Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-03
A NARROW ESCAPE.

father a Liverpool merchant ] had Just
completed a long days BUSINESS. and had
Intended to proceed to Oldhasl and several
pther surrounding towns before returning
home. However, | made what haste
could and reached Liverpool about p. m
! drove rapidly home, and found my father
in the dining ROOM pacing from one end to
the other, as was his habit when anything
troubled or perpleXed him.
II am glad toNcc you, lad he exclaimed,
greeting me in his hearty, ancctionate
manner "!Somcthing ha, happened in the
Office which has caused me the greatest
uneosiuess. Soon after You went away |
drew from the hanl. about geo in notes !
placed this in the safe in my private Office,
md locking it in came home. The next
day-Thursday-l opened the safe and
found, to my astoujshmcut. that not IA
penny Of the money remained. informed
the police of the affair, and it has been
placed in the hands of a man named }iug-
ley. lie seems shrewd fellow enough.
but SO far has reported nothing tot me. !
expect Kim there this evening. 1t j. not
so much the loss of the money that | mind
rs the fact that | must have about the
office an untrustworthy servant. Who it
Is. must confess, ! have not the remotest
idea."
But surely, father. YOU took the num-
Der of The notes" qucricd
Tint | did" he replied; "but here is
one of the strangcst parts Of the whole
affair. On referring to my pocketbook the
next day found this slip of blank papcr,'
and he held out to me a thin sheet of such
paper rs bad observed him using on pre-
vious occasions for the entry of the num-
bers of bank notes.
And who saw you deposit the money in
the salcF"
There was 10 one in the room except
old Richardson and Tom Hail." be an
swercd "and to suspect either of them
seems impossible"
"Whore did you enter the numbers?"
was my next question.
CAS- l sat at my writing table,
"On what did you place the papers"
AS we'll rs can remember, ON my peck
etbooh," he answered stay, now ca !
it to mind, there were several other pieces
of paper exactly like it lying on my desk
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the paper ana put thcmoney intothc safe -
"Leaying your pockctbook on the desk
l presume?"
Eyes" lie replied
"Ihcn that is one step gained. The thief
took the numbers away and inserted one Of
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