The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-27
"sent ere thousand e;-,. hundred


dollars by E-e! Why, my dear boy. you
must have dreamed that, You never
| gave me a dollar to deposit. Had you
asked me to do such thing should
have promptly refused, as you are en-
! ployed to see 10 those matters
| Well, 10 be brief. he stood right up
and denied everything. He even proved
that ne did not go out on the street. 1t
| so happened that no one had seen him
/ in the Office and so it was question OF
| veracity. NV accounts showed the re-
ceipts OF the money, but as to Its dis
| posal-well. that was different had
| seven or eight years of faithful, honest
| service to my credit. Devon was rel
| ative, q church member and consid-
cred above reproach He was too sharp
! to even hint that | had embezzled the
| sum. He merely contended that had
made mistake in some way. He de-
MED asking me about the check or of
being in the Office. and he lied so easily
and gracefully that everybody was de-
ceived. The idea he carried was that |
had given the money to some other en-
plOye, or perhaps to stranger ana he
had only soft words and sorrowful
glances when | continued to affirm that
he was the guilty man. 1t was great
mystery. | had every reason to believe
that Walter Burke believed my state
ment, but his two brothers and the
Go" were doubtful, even if not suspi-
cious. The upshot OF the matter was
that 1 was asked to resign. The
story got out, and although there was
not the slightest proof that / took the
money. and l asked that they investi
gate IN any manner they elected. the
public promptly observed that another
trusted ernploye had gone wrong, and
/ was disgraced.
My first thought was of leaving the
country. l was an orphan, without
home or relatives / was, however, en-
gagged to be married and that made my
disgrace all the harder to bear.
The story had no sooner got about
than | received a curt note from the
girls father forbidding me the house.
/ couldn't blame him, as no man is anX-
ious to have a thief for a son-in-law,
and / should not have blamed Katie
either had she added a postscript to his
note Instead of that, and knowing
that l couldn't call at her fathers
house, she came to see me at my board
ing place. She didn't fling herself upon
MY breast and declare she would be-
lieve me innocent against the whole
world, and she didn't offer to go to the
nearest clergyman's and be married.
She was, as | am proud to tell you, Il
sensible, level-headed girl, with little
or no romance in her composition. She
didn't waste any time about coming to
the point after reaching the house, but
sat down and said
The story is that you embezzled a
large sum of money from Burke Bros
& CO. have heard three or four YER
sions of it. | now want to hear yours"
gave her the full particulars, as
have given them to you, and she did not
interrupt me once while speaking.
When had concluded, she said:
Your story is both plausible and
probable. After / have seen Devon I
will tell you whether l believe or disbe-
lieve."
The next day she went to the store
and sized the man up. She came direct
ly to my boarding house and said;
Il believe your story. Devon is
frst-class hypocrite Now, the trouble
is to make other folks believe it. What
time in the afternoon did you give him
the money!"
1T was about ten minutes to three, l
think"
And only you two were in the Of
fce?"
Only US two. If there had been a
third person Devon would not have
dared to play the game"
He must have come in again TO leave
the book. Some one must have seen
him either first or last, as your Office is