Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-02

back. which had evidently fallen over
the end of The drawer. | pulled il out
and looked over Il. and found it was "a
bond from Mr.. William jackson 20 Mr..
Sharper Flint for EI.oOn. ~ I "a
examining il Mr. F1inl came In lie
took 4 from me and examined
u srd said: on. yes; | am
very glad, indeed. you have
found e. / have missed this bond
Dor some time. and Il might have put
me- - serious Inconvenience II | had
lost j.. ifere Il n sovereign for yOur
trouble. and I should 81 glad II you
would not mention the circumstance. -
any body. a. It t. a private MATTER
which ] should like talked about.
You 500. | knew that desk used to be-
long 10 Mr.. Winter. and when | saw
his name on the bond. | thought 1t
might be n Of hi papers.
What said, do you mean 70
say that this de-k formerly belonged
to Mr.. Winter2'
Yes. sir." answered Mr.. Jolly.
lie bought /, ut the sale nt Mr.. Win
ter. effects. remember the desk
well. as | was at the sale when he
bought H."
This last information seemed indeed
TO be Of a more important nature.
since, II the desk formerly belonged to
Mr.. Winter. it was possible that the
bond might have been lost while it was
in his possession.
Well I said. 1--WE have reason to
belive that that bond does not belong
70 Mr.. Sharper Flint at all. viii you
be- prepared nj the trial to swear 10 all
you have stated Il me to-day?
Yes. sir; ! shall be prepared to
swear to every word Of it,
Then | shall depend on you" I
said, ''and | must ask you not TO talk
about the matter till after the trial.
Right you are. str-mum's the
word, answered Mr.. Jolly, and short
IL aftsrward, having finished his job.
he took his departure.
As for me. ! hurried at once to
Farmer Jackson's house at Dakhelds,
and CAV hun an ~ what | had
heard. ''l1l tell YOU what my sus-
pirion i" | said. That bond was one
OF Mr.. Winters papers: II was never
given 10 Mr.. Flint at all. and he did
not know OF It's existence till jolly
found it, in the way ! have told you"
That's it, sir. you may depend upon
it, said Mr.. Jackson. giving me a slap
on the back that nearly knocked me
down. by George, sir. wen defeat
the scoundrels yet.
Not - fast, not 50 fast said T..
cautiously. That i my suspicion.
but | do not think il j. sufficient to OBJ
tain n verdict in a our of Justice.
You see. we have no evidence ut all
that it did not belong To Mr.. Flint. and
that II was not lost while in his posses
sion. What we must do is to try To
discover the whereabouts Of some of
Mr.. Winters clerks, and -ee il they re-
member any thing about it.
Accordingly. we went tn the house
Of one Rogers. an old clerk.
Rogers" | said, ''can not YOU re-
member any thing about a bond for
Il. 0G09
NO answered Rogers. but I
think the most likely person to h. able
to give you Information about it would
be- Mr. Garter. Mr.. Winters manager
"Wherr dues he live?:' | asked.
II am sorry to say | do not know"
answered Rogers. lie left here
when Mr.. Winter died, and went to
London
Well | said to Mr.. Jackson n we
We're leaving. .we mH@t tise CUR NJ
most endeavors to get hold of Mr..
Garter. but il would be ~ well to set to
work quietly 80 a not to alarm the
other side. | think the best way will
be to advertise in q few Of the London
papers first, and if that fails W @ can
employ a detective
1t was accordingly arranged that I
should do this, | knew n vsung
solicitor who was in pfartice ii Lon
don, and after some consideration 1
%eoncocted the following advertise
! ment:
VIII Mr.. Carter. who formerly resided ut
Barton, kindly communicate with Mr.. Edward
White, solicitor, Bell Yarj, Doct rs Commons
By doing 50 he Will greatly oblige.
Inserted this advertisement in two
or three OF the London papers. and a
few days afterward received "A letter
from Mr.. White stating that Mr.. Carter
had called on him with reference to the
advertisement; that he was with IA
firm of solicitors in the city. and would
be happy To see me and give me ans
information In his power.
As may be coniectured. | lost no time
in running up to town and calling on
MIR. Carter. | found him tc be a frank.
gentlemanly man, of prepossessing APP
p~earance, who willingly told me what
he knew of the matter.
Yes he said. Il remember that
bond very we'll; in fact. it was | who
drew il. Mr.. William jackson intend
ed borrowing El.o00 from Mr.. Sharper
Flint and gave Us instructions to pre-
pare the bond. He called in and
executed the document. but told us
not to part with it until we heard
from him again. as he had not