Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-06-29
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H$tisee1laiIeails.
(Fron Philadelphia Saturday Night.)
. TIE FORGED CHECK.
BY C.D!CLARK.:

1 was cashier in the great banking
house of Eaton Bro, in the city oil,
and in the confidence of the firm, with q
very fair prospect.ofa partnership not far
in the future.
had not worked up to this point
without labor, for the Eaton Bros, were
business men, and advanced no man when
it was not for the interest of the firm to
do SO. I lad worked hard, for I had q
motive which will spur most young men
the desire to make comfortable home
for fair girl who was soon to be my
wife. + ....-..
We had loved one another long time,
but bad been forced by poverty to wait,
and it was only the great love We bore
each other which kept us up in the long
struggle. Say what. you will of the pur-
suit Of money, if the motive for acquiring
it Is good, it can do no, man harm
Agnes certainly was rot the woman to be
spoiled by wealth, and only cared for
it for her sake. ......
| One day in August q remember it as
well as if it were only yesterday, I was
called into the Office by one of the direc-
tors. | found them all there-Mr. Gil
bert Eaton, Mr Charles Eaton, and a
quiet lo2king gentleman in sober suit Of
black, having almost clerical appear
ance. Some papers were spread upon the
table before them, which they were ex-
aiming attentively.
sit down, Harry said Mr.. Gilbert.
This is Mr.. Mayford, from New York
come to work up case of forgery: Do
you remember taking this check 2
| He passed a paper over to me as be
spoke-the check of a man of know1
wealth and position, representing value
of eight thousand dollars. T had not
taken it in, and said SO but thought that
IngolGsby, the assistant cashier, might
have done so. -a b.,
| Call him in, them ..z F. .
I went out and called Ingoldsby, who
recognized the check, and said he had
cashed it. He was certain that the check
was genuine. 't4 '-s..-1
80 | should have said myself, replied
Mr. Gilbert. .IfI had been 10 your
position, Mir. Ingol1sby, should have
done precisely as you have, and no blame
can attach to you. That viii do, Seth
Ingotdsby retired, and the elder Eaton
closed ard locked the door, ,r3 H.
| You perceived that this is a certified
check, Mr. Mayford. In bank lie thi.
where large checks are coming and going,
We cash such one at once. 1t is drawn
upon the name of Charles Swain & Co.,
and Endorsed by them. But Mr.. Swain
says that he gave out no check for thai
amount during last month, and that it il
SO skillful forgery that even lie might
have been deceived by it. :s- 4..
o Then it remains with US to find the
forger of this check. Find out. if YOU
can, whether Mr.. Ingoldsby remembers
who presented it, hjs.. -i II ~. .a.
Ingoldsby did not remember anything.
except that it was lady, and that she
wore a veil which covered the'upper par
of heritage, and did not raise L.. .59st III
= Now. Harry, said Mr.. Gilbert Eaton
tits in our hands to work up. and We
must find out this forger if we can and
to give you an extra incentive in the
work, [ will say to you that, in case you
unravel the mystery, we will take you
into partnership. 1t is not.so much the
amount Of the loss as the desire that sc
skillful forger should not be at large.
As passed out of the bank | was. attrac-
ted By something shining close tc
the edge of the. counter, where it had
been left by the broom Of the offceboy
l stopped and picked it out Of the crack
aud turned it over in my hand. 1t was q
diamond of rare beauty, evidently from
the setting Of a ring, and had probably
fallen out as the owner stood at the. coan-
ter Some secret feeling prompted me tl
hide it in my hand, and a thought ran
like lightning through my brain that thi;
might have some connection with the
forgery If not, why had not the loser
made known the fact, and endeavored e
obtain possession Of his lost treasure, fol
the diamond was worth at least three
hundred dollars ~
AS passed down the street, in deer
thought, met Agnes Warren, my be-
throthed, walking with a lady whom
did not know, dressed in neat but rlair
colors.s She had her veil up, and while
[ returned the salutation of Agnes,
looked at her in way men have OF glaIo
ingat remarkable face. 1t was hand
some and young-the face of . LADY
| of Retirement but that was not it. L
was something in her dark eyes wbicl
struck me unfayorably, and made sor
of SILVER. pass over me, as if had sudden
ly touched snake, / wondered wha
Agnes was doing with her, and who sh
! WAS