The morning call., 1892-12-18


signed his fun name ia print"
that her last letter to him had been found
by his wife and that she would have to be
more discreet in the future, or their love
must cease.
Yes, that's just the way ne put It. He
called her all sorts of sweet names. He
used to meet her downtown at nights. |
hope his wife has caught them and will get
q divorce. but it's not for me to open her
eyes, much as I'd ike to.
Another man used to come In each week
with carefully sealed envelope. BE never
spoke TO me. only laid it down on my table
and went out.
"When broke the seal ten-dolar gold
piece would roll out, and there would be a
carefully written letter, in a male hand.
with instructions to copy it in a feminine
hand and mail to certain name al the San
Francisco post0ffice.
THE letter was all about baby boy and
how he was being cared for, and how long
IL was since she had seen him. Him was
the man 70 whom the letter was addressed
Ihere was no such name In the directory
L never knew the name OK the man who
paid me and never inquired.
Il could tell you strange story Of law
yer in this city; and believe / will, TOO,
for 1t illustrates point that | want to tell
you. But you mustn't ask the name. Wild
horses could not drag it from me.
Il wrote up some evidence in q big d.
toice chse luz ntHl' come OF the eYlQeD ce
didn't please him. He changed a whole
sheet Took il out bodily, destroyed IL. and
replaced il by another sheet written by his
private Typewriter. and containing evidence
more to his liking.
"Of course the fraud was discovered, and
In the secret investigation which followed
was called as witness and asked TO state
whether every sheet in the transcript written
by me- was exactly as / wrote it.
Il ran over the transcript hGrriedly and
soon found the spurious page. l had to
carry ii over TO the window TO do thfs The
accused lawyer followed me and found a
chance TO WHISPER these words in my ears
>" For Coos sake don't betray me! I'll
give you Slo0o.'
''lf he hadn't offered me the bribe should
have lied for him. for pitied him sincerely.
L meant 70 pick ont the spurious page and
then blame myself for it in some way.
should have done this, for knew the Ia w
yeTs daughters nd would have done almost
anything to shield her father from disgra ee.
But l had no time TO think. and when
he mentioned money TO me it made ne
angry for the moment. / told the truth.
showed the fraudulent page and said IL had
been inserted after / had delivered IL to the
lawyer In person.
There was terrible scene In that room
then. L shall never forget it. and the grav-
est threats were made. But it was all
hushed up eventually, and not even the
Judge who tried the case found IL out.
lob. it's very easy to detect forged type
written matter. much easier than to discover
forged handwriting You see IL is next 10 i'm
possible TO get exactly the same paper, and
no two typewrtters will print precisely the
same. There's always a difference in the
shade OF the ink and the lightness with
which the operator touches the keys
mo; It's risky business to try to forge
typewriter matter.
II did lot of work for Ten Brock, the
great horseman. He was the Queerest
geuius ever met. Do you know, be used
TO bring ne lot of stuff to COPY off for
guidance to his servants
There were rules for the butler, for the
gardener, for the ehsmbermaids, for the
bousekeeper, for the stablemen and for
everybody employed about his house
they prescribed certain hours when the
cook scould rise, what the cook should have
Ior breakfast every day In the week. what
LOT iuncheon, Tor dinner and for supper
The stablemen were told how many times
10 cnrTyeomb this and that horse, how
much oats to feed them and how often to
give them water. And all Of them copIed
out on the typewriter.
But the worst Of it was that these rules
and regulations bad to be changed about
once week. sometimes oftener. or course.
never objected to the work, for he paid
promptly. but IL was very tiresome, l can
tell you.
Once Mr.. Ten Brock asked me to gel
him housekeeper. / selected a woman
about Is years old. She was quite respect
able. IN fact widow who was once WALT n