Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-03-20
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\ teFs 60. at Cne oank
| They are in trouble, Of course
for there is absolutely no clue. to the
sscoundrek who robbed the safe. They
were cunning eR9hgh not to take
anysthihg except ptgold- actually leav
ing large quantity Of notes, whict ;
; they might have, bad as well as'nQt.
@Do you suspect any one connect
ed with the bankr2"
i al ownI haxsmy suspicious, Mr.
F nton, but I have no proofs f; and as
the man and Z are not good friends
i; might look like personal emnity on
| @my part ifJ spoke.of III E!,$s
1.-The safe was opened with the
Fkey and, word,p's .i.e9
Yes; that is the puzzle, for only
two of us had the word. The key
is another matter, and might have
been taken in dozen ways. Why,
if the directors did not have the ut
most confidence in me, l might have
been suspected myself. Are you 60
ing to the house?'"
No; but you must give the name
of the man you suspect; of course 1t
will go no further than myself"
Henry Dana,' the assistant cash
ier," replied Seth slowly. You
| know that he mas not, been friendly
| with me since he knew that Mary and
I we're engaged, for he hoped to sue
ceed himself" -
Umphl You are going to the
house to see Mary ?"
Eyes; thought perhaps you were
going down. 1 can't stop a mo-
ment; SO good-bye, and if you find 4;
out anything, let us know at once.
he hurried out, and Fenton re-
mained with his head upon his hands,
in deep thought. He had trusted
Seth Amity SO far that he had accept.
ed him as the af6anced husband Of
his only daughter, whom he loved as
few parents love their children.
He knew that his informer was a
brute, but good spy, and be had
given him trustworthy information
before. and it looked bad for Seth.
II it proved true, he would be the
one to break the daughters heart,
and consign Seth Amily to d prison
cell for. years. But he had; been re
tained by tie bank officials 10 work
up this most audacious robbery. and
he would do his duty. Seth hurried
down to the cars and stepped up TO.
the Fenton residence AS he went
up the steps the door opened and a
young man stepped out, who cast a
savage glance 1t him and passed b,
without saying a word
What is Henry Dana doing here ?
he muttered and what a malicious
glance he gave me I must under
stand this,at on'e." u
He touched the bell and sent up
his name by the servant who answer
ed the cal.
Directly after the girl came back
with a CALI, upon which was written
in delicate female hand
mot at home, to Mr.. ,Amity. I
will never see you again.
MARY FENToN. "
Seth looked wildly at the servant.
apd then tearing the card in pieces.
he stamped upon them furiously, and
hurried out into the street, his heart
full of doubt and fears. Mary had
refused to see him again. Who had
poisoned her mind against him, and
how.should he ,mrave' the dark web
which fate seemed weaving around
him?
Senter was on hand at the appoint
ed time, and met Fenlon at his office,
where they were joined b. police
man in mutt. Fenton had armed
himself, and after stern command
to be careful what he did, the infor-
mer took the lead: walking several
spaces in advance of the others, and
not appearing to belong to Them. He
took a cab at corner stand, and
they followed his example, and after
ordering their driver to keep the
other cab in sight, they drove away
through the city, and half an hour
after alighted in side street, where
the houses were Of the class known
as su; picious. The cablnen had their
orders and drove away, and -Senter
Joined the party.
Where is the place, you?' said
the policeman.
".Gentleman Toms, replied SEN
ter.
You have got the Office"
"Tom keeps little game of fGb,
and good many rough Gust 'mers
hang around him" said the police
man. ~.
"of course, said Feuson quietly.
"You are game" muttered to po-
liceman. "This way then.
He opened gale in board fence
between two ho1ses and passed in,
and by thetalismanic power Of certain
words and knocks they were soon in
side Of the houses, in which the gain
bling was in full blast.
The proprietor andsenter exchangg;;
ed a few words, and then senter led
the way up stairs to q small room
which was carpeted so 'thickly that
their footsteps gave no sound. Sen
ter moved small panel, scarcely an
inch across, and motioned to Fenton
to look in. He applied his eye 70 the
opening and saw three men seated at
a:table, almost, within reach of big i
hand. conversing in low tones. All
Of them were masked closely and
two Of them called the third by. name,
at different times and the name was
Seth Amity.
.,Fenton listened and heard the
whole plan Of the proposed. robbery,
and be- knew that the man to whom
he had trusted, and to whom he had
been about TO give his daughter in
marriage, was q villain and a'partner
with robbers.