Warren sheaf., 1897-06-10


sired to oyerhear III eepny eIsat ton. dei'
did so simply because hs mad q prac-sI
tice of eayesdr piping whenever he had
g chance. In days gone BY he had:
picked up one OF two vallab ble s.tips',
}by this rather disgracefu process, and
he theref fore listened now With all8 his
ears. ssf sss
4 First OF ALL said the detective, .'l
must ask you il everyone has left the
Office, for the plan l am about to pro-.
pose to you, Mr.. Cardew. is one which.
must never sc hey yond ourselves IL, itSis'
to have any possible chance 81 success 3
II believe everyone has gone home.'''' 4
returned the other;; !. }....but let Us, come
and make certain. E = 4 ,S3S N
Hearing these words, the ingenious
Mayhem slipped behind the huge safe.
in the, corner Of the room, So that when
the two men looked IN, they saw noone
there.
f We're safe enough I, said the detec-.
tive, grufly And now, sir, III detail to
you what propose. D X ss B e !,
&C Gos On, said Mr. Cardew, quietly. 81
sam listening. WI Whatever you propose
/ in reason shall be carried out. and T
am resolved to discover the culprit con-
5cerned in all these disgraceful thefts,
even If it costs me 1,OOOst do it, ;:5 s,..
~ M The detective gave the partnerSsa
somewhat contempt ptnouss look. as
though he despised him for his display
Of excitement. Then he said very
slowly and deliberately:
What 1 propose is this. Sir. Next
Saturday morning. at II O. clock, leave
on conspicuous part Of your desk in
this room your purse. Let it be well
filled with gold not with notes for
thieves often fiji ght shy Of notes forob-
lvious reasons. Notes have numbers,
and numbers are awkward things some
times. Let the gold. therefore, be the
only thing in the purse, and leave It
us u have said WI here every can see
it. You might scatter one or two other
articles of personal property, such as a
handkerchief, cigar-case, etc. on the
desk, so as to give the business an un-s
prearranged appearance. ~ Having done.
all this, let it be known that you are
going out and will not be back for a
few hours. Come back at one, and see
IT, the purse is still on the desk. II III
is not, send downstairs for me, and I
shall be in waiting at the door with a
couple of plain-clothes men. our next
action will be to have every door in
the place locked. and allow nobody to
leave until he has been thoroughly
searched. H you have 8 .cloak oom or
hat-roonl, that must be searched also. ais
as it is quite as likely the thief would de-
posit the stolen property il his over
coat as anywhere else. z
Mr.. Cardew rose and paced the room
excitably. =s sis
s* q - IN dy dear SIR he said, |, speaking IN =
quick, nervous tone, q ,really don't
think could possibly sanction such g
course as that. It is most un-English-
most arbitrary most humiliating. ~"
Doubtless It is, 3 returned the other,
scoolly; .'buts it's about the only way5I
can see Of clearing up this business
If you Il al How me to make the remark,
sir, I would remind you that just now
you said you would give q thousand
pounds to do SO" Il III E#
$50 would, SO i would, but i cannot
humiliate my assistants. some Of HON
are old and trusted servants =
There will be no humiliation You
can explain the circumstances, and T
am sure every sensible MACK Of
them will see that the course taken is
the only one under the circumstances.
Besides, you can tone it down BY an
nouncihg a holiday, or some thing 81
that sort, to make up for their tenn "a,
porary inconvenience..'''s jl5535s III
Yes, I might do that, 3 replied Mr.,
CardeW, musingly .'and after all, as
you say, when they realize the circpm-
stances, they cannot possibly take of
Tense. Well, well, and here he sighed
slightly .sif you are convinced that his
course is for the best, take it, by ar
means ~ 55s 8 y:
'..sYery good. sir, Z said the detective,
as he rose to take his leave On Satur-
day next. then, at one r. a. ! shall BE
at the door. Ifs you want me YOU had
better let me know yourself as ii cases
of this kind third persons are always
dang ngerous. Good mig 1t, sir e. &
S6 ae leIt Jne EooME qulcKly,BN1 N1r.SCardeWs
accompa ring him to the door, and let
ting himself out at the same time
Then MAJ yhew slowly took his way
home, thinking deeply all the me.
Here was q chance at last, a Ioriuns.
syond derful chance of get ting his rival
Jack Lang Hey into disgra race. Itwouldbe
as easy as smo king ac garette On Sat
urday he would find an excuse for en-
tering the partners room and e:wo.iId
then take the purse, ,secret ting Il in lang