Continuing on the Orient Express

Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

Gaetano Tartuffo, who we met in the bistro, is a mafia
kingpin. His organized crime clowder is the largest in Italy,
and he has recently been travelling on shopping expedition.
It's believed that he has been shopping for especially
exquisite jewels to add to his already world-class collection.
But it's not known where he has been for the last couple of
weeks. He disappeared until he was seen by our kitties at the
bistro.

The new kitty that came on board when the train left the
station earlier today is The Countess. She is the senior lady
cat of an old central European family that has fallen upon
hard times. The human part of the family has had to sell off
most of the family's land holdings, and the kitty part of the
family has had to sell off may of their goodies as well. The
rather impressive necklace that she wears to dinner is in
reality a paste replacement for the real item that she sold
off a few years ago. It's been rumored that the Countess has
been trying to make contact with some organized crime
clowders - she seems to think that her home's isolated
location and the large number of unemployed kitties in the
region would make home the perfect base of operations for any
number of profitable criminal operations. So far nobody has
expressed an interest in her offer. The most recent concern of
observers is that the Countess and her clowder might become
desperate enough to try their paws at more direct criminal
ventures.

As for the bottles Cleopatra retrieved from the
ruffian-kitties: prints came back on four of them. The ring
leader is a tom named BigBoy who has quite an extensive
criminal record. He has done time in the pound for many
different crimes, most of them involving inappropriate
behavior towards humans. His longest period of incarceration
was for the time he worked with a band of human thieves. He
would break into the houses of humans that the thieves wanted
to victimize, then would find a door or window that he could
open. They all got caught when they tried to rob the house of
a breeder of guard dogs.

The other three are all minor criminals, nothing amazing
stands out in their records.

The two quieter members of the group travelling with the
ruffians have no criminal records at all - not even any
citations for howling too loud at night.

An interesting note, though - remember that the bartender put
all the beer bottles into the bag for Cleo? Well, his name is
Rudy and his pawprints were on all the bottles too, and the
lab ran his prints as well. It turns out he's a cat of
American origin who made some mistakes in his younger years.
He tried his paw at smuggling catnip about 4 years ago, but
got caught on his first trip across the border. He was let off
with probation and a stern warning from the judge-cat, and he
seems to have learned his lesson. He has been clean and
well-behaved since that time. As soon as he got off probation
he left for Europe to tr for a clean start. He changed his
name to Rudolph, learned to speak French-meow fluently, and
has been working for Le Companie des Wagon Lits for two years
now. He has been earning consistently glowing reviews the
entire time he has been working for them, and he has been
senior bartender-cat on the Simplon Orient Express runs for
over a year now.

The mysterious kitty, of whom we have seen only a dark paw, is
still a mystery.

ChildFree23 wrote:
Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

snip

HISSSSSPIT!

Ooops, sorry, that wasn't directed at you, Captain Midnight. It is
starting to look like some miscreant might be using our train adventure
to conduct criminal exploits! HISSSSSPIT!

I believe I'm going to have to keep an eye on those characters. We have
an overabundence of suspect kitties to watch. An organized crime kitty,
a countess kitty, a hopefully-reformed immigrant kitty, and a handful of
know bad-guy kitties travelling with a couple of non-bad-guy kitties.

Hmmm. This is definitely going to require some investigating! Thank you
so much for getting all of this information.

Cleopatra

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:55:23 GMT, ChildFree23 wrote:

Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

gennle snip fur da serrfur

The mysterious kitty, of whom we have seen only a dark paw, is
still a mystery.

Meowie Kissymouse, Captain!

Dats sum detektiff wurk, Captain; I'ze impurrest!

Well, I wunder if any uv dem haff anyting to do wif da jool robbery in
Paris, or iz dis just a concidence????
--
Purrs,

Mlle. Anaïs
12/25/2004 8:39:57 PM
anais+at+electric-ink+dot+com

ChildFree23 wrote:
Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

snip

By the way, Captain M, will you be joining us at my villa for the
Christmas party? We've got lots of goodies to eat and drink.

Cleopatra

Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my
PawPilot:

snip

By the way, Captain M, will you be joining us at my villa
for the Christmas party? We've got lots of goodies to eat
and drink.

Cleopatra

Fangu, I think I will!

