Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-09
COMEDY OF
 LOST NUMBERS
A Woman's Shrewdness Un-
 locks a Mystery.

A Woman's Shrewdness Un- locks a Mystery.
 "Oh. Maria. I'm ruinedl Our wed ding will have to be postponed"
 For heavens sake. George, what's the matterf"
 I've lost twenty S10O bills"
 "Where?"
 Where? What nonsense! If knew where wouldn't go and find them? I've been robbed"
 ''Robbedw
 "One of the customers of the house came into the office last evening when I was alone and insisted on paying me 5000 told him that I would not receive it. as the safe was locked and I didn't know the combination. Then he said he had to take a night train for New York and must receive it. as he wouldn't carry it with him. Fearing he would report me to the firm and they would blame me, l con sented and gave him a receipt. After he had gone I put the bills in my in side pocket and started for home. can remember leaving the office and walking a short distance. Then my memory stops. At the end of blank was lying on the sidewalk with crowd around me. The first thing did was to put my hand in my pocket to feel for the bills. They were gone Gone: Oh. Georger'
 "A couple of policemen took me home and mother persuaded me to go to bed" +et But what was the matter with you:"
 "Why, the policemen say that l was undoubtedly followed by some person or persons who sandbagged me and took the money. Any one could see into the office, for the gas was on and the curtains not drawn. They may have seen me counting the bills and making memorandum of their num- bers after tho customer had gone"
 You have the memorandumF
 "Thats what troubles me If I had that the bills could be recovered cdn [ fSiHtHbeT Nudt utO NAtH AN-
 Don't distress yourself, George, dear. Since yoa remember making it. we must find It. First the office must be ransacked."
 'The office has been ransacked and nothing found don't believe left it there"
 'Nor I. It would be more natural for you to take it with you I hope you didn't put it in with the notes"
 sI don't know whether I did or not My head aches yet, and I can't re- member much of anything"
 Do they blame you at the officer
 "Oh. yes. They say that l had no business to receive the money under the circumstances"
 And do they intimate-have they shown any disposition to suspect you''-
 'They don't say so, but they look it."
 "George. that memorandum must be found. You may have put it in some safe place in the office so unusual that 1t will be very hard to find it. You must attend to that I can't help yon. IT you put it in any of your pockets l will find it. for I will go home with ron and turn them all inside out
 "Cheer up. Come; let us go to your home. ard I will make a search"
 
 First give me your coat"
 Here it is"
 .sNow your vest and trousers"
 Here they are"
 Your hat You may nave put the money in the lining. No; 1t Is not ID any of your pockets nor your hat. Did you have on gloves%
 'sNo."
 You wouldn't have put 1t in your shoes. I've examined all your outer clothing. l don't suppose you have any pockets in your underclothing|
 Not except in my nightshirt, in which l have a pocket for my handker- chief, but, contemptuonsly, T didn't have on my nightshirt on the street
 Certainly not Have you got on the shirt you had on when you were rob bedY"
 "No. Mother gave me a clean one to put on this morning"
 what did she do with the soiled one?"
 "oh, my dear. you are wearing me outr'
 If you will set me the soiled shirt I'll not trouble you any more"
 Here it is in the closet. But must say that it seems very ridiculous to overhaul a shirt to find a memoran- dun But father gave me long lec- ture the other night to serve me after being married about the singular ways women have of getting at things, and it may be that, after all" very con temptuOusly. there is some connection between 5000 and a sOiled shirt Here it is."
 "Where is the collarY'
 "Oh, that's in the closet too. 1 sup pose you want the cuffsT
 sYes, I do."
 "weI, here's the whole thing. By thunderw
 'These marks in pencil on the cufI what are theyT
 'sThe numbers of the notes"
 Thank heaven"
 "You mean thank you Fathers right. Women do have queer ways oi getting at things Give me a kiss-an o4r.o. o-r4ho- n tf,osseso nd