Book of brief narratives

Multum in Parvo Library.
Vol. I.
December, 1894. Published Monthly.
No. 12.
Smallest Magazine in the World. Subscription price, 50 cts. per year. Single copies, 5 cents each.
PUBLISHED BY A. B. COURTNEY, 671 Tremont Street, Boston.
DETECTIVE STORIES.
From the Diary of a New York Detective.
EDITED BY FRANK PEMMON.
Several years ago I was detailed to undertake the solution of a mystery surrounding a robbery which had baffled the police for a month or more. Then two detectives had been set at work upon it and had failed to locate the thief. I was given the case. I did not exactly succeed in finding the thief, but I brought him to justice, just the same. How, you shall see.
The house of Mr. Bond had been broken into and a large amount of jewelry stolen. Among the latter was a handsome gold watch belonging to the daughter of Mr. Bond. It had been a birthday present from her mother, and was highly prized by her. Her father offered a large reward for its recovery. I called at the home of Mr. Bond to get a description of the missing jewelry and whatever other information the family could give me. This was little enough. The jewelry had been stolen and no trace of the thief was to be found. That was all. I was expected, with no clue whatever to work upon, to ferret out and bring the thief to justice, and at the same time recover Miss Bond’s watch. The only thing that the thief had left behind him was a piece of paper on which was written the words:
“Remember the poor.” I did not regard this as being of any importance, and gave it little or no thought.