The Progress., 1896-05-30
PUMPKIN AND PRDNE.
4 Page q Experiences From an "a
Detectives No'n Book

b1S'' .'''N ~
,ou,.,i r,r.,,rfo, l,I been commit
-, f., , v,rI known and populI~ hotel
,,,..r,. ..f.i.s rlI,~, rob
,'..,'.,. ,,.,n, .,, , worry ny>feriogs char
,,., ,,,,n.a ,ll ordinary devices
,.,,;,, That 'hny were
80 49,, ,,..,,.,, ,f IN. man. or set Of men,
,,..,., onn,r.ot from their similarity. rs
N"' "'P,' 49,. ,,,,i.h ,rrreIed
DESCRIPTIVE u '''' 49,, Mrs.
il. let me tell the STORY u MI "'''
p,,o,i
,l =, two hotel which .
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may call tite N'N '''' &c..
lected room 40. ~, On the Setono n0o,'
,,.,;o, was also the apartment which
la .,,.i,, h,fora They
had oeeh ueSi''''N ,r,s cline"
were accompanied ny N'''
poc;S Mrs Pascal'S niece. she having
a3,,,,,,io,ting room. which fronIed
. u '0"'''''''''',' .I,.,rt .,uti,,aI the
the street A!'' ''I'''o' '-,,.,,1o,
guests to be careful 81 'Le'' ''''''
,,.,,f,.b ,r r,ursn they PROMISED 20 20
.ho I,y Following their
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=. ARRIVAL Nav 'n7 ,,t. tho Indies
i in u urjghborInG ,oNh' '''
70 themselves After late niil''''
-, ,toirs and, partly dis
y th''S '''''' ., ,,,, avn room.
IS robng, each I''"'" ,,,,
n madame to nap ana Miss N'7''
-, 49,, a,,,r hot,vann the two rooms. now
ovar heinr opened wild" ana lne '",
sido DOCS carefully lock ed ana o"'''"
Il II was o'clock when MS. ,'I;n,
o. o,rnl,n from her sieSta and both lAnie'
H,nr - dress Miss Regis had no
Io7n slnen for a second, lat" hoIe
having unclaimed h"r '.''eI','on Wv,
p madame, previous to lying ""N'' ';,'
H. taken off ana placed npon ulr "' ,'rI,,n
stand her handsome dla'Ii"n'H' '",,.
at nearly $4,000. This afu''H w n"' =. "
ald +rra was bat few fec away HUM -
eW hnl and in full view from 'llf ''"In
il nearly all positions. y pei sun -
-, inc or seated Opposite iht wv. ~ ,1,
Iht ntHnr chamber had them IN >lGhl as
Mrs, Pascal having rooeu n'' '''A
ON another dress, sought her Jt"'io' O.
aftar a few moments search llle 80
viction was forced upon I'l VIC 49,,
'9o- had been stolen. Instantly s', :, :,
be monpd the clerk, ana he cane" -
loi hotel proprietor, ana Il lAi'ci NV ,, ~
cation was made. but me ui'hi'i'
-uF vora nowhere 10 be l"uhu, n"I GOV
act the detective who had been "!hi'p!
NV the hotel since the S"cohu %"
no ton. and who remalhe! III 'n' w.
As A guest, give any -" "','.' -
mailer. There was apS"IUl''J ~
lent. ro the robbcr
The proprietor was AiHloS' q"
wits end. for W"li Nv N":N ., ,i w., ,yn
this were trrrrtHn OUT HIS ',''' w.,
soon become an unproiltaolr co'i'
of,sa Rejecting on the NATTER w Gun. u"
49,, IN ,nplv to we'll known ie,ot
''' o,r.pry. ana after his story MA "
fe'o- related my chief conGuurh 10 III"
eCre- take the case and placed me III 'lia
sal Of with instructions to spare licllnot
,,,har nor money in discovering me t''G
-. insisted upon the retention OF li'' !,
detective as a cover, ana SliP'''
ID 10 that he should oStenSlbly De III c'I
his Of the case. and 1hai lne pI"p' +
himself shoVl' ma I","'" ,,.t,o FAVOR
saw not interfere in any way Whatever
there less called upon by my cI'el; ,.a,
49,, When | sat down 10 'hInN w a.
'h7 matter l was struck by the 'A'e'
which difficulty of the case I'au Nv
lance, upon which to work, ana tnac a
scene shONld be able to etiect an emu
into bed chamber. WIN Il" Iu ',',,
person in sight and hearing, S,'5 =
nndry my experience. | saw tha' l IL
" the most crafty person to zeal WIN
s43 900 some entirely new TICK 10 uhu l'I
The longer | thought over II (lr
o,oo puzzled | became loE l hnsM '.
ele' Pence the hotel detectlVe' must
'o'"'h made pretty 'holo"7n a. WI,
,ut not operation, examiner l'i' "" ~"
"losrrs and doors. as wen Il oe
the alert for suSpiclouS cl'ala',s ',,
knew, was good enough lI''
any ordinary business. bUI pu,S
n here that had no Imagination of Sh,'l
ytroyed ly, this was a case lof mos. u,
n lives operation. But | maze up Ivy
as to a course OF actioh' anu LIS,
followed it out. with VIVA, rest sJ
an en- reader may learn al lhe cl'S'