The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-21


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ns y01n loycr 80 80 nsy !laefoas
lnoilnans, oe.pez.ae !us &c 1oloed We
9Soue $500 r. - - "a ~ 49, ena
&roe< ulsn 1ell % ner ups1tneo mo-:
-! yeu5 1870 - ef1eQ5
- Wy ~ N =! y - 10 qoe - -:
MOI kNfy - Gown - III mo wnat
- nov 9. ~ yr.ec1ed ngginens !"
y MsaL e: krses ! nevsr heard g
inc ro1oefy mYecn until this incoming
when Wedges, he detective your uncle
ployeo 70 Mvrk = mp came % make
~ repor. they dld not notace me =
qrst, ana when your uncle remembered
1 ~ IN NE room, had heard about
All todges knew. You rmemDef there
was 9 noee cominy due last "wednesday -
70 sonneoM
Yes; well I thought Il tho time It was
curious your nncle rave him check,
when / knew the money was drawn out
Of the bank the day before 70 meet that
very note. But I never knew an this
morning that thu money Wns etolen fkom
Mr.. Matkham's private deqk ~ fslse
keys, Mr.. Fred, !" said the old nah tsih-
estly. 1T w. eli IL NO hundred dollar
notes and your uncle had tie number. Is
Wcliyu
This Ysorniur Vodges brought beck
one Of the notee which Won envs g t.
yesterday in payment for : peafi iocket -
Stop, Potter i! lei me think Where
did get that hoteY / have it! Arnold
gave It TO me to take out . hundred dol.
| lars / lent him some time ago. And
Arnold-Potter. Arnold borrowed INV
KEYS last Wednesday night to open his
trunkl Potter, huzzsi We know the
tbiefin
"Not 90 fast, Mr.. Fred-not 50 fast. It
will moi he An easv matter - t,rove this
Were there anv witnesses present when
Arnold borrowed the keys?5
| No. t was alone In nv room. half nm.
dressed when he Knocked At nv door and
said he had lost the KEYS to his trunk.
| I lent him bunch of KEYS. which he
returned before was out Of bed the next
day.'
land Won were alone when he paid YOU
the moneyY,
eyes. I thoucht he was yerv flush. for
Won know as we'll "A I do. Potter. that 4
note Tor e500 il NOT a daiiv visitor IN
| Arnold,s nocket y
| "He Is a GINNING scoundrel. ffewants
| to ascertain If the notes can be identified
| before ha triee tn oet rid If Them himae1f
Mr., Fred viii vu,i leave # to me for few
days-onlv a few DAYS f-and If do mot
catch the thief. Won NAV tryp,
"But nv uncle?n
swat til Won can prove vour innocence
before YOU see him. Only q week. Give
me oply one week to catch Arnold. And.
by-the-way. YOU will give me an addition,
al chance il Won will leave the city, Throw
him off his guard by letting him suppose
Won are bauished for his crime. -
"Run awav.n flashed Fred. "like a
cowardY,
"Only for a week. You see. the prob.
ability is that Arnold has the money in
his nossessIon vet He will wait to see
the fate Of what he has given you before
putting any more in circulation: but he
has probably hidden it very securely
| You he will watch but il YOU are willing,
| / will take your room while Won are rome
and do { little nrivafe .detactive business
on INV mart y
sent To Potter;s nian hnt Msnd,s ner.
snasions heinz added 10 the. old panh
,be f3naiIv coneented n Leave tbe c;tv for |,
week and return in that time to yindicate
h;s own ;nnocerca in case. If Potter,s fail.
nre ! = ,---- " - q !
Before NIGHT Fred was on his way to
v;a;t anothes c;tv and h;s iandlajv had
sr ou,s a t. sIiow H. Po.tar 70 occnpv his
niace dnrino HE ahsence
Fred had been cone two davs when the
old clark calieJ ugo,, Miss Gi:rIson r. 70
mort nrorress, - ~ :,
mT ars co,nnlote,v h.fv,ed ,, ,,a ea;d IN
anager r. her innnSr;es lyon see. AZ.
mold knows ma and evidently snsnects
me He ia an affectionateIv desirons of
keen;no me- in al oht that I .cannot oct
neep in his room and whenever he Is ont
he iocLs the donr and gives the kew tn the
lendlady I cannot force his door vet.
and by the time Fred returns / am afraid
the money will be smugp!ed away. am
sure it is in his possession now, he is SO
careful about his room. Nobody pets in
there but the landlady. / did think of
bribinp the cbambermaid to lie, me in
when she was at work there. but unfortu-
nately she left today"
A flash of light seemed to pass across
Maud s face, but she only said, demurely.
"Your landladv il a German. is abe
MOI? ''
ayes; her English is very imperfect.
Have YOU ever seen herr,
mo: but l have heard Fred speak of
her. NV mother, YOU know. was Ger
man.
"But what has that to do with Fred's
case ~
81 will tell you. vodees has tried to
find the thief and failed. You have
tried and failed. mean to try and sue
cced!"
"You! What can Won do -,
"Come tomorrow. and / will tell YOU -
Punctual at the appointed time. Pot.
ter made his appearance. With dane.
ing eyes and flushed cheeks, Maud met
him.
uwe,l 81, bo aslad ce-to;n f-o,n h.-
looks that abe had GOOD newa
az told Won would snccoodp,
aAnd Won did, HnzaaT 4 fea, q. ro
40 Fred h;mseifp ~ -''A - 'ouns
"To whom 7 have teleo-anhsa 20 =.
turn He nil he her. shis aran;a ~ "a
Won mnst hrin~ NJ Marhhsm' NJ NJ
Vodcea and fhe nronar notice s,,.hn.;
ties. to meet in hie room t Then 1 90 -
Mr. Arnold,s room and remove ~
nine Of the stove To .he e,boS II the
Joint Won will And Mr. Marthan,,s mar,
orandum. hnok and the noies;n : notas ;,
!" Yo,, are s,,ra -, .1o0
"Iisten This morn;n, = c.,;oo
dress sunhonnst orI 81. - s"..So
shoes fnr ;son;se arnl;sS a. - ~ o .,sSo
of chamhsres;d ~ X T ~ w t psseo
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