New-York tribune., 1886-05-02
THE MYSTERIOUS FORGERY.

Mason. Quckcned ms pace as nc I'"uo r ~; 10 do,jyy
tn f. was nat that he feared TO be late that Mr
Trnmp was walking fast. During all me
forty years years, thIt ne 10 ""u '"' Mr.. Crump had
never been known to be late for his work = hioe io
mcthodcal. careful man never huhS o''i ~
VI A. length he reached the we'll known staircase
opened he office door and Sood sun i1n
in surprise. Young Carter the aSSiStt Isl ;s r% Mr
was there before hm, already al niS "O'" ~
Crump smiled grimly ,.. ,.o,,c, r,o.,.n he
SAG Ear,o,S face fnshcd little he bade the Older
man rood-mornng The fact was that CIGmp, wli9
had married rather nnie a1f !" wit With @ whom Robert
Carter had fallen very much ~ noE"' ,hot
was only on the preceding evening i. VA.
th,nes had come TO criSls anu ~N''"N ~ '' i
tn 10 vonuc mans surprise, Mr Crump ma
rciecte1 tho proposed engagement. lie Hi4 u"' nno
vounq Carter lie did no; approve o, 'nc Nom"S %
fellows fashiouably cut collars nor "i ms sc'il i'
no, of his cane such things Mr. Crnnp cohSl",
errd were the signs of a frivolous dspnS'tlon Ui's
unsteadv habits. Nor did Mr. Crump approve oi
he .na'chrs Of comic song, which Carter was con-
tinuaiIv humuling lie suspected that the young
man f,cGuented music halls, and Npent IN r. '"nn" @
on chalp cigars, novels, and on! !lhgS t'"R pht
proorr for one IN his position. Besides MI hooylV
Cartor was usually the last of all theclcIk' 10 i'e
rs appearance in the morn&iHr, % M ""i yns w." pain 10
1ir old man that Carter was now making ah AZ
tempt to earn his good opin'on. o,., cold Mr.
Ilnn viii show time VIII snow, s"iu ~
C,ninn m rather an aggravating "ay aS ne
chgm@cd his coat. oucncd his desk. unlocked his
safe, aud set abont his Work. % orr,,o o,a tbcn
soon The other CLERKS hogan 10 arrive my my u'vl %
clmc Mr. Mason. the acting partner, a 'a'I' pAo
man. with long black whlSkcrS. Nr. nlVe.cy, the
week 10 examine the bank BOOK ana "c | nv" ~"
tmircs we're gong on. Mir. Mason oIcned the Ic,-
tcl> ald soon appeared at MI tTnTi ovsn "," ,t
n small scaf of them in his hand. These "ere lcl
tr. 70. o,se TO VIII ch small sums Of money had
- he scnt and it belonged to Mr.. Crump to at
tcnd to hem, for he had authority 40 SIX" '"''N'
F,,.c IN, ~
N,r GRIMM first made list of the paVnent snc
lnG to make and thcn wcnt to safe ior ms cIiecN K
W. surnri cd 10 find that the counterfol' belong
iig to The Last check which had been taken IiHil ON
IT,, book was not iil.ed up lie coG,i n'sII'S his
llr lnf,' had m" he written check without first
filling un the comtcTfoil with lartlcuItis "t t 1i'e
amount thcdatc, and thcpcrson to nom tne CmGcn &
was's.nf Rut his surprise changed 10 diSnay when
he took ont ms casii-book aad fonnd tbat &c uAu
t, Iro,yn rluc checks the dav before. the c0un
t,,'js If Which were all properly filled up where
a. tenth check had been torn our OF the pooK.
For moment he sat as II stnllucu N"U" any Oh.
have sto'cn the blank cheek lie always kep'
iIc kew of h1s safe on his own bunch but IT was
ina poSSi bile that some one might nave GOT l"'u ~
The Key. taken an impression OF IL IN Wia, an" '' M
alse key made lie had heard ol ;uch iil't nc
leaned h,S head on his hands ana tllcd 10 lniuh
Wien mad ne closed the safe last night ACol'
4 ~ tine afternoon, before any one had icli th'
naic,. for the day: for he remembered that
h. had hcen sent TO the docks about
o'clock with some documents 1or snip ,ha.
haf-,rl>t q everybody hal left, ana the placo was
in darkness 49,. .ho .boe.
uI,.t have hcen committed last nlght-or thls
morning Could the safe have oeen opened oel9io
hl, a!Iivall ic remembered carers ulilSulIiI
early appearance anu IhTc" ii o'uP'0i'"S e'""O ."
