uspicious Appearances

ome time ago Baron Von Lodge was the head of a small country near Switzerland known as Lilliland.

The Baron spoke with his chief advisor, Professor Hamblin, about some things that were appearing at the castle. It seemed that certain items were appearing that the Baron never saw before. The items were not of large value but they were not of small value either. The Baron suggested to the Professor that an inventory of the items should be made of the strange items.

Some of the items appeared not only at the castle, but were on the list of stolen articles in a police report.

The Baron began to wonder if someone was stealing things from the homes in Lilliland and bringing them to the castle. Was this to embarrass the royal family, or what?

All of the items were small enough to conceal under a person’s coat or in a large purse. The items would appear once a week.

Suspicion was beginning to focus on the members of the royal family and the trusted staff in the castle.

The townspeople were starting to wonder whether something very unusual was going on in Lilliland Castle.

The Baron asked Lady Angela of Alpine Castle if anything like this was happening in her castle. She said that she was not aware of any of this type of occurrence.

Finally someone noticed that a cleaning lady had a large object hidden under her coat when she arrived for work but when she later left the castle, her coat did not have the large bulge under her coat. That night a large object appeared in the living quarters of the Baron. It was a small statue of a woman who looked exactly like Lady Angela.

The cleaning woman was questioned by the Professor the next time she came to work. She admitted to the mystery. She said that her husband applied for a job at the castle, but was turned down because of a poor previous job attendance record. The husband complained that just because he did not like his previous job and stayed home a lot, that should not count against his employment record.

The cleaning lady shared her husband’s disappointment and this was the way she got her revenge by embarrassing the people who lived and worked in the castle.

The Professor made her return all the items that she stole from her cleaning customers’ homes with a note of apology. Since she did return every last item and apologized, there were no criminal charges made. However she was asked to resign her post at the castle.