Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-21


halt an hOur ago
That makes the fifth Srid Nj Mur
ridge Who prrsente thaiF
"A young mani think should hno,
him-Ni'h .ght hair an / a light mt ch.
He wore pot ha: and red II, ck;ir anr
had flower IN his buttonhuls lie walked
into the bank as if the place belonged to
MIN. First he said he would take 1t any
how, and then he said he would take it il
gold
And the other twO-these twoi
They were presented by Your son, a.
usual Your checks beng always for tn
same amount, and alwsy, being preseutet
by vOuT son, made NE notice difference"
Thank you. Observe that have made
little alteration. This will, in future, be my
signature; you see the differenoei Now, i
a check is presented without the variation
you will please detain the man who present,
it, and give him in custody and send for me
That's ali
He went back TO his office. Something
was learned. A man with a foreign accent
and one forefinger gone had presented thres
Of the checks A girl good looking and vel
dressed, presented another and a young gen
tleman in pot hat and a red tie presented
dive. but someth .ng.
His son had not yet returned from his din
ner, and the office boy was still alone
Where is the callers book he asked.
The boy produced tho book Mr.. Muir
ridge ran his finger slowly down the list
looking for some one to suspect There was
no one But the last name of all struck
him 1t was the name OF Mr.. Hyacinth
l. H..
ing had been those members of the Cronar
family He suddenly remembered that
Hyacinth Jr., had way of walking about
As if everything belonged to him, and that
he were a po' hat and generally had q
iower in his button hole Why in a gen
sral way the descriptions agreed, but then
II was impossible.
What did young Mr. Cronan come here
forf' he asked.
Il don't know, sir He came for Mr.
Richard They went out together at one
O'Clock"
Mr. Murridge glzei thoughtfully at the
boy. Young CrOnan might have called at
the bank on his way.
Go to your dinner" he said to the boy,
abruptly.
The boy tock his hat and disappeared in
trepidation, because the history OF Spring
heel Jack was in the drawer. Suppose his
master was 10 open hat dra wer and discover
it! This was exactly what Mr. Murridge
proceedei to do He opened the toys
drawer an examined it carefully There
was no hing in it at all, except a boys penny
novel, which he turned over contemptuously,
taking no ne d of the way in which the boy
was spending the office time. What did il
matter TO him what the boy did so long as he
got through his worki 1t is not until mid
die age that We learn truth which is not
one of the most important laws, vet is not
without lis uses-namely that nobody cares
how we do spend our time, every man being
fully occupied with the sPsndilg Of his own
time
When Mr.. Murridge was quite satisfied in
his own mind that there was nothing in the
boys drawer he turned to his sons table
He did not in ths least .uSpect his son. or
connect him with the lost checks but it was
his nature 10 search evervwhere-even in the
least likely places His profession was to
search for m ssiny links He knew that
anywhere he might find a clew. He, there
fUe opened the drawers He turned over
the papers. snd even examined the blotting
pad, but observed no hing except that the
paper was full of girl, heads. drawn in pen
Cil-very prettily, if he had been able to ex-
anime them from an arti ,tio point of view.
The boy does think of something. then"
said Mr. Murridge; If it is only Of girls
Perhaps he will wake up now" Dick was,
in fact, wide awake, and had BEEN awake
for a long time Girls headsi Well, he is
young, and believes in women Young men
very often do
On the shelves round the room were piles
of old letters. documents of no more use to
any one, account books and all the litter OF
thirty years accumulation But 10 search
through this mass Of papers black with dust,
would take too long. He stood beside his
sons table, unoert1in, troubled in his mind
not knowing where to look or whom TO
suspect. Here his son found him, when he
returned from dinner at two O'Clock, study
ing the pictures on the blotting pad.
Dick" he said, come into my room
Shut the door, Look here Do you know
these checks'" He looked at the checks, and
not at his SON. as he spoke, therefore he did
not observe the change Of color which
passed. swiftly over the young mans face,
followed by quick hardening of thu mouth
DO you know these cheCSsT
Dick took them up one by one and looked
at them carefully. taking his time over each
Then he replied slowly, and in . husky
voin..
Why. they are only the checks whinh /
have cashed for you, are they no p
How many checks have you cashed for
me in the last three weeksi Think"
Two, un 'ess- No two"
Look at the dates, They have al BEN
tsI iurinv fha In tbrS.a x.,aak Thar
is no doubt as to tina. fact, at Last Five
cen robbed"
"lmpOSsibIe!" said Dick
80 b puld have said Yesterday. To-day
can only rep'at, ! have been robbed"
Dick showed face full of astonishment
Who can have robbed your he asked
That, you see, is what We have to find
out; and that. by George. will fini out
will find out. Dckr He rat led his keys in
his pocket 1t is supposed that only persons
OF great resolution rattle their keys when
they resolve. But doubt this If l do
nothing for the next twelve months l will
find out ] have been robbed Of sixty pounds
sixty pounds That won't break me Ii
isn't the money so much as the villainy which
troubles me: villainy about the office-vi.-
lainy az my very elbow. I'll find out who
did it, Dick and hen we will see what L..e
law eau do Some men when they are
robbed-oh, know it goes on every day
sit down and hear excuses, and forgive the
villain They let the wife or the daughter
come to them and cry, and then let the fel-
low go That is not my sort, Dick. l will
catch this fellow whoever he isl will track
him down. He had better have robbed
hank-which is bound never to forgive
than have robbed me-
''HOw-howF asked Dick, clearing his
throat again How do you propose to find
himf