Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-02-20
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About this time I returhedsfr6n MI
lnoiaI voyage. ! served MS a boy in d the
bank awhile, You tremember, and Roy:
with her consent, invited me to lend them
a hand. I was glad forSher sake, not tt
say my own. .aaa flss,l5s
"Hal, arc you yaw1iing 2" l,'5a -4les 3qss
I 'T'spialaway spin away,g:my.old. boySf,;
Well we met and made our plans,
agreeing to make researches after Elwels
lad finished his days. work. By. George,
Hal. you ought to have seen tile h VI
Her perceptions were all squickenedS s.
pride and love for tho honor of tho ols:
man, The theory of the director
was notthe tscory of the daughter, Shzz
admitted nothing -bntthe existence ofaEs
Error that might yet be revealed, Rpg
and followed her with q low assaeisss
We began. We turned to that May ifl,.;
10th, which he: mentioned inothe noas
and named i'll the night fhis spcechlessp
hess. We took the fist entry of the, de-
posts; we aslalyzcd it, Ifbills, it Yas
mot SO noted; if clyecks, we followed them
ozthcirA final entry. And SO through
each and ali. Amy surprised us by lis,,
thoroughness. Items that Roy and Iwers
Millinsitp eheck,ias beingcorrect beyond,
question, she looked to again and agaih
before dismissing. The general had been
too much narrowed bY the trouble ts
make any systematic analysis ofthat days
trasactiol: nt- the time. Who Knows q ljaa
the errors, if one, woullhavc bocn detdics
ted had hecalled lis,quick kcrcyed .daugts
ter into his confidence?
"We finally arrived at the end of the
days labor, and summing up the figures
we found the balance on hand was t,ws5s5s
thousand dollars less than the amon:s
required. Here now was chance fS
speculation, What BECAME of the sum-
Amy was not long in I, deciding that tii.'il i.7'ifl
equivalent ntl,adabeenmislaid some cl.easss;
misplaced but stiiis was merely gjia5 s
worlY. & 3..7s s IS ,3.s
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"Her proposition, at the next nee
was to search thro,slly the papers in the
safe, Not, succeeding there, hooks and
papers in tile vault were taken, one by
one and turned, leaf BY leaf. Thorough /?
think SO. Itwas a 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.
sWhcre was The waste paper put? In
y basket. And empticd where? Roy
couldnt say The old woman who swept
the'rc6ms was called. She tmp;icd it,
when .qll into the dark closet. Some
times when out Of shavings she used
litlle 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 q valuable paper in the rubbish?
She would have had more heart, but for
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fpls taken for kindling. Piece by piece
we went through this accumulated heap
of dusty, gonc-by papers, and without
success.
'Roy and l had not tforcsccn the end
failure We edidn't anticipate having to
see that noble girl sit down ,lisconsolate
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with the tears falling upon her fallen
hands. BY Jovc, | wouldn't have begun
the work. 1t was JOY for me to labor
with her all the way, but when that la
bor, was brought to the bitter cnf-. TO
see hope go out of her heart. by her
blessed blue eyes! Roy attended. her
home.
The next day he and I were seated in
the bank, talking over the affair. "Roy,'
said ], the Bornco, Charlie Lane, is due,
can't we see, from the skylight in the
garret if she is in tho bay?'
lie proposed going up to see Roy
wont ahead and opened the iskylight
The place was dusty as grave, and Just
rs Jolly, There Was no Bornoo in s;rrLt