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The suggestion made by Dunk that the capture of the thief would be more of a black spot for Yale than the fact of the robberies taking place was bearing fruit. "But what can we do?" Andy asked himself. "We've got to stop these thefts if we can, and the only way is to catch the fellow who's doing it." They had been in their hiding place nearly an hour, and were getting exceedingly weary.
From crimes committed against the lives of men we descend next to offences against their goods, in which, that we may be the more clearly understood, we shall begin with the lowest kind of thefts. The Law calls it larceny where there is felonious and fraudulent taking and carrying away the mere personal goods of another, so long as it be neither from his person nor out of his house.
The taste thus formed continued a prevailing one for sixty years. It is surprising to find how speedily he became a leading and recognized authority. Although as guileless as a child and the easy victim of numerous thefts throughout his life, he was scarcely ever deceived in the value of a coin, token, or medal. Once, at Stockholm, in 1871, he visited a museum where rare coins were exhibited.
That sum, considering the falling prices of commodities after the panic of 1873, and comparable with current standards of cost and living, was equivalent to perhaps double the amount at present. Various approximations of his thefts were made. Gould that you have discovered?
If it is true that the man you charge is an infidel, how does that warrant suspicion?" "Other thefts," answered the Abbe. "A sacred iron cross was stolen from the door of the church of Chaudiere. I have no doubt that the thief of the gold vessels of the cathedral was the thief of the iron cross." "It is not true," sullenly broke in Jo Portugais. "What proof have you?" said the Seigneur.
Three mysterious murders two big thefts together the newspaper world had known nothing like it for years, and the only regrets in Fleet Street were those of the men who would have sacrificed their very noses to have got the story exclusively to themselves.
"Then this accounts for the witches seen on the mountain, and the thefts that have taken place." "Too late, Master Rayburn," cried Mark, laughing. "We caught that fish first. Didn't we, Darley?" "Yes; we said that was it," replied Ralph. "Then I am too late; and I had made up my mind to go out that way, after I had taken home my fish after dark and watch. So you had to run for it?"
A lofty mountain range traverses it from north to south, dividing the east from the west side, and its population is estimated at 340,000, 4,533 to the square mile. The inhabitants are peaceable and docile; thefts occur very seldom, and robberies never. Their occupations are agriculture, fishing, and weaving for home consumption.
The captain's old friend, Oreo, chief of the island, and his son-in-law, Pootoe, at once came off to visit him; the visit was returned, and amicable relations were soon established. In spite of this, however, thefts were continually committed; and other circumstances arose which seemed to threaten a rupture of this friendship.
Some fines were as low as several shillings; while in the more serious cases, such as thefts of guns and ammunition, the fines were correspondingly heavy. Gogoomy and his five tribesmen were fined three pounds each, and at Gogoomy's guttural command they refused to pay. "S'pose you go along Tulagi," Sheldon warned him, "you catch 'm strong fella whipping and you stop along jail three fella year.
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