Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-12-07
,aipod in the CITY nearly L week.

uldlIou III lne CITY HtaiiJ wen
received some policies then to be car
ried into the country. As soon as they
were delivered to the specified parties,
l returned to st. Joseph.
l hurried to the office; somehow, !
felt as if something was wrong. As |
unlocked the inner door, Major Hawley
looked up from his newspaper, and
said:
by the way, Marie, your brother
came yesterday and got some books
from your desk"
"Some books" I said. And / felt
myself growing pale.
Eyes. Ledgers, you know. [ knew
he was your partner, and SO 1 let him
take them. Nothing wrong, is there,
Marle?'
No." I said, and went into my Office
and shut the door. My first movement
was to open my desk hurriedly. Yes,
they were gone. John had the books.
l denounced him for a villain.
After awhile | grew cooler. [ was
very much surprised at what he had
done. 1t was not like him. 1t was
plain that he thought meant to cheat
him in some way.
Nor was | inclined to trust him. [
! did not believe that he would make
charges against me on the books, but [
knew he would reckon that five hundred
and sixty against me on the general ac-
count, nor believe my story that these
OUTLAWS were never made with his
money, or money on which he had a
claim Nothing burns up confidence
like the love of gold John and [ had
never before had word of difficulty OF
hard thought and now here we We're
ready to call each other thieves and
liars.
In the first place | eltinsulted by hi:
suspicion. I meant no injustice;
merely wanted what I considered my
right-what | thought [ had vel
earned. Then this movement of his
which had the look of outwitting me,
mentally .tized. 1t was
mean, sly thing TO do.
OF course he would transfer the &C
counts to his own possession, and re
turn me the books There were five o
them. If he had worked all tn
night before, he could not have thor
oughly examined more than one Thi
private account Of mine was entered OF
the latest. SO the thought came to me
finally, to regain immediate possession
of this one, at least.
1t was not the mere five hundred ant
odd dollars l cared for the loss of;
was the right which this gave John t
infer that l spent more than l &C
, lnowledged, and, that my personal ez
! penditures were not SO inferior to hi
that could claim more than half tn
! contested profits; and more, it was tn
disagreeable idea of being defeated.
That very night | started for Marie
vile. 1 arrived the next day. I wer
straight Johns house. He receive
l. me alone, his face set in unusual line
and his eye meeting mine burningly.
John Marie" said l, you have dor
mean thing You have insulted me
you refer to my taking the books
which our accounts have been kept
he said, quietly.
. Il do"
Il had right to see them, if
,s wished" he said.
i. But you had no right to come, like
D. thief in the dark and take them, until
d yold you that they were prepared f
VI you to examine. y
s. "What preparation did they need
re said he, with a snee-.
,p This was too much. Before l lnt
$ what was doing | struck him. He W
is large man, but he reeled and clutch
at the piano to save himelf from fallin
no His aim missed, and he grasped on
10 the rich, crimson cloth, and he bragg
l. it with him as he dropped into SCI
70 He was very pale. was almost ready
r. beg his forgiveness, when he looked
50 me with such gaze of hatred that
Il turned, instead and walked o,t of t
IN room, kicking an embroidered stool Q
81 Of my way as ! went.
.of This interview had not been satisf,
od tory, and was at loss what to
nj next. An amicable settlement of t
IN matter was now out of the question.
is was passing the house that eyeniI
an when saw the family carriage, G,
m. tanning my brother, his wife and
four children, drive away from
gate. I decided instantly that IL
we've going to evening meeting in
town two miles distant. Then
bo house was left alone comparatively
ror and the books were they there? Coz
oil not enter find them and take poss