Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-14
CHAPTER VII.-CoNrINUED.

another N Il Flrst l thought OF gong 10
Cslista and telling her everything But
NOrah l. her SIS a., 80 that il seemed hest
to tell YOU all myself Perhap, CaliSa NAV
BE- spared the pain of ever learning this
dreadful thing A. for the actual forger,
cannot yet sfeak Bul l have proofs as to
the Presentation of two checks out nf the
five
"Proof>' Nothing but the clearest proofs
will aiISfv me-.
'Nuu shall lie satisfied then What do
You think Of this for one proof The girl
de<cr hei hv the bank clerk As having pre-
ss'nted one of the checks was NOrah herself.
For proof send for tn. cle-k when she is
here He will H. able to identify her /
dare sav. That i nv first proof Now for
the srCOud: The Young gentleman who pre-
S,.uted and CaShed the check last Thursday
al one o'rl0r'i was no other than her brother.
young Hvacuth Crunan- Dafoiil He
must have gone 10 the hank just before one
o'clock, because he came here a few minutes
ate one. and We went out to dinner together.
Wewent 10 Gro by Hall ami sat there till two.
The clerk yOu know, gave one o'clock as the
hour l have no doubt but he will identify
DafTodil a, well 1t will lie perfectly easy
The checks may have been given 70
them
BY the actual forgert Very possible.
But il this case unlikely. Because who
would DO it for them9'
to on" The case was getting hlacker
As gtrls the character of Daft mean
Hvaciuth-for SteadneSs. l am afraid We
cannot say much He is as YOU know per
hans, at University College hospital, and he
belongs to a fast set lhsv p ay billiards,
smoke together have parties IN each others
rooms. AMI go 10 theatres and music halls
all this was strictly true. and yet-p0or
Daffodil worse still he goes to IA gaming
den 1t Is place open every evening TO
playing taCcarat and every kind Of gam
bling gams | dare saw when they do moth
ing els. they plav pitch and toss remem-
bered your reCummenda' ion TO Use every
means IN order to find out the truth. and
went with hSn, We went twice last week.
This also as we know. was literally trus
II have also learned that he is in moneI
difficulties Daffodil had shown DicL
a letter from his tailor intimating thai
something on account wUul be desirable
'Altogei her. tn nix NV theory will provo
right-Norah took the checks with a view TO
help her brother. OF course she knows very
well NOur custom of drawing twelve pound
checks for private purposes Therefore she
filled these up Tor that amount confident
tina they would then pass without suspicion,
and might even escape your notice. She
initiated vour signature; and she gave them
every one to her brother. except that which
she cashed herself preSuma ly also for him
am quite sure she did it for her brother
Whether be- knows how she got the checks,
whether he stands in with her. l cannot tell
That will he seen when he is confronted with
be hank clerk and charged with presenting
ha N.Nr, viii ind llN hat ba 70
plies TO the charge
Has the girl lOverF'
she has been engaged for the last week
or 50 only
Who is the nIanr
His nlme is Hugh Aquila He is resi-
dent medical officer at the Children's Hos
pi a. / was at school with HIM But you
nee not inquire about him He has got
nothing to do with it"
How do You know THAR
'Becnuse his mother has money. Mmo
Aqula WAS professional singer. who made
none, and retired from the profession
Besides, he thinks about nothing but hi,
work. He has as much money he wants,
and he never was in debt OF any trouble.
Whv should he stand I'M"
He Is not a man who bets and gamblesr
No at all"
'Hum0h. Give me the paper. There's a
nest Of vIIlainv somewhere about the place
Dick folded it neatly and handed it over
with the air of tn undertaken man hand
in the gloves at a funeral
OF course you are prepared to swear to
this statement
Certainly This with perfectly steady
eyes
''Of course l trust it will not be neces-
sary."
Very we'll There remains the man who
presented the three c ecks have not Yet
laid my hands upon him No doubt If
Norah confesseS she will tell you who he is.
II not you have enough TO satisfy you"
Il have enough when have all Go now
or stav-where are the checks and the
check ook that left in your hands,
They are locked up in my private drawer
in the other room will get them" He
vanished, hut returned in a moment. They
are gone" he cried The checks are goneT
Gone"
They are gone, On Saturday left them
in nv private drawer. Now they are gone.
Was the drawer lockedi'
At Is always locked Here is the kew
which has Just unlocked it Indeed, | am
sure thev were in the drawer on Saturday
Mr.. Murridge went into the outer office
The privat.' III aver contained nothing but a
few unimportant papers. The drawer in
deed. might just as well have been unlocked,
for the forged checks and the check book,
which Dick said were left there on Saturday.
had disappeared.
Who has been in this office, boy" asked
Mr Murridge, besides yourself since Sat
urdav" 1E
Only Miss Cronan. sir and Mr. Richard
N,l
What time did you leave the place on
SATURDAY.
Not till three O'clock sir. Miss Cronan
was with you when you brought me out the
letters to- ropy and to post
'.Norah was working with me on Satur-
uay afternoon said Mr. Murridge. until
four o'clock | remember TLen she went
awav worked here alone TIL SIX Have
you a bunch Of keys at all, you boyT'
NO sir; haven got anything to lock
up Searrn me- if you like"
Have you seen Mr.. Richards drawer
standing open' | dol't want TO search YOU
What the devil should | search you forT
NO SIR The drawer Is never open that
know Of except Mr.. Richards in his chair"
Have you ever tried to open that drawer
yourself, with key or without
No, sir. He always locks it. And l
haven't got no keys. And why should |
want to open Mr. Richards drawerl'
There vi.lalny somewhere" Mr. Muir
riige breathei hard and put his hands in
his pockets VilIaIny somewhere. I'll get
10 he bottom of this"
The vanishing of the checks" said Dick,
"-eems b crown the whole thing
What do you meanT asked his father,
roughly
Dick showed his key.
You SEE. it is quite a common key. Any