The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-11

consiueraDie sum nf money Standing TO his
credit with his fathers banker He knew
It had been lodged there for his use, and
considering his extremely precarious and
slender means Of living and the almost abb
solute necessity OF money to European in
the east, Is 1t probable that he would de-
cline to take advantage OF this provision
which bad been made for himi Then there
Is the curious circumstance that he was
last seen a few hours after he must have
received the bankers letter apprising him
Of the deposit which had been made to his
credit
Supposing this letter was seen by others,
would not the money be great temptation
TO needy villain who might take the risk
Of attempting to secure it by getting rid Of
donald, but, finding the thing impossible
as he proceeded, abandon the project ere
any one became aware of its existencef
All this reasoned with myself over and
over again, and the more reasoned the
frmer became my conviction that Donald
Gordon must be dead He did not die in
the orthodox fashion, else there would be
record of his death, but there was no evil
dence that he ever left the city, and he was
not In it now
! laid my conclusion before the detective,
before the bankers and some others. They
all said 1t was plausible. "Only," said one,
you forget Donald,s pride. He was the
proudest man I ever knew in my life; in
deed he was silly in that wny." And, to
be sure, there was Donald's pride to be
taken into account. But it did not aid us.
AT the end Of two mouths l had exhausted
my own ingenuity and that of all my
friends including the detective, without
coming on single trace of Donald. If hs
was dead, he was buried beyond hope of dis
covery; II he had gone away, he had most
eHectually covered up his tracks. There
seemed to be nothing for 1t but to abandon
the search, write my dismal report, remit
Sir Thomas his money and turn to my own
concerns. My friends admitted it really
was the only thing to be done.
Indeed, Mr.. Kilgour,n said Mr. Macdon-
aid, banker, at whose dinner table the
matter was discussed, "if il were a flnan-
cial speculation depending for return Of
profit on the finding OF the volatile Donald
Gordon--who, for aught know, has the
power Of making himself invisible-I am
bound to confess would have nothing to
do with 1t. 1t seems unQuestionable that
Mr.. Donald has gone, desiring no further
news OF his friends, and ! think you are
right In giving up the chase. And now
that you have disposed OF Sir Thomas Cor
don's business, might | ask what your
plans are for YOURSELF"
was Obliged to answer that had no
definite plans as yet, having been SO abb
sorbed in tue hunt for Gordon that had
had no time to think of myself, but now
would certainly look out for an opening
"As to that said be, there is desk at
your disposal in the house of Macdonald,
Mactavish g. Macintosh = good Scotch
names, all of them, you will observe-apy
time you may feel inclined to begin work.
Tho ap1ulutt, A.fo nj he. H3nfa
able you to live pending the finding Of
something better should you not take kind
ly to banking
Il have had some knowledge Of highland
ers ~ put in Mr.. Natheson, one Of the mer-
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PRODUCTION. II have had some knowledge
Of highlanders. and hardly ever saw one
of them feel at home at desk Put gun,
or a sword, or tarry rope, or anything else
that means fresh air and activity in their
hands, and they're as much at home as
rabbit in sand hill. But that's not saying
that Mr.. kilgour would not take kindly to
banking. II he's after rupees, he willp
and Mr. Matheson cast glance OF, intelli-
gence at his friend.
bastened to say that / was very CRATE
ful to Mr.. Macdonald for his generous
offer, and that, with his permission, |
would keep it under consideration for day
or two.
''Quite right, Mr. Kilgour, quite right"
said MIR. Macdonald cordially. Look
well before you leap, especially In this land
of decets, though, to tell you the truth and
never fiatter, you have done so well In this
Gordon business that I should like to
catch you. However, say again, you are
quite right to avoid a rash decision. A
false step involves change, and though
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