The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-09
THE STOLEN NOc2,
by A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

Except that he INDUCED too freely in
the use Of the intoxicating cup, John
Wallace was an honest, higa-minded man.
His one great iSult hung like a dark
shadow over hi; many virtues. He meant
we'll, and when he was sober he did well.
He was halter by trade, and by in
duStry and thrift he had secured money
suffirient to buy the house in which he
resided. He had purchased it several
years before, for three thousand dollars,
paying one thousaHd down and securing
the hilance by mortgage to the seller.
The mortgage note was almosI due at
the time circumstances made me acquaint-
ed with the a6tirs of the family Bnt
Wallace was ready for the day; he had
saved up the money; there seemed to be
no possibility of an accident was we'll
acquainted with Wallace, having done
some little collecting and drawn up some
legal documents for hila. One day his
daughter Annie came to my Office in great
distress, declaring that her father was
ruined, and that they Should be turned
cut Of the house in which they lived.
perhaps not, Miss Wallace" said !,
trying to console her. and give the affair,
whatever it was, a bright aspect, "What
has happened?"
"My father" she replied. chad the mon
ey to pay the mortgage on the house in
which we live, but 1t is ali gone now"
HAS he lost it,"
81 don't know suppose so. Last week
he drew two thous nd dollars from the
bank and lent it to Mr.. Bryce for ten days"
"Who is Mr. Bryce"
"He is broker. My father got &C.
quainted with him through George Chan
dlsr, who boards with us, and who is Mr.
Bry ce's clerk"
docs Mr.. Bryce refuse to pay it,"
"He says he has paid it."
"Well, what IS the trouble, them"
"Father says he has not paid it.
Indeed! But the note will prove that
he has not paid it Of course you have
the note?
''No, Er. Bryce has it,"
Then Of course he has paid it."
II suppose he has, or he could not have
the note
HE is positive that he never received
the money. The mortgage, he says, must
be paid tomorrow"
Every singular. Was your father"
| l hcsitated to use the unpleasant. word
which must have grated harshly on the
ear of the devoted girl
"Mr. Bryce says father was not quite
right when he paid him, but not very
bad"
81 will see your father"
"He is coming up here in a few mo-
ments; thought would see lou first,
aud tell you the facts before ne came"
81 do not see bow Bryce could have OBJ
tanned the note unless he paid the money.
Where did your father keep it,"
''He gave it to me, and put it into the
secretary"
"Who was in the room when you put it
in the secretary"
"Mr. Bryce, George Chandler, my father,
and myself"
The conversation was here interrupted
by the entrance of Wallace He looked
pale and haggard, as much the effect of
rnxiety as from the debauch from which
he was recovering "She has told you
about it l, suppose" said he, in very
low Tone"
"She has.
II pitied him, poor fellow, for two
thousand dollars was very large sum for
him to accumulate in his little business
The loss of it would make the future look
like a desert to him 1t would be a mis-
fortune which one must undergo to appre-
ci&te it"
what passed between you on that day."
"Well, merely Stepped into his Office
1t was only the day before yesterday
to tell him not to forget to have the mon
Oy for me tomorrow. He took me into
his back office, and as l sat there he sa id
he would get the money ready the next
day. He then left me and went to the
front Office, whore | heard him send
George out to the bank to draw check
for TWO thousand dollars; so supposed
he was gong to pay me then"
"What does the clerk say about it,"
"He says Mr. Bryce remarked, when h'
sent him, that he was going to pay the
money"
"Just So"
"And when George came in he went
iAts the front Office again, and took ths
money Then he came back to me again
and did offer to pay me the money"
'Had you The note with your"
"No; now remember, he ssid he sup
lposed had not the note with me, or b
would pay it. I told him I would com'