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Show ,-0;LED 3Y A Wlrt'o lv'i! STAKE. Sad Eiperimico of a Detective With a ,11arl;-l Trn Dollar I1UI. lie was considered one of the best in hi- line. The ease that required the mod iiiieliia-cnt. persistent and careful wi-ii v. a the one that was usually assigned as-signed to him. lie had been at work on one for three or four. weeks, and at last had.scemvd vvhut he considered "clincli- 11 was a bribery case and his work had V...-n to entrap the would-be briber, lie had done it. He had se-ei-ed a :-iii-!.- j.j dollar note of the bribe money. i!mt wasvmmeb. The envelope con; ,i!:i-:; tiv money had been opened in tlie pre )::- of three persons, says the rhica'o .Vail, and each had put his mark on the bill so that it could be identitkd. Naturally he was jubilant. People will be when they think they have won a preat victory, and he had all the evioence he wanted in his pocket an inside pocket at that. The bird was prajtieaily caught, and he went home exulting. .ou mark what can hapipen to a man u ho lias victory practically won. out is careless. He thought of going to oeaoouarters and depositing his evi-j evi-j m a vault, but it was a long dts-tat dts-tat ve. and men il would be better anv-'.'. anv-'.'. t. v to o to the chief m the niorni;:. and announce that he had bagged the -time. St. lie too!; it home. (inee or twice lie thought he was followed, fol-lowed, but when he reached home he scout, d the idea, turned m and sleot soundlv. l.obbery did not occur to him. even in his dreams. In the mornnicr well, in tho morning morn-ing tbe moiiev was gone. He almost iainb-d v. lien he discovered hisloss. and I'e.., ied jnio tne dining-room crvni"": 'I've been robbed! I've been nibbed!" -o us, n-e. replied his wife: "what -A t.--i dollar bill." T took u. she saul. calmly. "I wanted to pay the butcher. 1 diun t v. ant to wake you. Unt I didn't touch I l m n l l ui I ' l 1 I I jt t t tl t i 1 1 s tn d 11 u 1 ill thitw is in your i.-.Mdo poea-et. 1 11 get yon i l u i id it 1 t I th ujit I i u h 1 1 i t f ) nu lie .iuin't try to oNnlatn. lie didn't ii 1 n 1 i it 1 i i 1 i i I m. .hoi seeei 01 v.no'r. and for an hour 111 - 1 It lH't 1 rr l , u U 1 ll 1 1 t 1 1 1 uli ' 1 I 1 1 1 1 1, t 1 It 1 Ijl I 1 ' ! i ir he s 1 i i i ... .... ! ,,,, , I,.. t,Vl-t. 1 ' 111 ditti I i 1 i s J 1 s 1 1 lit 1 1 I 1 1 ' |