A daring thief and a eredulour Number One Boy recently deprived a Shanghai hostess of $400 worth of silverware.
She was giving a party to which a mumber of guests were Invited and order that there "would be no Jchorlage of silverware, she hired an extra amount of silver plate and jeutlery from a Chinese catering frm. The dinner went off quite smoothly funtt the hostess suddenly noticed there was a shortage of silverware-~ the one thing which she was partileularly anxious about and for which she thought she had made ample Jallowanee. Hurried inquiries from the Number One Boy revealed the {act that "One man have come from Chinese shop talked me manche all silver back, so T pay him!" Comfmunfeation with the catering store showed that no representative of fthelrs went to collect the silver at Jail and the police wore informed of the matter.
From Investigations made it was learnt that the thief was perfectly Jaware of the party and laid his plans Jaccordingly. He visited the house in rickshaw between 5.30 pin. and 630 Jpn, summond the Number One Boy, told" him his business and the boy without thinking of referring the Imatter to his' mistress carefully fathered together the hired sllverfware and with a "Don't mention ito the man, who had called and very kindly thanked him for his trouble, Jsaw the thief go and thought no more Jot the matter until his mistress loticed the shortage during dinner.
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