Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-13
THE STOLEN NOTE.
BY A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

documents for him. One dav his daucbter A6ne
came TO nv Office in great distress decl,rnig that
her father was ruined, and that thew should be
turned ont oC tho house in wL,cl, no, Tyod
Perhaps not. Miss Wallace" said / tryino
TO console her. and give the nfI,ir. whatever +
was. a brighter aspeet. :. What has bannnped y;
"My father" She replied had the monev IN
nav the MORTGAGE ON the house in which w. i've
bui il is all zone now,
Has he los, it ?"
81 don't know I suppose So Last week he
drew two thousand dollars from the h,nL and
lent it to Mr. Bryce for len days." ' ''''''
"Who is Mr.. Bryco ,"
"He is a broker. NIv father on, acou,;,ted
with him throuTh GeorGo CbandIer ,rbd hoar,ls
with us. and WHO is Mr. Bryce's clerk"
Does Mr. Brvcc raf,so 20 r,v;, ~
"He saws he has naid il" F'' :"
"Well. what; * the tronble tbaptp
"Father saws he has not na;d il :"
Indeed! But the note will nruye that he has
not paid it. Ofcourse Won have the note" ''
"No; Mr. Bryce has n"
"Then of conrse he has maid ~
81 suppose he has, or he rould mn, have had
the notes
"Wbat does vo,r f,tber sav4"
He is nostiye that he has neyer rece;ved ,bo
money. The mortgage he saws. mus, be maid
tomorrow"
"Very singular Was YOUR father"
hesitated to use the unpleasant word. which
must have grated harshlv on the ear of the de-
voted girl.
Mr.. Bryce savs nv father was mot ms, rah,
when he paid him. ,bouoh not very bad"
Il will see your father"
a. He is coming here in few moments: I
thought [ would see Won first and tell Won the
facts before he came
I" do not see how Bryce could have obtained
the note. unless he maid The money. Where did
your father keen il /"
:" lie gave it TO me. and nut il in the secre-
tary In the front room"
:: Who wcrc in the room when vo, npt Il in
the secretary ?"
Mr.. Bryce. GEORGE Chandler. nv father and
myself"
The conversation was here ,ntorruntcd he tho
entrance of Wallace. He looked pale and hap
gard, as much from the effect of anxiety AS Of
the debauch from which he was inst RECOVERING.
She has told Won about !, suDnoso" saf7i
he, in very low tone.
- She has"
pitied him, poor fellow. for two thousand dol
lars was large sum 10 accumulate in his little
business. The loss of il would m Ike The fu,ure
look like desert TO him. II would be A mi,tor-
tune which one must underoo IN annrec;ate i,
What do yon think about !, }" asked he
very ooomlly' ~ know he never maid mo
was not much in linuor at the lime. I rnmem-
her very well of ooino home rs rcgnlarlv ,s
ever did in nv liG. I conM tell how nassod
the time
What passed between Won on that d,v ?"
"WelI I merely stonned into his oG;re- II
was only day before vesterday--to tell him not
to forget to have the money for me by to-mor.
row. He took me into his back Office. and AS |
cat tbcre he said he wonld gn, ,be monev rnad;,
the next day. He then left me and wen, in,o
the front office. where hear him send Georoe
out to the bank to draw check for two thousand
dollars so sunposed he was ooino to nav me
then"
What does the clerk saw about It ?"
He saws Mr.. Bryce remarked vb.n be sent
him, that he was going to nav me the money"
Z" Just So"
And when Georoe came in. he went m tho
front Office AGAIN and took the money 'Tbnn
he came to me aoain. but did not otIer 10 nav ,bn
money" F'
Had Won tbe motto with Won't"
No: now remnmber h., said be ,r,nosoJ
had NOT the no,e y;,b ~. or he ,uo,I pp'
He told me Ia come in the next d,y and bo r,vonl1
have 1t ready-that was Yesterday Wben
came to look for the note II conIl M, he tonnd
Anne and have hunted the house all over"
"You told Bryce sol'
81 did he laughed and showed me the note.
with his sign ,ture Gro sad over with ink. and n
hole punche through it,"
1T is plain. Mr. Wallace, that he maid Won
the money, as alleged, or has obtained fraIIu.