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

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bers ! should leave; with the keys, at
Clapham, and the whole transaction
would be dealt with by my assistant,
Broadwood, in the morning.
"Making out the list had taken n
little time, ds the notes were dill small
and no two in n sequence; they had
been collected for minor accounts in
the country.
81 put my list of notes on the desk
beside me, and went on with my letters,
several of which were now ready for
the copying press.
"That evening Grainly talked lot
about the business and the news oi
the day, and all sorts of things |
could not tell him to go away, for he
could see was not myself leaving yet,
and copying the letters, putting them
I'd dry, enclosing them in envelopes
and addressing them was not bcdupa-
ton for which man could reasonably
claim quiet
''When my batch of letters were
ready seeing half an hours work still
before me, l held them out to him, and
said when you are going | should
be obliged if you would post these, as
| ami hot nearly finished yet.
Certainly said he, taking the
hint and rising.
"'AnN one in the place who could
show ME out? All the gds is turned
off below, and have never gone down
in the darkness, said he, moving
away.
"'Theres no one but ourselves here.
I'll show you the way, said / with
alacrity, delighted to get rid Of him.
81 had led him through the long,
dark corridor and half down the stairs,
when he suddenly cried ont, MY stidk
| left my stick above. | won't be II
minute, Mayfeld, just wait here for
me-
''He ran upstairs to fetch his stick,
and was back with me in the darkness
in few seconds
~ struck match td light him, and
presently he was out on the asphalt of
Bread street, walking rapidly toward
Chedpside.
"Wheu got back to the counting
house the checks we're on the fiat top
of the desk. The gold and notes We're
gone
81 had taken the numbers 6f the
notes on n sheet of paper, and left the
list 6n the slopiug part of my desk to
dry, before pitting 1t into my pocket.
/ "The paper ON which | had taken
, the numbers of the notes was gone
; also !"
From the moment | left the count.
, ing house to show Grainly out that
night, twenty years ago, no one ha
| ever seen the list l made of the notes
Grainly must have destroyed it the
. moment he was ont of Broad street.
Here was ], on the eve OF iny ihat
e ria3e, simply ruined.
r "Gra!nly had my receipt for th
n G293 each, and he had the Gl93 casl
d also, and Grainly was a thief who er
J. ioyed the favor Of his employer, Will
| | was iii ho particular favor with til
e firm: | believe UP to that time / WI
V supposed to be honest.
It ''Hhe e4S, III gold was, of course
= gone as much as If it had been dfoppe
r. into the crater Of IL burning nidiintnin
to and as the numbers of the notes coul
l no longer be produced and they har
IS not come direct from a bani, bnt ha,
r. been picked up here and there in th
l. country, the .e245 were gone as thougl
n they had been blown oYcrboarl in the
0 Atlantic Ocean.
+ at was plain there would be no use
IN following Grainly if | knew the way
; he had gone when ho gained Cheap
| side 1t was plain no marriage coult
g take place tomorrow morning. 1t wai
r plain my course was to go without the
o loss OF moment to Mr.. Strangway
l and tell him what had happened
!, Whether he would believe me or not
: who could say? Not |, any way. He
L might reasonably order me into Gus
e tody Very well, if he did / must no
l. grumble or feel aggrieved. Our wed
t ding was fixed for II o'clock mex
b morning. By IL tomorrow / might
be in Jail, charged with stealing tn,
money or being an accomplice in the
robbery.
81 locked the Office, telegraphed to
Mary that 1 had been unexpectedly
, delayed, jumped into n hanson, and
drove to Stranswey's house in Cla
. ham,
81 told the servant to take in wore
that l wished to see Mr.. Strangwa,
most particularly.
"She showed me into the library
hurried off, and in few seconds Mr.
Strangway entered smiling. He, nc
doubt, thought my anxiety to see hin
vas connected with h>my marriage.
"When he heard my story he wat
grave enough. Two hundred an6
ninety-three gomez" said he, frown.
ing.
"'Gone, said I.
: " And the numbers of the notes
} gone with the money! said he, look
ing me full in the face with a heavier
frown.
" Not u trace left of the paper On
which / took the numbers.
" Are you sure no one but Grainly
could have entered the counting.
house"
Perfectly snre. All the doors