Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-09-07


ther left no money"
Prove to me, then that the ego came
from different source"
What e20?'
"The $40 you paid into the bank on
Wednesday. You are asking these ques-
tions to gain time to invent n lie"
II never did anything of the sort and
have never had a banking account with
the London and Southminster. My sal
| airy isn't sufficient to do more than meet
current expenses let alone putting ego
away, and l have no other income"
You deny that you went to the bank
on Wednesday,"
Yes, / do"
II can prove It, sir, but 1 will not
prove it to you rs your time is so valua
BILE. will prove it to Miss Wiltshire"
oh, go and be shot Where's the mes
sengcr' Look here, Snowman, show this
man out, and if he calls again I'm not
here. Do you understands"
Another disturbing interview" he
said to himself as he gained his room. IF
this sort of thing goes on, I'll ruin myself
with cigarettes and then Nellie and 1
won't be able to travel first class when we
go off on our wedding tour. But what's
the use of bothcring about George? If he
told the most plausible lies in creation,
Nellie wouldn't believe him, only don t
like the idea of his worrying the poor
darling Wonder whether he knows her
address and how he discovered her name?
/ don t think l told him. Perhaps he got
it from the private detective. Marvellous
what those fellows can find out"
The next day he knew that his cousin
had discovered Nelie's address, for he re-
ceived "a letter from her couched in some
what different terms from those she usually
addressed to him. My dear Charlie, " it
began will you kindly let me know
from where you received the f2O which |
have proved to my own satisfaction you
paid into the bank on Wednesday,"
AS soon as an adjoining clock pealed
out the hour of > Charles Gleason put on
his hat and without waiting to get his
tea walked down to the Temple station to
get the first available train 10 Ealing
where Miss Wiltshire had her abode. He
could hardly remain still in the crowded
carriage, so impatient was he TO get to his
journeys end, and he found it altogether
impossible to read the evening paper with
which he had provided himself He read
his sweetheart letter several times, hop
ing almost against hope to discover in It
something which would convince him that
pared it with another letter of hers he had
in his pocket and tried to think that the
writings We're not alike-all, alas, to no
purpose. Then he put the letters aside
with an exclamation Of impatience as he
discovered tlat The train had not reached
Hammersmith station.
But the longest journey, even on the
district railway, comes to an end, and no
one could have covered the ground which
lay between the station and Nellie Wilt
shlre's home in a shorter time than it took
him to get there He found her out in
the garden watering the plants at dusk
All remembrance of her letter and his
cousin George faded out of his mind at
sight of her. He took her in his arms
and kissed her, caring nothing at all for
any inquiaitive neghbors who might be
pecping from behind their blinds.
And she? Well, there are times when
woman would not believe in mans guilt
If she had the evidence of it before her
eyes. She returned his kisses with equal
warmth
Nearly 20 minutes passed before either
of them thought of the letter which had
brought him in such hot haste to her side. /
Then she said:
II sent you letter today, Charlie"
hil'N Fbts nv lIlA love, ana mere III
is Shall destroy it,
"PlcGsc. Ii was wrong of me to write
it, but your cousin made me believe what
he said. He swole positively, and so did
the detective, that you had put t20 in tho
London and Suuthminstcr bank, and he
showed me lc'.cr which seemed to provo
that you had Then he told me that you
denied it. And what was l to Think You
didn deny il. did YOU dearY"
But l did. ard l do dear. l am as
positive that | haven't f2O in the London
and SouthminStcr bank as ! am that you
are in my arms.
But, love, the detective was a member
of financial inquiry agency, which
would hardly risk its credit by putting
down upon paper something that was not
true. Would it,"
Il suppose not Well, love, it's mys
terry and very funny one What good
thing for us that there is no murder about
II! | felt uncommonly like killing that
old cousin of mine, though, as ! came
down in the train tonight If you begin
by believing in me, dear, we two will be
able TO bear up against and perhaps eluci-
date any mystery on earth, but if you go
On contrary tack and don't put faith in
me there will be misunderstanding on
o'lH slucS' ana Observation-Disclosures lead
often to arrangements and sorrow Now
tell me all about the man from the flnan-
cial inquiry agency"
He came with your cousin, love, who
told Inc long story about your GRANDPA
her having left some money which ought
to have been equally divided between YOU.
George said he had asked you if you had
any money, and you replied that all your
savings had been spent on furnishing
Then he put the matter in the hands of a
private detective, who discovered that $50
pounds was put into the London and
,outhminster bank on Wednesday in your
lame. TheIeupon he asked you, civilIy,
10 said, where you had got the $50 pounds,
md you told him the money was not
ours"
AT that moment Nellie Wiltshire with
irew herself hastily from the interesting
position in which she had been reposing
md held out her hand for card which
he housemaid had brought into the gar
len.
It's your friend, Mr. Clark, Charlie. I
Wonder what he wants to see me for?
You'll come in, won't youf' q
Then the two lovers went into the draw |
no room, where heir Vfsitor xras eoata1 :