New-York tribune., 1886-05-02

allow HIM To remain where ne ""'' "" '
watch ON his proceedings. ,., e.o
ponr Waltcr Crump went home that day ike one
in a dream He was dismissed as tne acc"lnP,'o ~,
a forgcr Aud he con not say iha, l." Tho check
stances he had been treated nnlnstiy. inc vn'' n
had been entrusted TO HIM. and he had ios, ~. o
was apparently. al least. his ianlt ma. 'ho h, he
had been committed. He almost wohuercu '"' Nv
had not been sent to prison. ,, l.,
When ne reached his own house he SAT Gown ~ -"
front of the fire without speaking. ana even MS %
yGrlc danghtSr AnnIe could no" IL" ," his Children
that he their father had been dismissed from Ms
situation on suspicion of having robbed MS o'"-
ploVcrs of f3. 900 I . A..
About o'clock in the evening knock came TO
the old mans door II was Robert Carter. Tnnp
started TO his feet in indignation. Was TINS ieIoW
whom he suspected to he the real crlmlhai, 10 coo
RuI before ne could speak Carter had come into
the room and held out hts hand go, o,
Z" came to tell YOU, Mr.. Crump, saln ne. nov
soyr; we all are in the Office about this None ol Us
believe you had anything to do with 1t, ol coui'o
it will all como out. likely, IN daY or lWu. two
The old man stared at hlm or 'h.m"'oC Cnrtc,,s
Roconc. sirw he cried at last. How dare yon
como here TO insult me with YGnI ~ oot
You, | fancy you are the one VINO KNOWS i'o''
abou; it," i'll, ,.i
Annie turned from one to the other with eeWlI MI
dcrcd terrified looks. Fortunately shc WIS u"o
only other one of the family in tie room how
What is it. father7" she cred clasping her
hands. "What is it you say Robert kn"WS hlIno bdo
abont than any one else on ten n'o "ii''' las
Go +" vonr room. Girl" said her father, scrnly.
There s trouble enough without yonr mcGdiinE
in it, stop he continued a. the EiII SIoTt n rn
the room. Z" Yon that Young map ioipiu @ N"n
10 him. 10 write to him. to receive any ~'''o''
from him. He-you will know soon ehpngm, i with
- " nat sir " cried Garter, his eyes hiazlhg WIN
INDIGNATION. DO Won say that THAT took the
check Why. 1t was an impoossibillty' even IL
had wished to 90 such 'hlng. H., aid mani. rorlv
Leave nv house. sir was he o,d man reniy' n.iy'
s he rcscatcd himself i'll his CHAIR lie had DY 'hiS
time persuaded himself that III some iiit'."i -,cu
moment he had left his key IN me Se, d ' sirI tc
moio and that he had got some clever forccr To
initiate the firms signature Bnt he knew mat no no
one would believe him that apPfliance, % WeLe az an
ag"inst him. aud that il would be imp9>Sihc i"r
hItn row even ia earn his bread. lie looked upon
Carter as the man vino had ruIned MN, ana III ms
misery and unrc1sonablencss he iancIci that one ol
thc vouu0 objects was to thrDw suspicion upon
him 10 re luce him ~ poverty ana make II IN
possible for him to refuse TO accept nm as Annles
husband. Hu, in this the old man determined ne
would never yield.
of Tie cashiers Suspicious. and then LETT the room.
