Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-02-20

About this time ! returned hfrbmfals
India. voyage. ] served rs a boy in3thp;
bank awhile, You remember, and Roy,
with her consent, invited me to lend them
a hand. I was glad fal3her sake, not TIL
say my, own. '"i f'ls'ilsSS
"Hal, are you yawning ?" 5''a .ai1g3a
rf"spin.awaysspin awsys my old boysff,sI
Veil ,-we-mct and made our plans.
agreeing to make researches after Elwels
lad finished his days; work. By.Geprgel
Hal, you ought to have seen tile q ~
Her perceptions we're al aquickeneds g
pride and love for the honor Of tho ole
man. The theory of the directors
was nctthe tscory Of the daughter. Shs
admitted nothing butathe existence ofass
error that might yet be revealed. Rox
and followed her with low asssiie
We began. We turned to that May yEille
10th, which he: mentioned inorthe note
and named in the night OF his speechlessT
hess. We took the fist entry Of the, de-
posts we analyzed ill., If bills, it Wss
not 50 noted; if checks, we followed then
to their final entry. And SO through
each and ali. Amy surprised us by hesss
thoroughness. Items that Roy and IwerS
willing to eheck,Ias being.corrcct beyons.
question, she locked to again and agaiii
before dismissing. The general had bess
100 much narrowed BY the trouble to
make an5l systematic analysis oftliat daJEs.
trasac;ioH ut lifetime. Who knows liag
the errors, if one, wouldhavc bocn letdc-
ted had hecalled his.qnick or eyed daugNs
ter into his confidence
I'VE finally arrived at the end Of thssa
days labor, and summing up the figures
wc found the balance on hand was tw;s;
thousand dollars less than the amouI:s
required. Here now was clinncc tS
speellation. What BECAME Of The sum-
Amy was not long in deciding that ti,si i{s
equivalent had been mislaid some chsd3s d3s
misplaced: but this was merely gutsss..
werll. ;i.siss1
"Her proposition, at the next 7meeting.
was to search tl,rouslly the papers in the
safe. Not succeeding there, books and
papers i'll The vault we're taken, one by
one and turned, leaf by leaf Thorough !?
| think SO. ItNas slow, laborious pro-
cess. Her patience was astonishing
Her glance seemed rs though 'twould
burn the papers it fell On. But thcy
could not reveal q secret rot in there
keeping.
aWhcre was The waste paper put? III
IL basket. And cmpticd where? Roy
eouldn't say- The, old woman who swept
| the rooms was called. She ,mptitd it,
when Full into the dark closet Some
times when out OF shavings she used a
litJlc Of it TO start the fire, Amy turned
pale. The search among The contents OF
the closet WAS assigned for The next day
Was it narrowed 10 this, the chance of
fading Il valuable paper in the rubbish?
She would have had more heart, but for
the knowledge Of those occasional hard
fuls taken for kindling. Piece by piece
we went through this accumulated heap
of dusty, gonc-by papers, and without
success.
Roy and | had ottorcsccn the end
failure. We didn't anticipate having to
see that noble girl sit down disconsoate
with the tears falling upon her fallen
hands. BY Jovc, l wouldn't have begun
hcwcrk. 1t was JOY for me to labor
with her all the way, but when that la
boz, was brought to the bitter ond~.to
see hope go out of her heart by her
blessed blue eyes! Roy attended. her
home.
The next day he and | were seated in
the bank, talking over the affair. Roy
said ], the Bornco, Charlie Lane, is due,
can't we see, from tho skylight in the
garret if she is in tho bay?
Hc proposed going up TO see. Roy
wont ahead and opened the lskylight.
The place was dusty as a grave, and just