St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-05-07
4 E-1SK CLERk'.S STORY.
The Detective Detected.

The Detective Detected.
had hccn Il clerk in the Bristol bank.
in Providence for eighteen wears. and had
canned the confidence of the president and
cashier by uniform good behavior and
close attention TO my work. Other clerks
had come and gone some to more lu-
crative Positions. and some know not
where, DISCHARGED as they had been for
inaccuracies in tHeir books. One of them,
James pctrir. who had left us about a
wear before the events happened which
am about to relate. had been on friendly
terms with rnc, and had always found
him AN ohIigiug. and kind-heartcd fellow.
He had been rather too fond of Il class.
however. and | had frequently warned
him that it would ininre him in the opin-
ION oi the officers of the bank If it should
he discovered that hc INDUCED 80 freely.
lie lai always promised me that he
would reform. but always failed TO do So.
1t last he caInc 10 the bank one lav
IN % state which would bctray him if lie
should have to speak to the cashier, which
Ire lad often To do, and | was ur4ing him
To leave on the plea OF sickness. when the
cashier, who SAW us talking, called him.
20 his room ON some matter of business
lie went. and en- entering the room.
stumbled against Il chair and fell. The
cashier discovered his condition: and
when the president arrived. poor pclrie
,,o- az "urc ul~clEi!U' Il ,"- a ,'.~-
toln. whcn an cmployc left the bank. for
the president ;o 9iyc him a statement OF
hi- conduct while there, and what wa-
the cause of hi dismissal. Such state
mcnt was handed to Pctrir as he left the
Office ruiuei ~ 10 any prospect Of getting
a position in a banking house attcrward.
had never seen or heard of him from
that time.
About a yc.tr after | was summoned
into the presidents room, and informed
that had to start that evening for New
liMui,hirt. lie stated that IIardir Il
very eccentric man. who did Il large
business with the bank. had written him
10 send ON c,cr. To Ke,ne. a town in
New Hampshire. with SljO, O0O TO pay
tor Il largc amount of property which he
had hought there. 1t would have been
easy for Ila:uIc 10 have givcn a check ON
the bank tor the sum specified. but he
had Il habit OF always Payim" the money
down. and he now proposed to pay Il
clerks expenses To kccnc and back rath-
r than dahhlc with checks, rs he called
it. I had been chosen for the work, and
;elc@rtm w;IS TO he forwarded to llar-
die to tell him that | would start by the
10 =. IN. train that night.
The money was ready, aud | went
home to prepare for my journey, taxing
it alone with me. | had scarcely ar
rived at home when | WAS attacked by a
complaint from which | occasionally
suffered, and which completely Frustrated
me tor the time. 1t was nine o'clock
bcl"rr cot over the attack, and then
was too late to Get a train that night. |
did not think. however, that it was OF
much consequence, is | could start by
the i.2O II. IN. express tram. and he IN
time for the a. IN. tram from Boston to
krcnc. This Arrangement carried out
VI ililpti AAlliinltI- "a ilON'SSstl " lillpl III
my employers, since IIardie would have
the moncv within Il few hours OF the time
notified by the tclc@ran.
In due time | reached Boston, and was
passing up fremont street on my way tc
the Eilchhurgh depot, when Il hand was
laid on my shoulder, and voice quietly
said:
You must be new to your business,
Glover 80
'What business p | enquircd, as
turned round and faced the man who
had addressed me. There was some
thing in the tone of his voice which made
me think | had heard it before but OF
looking at lis face l perceived that Ec
waS stranger to me.
"Ah beginning to act he said, look
inc steadily at me. There is no use
however, trying that on he continued
You were missed last night; and a>
you had such large sum of money i
was thought strange, and word was SEN
on here. have been Oh the lookout fol
you since, and now YOU had better ac
company me 10 the Office without any
disturbance.
What office ?" l inquired, witt
more and more amazement, for lie wa'
speaking in parallels to me.
TO my office" he replied. Il an
detective Steele and have to arrest yol
, on the charge of attempting to make OF
with large sum of money from the Bris
tol Bank of Providence"
| ! was completely stunned. Sure
: must be dreaming. But, no. Their
; was the detective, of whom | had 50 OF
= ten heard, with his hand upon my shoul
e der, and looking into my face with calI
: satisfaction. There could be no doubt c
e that. And he had been instructed t
e arrest me. Otherwise, how could Ii