A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE "Now I must tell you," continued the man in the corner, "that after I had read the account of the double robbery, which appeared in the early afternoon papers, I set to work and had a good think--yes!" he added with a smile, noting Polly's look at the bit of string, on which he was still at work, "yes! aided by this small adjunct to continued thought--I made notes as to how I should proceed to discover the clever thief, who had carried off a small fortune in a single night.

Of course, my methods are not those of a London detective; he has his own way of going to work.

The one who was conducting this case questioned the unfortunate jeweller very closely about his servants and his household generally.
"'I have three servants,' explained Mr.Shipman, two of whom have been with me for many years; one, the housemaid, is a fairly new comer--she has been here about six months.

She came recommended by a friend, and bore an excellent character.

She and the parlourmaid room together.