Smyrna times., 1882-01-04

:" ~ 0iA|C "!d 1if. hnd MIS-. Graham search
'hc rooms ami clossts :Ur the missing b;:l,:
and they finally retired for ;he ni,bt orI,
10 dream Of hooks and corners. cupboaydy
/ and cracks.
CHAPTER H.
1t IS Saturday morning. Three dav,
nave 'iaPs'd since the disappearance Of
the money; but no glimpse IF lirht has
been thrown "pon the mystery. The
foom5 ana clos Is have been gone through
'nnHmerable times. The floors have been
swept; even portions Of the carpet Lay,
been takenup. Battonousc. III money
has evidently been taken By some on.
VINO can that come one be?
Mr.. Graham was a man who G,r,,s y
opinions quickly, bat, as has been seen,
his Opinions We're not always correct i.
inc present instance it is evident tba. he
had grounds for supposing Alice in ao,oe
way connected With the disappearance Of
The money; but if he thought her gully,
be Kept Il t. himself.
lie took an early break FAST and Ien Cor
the city. On reaching the Office hc c,un.;
number OF letters or HIS desk. wai,;n,,
his Peras2i. After reading several he
came to one which caused hii. 10 ..a~s
lie read i oyer and over again, ana ,her
say IN ""cp meditation :cr s".nc tine.
The note read as follows:
FAIHyIEw, .ipril II, 1850.
Ny Dear Gl,t}!Gat:
am aware that iiCr several months ra.,
YOU lave had numbcr OF valual!e ch;,.E.
eh6 stolen iram your place. You have
instructed your gardener to watch far the
'h:eyss, bat he has never succeeded in
catching theG,. Of coarse net. WIZ
should ne? | do not care 70 3u,.4ar ,raf.
Iias"2e, or have my name mentioned IN
lne matter; but, if. on returning 10 Fair
new TINS afternoon, you will take tho
tro@bie TO walk by the house of James
fltMinS, IN the northwest corner of ki1
10Y ycn viii probably see something which
Will load 10 the detection Of the person
Tho s:cals your chickens.
Respectfully,
A FRIEND.
10 say that Mr. Graham was surprised
would hardly be sufficient. lie was
duinbf1Gnded. JAMES Fleming a th;efo
Never! He could not believe It. But
why should such a note be sent him ic
there were not good reasons for supposirg
hIm such. lie would go and see what
there was in il.
Early IN the afternoon he returned to
tairY;ew, and hastened to the street on
which his gardener resided. He passed
the house, but no one was to be sccr
On reaching the corner designated in The
note, he saw FlemipS's dog huslly engaged !
something which, on closer ex-
animation, proved to be a chickens head. /!
There could be no mistake. lie saw ~ |
once, by the colored feathers. that Il was |
Ihe head Of one of his Cochns, which had
been stolen from his heHncry only few
days before. For some distance around !
we're strewn chicken bones, some of which
were half embedded in the earth. hav:po
evidently been partly dug up by Fido.
i1urryins home, he informed his wife of
he sad discovery. She was likewise
amazed and grioved by tho sad intclIi-
yenGe.
john, cannot believe James is'a thief
We have had him so long; and, am sure.
he was dishonest, we would have found
out before this"
We'll, wife, it sccms hard to believe;
'ut we cannot deny what our eyes see.
There are the bones in his yard, and
ould swear that the head Fido was eating
nee belonged to our Cochin rooster that
Fas stolen only last Tuesday night. Thc
Vidence is very strong, And one thing is
ertain to my mind: A mar who will steal
is employers chickens would not be an.
0 stop there?" |
Why, dear, what DO you meanf"
" | mean simply this: That, if James !
lcraing is thief, il is no. difficult thing ;
tell who stole the Sl775 out of my pocket.
ock n
"Oh, John, know james d:dn't steal '
no money" d
HOW do you know he didn't?"
Because he was working at my flower r
eds all the morning, and in the afternoon r
was helping me put out plants"
" Wasn't he in the house during the =
ayP" I
No. know he wasn't" =
Then Alice knows something about =
&c missing moncyP' =
why, joint How can you suspect
lch thing?"
Bessie, there's no use denying facts. !,
GU know, as well as do, that had $l75 ;,
my pocketbook Tuesday night You :,
aow Alice saw me lay the wallet on tAe o
and Wednesday morning, and 20 away
Id leave it. You say there was no one n
the house that day but Alice and your ea
IT, Now, if Alice did not take the fo
oney, where did it gog' :"
Mrs. Graham was silent. She knew the
tdence was very strong against the girl. 81
In fact, the same suspicion her husband &c
I'd just relieved his mind of had suggest. q,