The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-01-09

uoh peheVe III, uarling, III he had
really your Interest at heart, he would
have regarded safety before all things. l.
strongly suspect that II all things had
gone well you would simply have re-.
ceived your three per cent, and Mr..
Slythorpe would have pocketed the dlf
ference"
20 Godfrey ,Geoffrey I'm afraid you
have come home very uncharltable. Be
sides, what does II matter about q lot of
stupid money, now have got you back
again S--unless, indeed, you would have
liked me better for having the. money"
There was only one possible answer TO
such an accusation, and Major Howard
made it-that is to say, he called Mary
little goose, kissed her, and dropped the
subject, having taken care, however, TO
ascertain the address OF MFR. Slythorpe
and the name Of the company in which
Mary's money had been lost. On ieav-
ing her, he took q hanson cab and
drove to the office of theliquidator of the
company, when, on his stating that he
desired to make some inquiries on be-
half of one Of their shareholders, Mr..
Slythorpe, he was informed to his aston
ishment that there was not and never
had been any shareholder of that name
on the books of the company. He next
inquired whether, perchance, the shares
were standing In Miss Hopes own name,
and again was answered in the negative.
Utterly bewildered, he drove to Mr.. Sly
thorpe's office. Mr.. Slythorpe was at
home, and he speedily found himself In
the attorneys presence. Mr.. Slythorpe
was a little nervous. He was always a
little nervous with strangers till he knew
their business; and Major Howard's an
nouncement that he had called on be-
half of Miss Mary Hope did not tend to
increase his confidence. He was, how
ever, far from suspecting Major How
ards identity, but jumped TO the con-
clusion that he was hostile solicitor
employed by Miss Hope to call him to
account. Major Howard's next remark
tended to confirm that impression.
" You stated to Miss Hope, 1 think, a
couple of days ago, that the property be-
queathed to her by her fathers will had
been invested in the Wheal Marina Com
pany which has just come to grief. You
are of course aware that an investment,
upon such rotten security was gross
breach of trust, for which you are liza
ble."
Not mt all the power of investment
is unlimited. Indeed shares of companies
are specially included
You are certain of that p'
'Quite so. drew the will myself. y
"Very good. The shares stood, / sup
pose, in your own name"
Ye-es in my name, of course as sole
trustee"
Then pray how is it, Mr.. Slythorpe
that don't find your name among the
list of shareholders of the company 2"
Mr.. Slythorpe's countenance fell.
Because-because- may as well
make clean breaet of ito tell you the
truth the money never was in that COM
pany at all. 1t was false alarm, Sir,
false alarm"
Then where on earth is the money.
sirg And what do you mean by q false
alarm ?'
"I'll tell you, if you'll have a little pa
tience. AS a brother solicitor, I'm sure
you won't press harder on me than you
are quite obliged. Miss Hopes money is
in the Wheal Mary Ann, one of the
most flourishing companies going, and
her shares are worth just double what /
gave for them.n
"Then what on earth induced you"
III tell you between ourselves, I've
taken an uncommon fancy TO Miss Hope
and had made up my mind to make
her Mrs. s. but somehow she didn't
take to me quite as kindly as could
have wished. Now the other morning
when took up The Times, almost the
first thing caught sight of was the
smash of the Wheal Marina, and the
similarity of name gave me quite turn,
for just at the first moment 1 thought it
was the Wheal Mary Ann. And then
the thought struck me, "If it only had
been, my lady, you'd have been glad
enough to say " Yes'' to Samuel Sly
thorpe" And then thought I'd try it.
1t was merely little innocent practical
joke-a roose d'amoar, Sir mere roose
glamour" And Mr.. Slythorpe smiled.
g You atrocious scoundrel ~
There was a sudden blow, heavy
crash, and Mr.. Samuel Slythorpe meas
| ured his length on the floor The clerk