Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-12-09
81 believe SO, as ae has property

81 believe SO, as ae has property
there"
"What 0rm did he come to you
frotn?" was his next question.
When / gave him the name of the
firm he sat in sbence for a second or
two and then began:
'sWeil, it is rather serious thing
to say, but Richardson must be the
same man who, as a boy, was dis
missed by my father for dishonesty.
He had posted numerous business
letters and kept the money he re-
ccived for stamps. At last COM
/ plants reached us OF letters arriving
without stamps and the culprit con-
fessed. This was not the only case
Of his dishonesty, and he was sum.
marily discharged
Our conversation then branched
Off to other topics, but from Manches-
ter to Liverpool had much food for
Thought. The fact that Richardson
was standing nearest my father when
he locked the safe might merely he a
blind, intended to throw suspicion
on Hall. lie would have sufficient
time to change the papers and go to
my fathers sl;c before the safe was
iockcd. evidently needed inycsti.
cation.
On the following morning I made
my way to lbinslcy;s private office,
and asked to see the man who had
watched Richardson.
"Why, what do you want with
him?" said l'inglcy. "Do you sup
pose that it was put up job between
Hall and him?"
~ do not" replied. .'But I am
rather inclined to think that Hall
may be entirely innocent, and Rich
ardson the sole culprit." And then I
told him what had come to my
knowledge, both with regard to Hall's
betting and Richardson's shady past.
He melelv raised his eyebrows, and
then, after pondering over the mat
ter for a few seconds, said, "Well, you
may be right, MIR. Meredith. and
will do what can to find out the
truth"
by this time Rawlins, Bingley's as
sistant in the business, had put in an
appearance. The only fact of import
ance we Cleaned from him was that
Richardson had been to Bury on the
Saturday. Discovering that the lat
ter had property in the town he had
attached little Importance to the
visit, especially as both he and Bing-
ley had all along regarded Hall as the
probable culprit. l fancied could
detect shade of annoyance on lsing-
lcy's face, perhaps caused by the fact
that he had possibly arrested the
wrong man, and perhaps little
piqued that he had to thank me for
the information, though l had gained
most of it accidentally.
Two or three DAYS passed, when one
evening as / sat with my father in
the dining room lsingley was ushcYed
in. lie had prosecuted his inquiries
about Richardson to some purpose.
Itscems that he had visited Bury to
pay off mortgage ON his property
that had become pressing, and the
mortgage had retained the numbers
of the notes he had received. These
exactly corresponded with what / had
discovered from my fathers pocket
book and clearly indicated the real
thief.
Tom Hall was discharged from Gus
| tody soon after, but believe he kept
the promise he made me about betting,
and is still i'm my fathers office in his
old post He was married soo,: after
his release and has one of the prot
ticst and lappiest homes i'm Liver
pool. Richardson was convicted ON
Overwhelming evidence. and is now
being provided for out of the imperial
! taxation.
The money was recovered. but my
fathers forgiving nature would not
| allow him to sec the family of even
a dishonest servant i'm want, and he
assisted the Richardson's largely us
/ long as they needed it. t.--l-tica Glot5e.
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