Show tolen papers found foun at ball VID alry of diplomats wallet akst as thrilling as best of nick carter tales C during the joyous days of im BCD we carnival la in prague there ye performed edorn led quite unknown to the a i a clever piece of detec the I 1 too on the part of the local police t 0 A waited resulted in the re restoring 1 to a R ey acted td diplomat of certain paper papers k A to urn idzu were of the greatest im act police worked quietly into tho the lit if lift of the city and uch such was us OW dumess that before the night N per the city jail bad had two new it ca Is ind and a young man was aa speed do an pd it of prague to the foreign office aut ui 91 government overn ment expressing heart 10 tint to the local inspector of nd abbo t arho in thie this narrative can be no go to only as mr D iker valuable piper papers stolen sun bcd D seated one afternoon in des behind a pile of papers was apted ed suddenly by a young youn 9 mt tre representing one of the great ald BI of europe who declared hl his a ter cai to be 0 most urgent he ile rei 1 to that a wallet containing docu tot 3 of great value had been stolen hi d left it for a few moments on rann table to go to another room and when he be returned II 11 tone gone furthermore there were tt I 1 a ala to the wallet h his Is personal prop bmw butt let their beir abstraction did not die dis the young foreigner halt half as much ie it ion of the papers bast A leare leave prague by the night fit V he explained to the inspector ear I 1 will be ruined for life if these 11 to it cannot be recover recovered eV t D drove to the legation gel bogod over the wallet substituted A let eat of the diplomat it contained IDA e newspaper newt paper from liblich a my hal had been made the inspect awo ared an im intact copy ot 0 this fro e nd nd was thus able tu read the not cut out by the thief also aery D found traces of face not e between the leaves of the wal i dipping announced that there them to tob a 1 masked ball that evening OT hah ball in the city with tho tho ebli Is main mala clue the inspector as al the dP diplomat lomat that he would re tut tit paper and after assigning kua attl to watch the palace he ny IMY to don a toncy costume TU to the bait ball dressed ai AS officer got only MY costume he could find was 0 of eld toll drees dress log austrian uniform a out essco ot the days when prague was I 1 to ut of the Aus austrian triam empire As he all his hi house the detective at ull won telephoned him thedaugh the laugh am 4 the janitor of the legation had bet left her apartments in the cos of carmen It lot tot take the inspector long to got carmen at the ball she was all 14 B raan who eventually jap left the uniform of a hungarian 1103 t and wearing the customary bar black mask the pair withdrew discreetly into a quiet room and the in waited at the only exit soon they came come out the girl wear ing on an expensive necklace the he bad had not had on before the inspector approached pro proal ached ched carmen and the hungarian magnate and spoke a few quiet but well ell chosen word words there was no protest and no scene they preceded him to a taxicab and on the way to the railroad station the inspector stopped at police headquarters elpert hands bands searched the pair and the inspector quietly took possession of the diplomats portfolio the necklace and other pieces of jewelry mr D drove on alone and arrived at the railroad station after the gates for the night train had been closed on the platform be found the young diplomat with ith watch in hand trying to persuade the train crew to delay departure for just a few moments mr D made good his promise ue ile banded handed the diplomat bis his portfolio and in it were intact the miss missing ing documents and the jewels |