The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-29

had been in the Office during the interval.
but mo- one else, and no one could herbor
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aud the mystery Of the package was a
AS the Arm had received the package
in trust, they would have To make its loss
good. This fact left mo only two persons
The head clerk vas about To he given an
interest in the business, and he would
NOT sell his future for q few th".,.snd dol
In the face With he. oie blue eyes, and
ing 70 .ay. She had placed the package
in the safe. some one had taken il. She
hadn't, hut who had? Her mother wa n
with a young man named Deserving. He
was q clerk in another store, aud from all
that l could learn was strictly honest.
was completely blockc in the case, and
had to admit IL, but was told tn take my
time. watched Miss Palmer two
months before anything came Of 1t, and
The money was Ina bills of large dcnom-
nations put into a large buff envelope,
on. In changing my boarding place l got
into a house nextdoor to Widow Palmer ..
1 did not take his step to bring me closer
friends. One Sunday morning sat
smoking before my window, which faced
TIE street. MOL over ID 1cey 10 my right
the cashier also had a front window. The
wind TINT morning was very Gusty, and
all of a sudden I caught sight of u paper
like a big buff envelope, and as il fell i'm
the gutter opposite l saw that IL really was
one. In less than n minute l was down
Miss Palmer did the same, and we both
started for that envelope mt the same in
stant. got il FIRST, and when looked up
she came close to me and asked:
why do You want t?"
because / know what IL isl"
"The same. / knew You had the money
but wanted proof. Here it is"
~ will bring IL down stairs to you."
age only n few minutes before, and the
envelope had been whisked oil the stand
and out of the window by "a Sudden gust.
The money was then returned. She lost
her place. and ! believe the case was
dropped right there.
Again. 1 had a ease in n town In Ohio.
The treasurer of the church society. who
WAS n woman, had $725 placed In her
hands for a certain She was
she did not de il. aud that night
some one entered the house and took
the cash. When I came TO investigate l
that the burglar had entered 10y boring n
panel out of u back door. l saw ut once
that the holes had been bored from h
inside. A block away was a carpenter
shop, with n brace and bit SO hanging that
One could reach rouRh n broken pane
huu secure Ntetu. Inc Ot eAocsiy utte
the holes. The treasurer was N widow
and lived alone, with the exception of
having q deaf and dumb girl to do her
work. 1 was satisfied that the widow had
robbed herself. but tn prove IL was an
other thing. She stood well i'm the COM
munity, was n q nod talker, and had lots
of assurance. and 1 was the only one who
questioned her story.
4 determined To 9o at her sharply. and
risk all on one throw of the dice. There
were n lot Of burlocks near the window OF
the carpenter shop, and l gathered three
or four, cut n stick to the size of a No. 4
shoe, which ! guessed was the widow
size. and, going tn the house. l said:
"Mrs. Davis, whocvc bored those
"w-what" h gasped. changing color
"And the person got the brace and bit
from the carpenter shop"
"Yes."
tracks. Those tracks were made by n
woman who wears n No. 4 shoe.
"Nhat, sir! DO You Charge my girl with
with" she hammered.
40, no; but here are SOM burrs ! picked
up In the Kitchen. / want to see the dress
you w.'re y~csteriay-in fact, all your
dresscs."
,r, :m.T I'd an ,s;s ys gu "ir' tn have 20" i"
But when she found she could not brow
beat me she owned mp to having put mp
the job, and brought the money out from
W. the mattresses of her bed. She
had only a small income and had had de-
ternincd tn keep il.
was not there to prosecute her, hut to
gain "a certain end. I old her that il she
would follow my advice l would drop b
matter and keep her secret.