Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-19


premises, was by this time on the
spot, and held open cash book
"There should be there" be said,
in an agitated voice, in reply to
Mr.. Grubb's question, "thirty'one
thousand six hundred and seven
teen pounds, eight shillings and
ninepence."
There was no sign of force hav-
ing been used aid the chief clerk
produced his key, which he averred
had not lett his hands since the
safe was locked that afternoon,
when the money was certainly
there. Dir. Seeley often borrowed
it during business hours. With
that exception he never lost sight
of 1t.
The porter turned to say that
Mr.. Seeley was not expected home
until Monday morning, and the
man explained that the cashier
called that evening for something
he forgot in his desk, and sent him
on an errand, which occupied per
haps ten minutes.
There hardly remained a doubt
that the two clerks were the cul'
prits, and Mr.. Grubb at once
placed the matter in the hands OF
the police.
Frank Jackson long lay awake
that night, wondering whether the
events of the last few hours would
bring him promotion, and If so,
what effect it would have on a
certain cherished scheme of his.
Six or eight months before he
had met at a picnic Mary Grubb'
the junior partners daughter a
| fair, winsOme little thing, with
dimpled cheeks and eyes as soft as
those of fawn. She had Just
returned from school, and before
Frank knew who she was he adj
mired her. Upon learning that
she was Mr.. Ebenezer's only child,
he was keenly disappointed, ioI
the daughter OF the wealthy
banker was, he feared, beyond
his reach. In spite of this his
intentions we're not diminished,
and. before the day was at an end,
he adored her. She received his
little services with marked favor,
he thought, and even sober re-
flection could not prevent him from
entertaining hopes which any one
but a lover would have considered
wild.
Mary often drove down for her
, father. and it generally fell to
! Franks lot to take 3 message out
asking her to wait or to call again.
which furnished opportunities for
a pressure of the hand and a ie"
words. He was not endowed with
undue amount of vanity, but he
could not help seeing that on these
occasions her eye Frightened ana
a vivid blush sprang in her cheek
and he could not help thinking tha'
if his happiness depended on her II
would not be long deferred. But
the social gulf between them kept
his lips sealed. The events OF the
evening would probably bring him
promotion, and he wondered il
they would bring him nearer
to Mary. His thoughts flew from
her to the robbery, and back again
until sleep deserted him, and hl'
brain grew dizzy.
Suddenly a thought hasheo
through his mind, and, in the midS
of the dark room, on the walls, oI
! the ceiling, there appeared beior'
him, as in letters of fire a remari
of Seeley's uttered m onths before
Some of the clerks were discuss
ing the arrest OF dishonest pan
clerk, and Seeley said, laugbingiS
, .Tf fellows will do that kind O
thing, they ought at least to sho'
some common sense in their metho
of escape. 1t he had gone to som
5 quiet seaport, hired or bought
Yacht, and sailed quietly OIL, Il
r would now be enjoying himselI
J safety"
9 The tone, the cynical laugh ran
' in Franks ears, and it occurred
him that Seeley would prooao'
> bly, so me such course. Twenty mll'
l away on a branch line stood NorI'
port, catching centre, and WI
liams might easily on the prev'o'
day have arranged for their fiigE
3 Early On Sunday morning h
: called Mr.. Grubb to inform him
: his idea, which by being dive
8 upon, had become a conviction. a
p Frank entered the bankers stud
Mary left it, her face pale an
1 her eyes red, and Mr.. Ebenezc
himself sat listIessly in an eas
i chair, looking haggard.
4 "Above ALL" said the latte
!, when jackson had finished what h
Il went there to say, "silence aboI
this wretched affair is necessar
Y for the present. l do not min
+ telling you that 1t has occurred
J. rather unfortunate moment,
:. we shall be obliged to get accor
d mediation, and to pay hea'
r prlce for it, and if the story of Il
robbery leaks out prematurely, v
O may be ruined"