The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-08-03
INSTALLMENT NO. IL.


ALIVE and prospecting. He lives
court or lane running out of Loni
acre, and he offers advice to person
Interested in recovering missing oil
jects of any sort. Whether you hav
lost your wife or lost your cigar-cass
Old Sharon is equally useful to yor
He has an inbred capacity for readin
the riddle the right way in cases O
mystery, great or small In short, h
possesses exactly that analytical fac
ulty to which I alluded just now.
have his address at my Office, if 20,
think it worth while to try him."
who can trust such a mann" Mr.
Trop objected. HE would be sure te
deceive me-"
you are entirely mistaken. Since
he was struck off the rolls Old Sharon
has discovered that the straight way
Is, on the whole, the best way, even
In q mans own interest His consulta-
ton fee is a guinea; and he gives a
signed estimate beforehand for any
supplementary expenses that may fol-
low. can tell you (this is, of course,
strictly between ourselyes) that the
authorities at my office took his ad-
vice in government case that puz-
zIed the police. We approached him,
Of course, through persons who we're
to be trusted to represent us without
betraying the source which their In
structions were derived, and we found
the old rascal's advice well worth pay
ing for. 1t is quite likely that he may
not succeed so well in your case. Try
the police, by all means, and IL they
fail, why, there is Sharon as last
resource"
This arrangement commended itself
to Mr.. Troy's professional caution. He
went on to Whitehall, and he tried |
the detective police. They at once
adopted the obvious conclusion, to per-
sons Of ordinary capacity-the con-
cIusion that Isabel was the thief.
Acting on this conviction, the au-
thorities sent an experienced woman
rom the Office to Lady Lydiard's house
% examine the poor girls clothes and
ornaments before they were packed
ip and sent after her to heraunt's.
The search led to nothing. The only .
objects of any value that were dis
'overed had been presents from Lady
.ydiard. No jewelers. or milliners' bills
Vere among the papers found in her
esk- Not a sign of secret exerava-
ance in dress was to be seen any
vhere. Defeated so far, the police
roposed next to have Isabel privately
vatched. There might be prodigal
over somewhere in the background. u
18th ruin staring him in the face I'M
,ss he could raise five hundred 81
ounds. Lady Lydiard (who had only s.
to the search under the u
.ress of persuasive argument from Il
IT. Troy resented this ingenious idea
3 an insult She declared that if u
abel was watched, the girl should n
now OF 1t instantly from her own CT
ps. The police listened with perfect d.
'signation and decorum, and politely ey
lifted their ground. A certain sus- hi
cion (they remarked) always rested M
cases Of this sort on the servants. at
'ould her ladyship object to private PIT
qu1ries into the character and pro-
eding of the servants? He ladyship We
stantly objected in the most positive yc
rms. Thereupon the inspector" ask ma
for minutes private conversation st;
tn Mr.. Troy. 1.-THE thief is certainly w
member of Lady Lydiard's house qu
Id" this funtionary remarked in his OH
litely positive way. IF her ladyship
rsists in refusing to let us make col
necessary inquiries, our hands are ou
d, and the case comes to an end res
'ough no fault of ours. If her lady tic
p changes her mind, perhaps you wa
Il drop me line, sir, to that ef- thi
t. Good-morning." ont
80 the experiment of consulting the goi
ice came to an untimely end. The T
y result obtained was the express on
of purblind opinion by the au- ito,
rites of the detective department, des
ich pointed at Isabel, or at one of he
servants, as the undiscovered theft mil
mixing the matter over in the re- by
'ment of his own Office, and not the
getting his promise to Isabel to in
We no means untried of establish Shs
her innocence, Mr. Troy could see mes