Then sinpier solution of the matter occurred TO
INN Ii was very possible that, II tearing ont INC
insf check he had drawn the day before. he had
tCn ont two by mistake folded them up, ana sent
them off together. This would ol course account
Of X.
mined to write at once TO Marshall ~ company,
merchants III Liverpool, to whom he had sent ms
last check and ask whether pIahk chech h'u ho'
been cent 20 them by mistake. >, .; a.,
hon the question should he mention the
circumstance to Mr.. Ma>ohf On coosuclailGh M
Crunip thought that 1t was not necessary 10 90 50;
Mi Mason VAS rather hard man to deal WIN ana
n confession would ruin the character LOT Caic!li,
ness which the cashier had 30 long enjoyed AnG
he tnlly cxuccted that in two days atmo't he would
get a letter from Liverpool enclosing thc SIP oi
paper which had cost hlm SO mncn IA alX,cty, ,rd,, 20
Ms mVariable custom on that day OF the week, MI
LlVesey Iuade his appearance IN the once; Dus
ness had not long commenced, Wheh every ynouN i'll
the eStab shment was aware tnat soic'ilE 'i m "t 1
usual had happened. Mr.. Mason was cioseteu WI.n @
H. partner for n few minutes ana men Went I h'i
rody out of ne Office. returning Sn9r'I} aiei ""l4
with Nil Jeiircys. the manager 81 the LONDON ahu
Lancashire Bank, at which the hIm kept 'heil
ihen Mr.Jcircys lett. and came back accompa-
Nod by one of his cashiers lhci. bell was ruhS
ANA Nh Crump Was sent lor' oo,d s,-oo+ nj, hie
Il
brow the cashier ObcVed the summons. ., g., =,
Brlug your chcck-boOk, Mr. Crump," sad the
senior partner altman. ,, M Crr,o,
had not noticed mp to that time stepped mp 10 the
table and glanced at the check-DoOK along Win
thought so.' exclaimed the old gentleman
Here's the place from winch the Check was takcn'
Here Is the counterfoll. The numbers colSSp0hn
WLat made Won do it, Crumpl lon are the last
man m the world from whom would nave eA-
rcctcd such conduct. ~ c.
t,t..t tlI- NJ tnNgI
r" DO what 81 echoed his employer with tempt
nons smile Who did you gctto do tins little bit
ts hr snoE, Mr. Livcsev tossed a check across
the table Mr Crump took II up and read Inc
LONDON and Lancashire Bank. Pay JOS. pee knlah;
ESD or order, three thousand one hundred ana
seycn.v-two pounds fifteen shIllIngs.-LlVesey ana
lie looked M bewildercd. The tall man in the
frock-coat watched HIM narrowly:
- mo Is tins BecAman + asked Mr Llvcsey.
% don't know. SIR
"YOu don't know You SEQ that tue checK mas
come from your book =
Yes sir. m
"Did YOU give it to any oneF"
" No, sir.
"Did YOU miss ii
"Ics sir missed it yesterday and wrote to
Mcssrs Marshall to whom ] had sent the one be-
fore that thinking that had torn out two by NILS
That rather points to his innocence whispered
MIR Iivesey to the tall man At hls elbow.
Z" II may be only a clever plant ST. returned
the ot!er.
You did not put that letter among me o'hers 10
be copied in the lettcr-book,' put in Mr. Mason.
Crump hing his Lead
" Is Tie check" he began after pause:
"Ol course il is forged answered MI Livesey.
I" And was Il paid 2
" Yes: il WAS paid yesterday
Mir Crump shuddercd, took a long breath, and
waited.
Now. Crump. yon had better make clean
breast OF it, said Mr. Liyesey after few moments
silence ." Fell us who this man Beckman l.; tell
us where the money has gone-it can't be all spent
already and it i'll be none the worse for yOn.'
Nir Crump felt a choking sensation in hs throat
but he plucked up courage enough to say, lhaVc
fold YOU already sir that know nothing about It,
IL was only Yesterday morning that noticed that
a check had been taken from the book
"Why did YOU not mention il d? asked Nj: Mason
al thought had torn il ont myself along with
the one sent TO Mr. Marshall