to him.
But 1t would be "a pretty hard thing for
him to dispose Of 1t, even in London,
without ultimate detection.
Invent towardArgyle square and unused
as went. The hat was to be done next
day at 0 p. m.; so Stanley was safe,
/ thought, until that time. The picture
was thirty six inches by twenty two |
went down with Holborn and bought a
piece of artists canvas that size. took
il home, folded il, and found that It
would Just about it into the space which
was to be left between the false inside
and the outside of Mr.. Stanley new hat.
II have got you, my gentleman, said
to myself.
Well, to make a long story short, the
hat went home at the time agreed upon,
and Mr. Stanley did not leave the house
unAli htAt hibS ~ " " IhtH
he was dressed for travelling. attired in
scrupulous clerical garb, and wearing the
new hat. ] was now dressed as an or
dinary gentleman, but so done up as to
defy detection. | had cab waiting at
hand, and when he got into his cab and
drove 10 London Bridge station / fol-
lowed. He was of for the continent,
felt that; going to Paris to get rid Of
the swag. When we reached the Crown
hotel at Dover, both of us went into the
coffee room and ordered breakfast Stan
ley hung up his oyercoat and his new hat
above il. We both ate hearty meal, as
the boat did not start for Calais for two
hours. The time was growing short for
me il meant to do anything, and yet
hardly knew how to 20 about It, have
always been accustomed to watch for Op-
portunities and 10 use circumstances as
they occur. had great luck in such
matters before and ii did not fail me now.
A gentleman whose hat and coat were
hanging next TO Stanley's In removing
them Knocked down Stanley's hat
picked II up instantly, and with one
hand inside and the other out, had an
opportunity to feel ii. II was heavy. and
there was something between the false
inside and the outside. Mr.. Stanley rose
hastily. took the hat from my hand.
rubbed IL with his sleeve. and replaced il
on the peg. Then he thanked me for
lifting IL from the floor. I looked him
square In the face and said:
Mr., Stanley, that's not the same hat
you wore when met you recently Mt the
duke OF -"
He turned deadly pale and gasped for