The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-05

'NAAthAliANhAAhA ANNiAf MAlfN ANNNAfA
he street The landlord cautioned the
guests 10 be- careful Of their yaluables.
which. Of course. they promised to do.
Mr.. Pascal, the day following their
arrival. having business 10 look after
IN nelghboring town. left the ladies'
Ia Themselves. After a late dinner
they came up stairs. and, partly dis
roblne. each retired 20 her own room,
madame 70 nap and Miss Regis 10 read,
the door between the two rooms. how
ever. being opened wide aud the out
side doors carefully lock cd and holted
u was O'Clock when Mrs. Pascal
lwoke from her slesta and both ladies'
began 90 dress Miss Regis had not
been asleep for second. late novel
having unclaimed her attention. The
madame, previous 20 lying down, had
taken % and placed upon the dressing
stand her handsome diamonds, valued
40 nearly $1,000 This article Of furni.
tuU was but a few feet away from the
bed aud In full view from the couch In
nearly all positions. A person stand
Ing or seated opposite the door ~
other chamber had them In slghtore,
Mrs Pascal, having robed hers Re.
another dress. sought her jewelNpo.
after a few moments search th.r
vlction was forced upon her tina Alts'
had been stolen. Instantly shsables
moncd the clerk. and he called In the
hotel proprietor. aud a fuller investi-
CATION was made. but the diamonds
were nowhere 10 b. found. nor could
the detective who had been employed
by the hotel since the second opera
ton, aud who remained In the house
rs guest, give any solution Of the
matter. There was absolutely no clcw
10 the rohhrr
The proprietor was almost M bis
Wits end. for well be- knew THAI unless
this were ferretcd ont his hotel would
soon become an Improbable concern,
Rejecting on the matter, be concluded
10 apply % a well known detective
agency, and after his story had hcea
related my chief concluded % under
take tho ease and placed me la charge.
with instructors 70 spare ueithor zsal
nor money IN discovering the thief
insisted upon the retention 81 the hotel
detective as cover" and stipulated
that be- should osteusihly be- Ia charge
N the case, and that the nroprictor
himself should maintain the secret and
not Interfere Ia any way whatever. UNI
loes called upon by my chief.
When ! sat down 90 think over the
4 - H. a.
difficulty OF the ease ! had n1 clcw
upon which 10 work, and that ~
should be aide 20 effect an onir
into a bed chamber, with a tglde-a cti
person IN sight and hearing. stagL,,,
my experience. saw that I IL
most crafty person u deal with'ut
some entirely new trick 10 undcrs he
The longer | thought over Il The n.
puzzled ! becama Tor knew
Pence, tho hotel detective. must 4
made pretty thorough canvass ~ tue
operation. examined the windows.
closets and doors. a. well "a hccn on
The alert Tor Suspicious characters. lie.
! knew. was good enough man fog
any ordinary business, but outside oS
that had mo- imagination or skin. Char,
~, this was ease for a most delicate
operation, Hut ! made up my mind
ns ~ course ~ action. aud resoluiely
followed u out. with what result the
reader may learn az the close of this
narrative,
The Pascal party lcft after weeks
s0lOnrn aud room No. ~ was vacant
Tor day. when a Mrs. DE lancy
Moore and her maid occupied Il. Mrs
Moore was one 81 those ladies wills
may ho described Ia mnsic-symholisn
a. Z. Z. T.. or fair. Cat and forty" Ra
chcd. the maid aud an old mald al
that. might be catalngued as y. n. y.
~. patient pale aud prudlsh." Mad
anne Moore owned an Z. {. Z. voice hul
Miss Rachcrs was planisslmt
squeak. Poor Rachel was IA complcl,
subsection IA her misirss and walked
behind her IN the softcsi. meekest pos
sihlo manner
They were not many days Ia IN,
hotel before sam Pence displayed hl,
wit IN styling them pumpkin ant
prune" sam saw the gorgeous dis
play of diamonds, lcwelIy and many
olord silks which Madame Moon
won. and Ia n quiet way warned Ra
.hcl ~ the danger OF leaving valuable,
,avlcssly around In their room Too
Rachel hardly vnuchsafod an answe
10 his impudcncc. but an az once !
struck upon his benlghtcd intellcc
that Il would h. a good thing 20 show
her souc lltile attention aud sc,ur
her cooperation IN the watch Tor thl
thief. Acting upon that suggestion D.
hccame quite gallant, and while IA
rhel appeared very coy aud exceed
lncly meek. sam concluded 10 trus
her. should he iiud an opportunity &
have an uninterrupted talk.
Madame Moore came up stains on
certain Wednesday. fairly blazing wit
diamonds. and entered her room
where Rachel partly unrohcd her. an
dlscrcetly quilting the rnoni. the mai
retired an adjoining one. while he
mistress INDUCED In her "cat-nap." a
! she called H. and which generally lasi
cd a good two hours. At madame
, request. the window curtains In a.
chefs room were drawn. 50 rs 10 shu
out the light from the street. llach,
took up a book and madame n rclls
ious Journal The diamonds wcc ~
carelessly upon the dressing hurcal
} In the course Of half an hour a
, sound Of deep snoring was heard flOl
the bed. aud Rachel. dropping h,
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