The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-02-06

lost ElRhG or anu Il DAWH Deem a0puLeQ
to report on the matter. Now, / might
easily have come while you were at
business in the city, and, armed with a
search warrant, have turned the house
upside down, but the authorities, i'm
snch cases. prefer to work quietly. So
in spite of the liberties you have taken
with the department in general. and my.
self in particular, 1 tell you our suspi-
cions candidly and look to you to refute
them to Disqualification.
'If you prefer the other course, l re-
turn for q warrant, but warn you that
you will not be- allowed to leave the
house, and a public examination will be
the result. At present all / wish you to
do is to let me have a good look round
your rooms. If You object, you will find
! have the orthodox four wheeler and
assistance at my CALL" and the inspect
II smiled grimly.
Rather a nasty hit at my remarks
ON the tameness of my supposed arrest
by his n~anesake, the dog license man."
l thought, but stepped to the window,
and there, sure enough, was a four
wheeler at the door and q couple of
constables strolling in its vicinity.
"Well," / murmured, ''the inspector
seems q reasonable man, and goodness
knows I hav6 had enough publicity
lately. i know very well he won't find
anything compromising. Still he has
his duty to do, and he might make it
very awkward for me, especially if he
dwells upon the libel business" So l
put a cheerful face upon it aud said:
Now, inspector, this is a ridiculous
charge to make, and the best way to
convince You of it will be to let you rum-
mage to your hearts content among my
belongings. You are welcome to any an
archistio literature or correspondence
You may discover, /" ;. and / handed him
over my keys with a confident smile.
Very good, sir, and, if You don't
mind, / will commence with your bed
room"
Accordingly he followed me up
stairs, and while he ferreted about ! sat
down.
After a time the inspector went down
stairs again, and I made for the door,
only to find it locked from the outside.
"The suspicious old scoundrelr' /
wrathfully calculated. Thought /
might slip down stairs and away, I sup
pose, while he was overhauling the sit
ting room. I'll let him have q piece of
my mind when he returns, II muttered
and finally concluded to wait his good
pleasure i'm dignified silence.
/ gave the inspector a quarter of an
hour and began to wonder what he was
up to. ] tried the door once more and
found it still locked. Horrori He had
the keys of my writing desk. Then there
were my old china and collection of an
cient gold coins, and I hoped to good
ness he would not topple over any of
Georges valuable cups, conspicuously
displayed ON the sideboard. / began to
wish / had gone down stairs with him.
I got so uneasy that / knocked at the
door and called to the inspector to let
me ont. Strange, /" I said, chow these
old sleuthhounds never lose a chance.
Fancy him locking me in, after all his
fair wordsl'' Not q sound from the room
beneath. "Surely George has not been
such an idiot as to leave any imitation
bombs about by way Of a practical joke,
and the old boy has gone quietly off for
assistance to arrest this dangerous nj
hilist?" I poohpoohed the idea and re-
sumed my knocking and yelling. This
method of attracting attention, COM
bined with a few resounding kicks, pres
emily brought my landlady putting mp
stairs. "''
"'Ere's q fine to do, Mr.. limbs,
a-knockin the paint-not to say the
panels-off'n my best bedroom door,"
She unlocked the door as she finished
her remarks, and / few down stairs
like n mailman.
Where's the inspector?" I yelled up
to Mrs. Plaggs on finding the sitting |
room vacant. s.. ...-- |
II amt seen no inspector" replied
Mrs. P, with evere dignity. 'I did
think, hows'ever, that for a ole clos
man g seemed extry respectable"
"Old clothesman! Mrs. Plaggs, what
do You mean?" / shouted.
"Wot / says, " retorted the worthy
creature, evidently highly incensed.
"We'n that party, witch it was lis card
I landed to you Il amt no reader, left
about 90 minutes agone, e remarks con-
fdentiallike, as / opens the door for
i'm, Prices amt wot they was, ma'am. >
/ seq, No indeed, no more they amt
seq ], thinkin to myself as / looks at lis
get mp, But they seems to pay some
folks all the same Then e jumps into
o four wheeler IAN drives hoff."
By this time / had sunk, a perfect
wreck, into a chair. One glance round
the sitting room had told me all. Where
were Georges silver trophies? Where
my real old Dresden? What had be-
come Of my precious coins? Where was
all u portable property? Gonei And
with it that deep designing villain and
altogether outrageous fraud, the inspect
OF. Done again! All a put up jobl
My landlady began to s~ympathize, and
just then George came in, with Gyp
barking at his heels.
Hello, old chap. you look cheap!
Another surprise from Scotland Yard?''
George never lost an opportunity. OF
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