The age-herald., 1899-11-05
The Mirror MUst6rU ]
 0N~ BY AUGUSTA PRESCOTT

Come at oneel Another burglary!'
 So ran the telegram which was handed me one morning the latter part of this sum- mer.
 The signature was that of the proprietor Of large hotel in the White Mountains, under whose roof were sheltered in the closing month of summer millionaires and their wives and people of note, all of whom would be likely to carry around with ,hem money, jewls and rare curlos, such as would attract the eye of the evil minded
 Packing my grip hastily I took the next train for K and arrived that night to be met by the proprietor at the station. He told me with excited lips that there had been still another buglary since he wired me, and Shat the last one was the robbery of aM uhe famous pearl collection belong 1ns to Mrs. A., 1ne wca.tniest guest of the lhotel.
 Do they know you have sent for de- ectlve?" I asked.
 "No."
 "so much the better Let me arrive as q guest, give me a room, and pay no atten- ton to me. 1 will ask you to help me if need help"
 Arrived at the hotel I found aIl in high state of excitement. The first gentleman l met i'm the smoking room Uniformed me that there had been a jewel robbery, the AsiSt Ol d SSlIeS, IkltL USeifly all u0e women in the hotel had been robbed in one way or another, and that the last robbery consisted Of pearls worth quarter of million.
 Mr. A., the husband of the burglarized woman, joined us. He was very nervous and said that the family was making prep arations to leave the hotel. Then he told us all he could about the robbery, the same story doubtless he had told many times before. This was the story:
 Mrs. A. on her arrival at the hotel, had deposited her pealrs in the safe in the of-
 flee, she had obtained them that day to | wear to a ball that night
 l The jewels were brought upstairs by her maid and laid upon the dresser. Mrs. A. l remembered opening the case and examn- 1 ing them to see if they were in perfct con- dftion. Then she closed the cases, dismissed | the maid saying that she wished to take
 short nap, and after locking the door, had l lain down upon the bed to sleep. When she awoke, perhaps an hour later, ] it was dusk and the maid was tapping at 1 the door. Mrs. A rose and admitted her. | then stepped to the bureau drawer and opened her jewel case. It was empty So were the others. Not a single gem lay in the boxes which a few minutes before con- tained necklace, rings, pins, tiara, brooch and bracelets. All were missing. In her confusion Marie, the maid, rushed into the hall crying "Help!' while Mrs A. tainted. Both women knew at once that the cases had been rif1ed; 1t needed no eX- planation for them to see that their con- tents had been taken in that brief hour.
 The proprietor MT A. said, had search ed the servants quarters and put guards around the house to see that no suspicious party escaped, but though no one departed,
 the jewels were still unfound, and not as much as a trace told of their whereabouts.
 The other robberies corresponded, though they were smaller. One lady had lost her ring; another her pin another costly tri-
 fe for her chain; another a gold-bound book. All the small articles of value in the house were disappearing.
 One strange coincidence appeared to me in all the recitals, and that was that all the robberies had taken place from the rooms. The hctel furniture, silver and lin- en, was untouched, but the guests were | pilfered in their own private apartments.