Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1902-01-10

known and received with grbt scrvil-
lty, and when q tray OF jedeiry was
placed before her I felt surf that the
next half hour would clear her Of all
suspicion or conplicate thd case stiil
further. Her manner was that Of lofty
coudescension. She slowlt and Ian.
guidly Inspected The ieweb. and now
and then the PROPRIETOR q the store,
who was waiting tpou her in person,
had bis attention attracted for the mo-
ment elsewhere. Ny lady finally de-
clded to call again and was bowed out,
and she was hardly clear OF the door
when l revealed my ideltity to the
jeweler and asked him TO he sure that
there was nothing missing from the
tray. He was at hrst incllled to ad-
minister a snub. but when he found
the finest ring Of the lot conspicuously
absent be almost fell over h q faint
There was no room TO doubt that the
lady bad lifted" II. but that pnly made
the case worse D. q way. Fot a trades
man and n detective TO chaIEe a lady
Of quality with sbopllfting whs as bad
as treason against the CROWN A mere
word would bring financial ruin upon
the jeweler. and he was ready to stand
the loss ten times over rather than
speak II.
Twice more within the uext fort.
night I followed the lady into jewelry
establishments and morally convicted
her Of shoplifting. This made six cases
In all. and. no matter how the victims
felt, we OF the Yard were quite deter
mined that something ought TO be done.
I had been on the staf for ten years.
aud my work had given good satlsfac-
ton. hut I was selected as a sacrifice.
mean by that that | was ordered to
secure an interview with the lady. in
form her or my discoveries and take
the consequences. | must take all the
burden on myself and clear the Yard.
There could be but one ending. and
before making my call my resignation
was written out, and I had arranged
to 90 with n private agency. One
morning I appeared at the residence Of
the marquis and boldly asked for my
lady on important business. I was
kept waiting until she was satisfied
that I was neither a process sewer nor
a creditor and was then admitted to
the presence OF n very slipshodi looking
woman who showed me scant courtesy
when she said:
well. sir. you are here, land now
what Is III"
"It's about the jcwelry, my lady" 1
replied.
what do you Beanr'
1.-THE finger rings from Blbek's, the
sunhurst fropa n7oWn'R. th94 earrings
from GreenFs. You Garfield them away
anf 5~--sCt to return thbm."
(My lad%s face went white as snow
and she CAPPED for brSath, and ] ex
pected to see her faint away by q
tremendous EFFORT she pulled heItelf to
gcther. and as the color came lack t.
her cheeks she Kissed ut me:
"You dog, you! The marquis shal
nee that you get your just deserts
Lenvp the house at once"
I left. and within an hour tie mar
D quis was nj the Yard to say hat h,
would uproot the whole system II
was not promptly bounced and "a apol
t ogy rendered. The Yard apolOpzed.
q WAS bounced. and my Indy had stor,
s for her friends about attpmptpdhlack
e mail. There were no more theft! how
It over. and MS a private dPtrrtlYel evei
a recovered some Of the STUFF frm tn
8 shops where my Iady's maid ~badpledg
p ed them to raise cash for her mistress.