The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-09

equally astute detective, succeed any
better, It appeared. At any rate, he so |
informed Mr.. Capias at the end of a |
weeks seemingly fruitless search, add |
ing, however
The man must be in your Office. |
must come in there Monday morning"
WHO is that new clerk in the outer
Office who spells injunction with g"
inquired Mr.. Circuit of Mr.. Summons
Ibid you engage him?'
Il did not" emphatically.
Mr. Circuits face grew as long as that
of a master in chancery who has lost
| his fees or the receiver of fat estate
which has settled am!cably with its
creditors.
"Capias must have hired him!' he
calculated.
That settled it. If the new clerk had
spelled injunction backwards it would
have made no difference. Capias had
hired him-that was sufficient
For three days Mr.. Marshall re-
NAMED in the office of Capias, SummoEa
IL Circuit, where he soon became Il prime
fayorite If he was deficient in spelling,
he was certainly the most amusing
story-teller they had ever seen. Pretty
little Mary Sunshine. the pretty Type
wlGter operator, pronounced him The
greatest acquisition possible. MIR.
WaXinslli. the chancery clerk, dec!fred
him to be "a superb judge of beers, As
by an instinct he had tasted o. that
gentleman's favorite brand Of malt bev-
eragc, only to unqualitiedly ihdorse
| ~ f,,i,, t1,.,f ln lns in hn
market.
There was one person III the office Of
Messrs. Capias. Summons & Circuit.
however, who appeared to cake otfepse
at this addition to the clerical force.
His name was Henry Badinger. He had
been promoted from office bON to docket
clerk, from dOcket-clerk TO me position
of confidential man. He was 4 jewel in
The eyes of Mcssrs. Capias. Summons e
Circuit. lie was possessed of a prodi-
gious memory. In the outer Office he was
LickHan,cd the Encyclopedia.
"What is the title Of the Rush 81
Hust Company's case before Morton,
Henry" Mr.. Circuit aid ask, peering
out Of his especial den from behind his
eyeglasses. and Henry would reply,
ofT-hand: "Silas g.. Rash and Timothy
Flimsvy Bust, trading under the firm
name OF the Rush s. Bust Manufactur-
ing Company. General No. 3Si,24G,
term No. 4,93S. document No. pare i43.
Files in TIE vau.t, box No. So" with
much more useful information on the
subject.
= 1t was this gentleman whom the new
clerk decided in his own mind would
bear watching But a week went by
and nothing cwme of his suspicious en-
cept his own discontinue, which was
: mainly brought about, too, by the afore-
said Badingtr.
The confidential man had been one OF
the first tC ascertain that the new clerk
INDUCED N such little slips as "mean
profits" and as to your honors shall
l seem meet" etc. He was perpetually
a laying traps for the detective, and all
s that the trapped one could do was tc
4 grind his teeth behind his desk and
emulate that Scriptural exemplar Of the
hardest of the cardinal virtues, Job.
y Only Job had his boils outside. lie, the
: detective could only boil within"
II don't want you over in the law
library Badinger remarked one morn
$ ing.
n Mr.. Circuit" began the detective:
: but Badingcr cut him short. Badinger
. was the only one in the Office who dare'i
to bully the junior partners, but he did
it cifectuaily.
Nj Marshall left the library. hovcv-
er, only to appear few minutes later
in disguise so perfect that it was won
derful how he had effected it in such a
short time.
!. MIR Badinger passed the little, bent
- man with the blue spectacles and short
red hair dozen times in the course OF
the morning; but he never suspected
his identity. Behind those blue specta-
clcS however. pair of steel-gray eyes
a were rclentlessly watchfvi of the conf
- dental mans slightest rIovements.
4 boy passed the detective with a
. list OF books in his haad which he saw
Badinger prepare. lie came back with
an armrul. Pretend hg to be occupied
with important business, the detective
), looked and saw Baeinger very distinctly
, mark each book with Il pencil.
= llt IlHuculdC'ly ucGeEIHlHcu some
thing was wrong. At all hazards he
must possess himself of the list
y He arose ard crossed to the table at
: which BadirSer was seated.
= Excuse me-" he said, "have you
f Rorer on Railroads"
s At the same time he slipped the little
t list, which The boy had placed on the
4 table, into his palm.
1 There was nothing about it to excite
: suspicion. 1t read simply:
: Ayres v. Mason, 3 Mich. 142.
h | Mulligan " Smith, SO Cal 206.
Hays v Jones, "a o. State, e1S.
Sharpv. Spier, 4 Hill, &C.
n Dillon Muricp Corp. Vol 9, Sec. 20.
: Cooley on Taxation, $50.
A Wame V. Baker, 80 IL
Roberts V. Easton O. State, 70.
Black v. Marcy, s Nd 22S.
Friend v. CoOns, 20 ". j. SOL.
b Lyle V. Winston, 6 BradwclI I1e.
Nye v. Houston, 43 ILL., l26.
:, There were twelve books in all.
o Pretty soon Badinger got up.
:. He began looking for his list No
l. finding IT, he sat down and made Oh
Y another The detective was sure 0
/; this, for he saw him pick up each bool
and read it's title. Then he opened eacl