A DETECTIVE'S STORY.
There is a storj told of a lady and gentleman travelling together on an Eogliah railroad. They were strangers to each other. Suddenly the gentleman said : "Madame, I will trouble you to look out the window for a few minutes. lam going to make some changes in my wearing apparrel." "Certainly, sir," she "replied, with great politeness, rising and turning her back upon him. In a short time he said : "Now, madame, my change is completed and you may resume your seat." When the lady turned she beheld her male companion transformed into a dashing lady with a heavy vail over her faco. " Now, sir, or madame, whichever you fire," said the lady, ''Imust trouble you to look out of the window, for I also have some changes to raako in my upparel." " Certainly, madarao," and the gentleman in ladies' attire immediately complied. '•' Now, sir, you may resume your seat." To his great surprise, on resuming his seat, the gentleman in female attire found his lady company transformed into a man. He laughed and said : " It appears that we are both anxious to escape recognition. What have 3ou done P I have robbed a bank." " And I," said the whilom lady, as she dexterously fettered his companion's wrists with a pair of handcuffs, "I am detective J ,of Scotland Yard, and in female apparel have shadowed you for two days — now," drawing a revolver, '• keep still."
A DETECTIVE'S STORY.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 3948, 13 December 1880, Page 4
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