The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-17

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ed Lake 70 london, telling him L
make Inquiries, aad il say ease 10 &c.
the partners Of the firm IN question L
settle their account.
So Lake had gone from Live7poo
10 london. The time appointed fol
bis return he'd passed, and stii be aie
not cone.
4 lady entered, aud stole to !h'
merchants side her OWL sweet fac
was anxious. ard there was Q tTemol
IL the music Of her voice as she
said:
aDo you Thick he viii be here t.
night, dear Pspa2"
81 hope So, Mary bat j. is very
lsto.n
as there 10 other train ~
"Oniy the night exprcss, ard thl.
does not stop, except a. ,he contra.
stations
"Pcrbnps be VIII cone, pspa b
would 90, mind coming Zen milcs
even e he had 20 walk
'Ho should not have missld tl,
train eaid Nr Brand, siernly
pune ualitv is an Imperative duig
sfith men Of business
"Dut papa, something may hiTe
occurred f1 dctlin him.
"N othi1g shouli dciail o. man whc
has given BIZ word
Tie fair plcader was s.eneel-hci
ilther vas anEry, ard knowing hi'
siricfrcss of principle, and how IN.
vc,erato WIS BE dislike % auv breach
CT dice piiao or dg.y. sha did nat ven.
lure ID speak again.
Tho time dragged slowly en- Mr
Brand continued his restless wal-.
and Nary 60. subdued ard quiet.
watct inc him. She cav that be Wa
listening whoa the night EXPIRES
went vhirli1g BY and from th,
depths Of her heart there went q
prayer that Lake would come safely
home. The girl loved him, would
have stakoi her life On bis truth, and
knew that be was not beyond h!'
time through aoy weakness or wrong
Two slow, weary hours passed. Dir
Brand was reading the commercia
news, but for the first time in bis Ef'
IL did no. interest him be was think
ing Of the young clerk, and the heay,
sum q money that would be in BIZ
possession should the London firm
have paid him. And Mary, reading
her fathers countenance, felt chille'
and panied by the slur cast on be
lovers honesty by his suspicious
Der very thought was q denial to hi'
doubts, and as the rapid clatter Of
horses feet rang out, she ran to b
window.
Look :" she said, dashing the cur
tains aside with eager hands; "look
papa, / said he would come-I knew
be would"
The merchants stern features re
Taxed with q smile Of pleasure; b
was not emotional or demonstrative
bat his daughters gladness please
him.
There were n few moments Of el
pectlncy, and then Tom Lake cam
10. lie went straight TO Mr. Brand
only noticing with a bow the Lowell
face whose glance thrilled his soul.
They have paid" be said quietly
as he placed a thick pocket-book j
the merchants hand, "but l thin.
VIC were only just 10 time"
"Indeedir
There was q consultation ct th
bankers before ! could get cash 70
The cbeque."
do You tbiak they viii break ?
"Hopelessly. They have given N
an immense order, but it would nc
be wise 10 forward the goods"
you did not hint that We bad th
slightest fear ?"
mo, but / was glad to get III
mercy $4,000 would have been
heavy less"
And yet" said Tom, gravely
'this morning the odds were COZ
siderably against it ever reaching
yoa.n
How 2"
Tom took two chairs, placed tber
side by side near the FIRE, led Mar.
to one end seated himself in the Other
lie had done his duty as the mel
chants clerk, and now was NJ
Brands prospective son-in-law an.
partner.
81 had an adventure" be said: I"
was the hero Of q strange story in
ride by express"
Mary bent forward to lis.en-To-
clasped ner hand ia his own. NJ
Brand sat opposite tbem, intercste
by the speakers manner, as be b.
gan:
when | got the cheque / had a
idea that all might not be well, so {
make ure I presented it Al the banl
ers. There was, as ! told you, a cor
sultsiion before they cashed It, an
while the consultation was going fol
ward / noticed a stranger looking {
me intently. / knew the mar IN m
younger and wilder days. ] ha
met him often at the r~ace-course, j
billiard-rooms. aud 10 other place
more or less respectable. Now b
was changing q cheque for some pc
ty amount, and was evidently aston
ished by the immensely of the orde
! had presented. l left the ban
with my pocket-book full Of note
aud found that I had lost the train
The next would be the night expires
so / strolled into a billiard-room.
mar is Just rs safe with g fortune i
bis pocket as il penniless, SO that b
Is wise enough to hold his tongu,
There was some clever playing goin
Gu, and ! stood watching the player
till some \ challenged me TO have
game. II l have one special vanit
IL is my science with the cue. | a,
ccpted, and as / did SO Q stFang
feeling which had been growing upo
me took q sudden torn which s.arile
ne.
Ny challenger was the man whom
/ had noticed at the bankers. Their
gas nothing strange ia tho fact of hi
being in the room, one Of his favorit
resorts, but was possessed by th
vague shadow OF q single idea.
had read somewhere Of . MAJ beia.
followed and plundered in a trair
and somehow 1 associated the stor
sith the man before me. 1t was I'd
Grst time ] bad ever paid anv pal