Capt. Midnight DOC

Fangu, I think I will!

Capt. Midnight DOC

Very good! I'll reserve you a sport on a nice, soft cushion up by Mlle.
Anais and Tiger and TV and me.

Cleopatra

Fangu, I think I will!

Capt. Midnight DOC


Very good! I'll reserve you a spot on a nice, soft cushion up by Mlle.
Anais and Tiger and TV and me.

Cleopatra

Duz you think da countess iz in danger furm dat crime boss kitty? OEJ
catcerned
ChildFree23 wrote in message
nk.net...
Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

Gaetano Tartuffo, who we met in the bistro, is a mafia
kingpin. His organized crime clowder is the largest in Italy,
and he has recently been travelling on shopping expedition.
It's believed that he has been shopping for especially
exquisite jewels to add to his already world-class collection.
But it's not known where he has been for the last couple of
weeks. He disappeared until he was seen by our kitties at the
bistro.

The new kitty that came on board when the train left the
station earlier today is The Countess. She is the senior lady
cat of an old central European family that has fallen upon
hard times. The human part of the family has had to sell off
most of the family's land holdings, and the kitty part of the
family has had to sell off may of their goodies as well. The
rather impressive necklace that she wears to dinner is in
reality a paste replacement for the real item that she sold
off a few years ago. It's been rumored that the Countess has
been trying to make contact with some organized crime
clowders - she seems to think that her home's isolated
location and the large number of unemployed kitties in the
region would make home the perfect base of operations for any
number of profitable criminal operations. So far nobody has
expressed an interest in her offer. The most recent concern of
observers is that the Countess and her clowder might become
desperate enough to try their paws at more direct criminal
ventures.

As for the bottles Cleopatra retrieved from the
ruffian-kitties: prints came back on four of them. The ring
leader is a tom named BigBoy who has quite an extensive
criminal record. He has done time in the pound for many
different crimes, most of them involving inappropriate
behavior towards humans. His longest period of incarceration
was for the time he worked with a band of human thieves. He
would break into the houses of humans that the thieves wanted
to victimize, then would find a door or window that he could
open. They all got caught when they tried to rob the house of
a breeder of guard dogs.

The other three are all minor criminals, nothing amazing
stands out in their records.

The two quieter members of the group travelling with the
ruffians have no criminal records at all - not even any
citations for howling too loud at night.

An interesting note, though - remember that the bartender put
all the beer bottles into the bag for Cleo? Well, his name is
Rudy and his pawprints were on all the bottles too, and the
lab ran his prints as well. It turns out he's a cat of
American origin who made some mistakes in his younger years.
He tried his paw at smuggling catnip about 4 years ago, but
got caught on his first trip across the border. He was let off
with probation and a stern warning from the judge-cat, and he
seems to have learned his lesson. He has been clean and
well-behaved since that time. As soon as he got off probation
he left for Europe to tr for a clean start. He changed his
name to Rudolph, learned to speak French-meow fluently, and
has been working for Le Companie des Wagon Lits for two years
now. He has been earning consistently glowing reviews the
entire time he has been working for them, and he has been
senior bartender-cat on the Simplon Orient Express runs for
over a year now.

The mysterious kitty, of whom we have seen only a dark paw, is
still a mystery.

or maybe her iz here ta meet himzef ta cut a deal fur her howze, Trudi
Her Royal Highness Cleopatra Silvercat wrote in
message ...
ChildFree23 wrote:
Meow, kittiez, I just got this in via meowmail on my PawPilot:

snip

HISSSSSPIT!

Ooops, sorry, that wasn't directed at you, Captain Midnight. It is
starting to look like some miscreant might be using our train adventure
to conduct criminal exploits! HISSSSSPIT!

I believe I'm going to have to keep an eye on those characters. We have
an overabundence of suspect kitties to watch. An organized crime kitty,
a countess kitty, a hopefully-reformed immigrant kitty, and a handful of
know bad-guy kitties travelling with a couple of non-bad-guy kitties.

Hmmm. This is definitely going to require some investigating! Thank you
so much for getting all of this information.

Cleopatra

Miss Violette wrote:
or maybe her iz here ta meet himzef ta cut a deal fur her howze, Trudi

That's what I personally think. I think some careful observation of
those two is called for.

Cleopatra