The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-03-29

notes found upon you. -
Certainly [ am," he answered; 81
got them yesterday from my uncle's
executor, Mr.. Gordon, in payment of a
Legacy. 1 was too much confused last
night to mention that.
Mr.. Gordon is very methodical
man of business" I replied, "and may
be able to identify the notes he paid
| you. In that case the affair will be
cleared up for no one will suspect Mr..
Gordon, and if he remembers from
whom he received the ii0tes, not only
will your innocence be established, but
clue may be gained to the discovery of
the real culprit"
"Bythe-way, L added, In whose
company were you yesterday after re-
ceiving the money from Mr.. Gordon %
4" In Ralph Grayson's," he answered.
=" Indeed ~ [ said, little astonished,
for Ralph Grayson, fellow-clerk of
Archie's, had been his rival aspirant to
the hand of Marian Gilbert, and their
relations had been far from friendly.
"Then you and he have become recon-
ciled ?"
"Oh, yes," he replied; che came
home with me yesterday, and remained
till I started on my visit to Marian
"Where was your pocketbook mean
| time? 2"
Why, in my pocket, of course" said
Archie, looking astonished at the ques-
| ton.
"All the time 2" 1 continued.
"All the time" he answered." that
is, all except few minutes that [ was in
my bedroom changing my dress. had
! taken out my pocketboes Just before to
consult a paper, and laid it on my sitting
room table"
g And Grayson was in the sitting room
with you?'
Certainly, but why do you ask?
You 90 not think surely"
81 think nothing at present, re-
Piled, and, encouraging my friend to hope
or the best, took my leave
My first step was to ascerta IN the num-
Der and description of the notes found
IN Archie's possession; the next te call
on Mr. Gordon.
" Ioa paid Mr. Norton some money
yesterday" )" I began.
81 did, was the answer
Did you keep memorandum of the
numbers and denominations of the
notes?"
1t is my invariable CUSTOM" said
Mr.. Gordon, ''and [ followed it in this
instance"
Then you will be able to tell whether
this is a correct list and description o
them, L continued, handing Mr. Gordon
a memorandum of the notes found ON
Archie.
After consulting his book, he shook his
head
NO; these are not the notes
My first hope wac dashed, bat had
still anethes.
VIII you suffer me to take a copy of
the description of the notes you did pay
Mr.. Norton ?" asked.
The permission was given and the
copy made.
Now for hope number two.
| That evening found me in social COM
panionship with Ralph Grayson We
had not been intimate hitherto for
Ralph was of disposition too secretive
and selfish to admit of much cogdiality
between rs. Fer cnce, however, we
got along famously. Ralph was in a
gleefui mood, notwithstanding his
friends trouble.
''Poor Archie I" he said; "it's a
very ugly case they have against him. -
Very ugly" L assented,
I'm afraid he's guilty. continued
Ralph.
&C 1t certainly looks SO at present, I
answered. "By the way" I added
carelessly, "could you oblige me with
change for q twenty-dollar bill, Mr.
Grayson?"
Mr.. Grayson could and did, in the
shape of four fves. 1 excused myself
soon as I could without rudeness.
| On examining the four bills received
| from Grayson, [ found them to CORE
spond exactly with four of those de-
scribed in Mr.. Gordon's memorandum
of the notes paid to Archie. Hope num-
| Der two was realized. and the problem
solved
| 1 had previously learned from Archie
that he had paid out no money between
| the time of receiving the sum from Mr.
| Gordon and that at which he separated
from Grayson, and that the note which
led to his arrest he had paid at jewel
ers, while on his way to visit Marian,
for a ring which was to figure III the
coming ceremony. 1t was clear now
| that Ralph Grayson had embraced the
| opportunity offered OF replacing the con-
tents of Archie's poeketbock with an
| equal amount of the stolen money, with
out rejecting that means might exist of
| tracing and identifying the former.
Acting ON this conviction, 1 lost no
| time in procuring a warrant for Gray
sons apprehension, in whose possession
most of the purloincd notes were found;
/ and, within q brief space, he wss in
Arcllies cell, ana the latter was at Ma
ristn's side, consoling her for the hours
I OF bitter suffering she had passed on his
account
INTEG RITZ.