The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-10-05

= man who occupies grand mansion, an
A who must be met by strategem if we eve
recover it, He is not to be seized like a
f ordinary thief, nor accused till We hay
positive proof that he possesses it. Thi
! we must get by cunning, not by force
He is above general suspicion and genera
observation. Only the eyes of the sou
/ can see him as he is TO the world h,
seems fair man. He is not. He is
double man--a bad man-and over hi
] black heart is drawn smiling mask thai
deceives the good, who think they know
him, but do not -
: ''But how and where did this man mee
me to get possession of my watch?"
now inquired ''for have no recollection
of any such person being at any time neal
me-"
Gonzal put the question to Zanwi, and
he answer came like flash.
''He never Was near you. Gonzal
said to me, as interpreter for Zauwi "He
never saw you even. A female confeder-
ate took your watch and transferred it to
him. -
GA female?'' exclaimed ''Oh, that
is serious mistakel Your little man has
got clear off the line; and it will be useless
to follow his lead, when his start is wrongr
aaZanwi understood me, and his bead :
like eyes seemed to enlarge and shoot rays
of fire. There came another whir of the
r-r-r-r's, with almost frantic gesticulations,
and GonzaI quickly said:
"He says it is you, Mr.. Bedford, and
not himself, who is mistaken; that it was
a woman, seeming lady, who took your
watch from your pocket and broke the
chain.
"But I say MOI emphatically; because,
from the time | looked at my watch till [
missed it, no woman was near enough to
touch me on the street.
Again the whir from Zanwi, and again
Gonzal said:
"Mr. Bedford, pray be calm, and an
swer me this question, and reflect before
you speak. After starting on your walk,
and after looking at your watch, and be-
fore you reached the juggler, did you not
turn the corner of a street, look back at
something, and then turn again suddenly,
and find yourself face to face with fash
ionably dressed lady, who quickly moved
to one side, while you moved to the other.
at the same time lifting your hat with, 4
crave your pardon, madam ? y
''Great Heaven, yesP' [ cried, with a
start; Il do remember the incident now,
though it had quite slipped from my mem
ory. Was Zanwi there to see and hear?''
'No! but he sees and hears it all now,
as the facts are flashed upon his mental
consciousness from the mere handling of
what the woman and yourself have left a
marked impress upon.
"Great Lord of the Universe! do our
thoughts, words and actions become tangi-
BILE things, to be, as it were, photographer
upon everything we touch p [ exclaimed.
cit would seem to, replied Gonzal !;
cat least I can conceive of no better way
of explaining the wonderful mystery, to
the like of which have given much time
and thought. Suppose, by way of COM
parison and illustration, we consider the
marvellous faculty of memory, which we
all possess in greater or lesser degreel
What is memory? where is it located :?
And how is it we bring up at will before
the minds eye of the present, pictures of
scenes and events that have been buried
in the past for days and weeks and months
and years? And this, too, from beneath
thousands of other scenes and events, in
which we have since been an actor, and
then permit them to fade out into blank
till we want them again! Is this faculty
of Zanwi, though more rare, any more
wonderful? OF course it seems so to us,
because we are not familiar with it; but if
there is an intantigle something upon which
we impress our thoughts, to be read off at
will, as if from the leaves of book, why
may not our souls make their impress upon
our whole environment, to be deciphered
by some super-sensitive soul with which
they may come in contact The fact that
this is done, as you have just had proof
in the case of Zanwi, settles the point, and
leaves no ground for argument We know
the hound follows an invisible, intangible
line of scent of the living creature that has
gone before him, and which perhaps he
never saw; and this little human wonder,
with human and greater intelligence, take
in the soul as we'll as the body of the OBJ
ject he pursues, and gets visions that re-
veal past, present and future acts, motives
and intentions of the being pursued. -
"Well, it certainly is the wonder Of
wondersr' Irejoined; tand if l succeed
in regaining my lost prize, | shall have
reason to be grateful that such thing ex
ists.'
"Come, then, said Gonzal, ''let us lose
no more time in discussion. A carriage
is in waiting. Follow me.
He led the way to back yard, where
stood harnessed team, with the driver on
the box.
We rode through different streets, Zanwi
giving his master directions, and he COM
municating the same to the driver.
At length we slowly passed an elegant
mansion, and Gonzal said to me:
ssThe owner of that mansion has your
watch in his possession, so Zanwi informs
me, and is at present within, and the watch
is on his person; but though l have impli-
cit faith in what he says, yet in law his
words would go for naught without corro-
borative evidence, and so | dare not swear
out warrant and make the arrest on his
bare testimony
"What, then, is to be done to recover
my prize?'' | questioned.
cit will probably require time and care
full management replied the detective.
81 propose to put the man under surveil
lance and bid our chance. I knew the
man by sight, and by having him secretly
shadowed by men he does not know, it is
possible the watch may be discovered in
his possession, and his arrest be made be-
fore he becomes aware of being under sus
picion.
81 earnestly pray you may not fail!?
said, as I looked back at the mansion we
had passed, which now had an interest 70
me, made intense by my anxiety.
At that moment the front door opened
and an elegantly dressed gentleman cam
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