The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-06-01

woud have to be IN inquest.
On this | requested him 10 make 'nt
autopsy and notify the coroner, ana
told Faublas that he need be under io
apprehnnsion-I would pay ms plii aii''
all other expenses. and give the iletF,-
sary orders for the funeral-on WHEN
the poor man seemed greatly relie'eu
and thanked me profusely. | then TOOK
possession of Wilson's papers All con
tanned in the box and his money tlVo
or six pounds. aud hed me to tho
office.
When | told Mr. Harlow what had
happenel he was greatly conceraeh
Poor fellow" he said, Il cannot heil'
feeling sorry for him, though ne wal.
a ne'cr-do- wcel. The shoch ..
losing his last chance was too mlcil
for him, and unable To bear the ideSt
Of his shame being exposed Where h'
had won golden opinions he betooA
himself to the Argus and dleu IKE
rat in hole. But what was his last
chance! The mystery IS not solved
even yet.
Perhaps these papers will tell. Huf,
first Of all, we had better telegraph |"
Holroyd to come here lie must know
at once
The message dispatched. we proceed
ed to examine Wilson'S paDerS. ana
proof Of the correctness OF my >ufiiilSc
that he had intended to give tn. vendor
Il bogus draft was speedily fofillcolii-
ing. We asc.f. aimed also that the dc-
Law i'll the completion Of the purchase
arose from the difficulty Of g"ttlng Il
plate engraved There was diary,
the entries wherein. though they would
have been iucumnrehpnsible to any
body unacqnainted with the facts. were
plain To lis, such as A. declines,
SEN t. again wants 4 reference.
Then, after an interval. II. will do the
Job o. condition of IS down, aud =
when | get the first proofs. The
money, or some Of it. doubtless the
proceeds Of successful whist playing ii
the Hyperion. must have been paid:
lor after another interval came Il find
entry. Got proofs from ii. and set 10
work
The work consisted in filling up one
Of the printed forms and forging the
signatures Of the manager and cashier
OF a Dorsetshire bank To Il draft on
Il cir London agents for tlo,VoO. lie
had no doubt filled UP several and So
lected for use that which seemed most
perfect Anyhow, we found only one
so artistically executed that 1t would
have deceived an expert IN handWf!t-
ing.
s'All the same. don't see where VII
sons advantages was to come in The
| cat would have been out of the ba-
in a few hours and himself arrested.
Perhaps Holroyd may be able 10
give us a clew." | suggested
Later in the day Holroyd came and
was naturally very much cut up by the
announcement Of Wilson's death. which
| prefaced with a history Of the events
that led to it, aud ended by asking
whether he could throw any light N
the matter.
Il think can" said he. after Il mo-
| ments thought. This IS not time
| for keeping aught dark When Mr..
| Harlow here refused to find ne t BRASS
and made light Of my bargain, it put
| my back up bit. and resolved there
| and then to lind il somewhere else,
| by hook OF by crook just TO let him see.
| was in that mind when | fell i'll wi
| Wilson He talked about having clients
wi lots Of money to invest, and | said
as il he could get one Of EN- to ad-
| vance f15,OOO on Talpa. I'd give him
i3OO for his trouble. That was t bar
gain: when t mortgage deed was sign.
| ell | undertook to pay him t3OO. either
| l. bank notes Or by check, at his o.
| ton :
| Harlow Wilson fixed Saturday ut II
i -. H. Il u
| we'll have been cleared before Monday,
| he would thereby get Il start Of forty
eight hours Or 50. Meanwhile he would
| have changed Your bank notes for gold
at The Bank Of England. gone by the
mail train to Holyhead, caught the
| Cnnard liner 1T Queenstown and got
clear away. He would have been
| brought back. Of course. But for the
! sake Of recovering what might be left
Of the .:,DO it would not have been
worth while, and I don't think you
would have made the attempt"
Il Am sur. | should not 1t would
have been throwing good mon " after
bad
And on that, / dare say, he reck.
oned. You should have taken my al
| vice, forfeited the deposit and had done
| with the business. What will you do
| now? You have run yourself into i lot
mere expense; it is impossible to save
the deposits, and. rs likely rs not, Sor.
lcl and Seedytoe will bring an action
against yon for specific performa. IL
of contract. What will You do"
Accept an offer | got this mornin.
| producing Il letter, and was goin. 10
refuse for it isn't half enough
An offer Of what!''
Three thousand pounds for my bar.
..,in''
Cod bless me, aaver knew such
Il thing i'll my life Accept it by .,ll
means. Yon are well out Of q i,,a
| ltlsir .ss
'Holyroyd is like 4 liyhtin. cock :.
said |. lie always light, N Ms faet ;,
ssYn.