Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-11

! hesitated. as have said N an
= ~, 20 now determined to ce,ngrit
. scotland yard. Tor. during the sleen,sss
plkt's which az the London se.,se,,
waned grew longer. the subject ass,,,,,sd
lar greater importance than II did II ~ !
day u became an intolerable niab.
mare, end would eotnetitnea as. ~.
pea ana search for any object / u,iob,
suddenly remember had not seen fop
iohR whiie- Sometimes found IL so,n..
tiines did not; sometimes neva- ~.
eyes On 1t again-it was clean 49,
indeed, at last, il was In this wav ~
al THESE untimely hours, that discov'
ered most Of my losses. Thus, what With
,hein ana my sleeplessness, grew auita
deJeeted, but entirely refused In tI,;nL
Of myself ILL II absolutely never ~.
CURED to me; 30 walked down n, o.
land yard and confded my troubIes n
an inspector in what is now called tho
criminal investigation department
Inns resulted one Sunday morning /,
my entertaining Mt breakfast a certair
gentleman named Bunter. An odd IooL'
ing person, who had strange propen-
sty for peering and prying about and
appearing TO take great fancy n the
house. 1t was just the sort Of place ID
| wished. SS %
onthis pretext introduced him to the
landlord. with view possibly Of max.
ing u worth that individuals while IN
hand him over the lease. In this wav
he managed to go all over the establish.
ment and converse with everybody living
IN it--everybody except the gentleman
VINO occupied the top story the one Der.
son did not know My friend from
Scotland yard was particularly inauisi-
tive about him since he could not soc
him, and when told him that his habits
were irregular, coming home very late.
and occasionally not going out at all for
days, the official looked grave. finally
| winked at me and said be would call
again shortly
But he never had the occasion to dose.
for it was during the night following the
visit OF this distinguished guest that
discovered who was the thief and ar.
rived at the secret of the mystery.
The month was August, the nights
hot and sultry. and less than ever condu.
Give to sleep had nothing TO do that
evening. and although turned in early
it was with the usual result. The clock:
had just struck i. and | had been in bed
since II without closing my eyes. II
was the old story; was accustomed tc
it. Suddenly, amid the host Of perplex
ing and often awe inspiring thoughts
whirling through one 5 brain under thes.
conditions, | remembered that poke
letter case containing the two 81 Scotch
bank notes Where was it? had no
seen it for weeks. After restlessly striv
ing to drive away the, desire to get NJ
land search for it il mastered Inc. aud GU
OF bed sprang. For fully an hour
carried on the quest, but all in vain
Every conceivable and iucouceivabl
corner, drawer and pocket was ran
sacked. The key Of the escritoire ha,
been mislaid SO | could not examin
that; but knew it contained little els
than papers.
| At length, entirely exhausted, irritat
ed and feyered, and with the chambe
| candle expiring with sputter, fan
| myself on a couch in the drawing room
/ Dawn had not yet broken, but in fe'
, minutes, as | lay there coiled up in N
; dressing gown, unexpectedly fell ssiee
! "a restless, dreaming sleep, full Of far
tastic, weirdlike, indescribable shapes.
/ When awoke it was daylight, thong
the room was still shadowy and obscur
t save in one spot close to the long wiz
| dow, where the Venetian blind was part
q " raised-the window nearest that dar
corner occupied by the old escritoirt
| The head Of the couch was toward til
manteIpiece, but almost facing the doc
!. from the landing on the farther side {
4 the wall
r At the moment opened my eyes wit
| feeling of relief at having just escape
: some visionary peril, to my amazeiner
, saw that door slowly open and th
! figure Of man stealthily entering 10y i
II did not make the faintest sound on Il
!. hinges. nor did he with his footstep-nC
so much as the creaking Of plank. Ii
light in that part of the room was far &c
=. dim to allow of my seeing what he WI
> like. His face was slightly ayerted ais
and, except that the general look OF II
/ man seemed TO be not altogether u
a familiar, could not in the least tell WI
!, be was. The first impulse of course WI
to sit Nd and call out, but for some lne-
. plieable reason restrained 1t; perhal
= because the thought instantly crosse
! my mind that here was the thief, Al
! upon that suppose | rapidly Co
= eluded to watch him and pretend TO
Y still sleeping.
: However this may be, did not mo-
| as observed him creep noiselessly aero
- the room TO the end Of the mantelpe
r farthest from that where | was lyln
= He appeared not to notice me, ana ait
\ feeling with his hand for a moment c
" tween the edge OF the looking glass al
tine wall by the mantelshelf ne to'
- something away and instantly cross
70 back to the window by the escrl'o''
V He passed the little gap Of light SO que
:! Nv INFO the corner that | still failed
racoqnize him. Then could dim
% make on. that he was apparently u
- LICKING the numbering CID piece oil furl
+ ture, though still without making
Of slightest sound. e,no
N ,.Ho. ho!' thought /, my me teHo
= now rye caught YOU, have !! iou ha
- found the key and are going to e15 q.
st YOUR calling in that direction eh' We
le ,bs,e,s not much that is worth your
J., -,,, WOW = find that q pr