Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-27


CHAPTER V.
Arrived at Simmons homo compari.
son Of notes followed, and at Jacks re-
cital Of the afternoons interview and
Margarets spirited denial Of the broth
ers' claim the old gentleman kept ex-
claiming, II knew It'll l thought as
much" and seemed also to have story
to tell. AS he proceeded jack under
stood the motive of the theft from the
safe.
You see," began Simmons, "while l
have worked for Mr.. Medbury many
years, even before you came, have only
run the books about-let me think"
eighteen MONTHS" suggested Jack.
eyes; that's just about the time, l
guess, You were then ut tho case, |
think. l wasn't sure whether l took
them while you wore devil or not. At
any rate, If Mr.. Arthur hadn't been so
ambitious to DO business manager and
disliked bookkeeping so much, he would
probably have succeeded Mr.. Perkins,
and would have been still out on tho
road collecting and canvassing.
81 used toenvy Mr.. Arthur ut first, for
| could sec or thought / could that
he was bound to secure Perkins place
sooner or later, leaving mo just where
was. Ho aimed higher than thought,
however, and his ambition was just what
gave mo the place. Coming from the
local staff but a year or two before, he
displayed more Of an aptitude for secur-
ing advertising and for general manage
ment than he did for the position of
helper to Perkins, and as result was
worked in. Perkins liked it best that
way, too, and declared to Mr.. Medbury
that he had rather have, me and also
praised Mr. Bites capabilities as an adj
vertising manager. II therefore hap
pened that l was bookkeeper through
Perkins last sickness, being called in of
thoroad, and my son was given my place.
Meanwhile Mr. Bite kept gaining in
favor and the balances showed that a
business manager paid. He was there
fore finally given almost entire control
and had arrived at his present position
about six months before Mr.. Medbury's
death. l relate all this that you may
know how 1t all came about, for you
were in tho business office very little
and may have wondered why Bite waS'
placed over all of u.s. The fact is | wouli
rather today do clerical work and onig
hope some man will be found to take
Mr.. Bites place at once. don't want
the responsibility"
That's all settled, suppose" SAID
Jack, blushing, and the old man went o..
''Mr' Arthur was always very respect
full to me, but to the others, as you know ;.
was at times very overbearing and di.s :
greeable. was somewhat surprise
therefore, when he came to me one d Y
lassweet and informed me that, while his
brother would hnve full charge of the
editorial force as heretofore, he (Mr.
ARTHUR would manage the business end,
and warned me not TO have so much to
say to the men. knew that this charge
was so unfounded it must be for pur-
pose and suspecting that he was seek.
ing some protense to discharge me kept
perfectly quiet. | only wanted to hold :
my position long enough to SEQ him 20,
and guess l shall--maybe to states
prison. Only day before yesterday he
came in and found me looking over the
cashoook no stole tonight. was look
= ing up an old account claimed to have J
peen paid, but he gavo me no chance to
e@piain' for he walked up, banged the
DooS together, and in his overbearing
way said was not to study ancient
history but to so on with my work.
could sec by his manner that he was sus-
piclous Of me, and as a result | became
~ once suspicious of him. What he was
lir'nd OF l don't know for certain, but
have theory"
i. $50 have IT, said Jack, land I've had
y SINCE | heard that interview this after
noon, If I'd been Miss Margaret
'houidnt have lost my temper SO easy,
'ut would have seen those books before
went home"
"Ihat's tho very thing agreed Sim
mons Those notes are forgeries, and he
'hows tho cashbooli, which shows the
oceipt ana expenditure Of every cent.
Nouio give him away. You see, knew
iolnlng about tho note dodge, and while
was Suspicious OF theft should have
zen on the wrong track till too late.
Ou say, then, he produces notes for
weivo thousand dollaray"
eS, MISS Margaret says rnere are
hreo OF them. They are for four thou
una dollars each, and bear date of
,e,oDer hrst, eighteen hundred and :
l,s y, January first aud April first /
isn1een hundred and eighty-six. The
,ilvos called on her at the house Thurs /
Ay ana told her they had some papers /
~ wanted her TO come 10 the Office \
~ LOOK over, but did not explain any I
4 ~ ~ and as she was busted about some :
. Ger matters she did not come downtil I
10 AFTERNOON. They claim now that -
=. ~ notes were rivon the time the now a
- aug oig stereotype press were pur- v
'', $50 put recollect, now it's brought