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

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minutest detail Of his duties. Why, Il
you could just once look in his face
fiith desk 10 the right bookkeeping
northumberland in the face OF that
boy Of his, / even think the great
detective, Allan Dingleton, would melt
for moment into something like com
passion for and confidence in human
kind"
"No doubt: no doubt :" the latter re-
Joined assurinely. Bot he Immediately
inquired with some earnestness:
"How about the boyr
Harry Everett? Why. he came and
went with his father for a time, and
was 90 taken with his engaging ways,
his bright, energetic and chipper deter.
mInatlon in all little things about him
coming under my notice, that l gave
him tho place OF messenger the moment
it was vacant. That boy will make his
mark in the world, il ] am any Judge Of
character, DinRleton."
"Rather fond OF him, Amt your
The detective said this with good
deal OF searching keennesa
"Yes, am. 1 don't mind telling you,
In confidence, that entirely aside from
his splendid character, his face is start
lingly Iike-like-well, Dingleton, almost
every man can open the book Of his life
TO a well thumbed and sacred page"
Decidedly! Decidedly" said the
detective uneasily but alphabetically.
son that page, in my book. Is the face
OF the frst-not the only one, bless my
good wife!-woman / ever loved. We
duarreled about some trifliag thing;
and, as was only just starting then ard
had everything TO acquire, q man OF
better station happened along and"
"Of course. OF course. You can't al:
ways depend on 'em. Just walked oil
with her, / s'pose?" interrupted the de-
tective compassionately.
Eyes; Just walked of with her. All,
me! That was nearly twenty-five years
ago. Well, Harry Everett's face ls her
face. Dingleton; her face as nearly as a
boys can be a woman's! But he's q
noble fellow, on his own account; and l
really think tho world OF him."
"Just SO: Just so! Now see here, Mr..
Billingsby," remarked the detective,
crisply, as he fussily looked at his
watch. "You want those populations
stopped?
"They must be"
swell, won't try to stop them IN.
less I am FREQ to stop them my own
wayp
The president OF the Trust aud se-
curlty bank arose, as il about to termin-
ate the interview with heated protest.
my way, mind y repeated Dingleton,
quietly. But he added quickly: "Well
begin by suspecting nobody"
The bankers face relaxed.
"Wo'li leave the Everetts out"
Mr.. Billingsby took the detectives
hand heartily.
DWELL just play it wide open, for
general results; and shadow and run
out crery one in tho bank again thor
oughlyw
"Good, good"
"And il a suggestions bank exa!ni-
Northumberland 2 happens IN sudden
ly meantime. it will be all rightW
Certainly; certainly. understand.
Be thorough, now; so thorough that
you'll come back here when we have
the right party, and apologize for your
half suspicious OF my proteges.
"Oh, sure, sure. Morning; morn
ing"
And the two men Of affairs sepa-
rated, each thoroughly respecting the
other, but each as thoroughly decided
and determined in his own convictions.
The banker turned to his mornings
mail, but his anxiety Tor the outcome
of the Dingeton investigation was up.
permost.
He tried to reason himself out Of this,
and to analyze his own strange disturb.
auce OF mind. Tho figure OF old John
Everett in the court, and his furtive
glance up to his window, rs II to assure
himself that the banker had not yet
arrived and he had not been observed,
continually haunted him.
He stepped to his window repeatedly,
as though expecting and dreading to
discovor him there again. Finally he
descended into the court through
private passage way.
The enclosure was formed by dead
wall so thick and high II could not be
scaled from side street, from the OPP
posite adjoining property, or from the
open alley behind. Huge iron spikes
ran around the entire coping. At the
rear was q small store-houso with a
stone side and root, in which tons OF
old records and papers were kept; and
this was lighted by single window,
grated as securely as prisons, which
opened into the alley, and the room was
entered from tho court through sturdy
but Anticipated vault door which had
been in uso in the former bank strcc.
ture on the site OF the present building.
The entire arrangement of dead wall
and storc-house had boon the result OF
a desire on the part Of the directory to
give greater structural protection to the
present bank vaults which stood at the
reur Of the bank, and were built into
and against its heavy ond wall.
Mr.. Billingsby looked carefully about
the place. There was nothing but
stone and iron TO meet the eye. Every
thing was as 1t should be; but when no
recalled that 1t was one OF the most
rigid rules OF the bank that no employe,
excepting the watchman. should at any
time be permitted in this court, only
during the brief lunch hour, and then
only for bit OF club-swinging or hurly-
burly among the boys, the court, with
old John Everett in 1t, began to assume
place in his mind as an incident and
recollection full OF indefnable forebod-
ing and dread.
On the other hand. when Dingleton's
clipper "bank examiner" had arrived
and been introduced to the various em'
ployes, it was with no little self.grat-
ulation Mt his own cunning and dlscre.
ton that tho banker had detailed old
John Everett to personally assist him.
lie had thus been able to watch him
clnsalv for hnurR