Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-04

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.
Il passed here yesterday morning al
little before eleven o'clock. Did you
notice the way took?'
''You went to the Viborg quarter,
your excellency."
Gen. Gorgoli continued his catechiz-
ing of the sentinels from point to point,
street to street, neighborhood 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 drove?"
Eyes, your excellency, to No. IS on
the corner of the Canal Catherine"
did / go in there?"
Yes"
"And come out again?"
81 did not see you"
every well Have yourself relieved
by one of your comrades and bring two
soldiers from the nearest barracks"
Eyes, your eXcellency."
The sentinel hurried away and in ten
minutes returned with the soldiers
Accompanied by them the general pre-
scented himself at No IS, closed all the
outside doors, cross-examined the por-
ter, assembled 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
have been the twin brother of the po-
lice general After one glance around
the room, he said to the ledger:
"Your name is -"
Eyes stammered the man.
''Yest erday at ten o'clock you en-
tered the shop, No. - Grand Million
You wore a yellow curled wig re-
sembling my hair; you had on gray
coat with heavy collar like mine; you
drove up in . carriage like mine, with
chestnut colorcd horse like mine. In
fact, you pretended to be Gorgoli,
chief of police, and in my name TO Dor
row 80, 900 roubles for which / was to
give security. You drove away,
through many streets, across several
bridges, back and forth until you ar
rived at this house. You are a motor
ious thief and pickpocket, who cum
ningly took advantage of your acct
dental resemblance to me, to rob the
banker of good portion of his for
Had ~
Give me that yellow wig which / see
sticking out from under the gray coat
which yesterday formed part of your
disguised"
Perceiving that he had been effectual-
ly entrapped the thief went to closet
behind the chimney and took down the
bag of gold, which he handed to the
chief of police, saying: Il have spent
two"
Gorgoli counted them, found them
correct, handed the culprit over to the
police, who carried him Off 70 prison,
while the general FASTENED 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 ont to him the familiar
canvass bag With a cry Of Joy and as
constituent at It's restoration the bank
er seized it, but was so owe rcome by
his feelings that he stared helplessly
at the police official, asking for an ex-
PLANTATION.
Count them" said the general,
turning to his table and beginning to
write.
The merchant eagerly undid the
strings Of the bag and feverishly emp
tied its contents upon the table. He
began counting them, putting them
back into the bag as he did so At
last he said:
1.-TWO roubles are missing"
THAT is strange"
what is strange? That there should
be so few gomez
Neither Bat that the thief should
tell the exact t1lth. They seldom do.
He said he had spent two.
Then you have captured him?"
"He is now Ia prison.
-'How did you get him so quickly9
It IS hardly a. hour since you de-
parted.
The general toll him.-Detroit Free
Press