Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-13

never be found Why, we have moth
ing to go on Anyway, l shall not
take steps tonight. Perhaps it would
be best to postpone your marriage.
Yes, it would not do to marry under
the circumstances. am very sorry
for You. But all that can be done in
the interests of justice mist be done.
Keep the keys and be in Bread street
at the ordinary time in the morning. ;"
Ny father-in-law paused here. His
cigar had smoked out. but he had not
finished his story He did not offer
to move and / sat still. After few
moments he went on:
'I will be merciful to you and tell
You nothing of the scene at my wife's
place When / called later. Her father
and mother were then living. l told
my story to>all three as I have told it
to you, and all agreed the best thing
was to postpone the marriage for
month
"When | reached the office the next
morning | had another good look
around, bit nothing whatever was to
be discovered. | turned the whole
place inside out. Nothing, absolutely
nothing connected with the case turned
up until, to my astonishment, Stephen
Grainly walked into the office. Until
his appearance [ had, iii dim way,
made up my mind that all would be
cleared up and my innocence estab-
lished by his absconding. His arrival
showed that he meant to brazen the
thing out with me. / felt from
that moment helpless and paralyzed.
"'Grainly; said /, as soon as l could
talk, when you came back for your
stick last night, did you notice the
money you gave me on the desk where
put >it?'
"'No, my dear Mayfeld, did not
cross the threshold of this room
"'You did not see or touch the
money or the piece of paper on which
] had taken down the number of the
notes?'
" NO, certainly not. I could not
see ycuf desk from the door, and l
was not further than the door. You
do not seem well. | sincerely hope
thcre IL nOtn1nS tne matter.
" The cash you brought in last
night-the G2g3-has been stolen,
that's all, said /.
'Stolenn he cried, falling back.
fY6n don't mean to say that
'Ay, and stolen within an hour
within half an hour-of our being here
last hight
q 4 cannot-I will not-be1ieve such
q horrible thing, Stolehl And in the
very Office, too
''I never SOW better acting in all my
life than his indignation and horror
and astonishment. l could hardly be-
lieve my eyes and ears. l had spent
sleepless night. and was half dazed
and wholly stupid id despair. For
awhile felt that, after all, hs might
be innocent, an / that /, in moment
the money and the memorandum in
Q some place of security which l could
l not now recall.
: Mr.. Strangway, on reaching the
e Office half an hour earlier than usual,
e gave orders for another search. 1t
IS wds Quite hnayailing, No tale or It'd
iugs Of the cash came that day.
E, ''No secret was made of the affair
L in the Office, and as the hours went on
/ | became confident that in Mr.. Stranq-
| ways eyes / was the criminal. l don't
| know how it happened, but did not
feel this much. I did not feel any
, thing much. / was in dream "A
stupor.
'.Late in the afternoon Mr.. Strang-
way called me into his Office, and told
me that, considering everything, he
did not intend placing the affair in
tho hands of the police that day, but
that II to-morrow's sun went down
! upon matters MS they nos stood he
should be obliged to take action. 'The
loss of the money | could bear said
he, but the ingratitude l will not
stand
'This was as good as accusing me of
the robbery. Again 1 wonder that l
was not more put out, but l felt little
or nothing beyond helpless and
numbed.
"Before I left Bread street that
evening Grainly sent me note beg
ging me, for my own sake, not to
think of boiling 'Bolting,' said he,
'in case of this kind would be taken
as an admission of the very worst
"Even this daring impudence did
not rouse me, did not waken me
through the whole terrible affair / do
not think was even as much excited
as | am now.
Next day Mr.. Strangway said not
a syllable about employing the police,
or, indeed, about the affair at all, nor
did he, as far as l know, take steps in
the matter. On the following day he
made an astonishing announcement
He called Grainly and me into his
private Office and said
1.-The present is the first time in
the history of our firm that anything