Arizona republican., 1891-10-28
CHAPTER IT.


 In those days line of sentinels was established at the corners of all the principal streets, who formed a part of the police force of the city. On leaving his house Gorgoli ordered himself driven to the block in which the jew eler's shop was situated, Stopping at the nearest sentiners box, he said to him: I passed here yesterday morning Ut lO:SO o'clock. Did you see me?"
 "Yes, your eXcellency."
 Where did go?'
 lover to the Troitski (Trinity) bridge"
 The general was driven to the bridge. At its entrance he said to the sentinel: 'I passed here at twenty minutes to eleven yesterday morning. Did you see us?"
 'I did, your eXcellency."
 "Whcre did go from here?"
 "Your excellency drove across the bridge"
 He drove across the bridge and stopped in front of the "Hermitage" of Peter the Great The sentinel at once stepped out of his box,
 "I passed here yesterday morning at little before eleven o'clock. Did you notice the way l took?'
 You went to the Viborg quarter, your excellency."
 Gen. Gorgoli continued his catechiz. ing of the sentincls from point to point, street to street, ncighborhond to neigh borhood, across bridges and along the wide avenues. At the last of the row of shops on the Grand Perspective he said to one of them:
 You saw me pass here at half past eleven yesterday morning. Did you notice where l drovc?"
 "Yes, your exccllency, to No. IS on the corner of the Canal Catherine.
 Did go in there?"
 "Yes"
 And come out againP"
 'l did not see you"
 "Vcry well. Hare yourself relieved by one of your comrades and bring two soldiers from the nearest barracks"
 "Yes, your eXcellencv."
 The sentinel hurried away and in ten minutes returned with the soldiers. Accompanied by them the general pre-. scnted himself at No IS, closed all the outside doors, cross-examincd the DOT ter, asccnded the stairs and without ceremony burst open the door of the front room. As he entered he came face to face with the inmate who, but for his hair, which was dark, might har.n l,,af, hn ttriY hr, ,f ha lice general After one glance around the room, he said to the lodger:
 "Your name is -"
 "Yes," stammercd the man.
 "Ycsterday at ten o'clock you en. tered the shop, No. - Grand Million. You wore yellow curled wig re. sembling my hair; you had on gray coat with a heavy collar like mine; you drove up in carriage like mine, with chestnut colored horse like mine. In fact, you pretended to be Gorgoli, chief of police, and in my name to bor- row 30, 0OO roubles for which l was to give security. You drove away, through many streets, across several bridges, back aad forth until you ar rlNcu dt lHiS nDuSe. 1Ou are nOtOr- ious thief and pickpocket, who cum ningly took advantage of your acci- dental resemblance to me, to rob the banker of good portion of his for tune. You have it here. Hand it over. Give me that yellow wig which see sticking out from under the gray coat which yesterday formed part of your disguise!'
 Pcrceiving that he had been effectual- ly cntrappei the thief went to a closet behind the chimney and took down the bag of gold which he handed to the chief of police, saying; "I have spent two"
 Gorgoli counted them, found them correct, handed the cu,prit over to the police, who carried him off to prison, while the general hastened back to his house. To the immense and natural delight of the banker, who had him self just come so near being tempted by his losses into the commission of a crime, he passed out to him the familiar canvass bag. With q cry of joy and as tonishment at it's restoration the bank