Wichita eagle., 1888-08-31

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Il must say" said, that so far d.
not see that we have any defense. The
bond purports to be witnessed by Mr.
Winter, your fathers solicitor. and on the
face of it appears to be a perfectly genu
inc document"
"Never mind that" said Mr. Jackson
bringing his fist down upon the table
Il feel certain that my father never has
that money, and mean TO fight him anc
make him prove his claim in court.
well" l said, IL think it IS too large
an amount to pay without strict hives
tigation, especially considering the sus
picious circumstance OF the case, and
think it will be wiser 10 defend the &c
ton and let it go to trial, and in the
meantime we must make strict investi
cation and get all the information We
can"
You are right, sir, said Mr. Jackson
land you need not be particular about
the expense l shan't mind paving the
money SO much If they win it after fan
fight"
Shortly after the action commenced,
happened to want cupboard ii my room
altered Accordingly one afternoon Mr..
Jolly, a carpenter, made his appearance
and set to work to make the necessary
alterations. He seemed TO De of talka
tive disposition, and after relating some
of the gossip of the neighborhood, he re-
marked: Its curious in what queer
places lawyers papers get slowed away
sometimes-ain't it, sirt''
well, yes" replied; II suppose they
do get into unlikely places sometimes"
Yes, sir, you are right" said Mr..
Jolly. For instance, was doing job
at Mr. Fiint's the other day, and found
q document in the most unlikely place
you would think ola very important
document, too-in fact, bond for a
pretty large amount"
l gave start as the recollection of the
bond Ii the case of Flint vs.. Jackson
flashed across my mind Controlling my
feelings, | said, in as calm voice as ]
could command: ''0h, yes, l suppose
you mean Farmer Jackson's bond for
LOCO"
why, sir, how in the world did you
come TO know anything about it," asked
Mr.. Jolly, in surprise. ''Mr. Flint told
ne not TO mention the matter to any
body"
"Oh, dare say" said; ''but you see
We do know about it; and we have reason
to believe that an attempt is being made
TO obtain money from Mr.. Jackson by
false pretenses; and, unless you tell ne
eli you know about the matter, shall
consider you as aiding in the attempt; l
must, therefore, ask you to tel NE what
you know about it, ="
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Jackson in any way, said Mr.. Jolly. y
thought the only reason for keeping it
secret was that 1t was a private matter;
and if it viii do Mr.. Jackson any good,
am willing to tell you all know about
it.
Yes" said, at is most important to
Mr.. Jackson, and must ask you TO tell
NE all you know"
We'll, sir. said Mr.. Jolly, you see
Mr.. Flint wanted some alterations made
to desk he has in his office, and among
other things he wanted the drawers di-
vided into different sized partitions, so as
to hold papers of various sizes; and /
went there one morning, before any one
had come to the Office, to do the work
Well, took one OF the drawers out of
the desk to put the divisions in, and af-
ter | had done so l happened to look into
the CON partment from which had taken
1t, and there | saw q document crushed
up against the back, which had evidently
fallen over the end of the drawer I
pulled it out and looked over it, and found
it was bond from Mr. William Jackson
10 Mr.. Sharper Flint for 81 eco. As
was examining II Mr.. Flint came in Ee
took it from me and examined it and said:
Oh, yes; ! am very glad indeed you have
found it. | have missed this bond for
some time. and it might have put me to
serious Inconvenience if | had lost IL
Here is a sovereign for your trouble; and
l should be glad if you would not mention
the circumstance TO anybody, as it is
private matter which | should not like
talked about. You see, knew that desk
used to belong to Mr.. Winter, and when
l saw his name on the bond l thought it
might be one Of his papers
Nv hst!" | said. DO you mean to say
that that desk formerly belonged to Mr..
WinterI"
Yes, sir" answered Mr.. Jolly. lie
bought it at the sale OF Mr.. Winters eff
fects. | remember the desk well, Is
Was at the sale when he bought it"
be of a more important nature, since, if
the desk formerlyto Mr. Winter, it is pos
sibie that the bond might have been lost
while it was in his possession
well, l said, I'VE have reason to be-
lieve that that bond does not belong to
Mr. Sharper Flint at all. VIII you be
prepared at the trial to swear to al you
have stated 10 me todayT'
Yes. sir, shall be prepared to swear
to every word of it"
Then l shall dependon You" l said;
land must ask you not TO talk about the
matter till after the trial
Right you are, sir-mun's the word,
answered Mr.. Jolly, and shortly after
ward, having finished his JOB, he took his
departure.
As for me, hurried at once to Farmer
JackSon's house at Oakfelds and gave him
an account Of what | had heard. Il tell
you what my suspicion is, y said. That
bond was one of Mr.. Winters papers; it
was never given 70 Mr. Flint all, and no
I'D not know of its existence TIL Jolly
fond il in the way have told you"
That's it, sir, you may depend upon
/" said Mr.. Jackson, giving me slap on
the back that nearly knocked me down.
BY Georgel Sir, wen defeat the scoun-
irels yet"
Not SO fast. not SO fast" said l, eau
lioUsly. That is ny suspicion, but do
cot think it Is sufficient 10 obtSiD yer
lict il q court Of justice. You see, wa
have no evidence a. all that Il did not be.
olsg 10 Mr.. Flint, and that il was not lest
while it was in his possession What we
aust 60 is 10 try to discover the where
,bouts of some of NJ. Winter clerks AID
see If they remember anything about it."
Accordingly, we went over To rbshouss
# che Rogers, Ga cid clerk.