The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-05

the height OF fashion, stood before l,lin
Said tn sit)ri
81 have called TO collect u little
matter OF ten thousand dolls for
friend OF mine, Thomas jefferson
Odcll.'
81 understand replied Mr. Max
well, who went TO the safe. tool from
it two packets containing ten thousand
dollars, and handed the money 20 the
stranger
1.-The latter ascertaincd that the
amount was correct and placed it i'm
side his breast pockets.
"'And the watchword?' demanded
Mr.. Maxwell.
"'Do right and interfere notr replied
the burglars confederate, with an as
sumption of dignity, and strobe oua of
the Office with all the grandeur of
| Spanish hidalgo.
"'Do right and interfere notr Joyful
| ly shouted Mr.. Maxwell through the
telephone. And now you'll leave my
premises, Mr.. odell, won't you? And
as for my wife
"'Have no fear, Mr. Maxwell,' re-
piled the man at the other end, you
have to deal with burglar and gen.
tleman.'
'Mr. Maxwell locked his office, en-
tered his carriage, and galloped to his
residence. The more closely he ap-
preached, the keener his fear of q
catastrophe became. But as he stopped
at the gate he noticed nothing out of
the way He sprang up the stairs, and
entered the pretty boudoir of his pret-
tier wife. She was quietly reading.
"'How you must have suffered, my
angelr he cried, and sob shook his
voice.
THE young wife looked up, aston
ished.
Suffered? I?'
""rhat burglar, you know-lt must
have been awful. Oh, you poor darl-
ing!'
"'Why George, dear, what is the
matter? You speak in riddles.
"'But didn't he gag your he asked.
"'Now, my dearest George, 1 wish
you would talk sense, What do you
mean?'
after Mr. Maxwell had finished the
recital of his adventure, he asked:
Wasn't there somebody here using
my telephone?'
"'Why, yes, there was replied Mrs.
Maxwell. "A young and well-dressed
man came in, introduced himself to
me as Mr.. Thomas jefferson Odell, a
speculator and business friend OF
yours, and requested permission tc
make use of your private telephone to
send you most important message or
business. Of course / gave him per-
mission. He used the telephone but 6
short time and then came back into the
drawing-room, thanked me for the fa
vor had done him and went away, say
ing the telephone was most usefu
and admirable invention--it facilitated
business so much
, "'And that was ALP queried Mr.
MAXWELL; he didn't gag you and the
, servants? He was alone, and did no
{ offer violence toyou?'
mot at all. He was most polite ant
: gentlemanly-quite as much as you arr
, at this moment George
, " Great Scottr exclaimed Maxwell
t with wild outburst, how giganticall,
, I've been sold. Excuse me, dear, but
can't help it. I'll drive over and inter
f view the police
"And that's what he did," concludes
1 the detective, land that's the way
came in possession of the facts. Blu
after talking the matter over and cor
I, sulting with the smartest detectives i
G my service, we arrived at the conclr
t sion that there was little chance of re
covering the money. The pair wer
: too adroit. In spite of all our effort
since we've heard nothing more of tn
e $4,000, nor of Mr.. Thomas Jefferso
o Odell and his confederate. "-Bosto
Globe.