The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-03-07
NUMBER 7.

obtained fraudulent possession of the
note and in-ends to cheat you out of
the amount"
''He has never paid mel! he replied
firmly.
"Then he has obtained fraudulent
possession of the note. What sort of
a person is that Chandler, who boards
with yOu?"
A fine young man. Bless YOU, he
would not do any thing of that kind"
Il am sure he would not, D." repeated
Annie. earnestly.
How else could Br ce obtain the
note but through him? What time
does he come home at night?"
Always at tea time. He never goes
out in the evening"
But, father he did not come home
until ten O'Clock the night before YOU
went to Br ce's He had to stay in
the office to post books, or something
of the kind"
How did he get in?"
He has a night KEY"
II must see Chandler" said l.
NO harm in seeing him." added
Mr.. Wallace Il will 90 for him"
In a few moments he returned with
the young man Chandler, who, in the
conversation with him, manifested a
lively interest in the solution of the
m stery, and professed himself willing
to do anything to forward my views"
when did YOU return to the house
on Thursday night ?'
About twelve"
Twelve" said Annie; at was not
more than ten when l heard you.n
"The clock struck twelve as turned
the corner Of She street, replied Chan
dler positiveIv
Were getting at something. How
did you get in ?" l asked.
The young man smiled as he glanced
at Annie, and said:
"On arriving at the door I found I
had lost n night KEY. At the moment
a watchman happened along, and
told him ny situation He knew me.
and taking ladder from an unfinished
house opposite, placed it against one
Of the second story windows, and L
entered IN that way.n
Good! Now who was it that was
heard in the parlor at ten unless it was
Bryce or one Of his accomplices He
must have taken the KEY from your
pocket, Mr.. Chandler, and stolen the
note from the secretar At any rate,
1 will charge him with the crime, let
what will happen Perhaps he viii
confess when hard pushed" "
Acting upon the thought, wrote a
LAWYERS demand against rou,0 etc,
which was Immediately sent to Mr..
Br, &C. Cautioning the parties not to
speak of the affair, | dismissed them.
Bryce came.
We'll, sir, what have you to say to
me- he asked grufii =.
4 claim on the part of John Wal
lace for two thousand dollars" l re-
| piled, poring over nv papers and ap-
p2aring supgemely Indifferent.
paid it, he said, short as pie crust.
"Uave you?" asked l, looking him
sharply in the eye
The rascal quailed 1 saw he was
villain.
| Nevertheless, if within an hour YOU
! do not pay two thousand dollars ard
one hundred dollars for the trouble
I ana anxiety you have caused ma client.
at the end Of the next half hour you
viii be lodged in jail to answer a Grim
inal charge" "
What do you mean ?"
Il mean what l sag. Pay or take
the consequences"
1t was a bold charge. and if he had
been an honest man should not have
dared to make it.
Il have paid the money, I tell gou,"
said he; Il have got the note in my
possession"
When did you get it ?''
Il got Il when paid the"
"W hen you feloniously entered the
house of John Wallace, on ThursdaU
night at ten O'Clock, and took the said
note from the secretary.
You have no proof" gasped he,
seizing chair for support.
That Is nag look out. l have no
time 70 lose. VIII you pay or will
you go to jail ?"
He saw that the evidence had was
against his denial, and so he drew his
check on the spot for twenty-one hun
dred dollars, and after begging me not
to mention it, sneaked off.
| cashed the check and hastened to
Wallace's house The reader mag
Judge with what satisfaction he received
it, and how reioiced was Annie and
her lover Wallace insisted that L
should take the hundred dollars for
my trouble, but 1 was magnanimous
enough to keep only twenty Wallace
stoned the pledge and was ever after a
tamperate man. He died a few years
ago, leaving a handsome property to
Chandler and his wife, the marriage
between him and Annie having taken
place shortly after the above narrated
circumstance occurred.