The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-10-29
THE BULLETIN.
THE STOLEN NOTE.
publ,cntson once, Bulletin nui1Aing,
washingtOn Avenue.
ny A RETIRED ATrJEYEy.

| lace was an honest, high-mihded and ex.
trnordinary man. His one great fault
hung like dark shadow over his many
| virtues. He meant we'll, and when h, was
sober he did we'll
He was a halter by trade, and by indus.
try and thrift. hsi hid secured IN ,nsy
enough to buy the house in which he lived.
lie had purchased it several years before,
for three thousand dollars, paying one
thousand down, and securing the balance
by mortgage TO the seller.
The mortgage ~as almost due ut the
time circumstance. mrdc Inc Aqua nted
with the affairs Of the family. But Wal.
lace wa. ready for tn. day bs Lad saved
up tn. unun.y there seemed to b. nv
possIbili's '"i 81 accident ~1 VII
acqusiht.a viii Mal.c", swing done
some lutie cole 'tnS. ahd .ns~n up legal
docun,hC for I'm. One dsy us isug hter
Annie come to nv Office IN gres, distress,
declaring tbAt her father ~as ruined, and
that they should lie turned out Of the
house In which they lived.
"Perhsps not Miss Wallace, said !
trying te console her, and give the affair,
wbstever II wss, y bright aspect. Nv hat
has happened 2
any father, che replied, had the
money to pay the mortgage on the house
in which we live, but IL is all gone now.
Has he lost II n
al don't know;l suppose SO. Last
week he drew two thousand dollars from
the bank, and lent it to Mr.. Bryce for ten
days..
"He is . broker. Ny father got acquAint-
ed with him through Mr.. Chandler, who
boards with us, and who 10 Mr.. Bryces
clerk.
Docs Mr.. Bryce refuse TO pay it?'
"He says he has paid it.
"Wefl, what 10 the trouble then !?
Father says he has not paid il. )"
"Indeedi But the note will prove that
he has paid H. OF course you have the
note?
"No. Mr.. Bryce has il. "
"Then of course he hss paid itY'
~ suppose he has, or he could not have
the note"
"Whst does your father sayF
"He 10 positive that be never received
the money. The mortgage, he says, mu,t
be paid tomorrow.
livery SINGULAR Was your father
I hesitated 20 use the unpleasant word
which must have grated harshly on the car
Of the devoted girl.
"Mr. Bryce says father was not quite
right when he paid him, but not very bad. ="
II will SOC your father.
Heis coming up here in few moments;
1 thought would SEQ you nrst and tell
you tho facts before be came
II do not sec hsw Bryce could have OBJ
tanned the note, unless be paid The money.
Where did your father keep II T"
HE gave II to me, and ] put il ia the
| secretary"
"Who WAS in the room when you put It
10 the secretary"
"Mr. Bryce, George Chandler, my fs.hsr
aud myself
BY the sntrmnc- of Wallace. lie looked
pale and haggsrd, rs much from the o.
, feet Of anxiety rs from the debauch from
| which he WAS recovering.
'Shc has told you about il, | suppose,
he said, in very low tone.
.'She has
Iptied him, poor fellow for two thou
sand dollars was large sum for him 10 &C
cunuls.e in his little business. The los
Of it would make the future look like q doe
ert to him. 1t would DO q mistortun,
which one must undergo to app reciats ],
"What passed between You that day 2
well, l merely stepped into the Office
II was only the day before yesterday-to
tell him not to forget to have the money
for me tomorrow. He took ms into hi,
back Office, and - sat there he said h
would get the money there tho next day
He then left me and went into the front Of
Zee, where heard him send George on
10 the bank TO draw . check for two thou
sand do,lars; 30 l supposed he wn goin
to pay me then"
aWhat does the clerk say about Il
ale says Mr.. Bryce rsnA rked, when b
sent him, that he vas going 10 pay me tn
money" ...
aust 90"
"And when George camo In he went II
TO the front once again and took tbs none
: Then be came 70 me again, and did not
fer TO Day me the money"
Had you the note with youf"
"No; now ] remember, be said he 81
posed I did not have the note With me,
81 he would pay il. / told him 70 come
the next day 1 would have il rsady-th
WAS yesterday. Whom I came TO look &
the nsts It could not Be found. Ann
and I hunted the house oil over"
"You told Bryce So"
~ did. He lsug he'd and showed me b
note, with his signature, crossed over wi
ink, and hole punched through IT,"
ut is plain, Mr.. Wallace, that he pa
you the money, - alleged, or has obtains
fraudulent possession of the note, Or
intends TO cheat you out of the amount"
"He never paid me- he replied armly.
"Then he has frsudulently obtained po
session of the note. What sort Of . pc
son is tina. Chandler, who boards wit
your
"a fine young man.. Bless YOU,
would not do anything Of that kind"
~ am sure he would not" repeated Al
mic earnestly.
nHow else could Bryc obtain the no
but through him? What time does
come home at nightY'
always at tes time. He never 90
out in the evening"
"But, father he did not come homo Ii
10 O'Clock the night before ysu went
Bryces' He had TO stay in the once
post books, or something ofthe kind
allow did he get in7'
"Hs has night key"
~ must see Chandler" said /.
"No harm in seeing him." added n
Wallace; ~ will go for him." .
In few moments he returned With &
young man, Chandler, who, in the conv'
sation had with him, manifested We
lively interest in the solution OF the my
tory, and protested himself ready 10 I
| anvthtnO Ia for ward INV viaws