The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-12-04


was 10 bs detained a my room tli Z r..
turned. I went oel aHd maae rs way 30
hfs uflae, whIab a oaiy a iou hnnared
arl. fI.i4ai lIe wasn't gAcre The
The clerk = youth f So, kuow nothing
about bin. lie was IN Capsl c1uft, per-
hap. anywhere. ha didn't kUow had
F. lie brca DO within he last halt bone2
Well. no the clerk dlI not tblnk he bad
Hls story then, OF TIE customer wsitiue
af his aflicc was lie
With a bcavy bear, went back 70 tie
hank No; Mr.. Thrapstow hadn't been
iu, the porter said took cab and
went oII TO thc cfllce of Mr. Gcdgemonpt,
the solicitor to the bank told him in
confidence what Ind happened, and ask
ed bis advice. Conld ! get warrant
against this Tia apstow Tor stealing the
bouds2
Upon my word said Gedgcmonut
don't think YOU can make a criminal
materofh n isn't larceny, because
won abandoned the possession Of The
bonds voluntarily. No. DON'T see how
you can touch him. You must make a
bankrupt Of him, sad then you can pur-
sue him. rs having traudulentlv carried
oil his assots
But that advice was ne good 10 me.
think was wrong II taking It. Think /
ought to have gone straight or 10 the po-
lice office, and put the affair in the hands
OF the detective Dignihe1 men Of law,
like Gcdgemouut, always find dozen
reasons for inaetiou, except m matters
that bring erist to their own mill,
went home completely disheariened
and detected How could face my di-
rectors with such story as that bad to
tell: The only excuse that | could urge
ofprivaie friendship aud confidence Ia
the man that had robbed us, would make
The matter only the worse. Clearly, al
Tie same time that told tile cireumstan-
&c, to The directors, / should be bound to
place my resignation Ia tbtir hands, 10
be put into force II they thought ft Aud
there would be little doubt but that they
would accept It, How damaging, too.
the story would be 10 me, whcu tried
TO obtain another appointment!
had promised 10 take my wife aud
children for an excursion down the river,
as soon as the bank closed, and Tie
youngsters eagerly reminded me Of NY
promise. replied 50 sayagely aud
steruly, that the children made OF IN.
tears; my wife, coming 70 sec what was
Che matter Jared little better must
have had q sun-stroke or something, size
told me, and brought bandages and eau
De cologne. fang away in rage, and
went out Of the house. must be doing
something, fell and hailed d cab and
droye to Thrapstow's lodgings.
Mr.. Thrapstow wasn't coming homo
that night, his landlady told INC; she
thought he was away for q little jauut;
but she didn't know. He occupied the
grouud-iloor Of small houe in Eccles-
ford street, PimIico--two rooms opening
into each other. told the woman that
iwould sit down and write letter. She
knew me well enough, as has frequent
ly visited Thrapstow, and she left me to
myself Then began TO overhaul every
thing, to try to find ont some clew to his
whereabouts. 4 few letters were on the
cbimuey-piece; they were only circulars
for tradesmen. Iu the Fireplace was q
considerable quantity Of charred tinder.
He had evidently been burning papers,
recently, and quantity Of them. ftnrn-
ed the tinder carefully over spreading il
out upon a newspaper found nothing
legiblc except one little scrap Of paper,
which the fire had not altogether reduced
to powder, on which saw tho name lisa.
bel shining withlmelaIic ustcr. Then
went to the bedroom and searched that,
Here, too, were evident preparations for
flight; coats aud other garments thrown
hastily into cupboards, boxes turned ou,,
an odd glove or two lying on the dre-s-
hrg-uble I carefully searched an the
pockets for letters or other documents.
but f0npd nothing The keys were
left ia ajl the reeeptacJes; an instance OF
Charlie, thoughuuuess for others. iu tic
midst Of his mscaiy. .. -...
Lying upon the wash-,land was 70 card
which Was bllnk upon one side, bus ou
tho other had The name ofa photographs
er printed upon H. Tho card was wet,
as if il had been soaked in water; and
near Che upper end Of il was a round ir-
regular cut which did not quite penetrate
tho cad Il bad evidently once bad
photograph iasteued on il; accordingly
llo card had beeu wetted, TO facilitate tbc
removal ofthe photograph had evidently
been cut oat, ia order TO place i, in "a
locket or something similar.
II lrock me nj once that the photo /.
graph about which man on tie eve Of 4
dishl would take SO much trouble must
be Of person very dear ,objm; probably
Bis wee'bcaft, Although had been in. /.
uWate with Ibapslow, be was always
yerl reserved a 70 his orn friends and
associates, and / bad 40 cIew 10 guide ule
90 anf oftHam, except The photographer
card
Be-eulerug my eab ldfogc If 70 tbe
photographer There was ua hombrr
or distinguishing mark nHon the eafi .
aua the chances seemed lsut tlat ha
would be ab.e O. ten lne anything about
e. ladeed, o. first wAcu the m4n found .
Shat [ wasn't q i0ner, te seemed ati'c
lnn-laeA la trnable hln.ell aLlnL the m ~