The Somerset reporter., 1885-11-04

CriSp'S omission to return II the books
may have bluntcd his moral SENSE; or II
NAV have been mere Glance that led linn
to be nearly a qnartcr Of an hour late OH
Monday morning. As he hurried up the
alley he was surprised by the sight of a
group collected about Parkman'S door
Among them were one or two of Park
mans clerks, looking unlike themselves.
and one or two policemen unable To look
anything but themselves.
w hat is up? he asked lightly; but
though thcyall seemed to he looking at him
no one answered Instead clerk, one
of the juniors said andibly, That is Mr..
Crisp and strange voice answerertd'
emphatically' That is the man" This
seemed to cause sensation, amid which
short, stout person, with blunt, hear
ty voice and Il humorous eye pushed
through the group, and said. III has way,
sir, please, in voice OF authority.
w hat in the world is the matter: ask
ed Crisp.
Tell YOU in a moment, sir Please to
step with me up To MIR. Parkman's room.
And he took Crisp by the arm, in what
the latter thought an odd fashion, and 80
led him up, and swiftly through the
clerks Office, which was half full of star
ing gapcrs, and into the junior partners
room
Crisp looked round him in utter bewil-
dermcnt. ON the hearth rug stood Mr..
ParkInan, pale and agitatcd. by the Win
dow two gentlemen were talking. At the
table, apparently making some notes, sat
a police officer.
Watson, said his conductor, shutting
the door firmly behind them do You
take hin?' and fell back into the corner
of the room where he seemed IL busy
himself with an old Joe Miller 50 very
facctious that it rendered him obliNious
to all going on around him.
While Crisp stood looking from one 10
the other the Superintendent rose abrupt
" and stepped to him.
Mine is painful business, sir; you are
Ernest Crisp, think
II dartcd into CriSp's mind that the
chief had put the police in motion IN the
matter of that little Discrepancy in ms ac-
counts but single glance at Mr.. Park
mans pale, Sympathl1ing face SuiIl1ed To
dispose Of that Yes he said, | am,
/ That il my name
'Nou may, or You lHay not know thth'
that a great crime was committed here on
saturday afternoon. The cashier MI
! critchlow. has been found dead IN his
Z
MIR. Crtchlow: tho head clerk wins
pcrcd. with white. shaking lips,
And YOU have been Identified n the
pcrson last seen - leave the house. I'm
SORRY 10 say must take You into custody
on suspicion; must warn you, too. VT
Crisp. that anything you say will be CIV
en- in evidence against YOU
ON saturday afternoon Crisp matter
ed in awed accents, looking around Inn
with eyes that did not see But what
why am suspectcdT
An that you will hear nj the Mansion
House. am anxious TO take you there
at once, and with Il, little unpleaSantnes
to Yourself ms possible
! 1t is mere Formally, Crisp Mr.
parkman volunteered, speaking for III
first time with earnest kindness. i WI
attend myself and say how perfectly ri
, diculous your conduct for years make
this charge appear.
The color came back to the clerk face
: THANK you, sir he said.
' Perhaps YOU will let yourself y
sccarched here asked the policeman
c Crisp nodded asquiescencc. and did NJ
It finch when the operation began. Isl
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