The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

1t awakened bitter "Reminiscences WITT
the en~unciation Of every sy}l&0le.
viii Won be good enough to cash
/ this check, pieaSe2"
The check was Shoveled oUt on the
cleaning mahogany, ana an instant
later had found a new restiRg-place In
the strangers purse. He tUrned. and
for A second caught the halg-stupetied
glance of the voung clerk. The effect
was magical scared, terroC-StrlckeG
expression leaped into the fUrtlve, ShItty
ewes. and every veStlge Of color torsook
the sallow cheeks, Bernard Hooker
was recognized in his turn.
With the sharp click Of the closing
door, Demands Sense returned to hlm.
Here, when least expected, was the OPP
portunitv Of recovering lost hopes.
The rumor that the scoundrel had sailed
for South America was plainly false.
He was still within reach of British
Justice, and. if captured, might be COM
PEELED TO diSgorge and surrender, or at
least such portion of ii as was vet I'M
sduandered. He must be followed,
tracked, and that instantly! The fatal
itv that had brought him on some cas-
ual erraDd to Fembury and to Messrs.
Kcnworth's bank must be translated,
by immediate enterprise into a mani
festation of that Nemesis which, by the
logic of story-books, treads inevitably
On the heels of Yrong.
A decision was feached in far less
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Bernard seized his hat, and with a NUT
tered incoherent apology, pushed his
way past his scandelized superior, and
litrallv ran down the stone steps into
the street.
What is the meaning? Is the
fellow mad?" gasped Mr.. Hollis, o
portentous frown gathering upon his
brow. 1t was certainly mysterious be-
havior, and the fellow clerk to whom
this query was presumably addressed
vas taken nearly as much aback as his
chief. He had no explanation to offer.
Careless of the CONSERVATION which
his abrupt proceeding had occasioned,
Demands steps we're toward the railway
station. This was clearly the aim of the
pursued.
To be thirty seconds too late is, under
all circumstances, abundantly annoying.
This was Bernard Hooker's lot on the
present occasion. He reached the plat
form of the Fembury station Just in
time to see the up train steam into the
yawning gulf of the north tunnel, and
to know that In n of that trains COM
partments sat, in regained security, his
fathers foe and his own. There was
nothing to do but to confess failure,
and return. after dining, to the druid
gerry of the bank desk. He did not
eve know the alias Of the rogue, and
after all, his evidence of identity, If
sufficient for himself, might fail to con-
vince another. 1t would be useless to
appeal to the local police force, for these
reasons.
IAN impudent and a madcap freak,
Mr.. Hooker, what may be your excuse"
growled Mr. Hollis. "If you want to
leave the Office in a hurry again to over
take anybody-anybody, sir!-be good
en- ough to ask leave"
Bernard was compelled TO promise
that he would. For the rest of the after
noon he went on his way with the tedious
columns of figures in a state Of mental
agitation and chagrin unparalleled since
the days on which he had first learned
that his parents bankruptcy was un-
avoidable.
Those scraps of paper, Mr.. Styles,
had better ornament the waste basket
than the floor
Inc hangers accents were harsh and
querulous; his temper seemed to have
been soured for the day by Bernard
Rockers escapade.
Il have dropped them, SIR replied
the inculpated junior, resenting as
much as he dared the implied charges
OF untidiness. "One fell from your
" desk, and the other was left behind
by the gentleman whom Mr.. Hooker
tried to catch.n
Demands ears tingled anew. What
II the aforementioned fragment should
bear upon its surface some elew to the
villains assumed name or whereabouts.
By easy ~stategss he gained possession
- oAR, auu AOuuu lbbO Do OhlI an
envelope, with the letters aJoyn-"
on one side, and the postmark "Tckfordn
on the other. This might or might nor
lead to a discovery.
In the solitude Of his own apartments
that evening Bernard Hooker searched
out the name OF Ickford on q Brad
shaw's map. He found il TO be that CT q
small town In the north OF England.
Whatever the consequence, I'll rua
down there and make inquiries. III I
win, the game viii be worth the cam
die, he soliioquized.
And the next day . note inthe bank
letter box accounted-though hardly
satisfactorily TO the critical Judgment 81
Mr.. Hollis-for the second clerks alb
sencc.
AT Ickford the trail Enthusiastically
struck. Skilful Investigation showed
that = Mr.. Representatives outward
man appeared to tally precisely with
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