Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-28

The thought Of that snug little English
estat. made Mr. Murrdge 81 cheerful that
he forgot his wrath concerning the forS
ery.
1t will he a cheering thing he said re-
curing to the subject when the case l.
completed for vou to think Of the man you
have con iuc ei to the lord mayor and after
wards To the central criminal court For
sixty pounls-the paltrv sum of sixty
pnund~-he will have purchase the eXr.u-
>ive use of a whitewa- hed aI artmeut rent
free, for seven or perhaps len wears There
will te other advantages privilege of
a whole year spent alone, with an hour eN-
ercise every day then good many years OF
healthy employment. without any bear or
wine or toh tcCo. ami no amu~ements and no
Idle talk Aud when at last he comes out 1t
will be To a wori which will turn its Dack
upon him for th' rr~t OF his natural life
The hand of JustiNa il heavy in this country
on the man who lnvadeS the rights Of
property; but thu ha III Of Society Is ten
times n, barl-ten tIm,s hard So 1t
ought 10 be-so it ought t. be. For If prop
erty is not held "a red who would try to
/ make money
Dick went back to his own desk, bearing
with him the checks and the check book.
He sat dow II and began to think. He had a
week in which he would he left quite undi>-
turhed to find out the furger. A good deal
NAV lie done IN a week II he failed. his
father would take up the for himself
his father whose scent was as keen aS a
bloodhound's and who's pursuit would he
rs uurelentIng He had "A week For the
moment he could not think what was to be
done; be bad no Clew, perhaps; or, perhaps,
ne was not satisfied to the best way Of
following up a clew Perhaps the problem
presented itself TO him As it would to an out
slider. Given "A robbery and forgery. The
robbery must have been committed when
/ Mr. Murridge was out-that was GER
tain; the forgery must have been com
mitted by some one well acquainted with the
custom of drawing twelve pound checks. as
we'll as able to initiate a signature. The
only persons who hai access to the inner
Office in Mr.. MurridGe's absence was him
self. Norah Cronan the office boy and the
hOu Sekeeper: but the latter only when the
offices were clio ed and on Sundays. Sus-
p cion might fall upon any of the a four, but
especially upon himself and upon Nurah-
He put this quite clearly TO himself As for
he office toy. no one would su>p CT HIM. he
Wa too great fool even Ia think of such
crime; and the hou,ekeeper, too, was out Of
The question There remained, as tn most
likely persons TO lie suspected, himself and
Norah.
Having got so far he remainel here, un-
able 10 get any lurtheT; In fact, he came
back TO 1t again and again.
Myself and Norah," he thought. ut
must lie between Us two-it must lie be-
tween usH
The Office hoy watched him curiously.
af I'll 10 e ha
fireplace he lookei. 80 TO speak. over Dick
shoulder, and ruuld watch him unseen and
un>uspecteL There were certain special ca
ons-in fact they were concealed in the
pocket of his JACKIE why The office 10y
thought that something was going to hap
pen There were other reasons, such a. a
great increase N Mr. Richards sulkine(< a
jumpv manner which ha lately come over
him and his rudeneSs TO Miss Cronan. which
made this intelligent boy believe that SOHO
thing was going to happrn very soon Then
Mr. Murridge had been shut up with his son
for three-quarters # an hour That meant
things unusual And now Mr.. Richard, in
stead OF drawing girls' heals, was sitting in
moody thought
You know how strangely. when the mind
is greatly exercised and strained. one re
memoers some little trItle, or forgetS some
nttle habitual thing such a brushing the
hair or putting ON a collar. Dicks eyes fell
upon his pocketbook, which lay upon his
Iesk II was a diary-one of the diaries
which give a certain small space for every
DAY in the wear and a pocket for letters II
belonged, like his pur~- and b bunch Of
keys, essentially TO his pocket. Yet hs
coulc not remember when he had last carried
1t in hi, pocket Consider, if YOU are accus-
lomed to a bunch of keys in your pocket
YOU do not feel their presence, but yet YOU
miss them when they are no longer there.
Dick became suddenly conscious that for
some time-perhapS an hour, perhaps
h,1e dav perhaps mo. e-he had not feIr
ne presence of the pockethook But his
mind had been 50 much occupied by certain
prt ssing anX,eties which beset him about
this time. that he had no lC d the absence OF
he book ha consciously Now that he saw it
wing on his table he snatChei II up. and be-
gan Ilrning over the pages, at frs conf
iently and then hurried.y, as one looks for
,omething lost. There was something lost
He shook out the leaves he 10 XII TIN ough
hem again: he searched the EN- " pocket
Then he searched his own pockets
he bov ehlnd HIM watched with a broad
grin of salts action as If he underst, OF the
cause Of this distress
Then Dick sprang from his chair and
'ooked under the table, ON the tioor, in the
lotting pad. in the letter rack and IN the
irawer-. Tnen he legin all over again
No Grenk mime ever expressed more vivldIy
he xiety, dismay and terror of one who
has lost thing of vital Importance The
oy felt a. if he should like To roll ON the
door and scream
Have YOU picked up anything, you 10y
Dick turned upon him fiercely, 80 that he
vas fam 10 repress the smile upon hi lip"
md the light Of joy in his eye Come here.
| Vou little devil"
The boy ol eve | with composed face. and,
II fact, with considerable trep datIon, be-
r,use there was some hing in his jacket
ocket which he arIently desired 10 conceal
from Mr.. Richard.
Have YOU picked up anything at allf' he
sked again
| What is itF' the hoy asked, by way OF re-
ply. is It money droppedi
| You measlv little devil. Why don't you
answeri Have you picked up anythingi 1t
$ something of no Importance 10 any body
a bit of pink rer.'
Il haven picked up nothing" replied the
boy. suliepy.
I've a great mind TO search You, said
| Dick. CT hing him by the coat collar.
| You're as full of tricks as you can stick
Search me. then. Oh, yes, Search me.
! I'll GO and call the guv nor and ask him to
-earch me. if you like. You just lemme go
or I'll scream, and bring out the guv nor,
and ask him to search me.
Dick dropped his coat collar instantly
Look here he sand. DO you know this
Iocketbopkf
Never saw il before in my life"
This, regret TO say, was a faisehoot. Ihe
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