Show singular 3 detection of a thief A musi wusi musician clan cian employed atone at one of 0 the london n theaters possessed an ebony flave with silver silie r keys kejs ile he seldom used it however in consequence of one of the he tipper upper notes being defective the toe musician had for a lodger a young man a theatrical tailor and between the two there existed a considerable friendship well one night while the musician was anav away at his bis baines bs ines some one stole the flute cilibe i h tha the silver keys aud arld suspicions full fil f 11 on ali am old char hgr moman woman man who used to come to do the honse house wo work however nothing tended to show that the eld eid lady really was guilty guilt y in a few months the tailor leftt lert left the be house bouse of the musician cian clan arld arid went to live ina in lna a t wn a few caile off but as the friendship between the tiu tzu tIb tw men still existed they occasionally visited each other ether nearly a year afterwards the musician paid the tailor tallo r a visit 1 and aad vis vda wa a pleased to find him in possession bession session of 0 A beautiful bullfinch who bo could distinctly whistle three tunes the performance was perfect with this ex exception wh whenever en ever he came to a certain high note he invariably ably ski skipped e d it and went on oa to the next A very I 1 little IF tm rt tion convinced the musician that the note in which the bullfinch was imperfect wab was the very one that was deficient on hid hn flute so i convinced was wa he that he at once questioned quest ques lioneld ione d his ex lodger on the subject m who h 0 at once tremblingly confessed his guilt and that all tile the bird knew had bad been taught min hirn ori on tle tie tl stolen flute bee tona tons home pets 1 |