Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-07-15
i Story For To-day.

In a very ancient building near the
Battery, New York city, there is very
modern sort of office That is to say,
the internal arrangements ofthe second
floor in the antiquated block comprise
every modern improvement known to
the present day office builder and fur
nisher.
Not many years ago, upon the
ground glass i'll u door upon that same
second floor, in neat black letters, ap-
peared the words, darlington & Kane )"
while upon lower line, in bolder
letters, one might have read, Gamer
lean Merchants"
Arlington & Kane was "a very old bus
mess firm, whose credit in New York
London and any South American city,
was almost boundless. Three genera
lions of Arlingtons and kanes had
passed over the majority since the bus
inesS was established, and now the
reins were entirely in the hands of Mr..
Walter Kane, bachelor.
Now, although Mr.. Walter Kane
was looked upon as rich man by his
friends and business associates, Mr..
Kane knew better, and so did his chief
clerk and book-keeper.
Ia fact, things were coming to a
crisis when, one morning Mr.. Walter
kane summoned his head man into
his private office.
"HOw long can we hold out OXtoby?"
Certainly not more than thirty
days, sir; perhaps not so long. There's
pila ,F fa1l IL. aIn,.t
month"
Five minutes later Mr.. Kane was
vending his way up narrow and dirty
staircase at the lower end of Green
wich street, and presently entered a
little dingy, cramped office as dirty
and rusty as his own was light and
airy. This was the headquarters of
Messers. Isaacs & Hubbakuk, vessel
owners, speculators, bill-shavers, and
general dabblers in aught that would
bring fish TO their net.
The door of Isaacs Il Hubbakuk's
inner sauctum being closed and bolted,
Mr.. Kane, without any preliminary re-
marks, handed his card to Mr.. isaacs
and proceeded
My South American cargOes have
usually been shipped here by the
steamers OF Rawley Il Company; but
II you, gentlemen, can see your way
10 making advances on cargoes L shall
be happy to divide my business and
give you a share of it. just now L
have mixed cargo of sugar and indi-
70 al Bahia, and upon that cargo L
want an advance of sixty thousand
dollars. - OF course" added Mr..
Name, " do not expect you to advance
any money until YOU receive the bills
OF ading from Bahia. You can learn
all YOU wish about me from any one il
he South American trade"
" We know your firm well by repu-
'auOn, Mr.. Kane, and are pleased to
make your personal acquaintance"
SAID Mr.. Isaacs - We shall be most
happy TO make the advance you men
non upon receipt of the bills of l2ding
from Bahia
Mr.. Walter Kane then bowed him
self out and busted himself in his office
until very late hour that night. He
seemed to be trying very persistently
10 Write signature, which was evil
uehtly not his own. When he finally
got 1t to suit him it read - Roderigo
Ciaro."
1he next morning Mr.. Kane in
sIueted junior clerk TO address an en-
veiope TO Messrs. Isaacs Il Hubbakuk.
IN this the merchant placed a forged
m Uni OF lading and sealed the cover.
linen he wrote long, newsy letter to
al Old friend of his in Bahia sort Of
Fellow who would do anything TO oblige
Trend and never think of asking
queshons-and among other things re-
quested him to mail the inclosed letter
oh The day that the said Miriam, Isaac.
hubbakuk owners, left Bahia.
Three weeks later the bill of ladins
ior three thousand hogsheads of sugar
ana fifty barrels of Indigo had been
Guly received at the office of Isaacs Il
nuooakuk, Greenwich Street, New
iork, and on the afternoon of the
same day Mr.. Isaacs wrote out a check
tor sixty thousand dollars in favor Of
Arlington IL Kane.
.4he Miriam arrived in New York