The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-09

To SPEAK asafs9ltl nj E-li4sassi. she agreed
10 sses.e me /. one agsek. sui t.,i.s8, s.ld
before | had been two hours in the house
| Was sent to tisis Nsi. As:i,';s. resafn.
Never WAS Il room inli,. 81, qiiis.isiA !
and, seeing my mistress on her MAY 10
mari, t, | shot the bolt. AMI look SUR
! af the premises. The trunk was
loe,sed. the bureau drawers wide open,
tie { oset door MAR. 1 felt - reluctance
to Al enifaul any private repositories,
though / should have done it, she
added, resolutely, If | bad been driven
to IT, rumma1ed little, when on the
closet floor espied shirt. apparently
searr.ssls1 soiled, except ona. sleeve. and
that was black with SCOT. wondered
what he would be. doing at the fireplace
in summer, and went to examine. A few
minutes sufficed to convince me that the
stove had been moyedout and the elbow
of the pipe removed. L repeated the
process-to find a roll of fve-hundred-
dollar notes and a small notebook. with
the name of Rufus Markham on the first
page. carefully replaced every thing,
and came home. Now, Mr.. Potter, he
must be taken by surprise, or he may
say Fred put the notes there"
fs.You are brave girll''l cried the old
man. looking with admiration at the
beautiful animated face, sTand Fred win
owe you more than his life."
ale can repay me by coming to tell
me the good news when he is fclear.1.
Eight was struck by the city, clocks
when DIR. Graham Arnold, dressed in
the latest fashion, and with fragrant
Havana between hissiips,s streiled leiS-
t,fely into his own room. i'si',fasee s
He had been in the parler Of his
boarxfing-house for an hour watching
Mr.. Potter with some anxiety, but whoL
ly unaware of the little party of four
who, in Mr.. Potter's temporary apart
ment, awaited his return to his own
room, a. = ~ -. i.s
Once inside the door the nonchalar1t
look left the handsome face of the young
Inan. and he muttered, fiercely:
Il must get out of this. Potter sus-
poets me, and may yetcomllunicate his
suspicious to Mr. Markham L viii he
off tonight as soon as the house Is
quietn 2 - - tti .isaaiHx
q Helopened small travelling-satehel
as he spoke, and was rapidly filing It
with necessaries for q Journey. when he
was interrupted by knock at the door
no Tossing the satehel into the closet, iie
cried, Come in.'' ..,.yfs,szsf - $3.50
But his face. turned ,livid as his call
was obeyed, and a party of i've entered
the room. = 4. ....-....3
Two policemen stationed themselves
on his right and left, While Mr.. Mark
ham, Mr.. Potter and Fred Tryon follow
ed them.
.<Now, Mr. Potter" said one of the
policemen, WITH the face and voice Of
the detective yogdes, willy tell Gtls
where TO find those missing notesp"
What notese'' cried Arnold. What
does this outrage neanp'
1T means, said Mr.. Potter, ':thst
your plan to throw the robbery of Mr..
Markham's private desk upon his neph-
thousand dollars stolen from that gen
tleman are now in your possession, ex
cept only one note given to Mr.. Tryon
in payment of a debt"
s'It's liei',' cried the prisoner; but his
white face, faltering voice and shaking =
limbs were no proof of innocence"
Search my trunks; search every thing
have!"
No. gentlemen" said Mr.. Potter.
..Dfaw out the stove, if you please. and
look in the elbow of the pipe" Is
With cry Graham Arnold fell sense
less to the AoorSa as Vogdes put his hand
upon the istove.s.fes H.
MIR. Markham turned to Fred. There
was no, word spoken. Hand clasped
hand, and each read forgiveness in the
others eyes.
Mr.. Graham Arnold spent some weeks
in Jail ere his trial and conviction; but
before his sentence was pronounced MIR.
and Mrs. Frederick Tryon were cross
ing the ocean ON wedding tour to Ea-
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