The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-01-16
The PurSer,S
Confidence
BY HUNFLEY wEYMAN



iarly addressed her and, picking mp
the tiara. walked ont Of the Store with
it. The at WIS 81 aadaeious that he
WAS given time TO mix with the throug
iii the street and get safely aWay.
1t WAS Il jewelry house that had
never been robbed before, aud the de-
cison was immediate To spare no eN-
pense 10 run the rohher down. Tie
case was given TO the police. with Il
grand reward attached, and Scotland
Yard put its best detectives Mt work.
Two or three private agencies took up
the trail for the reward there WAS in it,
and when Il clew seemed to lead 10
Paris II French detective prepared 10
follow IT, From some line of reasoning
not made public all the officers came 10
an agreement that the rohher WAS an
American and thai he would seek to
get away on the Blue Star liner Nom
arch Tho press didn't say anything
about trails. but four of the detectives
followed their noses nj least and Sc
cured passage on the Monarch Had
one of the male passengers come to
them half an hour before sailing and
admitted that lie WAS tile rohher and
held cut his hands for the bracelets
none of the four would have sailed. As
II MAS no one came forward, and they
felt II Il duty To make the voyage la
New York and keep IN eye on every
fellow passenger. They knew nothing
of each others presence in IN official
way. If any one of them WIS Ia give
his confidence to any one, the purSer
was the man to unhosonl To, and It WAS
not long before lie had call II was
Il Scotland Yard man. He wis wear.
Ing false side Whiskcrs and passing
himself off rs Il retired English retail
grocer who WAS making The trip To SEQ
his sister in New York
Il think | have cleW already" ne
said rs the Purser promised Ia respect
his confidence ana assist him In any
WAY he could. "i'herc Is a F'fenehman
aboard calling himself Dubois. IIc
speaks English passably well and
claims 10 he going over in the inter
eSts Of the wine business, hui he isn't
foolihg Inspector Saunders Il little hit.
| He's my mah ar | don't know a crook
when | see one"
The next burst of confidence came
from Dubois. lie identified himself as
belonging TO the Paris bureau and
added
"rsti It WAS easy enough. | pick
ed him ont from the 300 passengers nj
most ri glance. He Is nm English
Ia, E.. ROT
and SlIai Pivc him rope until W.
reach quarantine on the other side
Should he suspect me and try to jump
overheard / hope | may have your as
sistahee"
Mr. Dubois WIS assured that the
purser and all the other officers Of tho
boat stood ready 10 lend justice all
possible assistance. and lie then made
way for n detective from a private
London agency. The man wore II false
stomach and wig ana used the Ian
cashrc dialect. He introduced himself
as John Stone and asked for the purs-
cr's confidence at once.
eve got him right between my
thumb and finger. this way" he said,
with II grin. "Ihc trail led me as
straight az II turnpike. | can't ask the
| Monarch TO turn back. of course. but
| I'll have the darbies ON the fellow as
soon as we sight Sandy Hook. Lord,
but II was dead easy! He calls himself
Il French name and tries To disguise his
English, but any child could spot him
of Help me to keep an eye on Bu-
bos and there will he something in 1t
for You
The prrscr smiled inwardly andtgave
| his promise. He thought there were
others 10 come. and Ire WAS not mis-
taken. Mr.. Hiram Wilkinson next ia
trodtccd himself as being from IA pri-
vate Liverpool agency. He had IA WIZ
and goggles and WIS trying 10 talk
through his nose aud bc taken for IL
New Enslander lie felt that he had
come To the right party In coming to
the purser. and he didn't shut his
mouth until his secret was out.
Its the feller rs calls hssclf stone,
he whispered, II spotted him the in
slant he came mp the gangplank, but
dasnt tackle him on sight ! am max
in,, fla. vovaaa ia play my H>h. Ell
Lot 1ani,d1 Ia slfilltnsts make him
fran l5sscir i'm loss tl,un thrrc davs.
lie chins /, have ~ brother in the
butcher business nj Albany. but OF
course that's all IN your eye
"Yoi thinl, he's the man, duered
tie purser in an absent way rs he be
gan To- see the humorous side OF the
siiuHUon
"Sav, now. take II good long i0ok at
him Yourself. lie looks HE thief from
head 10 hccl I,avetist yog noticed his
ncrvousness lIc'3 AFRAID hes been
followed. He'll mike n fight of ii
when we sight the American coast, but
4 III have the irons on him before he can
saw Jack Robinson. Mum is the word.
and vou viii get your wlacll Of the re-
ward"