At the street door he met Annie, who was waiting
"Oh, Robert" she exclaimed in a low voice, "tell
me " hat has happcncd'
"Somebodv at the office has forged check for
three thousand pounds and mor[ he erepIIcd. IT had
been taken from your fathers book, ahd-aud he
fancics look 1T, who had nothing 10 DO with his
safe whatever
And do thcy imagine it was-'
Robert silent
"And You came here to say you didn't believe it
"Bnt he thinks am the thief. You don't, An
uie1"
No, Robert; am very sure Of that. 0nly,
can't see Won 50 long rs my father
Roberts only answer to tins Was Il sigh, and with
a hurried goOd-by the lovers parted
Weeks and months went by, and the mystery o.
the forged check romaned unsoiyed Mr. LiveSey
Il. Lh,fsl lfa Is flf.
e3 600 which Mr.. Mason thought the bank ought
to repay, as they were legally responsible for the
money.
legally responsible but don't see that they ought
to suffer. The check itself was in our hands, and
we allowed a thief to get hold OF it, The bank did
yours that coald tell the difference: and the
bank cashier tells me that the man who cashed it
showed him letters addressed to himself as Joseph
Heckman the name on the cheek, and showed
him his card saving that he solicitor. OF
course he wasn't. The thing has been most clcvery
planned, and am quite at loss TO THINK who ut
that poor fellow Crump mp to it but i seems to
we can't let the bank suffer We could not afford
to let it he known we had done SO. No other bank
wouid keen our accountD
OF course poor Walter Crnmp could not find
another situation. though lie would have been Glad
to take the lowest place IN an olhcc. he wolf
came to his door in earnest Annie. who had
situation in n Board School, was the chlef support
of the family; and the poor girl was pale and thin
from long hours and scanty meals.
If was about five months after the day when the
cashier was dismissed in disgrace that one day
Mr. Mason left his Office at ha!f-past ]. his usual
hour Tor going out to lunch. llaII-past ! was
also the time when il was Robert Carriers turn 10
20 out for half an hour: and Mr. Mason hah hardly
had time to reach the street when the young man
left his desk. went into Mr. Mason ) room, entered
a small closet in which Wa>h-hanl basin was
fitted up and proceeded to wash his hands This
was high misdemeanor, especially AS accommoda-
ton was provided fer clerks in another part OF The
building, but Nh Robert Carter preferred Mr..
Mason's closet. and always used 1t when be had
chance of doing so.
his ablutiOns when he heard the outer door OF lie
Office slam. and then he heard some one, whom lie
Judged to bc his employer. come INTO the room.
Fortunately the door of the closet was nearly
closed so that the young man was invisible 10 any
one in the centre OF the room.
He has only come back for his umbrella sad
Robert TO hlnsell; there is no need or my moving;
II | keep quiet he will be gone in minnie. No.
Some one else has come III with him. lat shall
| do p;
Mr. Mason had already closed the doublc doors
which led from his room to the outer Office. and
Carter was screwing up his courage to the point oi
cOnfeseng his presence when the first Ords spoken
by the stranger fell upon his ear, and made him
stand a still a stone
You can take your choice as said in my letter.
Hand me over another hundred rr III split What's
one sevonty-two out OF three thousand had all
Silcnce-will you ?" Missed out Mr. Mason, in
an angry whisper " ! can't give You n hundred
pounds for haven't got il. But l VIII give You
fifty now and fifty next month. After that You
can split Jf YOU Ike for y0u shall get no more
out of me. Anything won be better tina living
as slave TO a man like you."
Hand over the fifty, then" said the other after
a pause and thea there was a slight rustic of
sank-nOtcs
"You had better leave the country said Mr.
Mason in iOw tone. :" The bank cashier who
ca he'd the check hi ght meet yOu in the street,
IN take care of that" replied the stranger; ana
after a few more words had passed the two men left
the Office.
All this time Carter had been standing half para
yzed first by fear of discovery and then by astonish
lnent But he understood this much. that this
stranger wa, the man who had cashcd the forged
check under the name Of Bcckman; that Mr.
Mason knew il, ana So lar from denOunclng him to
the police was giving him money to hDld his
tongue. Yes: and more than this, the stranger
threatening to split upon Nh. Mason.
What il could all mean Carter could not conpre-
hcnd but he saw one thing plainly enough. The
important point was to find ont who this man was,
and where he lived. In "A moment Carter ran ont
of The rooGi -czed his hat. and rushed down stairs.