New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11
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he drew on his gloves he passed in review his
coleGuon OF firearms and other objects of warlike
prediction.
The detective seemed a bit of a connoisseur,
ana his enthusiasm was sufficiently dashed with
discriminating knowledge to be particularly pleas
Jug 10 the colonel, who actually de2ned to bring
out from cavern0us cupboard his latest eXtraVa-
gance TO wit, a handsome fur-lincd Goa: he had
recently imported from Russia.
w hat DO you think of that?r he asked. -,
Think ~ said the detective; why, that II 5
not thing to he left in the hall.
:. Rather not, laughed the colonel; we keep
II IN the cupboard in this Why. that coat
cost me eighty guineas."
1T looks as if it had" said the detective,
warmly, and the colonel being now ready. the
Two gentlemen got into their hanson and drove
1t scarcely half an hour afterward that
mere was hasty pull at the door bell MIS-
Walsngham was tired, and had gone To ned, ana
the household had followed her example; The
butler alone was still up, busy with the silver III
Why, masters forgotten his latch-key!" he
cried. hurrying to the door; it's lucky for me
he S come back so early
But il was not Colonel Walsinghan who stood
IN the doorway-lt was Mr.. Sawdcr -, .,-
Sorry to trouble you. my man, he sa1a; SPEAK
ing very fast, and slipping shilling INTO BalIe!
hand; e" but left some most important papers
behind me, which ] was showing To Colonel and
Mrs. Walsinpham. Will you give them to me =
PapQS sir? | haven't seen any.
But they must be here cried MIR; Sawder
looking very worried The fact isl daIesay
Mrs. Walsingham told you-thesc papers have 70
do with the Fenton Court robbery. We nabbed the
man and the swag this afternoon. and the owner
coming up tomorrow. So you see the papers
are awfully important
unloading from his solemn dignity on The instant.
Well. III just light taper and see II they are
anywhere In the dining room: may nay nave over
looked them, hut ! don't think nave
The detective followed him into the dining
room and helped in the search, hut no papers
were to he found, and he grew more ana moro
anxious.
Il tell you what it is" he began in veSed
tone, Mrs. Walsingham must have noticed thcm
directly we had gone, and knowing their lni-
pOrtance. must have locked them up somewhere
Now If you can get them for me tonight I'll not
forget Won.
Baileys kindness. or his affection for the pros
pectiye coin, made him consent after niue
demur, to do what he could.
"I'll go upstairs and call up one OF the women
servants, he said. and then scha hcr 10 ASK
Mrs Wasingham. I'll shout up 10 the under
housemaid," he added she'll come Ike wlnkinG
when she hears my voice.
II took longer 10 get the housemaid 10 come
down, however. than the butler had anticipated;
but at last she had gone of on her embassy and
had brought her MISTRESS answer to Bailey.
patiently waiting on the upper landing.
d" I'm sorry. sir" he began as he descended me
last flight of stairs, but Mrs. Walsingham hasn't
seen yOUr papers ,
Then he stopped short The rosy tin's fed
from his wcll-nourished face. and bilious hue
took possession OF that broad eXpanse
The strcet-door was open. and Mr. Sawder had
disappeared .,
A do" murmurcd Bailey ialntly' real
old do
He thought Of his plate and almost hreathcd
again as he remembered that ne had dcposl'rd
il in the patr-chcst and turned the KEY before he
had LET the insidious stranger IN.
Depend upon it. he's only gone of with mas
tcrs umbrella, he said, trying TO rcaSsure himself.
The next moment he struck his hands Wildly
together. and rushed into the coloncFs study.
When he came hacl; he was perfectly green he
colonels fur coat, for which he had p9id eiShy
ruincas only few weeks back. was nowhere 7" ir
found .
The officials of Scotland Yard next morning is
tened with polite attention 10 Colonel Wklsing-
hams account of what had happened
A clean shaver man, with gray eyes. You say =
Yes" the answer. " He gave the name
OF Sawder-Fred Sawdcr.'
Pred Sawdcr, The man was James roff;
alias Sleepy jim the clcvercst rogue in the tnfcI
Kingdom. and slippery as an eel. ! am airaih
YOU will never see your coat again. sir. 49,
And he was right. for the colonel never Old.
But one result Of his little experience was that he
COMPLETELY changed his vcws Of criminals
1T is not that the public is so stupid. ne was
often heard 70 say: il is those scanps who are
so horribly clever. Tile Argosy.