The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-13

inasion. Sometimes, again, It Is even
postage stamps; aud yesterday 4 bond
coupon was missed"
=, -. I,iUIag , calculated tho detective
"You can SOC it is not the loss itself.
It is tho doubt and anxiety every one
sufters. The entire force is becoming
demoralized, and, as / learned this
morning. this is being untaVorably
noticed by the banks customer"
That's bad" murmuTed Dingleton.
Suspect anybodyT
mo one; positively. no one"
"0h, no; 10 be sure" This softly and
musingly from the detective. ave
'raA out and reported on all your folks
here sometime ago, Mr.. BilliugsbyT
"Yes, just twenty months since; when
the new directory came in"
"From-ah-the president down TO
the messenger and night Waterman"
Every one. Treated US all alike"
"Allalike, echoed Dingleton blandly.
slave you those reports haudy|
The bank president unlocked his
desk, reached into one OF its compart:.
ments, and handed q small packet OF
neatly filed reports to the detective.
The latter edged his chair around q
little 10 the light, and ran them over
hastily, occasionally llliping tho dust
from ono or another.
"Ioo dusty" no observed quietly.
"What do you mean, DingletonY
"Good idea to look such things over,
about-welI, about quarterly, Mr.. Bill
lingsbY. Any good man can run a long
way off the track in less than aquar-
ter's time. In much less than quar-
ter'O time" he repeated, thoughtfutiy.
"Why, know the habits and envi-
ronment OF overy one OF our employees
like book; like q book, sir."
"Do your"
The detective said this so politely, 30
casually aud yet so pointedly, that the
banker instantly knew it meant: Then
why these thefts and why have you sent
for Dingleton2 And lie flushed notice.
ably.
"Good showing here; remarkably
good showing. Mr.. BiIlingsby;" added
the detective heartily. "Have you taken
on any employees since these reports"
"Why, yes. There's old Everett"
"0Id Everett?"
"I1c's not far beyond my age; but
have como to think of him as old Ev-
erett,' he's so gray haired, quiet, amb-
ling and hollow.eyed"
"Quiet, ambling and hollow.eyed?"
repeated Dingleton with the infection
OF interrogation. And what are his
duties%
ION tho depositors' accounts-third
or fourth assistant, believe"
"Ilas access, back and forth, to the
vaults and passes and repasses the
tellers' compartments"
Certainly. A dozen other employees
OF necessity to have also. Now, sec here,
don't want you to invol We
that poor old fellow In any OF your de-
tective stratagems. You fellows have
way OF jumping at conclusions and then
weaving oil sorts OF assumptions and
devices to sustain your theories. Let
old Everett alone. / wouldn't have
him hurt with even the suspicion OF
suspicion, for my position here. Why,
you nights as well pounco upon his boy,
Harry, our messenger; us thorough a
OF frankness and sun.
shine as ever helped bless the labors OF
O great city,"
"Takcn on together"
mot exactly. The old gentleman
first, q little over year since; and
Harry, two or three months later, at the
timo our old messenger went out on a
pension"
"You don't mind telling me under
lust what circumstances 2"
Mr.. BiIlingsby flushed again. A man
OF his judgment, and his position, piques
easily at implied criticism OF policy or
sentiment.
Certainly not" This little coolly.
"You know believe in physical train.
ing for business men? For years l have
kept up my habit OF taking long walks
every morning before and after break
fast; the after-breakfast jaunt always
here at tho bank"
"ExceIlent idea." observed Dingloton.
taking another comfortable clutch at
his fat fingers.
"When the first pinch OF the hard
times was upsetting monetary affairs
generally, made it rule to got here
early. sawagood deal on my
way through the city that worried NC
thousands OF men out OF work, hungry,
distracted and desperate. One morn
ing on reaching the bank. l saw thisvery
man, old Everett, shuttling back and
forth in painting sort OF way along the
side OF the bank building, looking us
though he was determined to do some.
thing for which he could be taken in
charge by the police"
''Sort Of anarchial, tendencies.?" sug..
uested Dingleton doziugly again.
Eyes, II an utterly discouraged man
with q boulder in his pocket and his
hand clutching the boulder, may BIO
looked upon in that light"
"Umphl murmered the detective.
~ was misorably depressed by the
condition OF business affairs; but some.
how could not pass that man, and,
thank God! l did not. AS l stood at
the corner hositatingly, our eyes met.
de turned quickly and fastened away,
10 il no knew l were conscious OF his
guilty purpose. | overlook him in a
told him to walt about that
little matter Of tho stone-t hrowing until
after breakfast; soon had him outside
Of a hearty meal, aud his story briefly
told"
Interesting, probab!y?"
"Yes; aud sad.
"Umphw
There was a. faint fash OF resentment
in the bankers glance at the imper-
Dingleton; but no continued,
rs when one able man. in his tone and
infection rather than iu his words, sets
his own viows stolidly against anot her
able mans possibly differing theories.
"He was simply man OF good birth,
and ambitions, scholar,