The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-04

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~ ND ffeW paic Re grew
ai1ifi he 1sslsyg strong. he sloutea y ~
for, OF Ms voFce and he spoke ~ y
,5ers. 4Iis DOCUMENT eould nOt
found
when he had been reduced 20 = p+el.
or frame OF mind he was to4d " Itie
second lorI dat be had been criminal
IL careless: that while he sat ana ate
to,ne shy OF sous foreign goyernmc.tt
nod wnikad into the open ofice-fda
ayyfDei n document that might cost
England 100000 lives and $1o0,00O.o0U
ia cash. 1t was gently lntimated thai
he was known to be abseutminded' aird
X was limited that he might have taken
the document along 10 read at luneh
ana left It lying beside his plate.
messenger was rushed OF, but he Re
turned with the statement that the
waiter had not seen such a pPper- He
added that the waiter was a low brow
cd, suspicious looking chap and That he
was probably liar
For two long days a number Of hrsl
and second and third lords held ths;i
breath The official safe was searchet'
no less thIn Fifty times. The top OF q
bare table was scanned until the eye+
Of the scanners nched- The waste pa
Der basket. the door. the coal rack. TIE
corners and all other places wer
searched, but IL vain Two detectives
were detailed to watch every move.
| mcnt of the waiter. The cabIaan VIII
| had driven the first lord to lunch arr
back was put under surveillance. Tt
! ,lericnl sten was made to feel that II
might fine itself in NewGAte with
/ the next t.enty-four hours. and had
New Zealand captured australia the
| excitement IN that particular depart
ment could Ilstllllve been more intense
When the first lord and the second
| lord and the third lord went into Sc
! cret council for the tenth time. turnin9
even the broom and the door mat ou1
into the haH and stopping up TIE key
| hole OF the door, the two latter lo'dS
had some figures to submit a re"a-J
must be offered for the return OF u
document. and it must be large enouH
to appeal to the cupiaity of the robSeI-
I They figured that EJO.CO0 would do X
and that the first lord Svould have to
pay 1t out of his own pocket. If he
| hadn't bcer, so fat and stupid he Won j
| have tainted away. As 1T was, he was'
1 properly crushed Cor the next propos :
tioa. The .ca wa; to have him disap
| pear for coupIn OF months. When the
thief found that no reward was to b
| offered he might return tie document
There was q belief that he was per
| sonaI enemy of the first lord and had
meant to spite him alone. If the hrSi
ford would get out OF the country lot
few weeks or months the second ana
third lords would carry on the cift
with evefy hope 10 save England anf'
the honor of the honorable.
Tl.e first lord jumTT1 at the oppoE
tunity held out He didn't went to sec
England plunged into calamity ana
neither did he want 30 pay reward 9f
e5o,COo He left the Office immediateiy
and fastened home tc pack up an
start for Slvitze- and, and long breath
! of relief ext ended from the second lor ]
! down to the smallest messenger boy
soma one was paid a large fee fol
work do0e, and tie incident was clos
ad-Ghat Is, the first lord wrote back
weekly to ask If the document had been
| found. and the second lord answered
! ass regularly that it had not. but ne
| was still hoL on the trail. After six OF
tight weoke had passed the first lord
vas one day handed the missing docu-
| ueut BIZ a disguised man who fed on
| he instant. but the lord retired to MS
BEDROOM and opened the eI.selope
rhcre was a document. 1t WAS a writ
en- recipe for making French cottage
,hoese. Tie first lord sbIr one eye
md sa and thought for an hOur. Then
he li..hs daw-ncl. and he laid the docu
reIt aside aud whispered:
- man my be a first i7Td and
f,rst ass ut tie, same time. and I'm Il
ing .exampls q The fact"'