Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-11

''N "N"~ "iN"S' ~ ~" "iuu'Se, hOhC'
er, would set it right. Charities whit
hat and gli'tering topaz would soon pr
in appearance.
Just at minute to three the cashie
brought me three checks, with little sli
of paper attached, They were Thrap
slows checks, for fifteen hundred-twelv
hundred and three hundred odd.
turned white and cold. ''Of cours
you must refuse them" | said 10 the cash
ier
When he went out, | So in my chai
quite still for few moments. bewiGere,
at the sudden misfortune that had hap
pened 10 me. Charles Thrapstow wa
clearly defaultcr; but there was thi
one chance he might have given tb,
checks in the confidence of selling thos,
bonds, and placing the balance to his ac
count, in due course, these checks. whict
were crossed would bave been brought tt
the. clearing house, and have been present
cd on the morrow. But it seemed tha,
his creditors had some mistrust of him,
and had caused the checks to be demand.
ed out Of due course.
The clock struck three. Charlie had
not come back. The bank doors closed
with clang. could endure the sus-
pense DO longer. Telling the bauk
porter that if Mr.. Thrapstow came, he
was to be admitted at the private door.
and was to be detained in my room till |
returned, went out, and made nv way
to bis Office, which was only few hund-
red yards distant. He wasn't there.
The clerk, a youth of fifteen, knew moth
ing about him. He was in Capcl Court
perhaps-anywhere, he didn't know. Had
he been in within the last half.hour? Well.
no; the clerk did not think he had. His
story, then, of the customer waiting at
MS Office was a lie. .....
With heavy heart, l went back to
,he bank. No; Mr.. Thrapstow hadn't
been in, the porter said. took Han
som, and went off to the office of Mr..
jedgemount, the solicitor to the bank, |
old him in confidence what had happened,
nd asked his advice. Gould | get
warrant against this Thrapstow for
tcaling the bonds ?"
"Upou my word, " said Ged dgemount, Il
ont thiuk you can make criminal mat
er OF it, 1t isn't larceny, because you
bandoned the possession Of the bonds
oluntarily. No; l don't see how you
an touch him. You must make bunk.
upt of hun, and then you can pursue
i'm, as having fraudulently carried off his
ssets."
But that advice was no good to me. |
hink l was wrong in taking 1t. l think
ought to have gone straight to the po.
ce officer, and put the affair in the hands
t the detectives. Diguifed men of law.
Ike Gedsemount, always find a dozen
'asons for inactlon, except in matters
lat bring grist to their own mill.
l went home completely disheartened
nd detected. How could | face my d.
'ctors with such story as that | had to
III? The on y excuse that could urge
private friendship and confidence in
Ie man who had robbed us, would make
e matter only the worse. Clearly, at
e same time that told the circumstap.
IS to the directors, | should be bound to
ca my resignation in their hands, to be
1t into force if they thought fit. And
ere would be little doubt bu. that they
ould accept it. How damaging, too,
e story would be to me, whom tried to
tain another appointment!
| had promised TO take my wife and
ildrcn for an excursion down the river,
soon as the bank closed, and the young.
'rs eagerly reminded me of my promise.
replied so savagcly and sternly, that
children made off in tears; my wife,
ming to see what was the matter, Jared
tie better. must have had sunstroke I
something. she told me, and brought
ndages aud eau de Cologne. flung her /
ay in rage. and went out of the house.
must be doing something / felt, and | !
lied q cab and drove to Thrapstow's .
lgiugs.
Mr., Thrapstow wasn't coming home
It night, his landlady told me; she
'ught he was away for little iaunt;
she didn't know. He occupied the
'und.hoor Of small house in Ecclcs-
d Street, Pimlico--two rooms opening
each other. | told the woman that u
Tould sit down and write letter. She
Nv me well enough, as 1 had frequent ="
visited Thrarstow, and she left me to
self Then began TO overhaul every-
ng, to try to find cut some clue to bis -
ereabouts. A few letters were on the !"
they were only circulars :"
troIaes,o,, t., Al VI