The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-14

rlmmagcd about his wife's bureau and
/ dressing-case until he found the object
| of his search. "N"w, Julia" he
| thought, rs he returned to the library,
/ ",rfU see ,rho RECEIVERS yOrIr bracelet"
"A very peculiar make" said the
we'll known detective, handling the az
ticle very much as if it were hand-cuit.
VERY fine, too. Cad, sir. | wonder
the lady let the fellow walk off with it,
ut-ahcm,-women are-rather--
sob, yes, They're weak and easily
imposed upon. But We men can't help
that. If we get thom out of these
scrapes. that's all We can do
Precisely. BIT this bracelet now
the pattern is quite complex. Difficult
to remember all the points-unless ="
The detective, scrntinizing it closely,
shook his head discouragingly.
81 see," said Mr.. Horshaw, 'the
police will need this one to-as 1 might
say-detect and verify the other"
Mr.. Grumley's brow cleared instantly.
at rW facilitate matters" he said,
'AIakes the recovery almost certain, Ill
fact. Shall l give you n receipt-in be-
half of the a-the a-forcen'
I, ~ Dc'cct'c Nruin
ley"s name is an Ample guarantee"
Mr.. Grumley bowed his thanks, de-
posted the bracelet in capacious wal
let, and rose to go.
"Come round to headquarters in the
morning, sir" he said. II have little
doubt but you will then behold, not
only the thief, but the plumber, too.
BY the way" He appeared to reflect
severely. These movements are some
times necessarily costly. In short, we
may have to use some money-not for
ourselves, understand" - this with n
grim, renunciatorv air-'but to inveigle
the rascals into a trap OF our own set
ting; see:'
Mr.. HorShaw saw, or thought he saw,
which amounted to the same thing
pecuniarily. The pleasure of triumph
ing over Mrs. Horshaw must not be
DELAYED for II few paltry dollars.
"How much!"
''Two tens will do, think"
Detective Grumley slowed away two
of Mr.. Horshaw's bank-notes, much as
if they were waste paper, then took his
leave with n mighty show of official
ceremony, after which Mr. Horshaw
rubbed his hands and smiled shrewdly
to himself.
When Mrs. Horshaw returned, her
husband rose to the height of the occa-
sion and his own dignity, thereby inn
pressing her with such sense of her
own wifely weaknesses rs she had not
felt since the primitive days of Red
Wood Gulch.
''You NAV regard yourself as shining
light, MY DEAR" said he, "yet how eyre
giously you were imposed upon. Grum-
lev intimated that such verdancy was
accountable only because YOU are
woman. He's the most noted detective
we have. His name alone will lend
kind of eclat to your-a-silly lapse of
discretion"
And you let him have the other
bracelet"
''Of course. / likewise have his word
that the stolen one is quite as good as
recovered"
Il hope so, said the lady weakly, yet
obviously.
Promptly at 10 a. m. Mr.. and Mrs.
Horshaw presented themselves mt the
INSPECTOR office and inquired for De
tective Grllmlev
1.-The diamond bracelet affair, You
know the gentleman said, eXplana-
torily.
Il didn't know Mr. Grlimley had
charge of it; bat he Jus, happened to be
about And the blue uniformed police
clerk turned to dry, quick moving,
wooden faced man. who had Just come
into the Office. "Here you are. John.
Some one to see Won.
Mr.. Horshaw felt something grippe his
heart and impart 4 tingling sensation
along his spine. There must be some
mistake here.
Il mean Detective Grumley of the
secret
"Yes, ves," said the man. glancing
sharply at the couple n he laid some
papers on the desk. I'm Detective
Grumley. What can do for YOU"
"Why-you-he-is not this your
card"
Don't use cards. What the deuce
do / want OF cards."
He began to sharpen pencil vigor-
ouslv.
and you-are Grumley:" Mr.. Hor-
shaw stared at him, rs il he might have
been the sphinx, or museum freak, or
an ichthvosauris come back to life.
81 am Grumlcy, sir"
''Julia," Mr.. Ho.shaw turned to his
wife, upon whose face an Il told-you-
so expression was mingled with one of
renewed dismay, ''this-this isn't nv
man at all. II fear We have been
humbugged again"
"Ue >" Snil his wife c,,ttincly- dnsnitn