Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-09-04

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And then" ueried MAY with an eager voice
II don account for it. There is only
one mau who can.
Nv no is that
Harry Rogers, the cashier. The
money Was n his custody, and he
ought to know what became OF it. ~
John Bra1t. what do YOU mean"
well moth NJ only that Harry
Ro .cr, ought to know what became of
the money in his charge.
~ th ok can fathom Your meaning.
Mr. Br'ut and il j. ungenerous, t not
un u~t and W thout good grounds. -
There Wa ometh NJ n May : vo &c
which suggested To Brant that il was
the part of discreet on to drop the sub
iect. and he quickly invented an excuse
for SAVING good even ne.
After h had cone 5 ay noticed that
letter had dropped ON his oyercoat
pocket n the hall The bus ness en-
velop, was addressed To John Brant,
care of Iveson y Co. and Is contents
ey {, ntly related 10 bus ness affairs.
II Nav had any CURIOSITY. she was
too well bred TO exam ne the letter, and
threw it nio her WCrSha>ket and COW
cred il from si@lt unit its rightful
owner should call aga n
II bel O. he uugcutrJus enough
To charge theft 10 llarr, Rogers.
av "a to herself half aloud. after
she had placed tie leltir out of sight
But am sure lIarr ogers is above
any such base .u~ e. on.
h was ia ir,t time she had ever
heard reflect on east upon Harry
Rogers. and inst net 81 she became
h advocate and defender,
Two week, passed and the was no
clue TO the theft. but one day another
SIN lar amount was missing from the
cash cr's funds.
Aga there was an anxious investi-
gal ON with no result At it. conclu-
SION Mr.. lveson said:
This is inc pl cable Mr. Rogers
You are rcspon lie Tor the funds
placed IN your hands, and we all eX-
pect vow to make tie bank whole for
the lo, rs already sustained. When
the bank oTen- 10 morrow YOU viii be
expected 10 make good the los es. and
then IL W II be decided whether YOU
W II lon e. cont n r 49, cashier.
=" nj | ia to make good the
Loss a>.ed Mr.. Rogcss.
"Pdbucit " II be given to the affair
and e. law VIII take It's course. But
unit tomorrow not word j. TO be
spoken OF tbs ma ter outside the
bank"
Harr, Rogers went home agitated
and mvst fled. lie knew he was inno-
cent of wrong do NJ, but had to con-
fes> that all the circumstances were
aga INST h m.
lie was barely able TO make good
the thousand dollars loss. and to do
so would be almost confession that
he had stolen the money.
John rant found t convenient TO
call on Nav Saunde : and it was not
long until he had told her of the second
loss. and Mr. keson's suspicious. and
the del cate post on in VIII Oh Harry
Rogers had teen pla Cd.
She 90 ltealed her mi gnat on. and
d sm nc HIM on the plea of indispo.
{ on. Last IL dispatched note to
Harry Rogers by servant, requesting
him 60 call ON her at once aud without
failure
lie o.e ed. bit the unexpected sum
wou> Il q not s,othc or allay his az la
on. Ma Il sPrised W Ia all prelim-
inar.es nd began
"On two d.tlrrcut occasions within
two weeks you have lost 300 from the
funds n your ch rye Il the bank.
That : true: b how ONE YOU 10
know II Il was - ank secret"
ut does not matter how | found il
out. And you are suspected of taking
the mo ey yourself
Hardly 20 bad ~ that
at ma not ie ut n ust my words
but hat is he me tnlng of it. You are
required to make good the loss to-mor.
row morning. What answer are YOU
| go M to made to that dc nand of the
/ bank "
Harry Rogers d dn't know how he
would answer that demand until he
+ looked nto the depths of May earnest
blue eyc- and then he said with a firm
and earnest voice.
81 shall tell them that did not take
/ the money. AID. therefore. will not re.
place il. "
And then?' queried May with an
/ eager vo ce.
Then | will be arrcs ed for theft
and cmbcLzlement.
But YOU will not be convicted. You
are innocent know that-and your
innocence will be made to appear
how, is hard TO tell, but am confident
as to the result. ! respect you because
you ass me the risk To vindcate your
good name. | am interested in this
matter. You are not aware of il. but
one-half the Iveson interest in thebank