The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-09-07

| Frovo TO me, then, that tho EGO came
from different source"
What e2O?"
"Thc $50 you paid into the bank on
wednesday. You are asking these Gucs-
tions to gain time to invent lic"
never did anything of tho sort and
| nave mover had n banking account with
tho London and Southminstcr My sal
ary isn't sufficient to do more than meet
current expenses, let alone putting $50
away, and have no other income"
You deny that you went to tho bank
on Wednesday,"
Yes, do
II can prove It, sir but l will not
| provo 1t to you, your time is SO valua
BILE. will prove it to Miss Wiltshire"
! "Oh. go and DO shot! Where's the mes
sengor! Look here, Snowman, show this
man out, and if he calls again I'm not
here. Do you understand"
| Another disturbing Interview" he
said to himself rs he gained his room IF
this sort of thing goes on, I'll ruin myself
| with cigarettes, and thon Nellie and 1
won't BIO able to travel first class when wo
| go OIL on our wedding tour. But what's
tho uso OF bothering about George? If ho
/ told tho most plausible lies in creation,
Nellie wouldn't believe him. only don't
| like tho idea of his worrying tho poor
darling. Wonder whether no knows her
address and how he discovered her name?
don't think told him. Perhaps he got
| 1t from tho private detective. Marvellous
what those fellows can find out"
The next day he knew that his cousin
had discovered Ncllcs address, for he re-
ccivcd u letter from her couchcd 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 ego which l
have proved to my own satisfaction you
paid into tho bank on Wednesday,"
As soon as an adjoining clock pcalcd
out the hour of Charles Glccson put on
ms Int. and without waiting to get his
tea walked down to the Temple station to
get tho first available train to Ealing
where Miss Wiltshire had her abode. Hc
could hardly remain still in the crowded
carriage, so impatient was nc to get to his
journeys end, and he found it altogether
impossible to read tho evening paper with
which he had provided himself He read
his swccthcarts letter several times, hop
ing almost against hope to discover in it
something which would convince him that
he had been making mistake He com
pared it with another letter of hers he had
III his pocket and tried to think that the
writings wore not alikc-all, alas, to no
purpose. Then he put the letters aside
with an exclamation of impaticnce us he
discovered that the trnin had not reached
Hammcrsmitll 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
shirc's home in Il shorter time than IL took
him To get there. He found her out in
the garden watering the plants ut 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
ana kissed her, caring nothing mt all for
any inquisitivc nciyhbors who might be
pccping from behind their blinds.
And She! Well, there are times when n
woman would not believe in u mans guilt
If she had the evidence of it before her
eyes. Sho returned his kisses with equal
warmth.
Nearly go minutes passed before either
of them thought of the letter which had
brought him in such hot haste to her side
Then she said:
Il sent You letter today, Charlie
Il know you did, my love, and here it
Is Shall destroy itf''
please 1t was wrong of me to write
1t, but your cousin made me believe what
no said. He sworc positively, and so did
the detective, that you had put 900 in tho
London and Southminster bank, and he
showed me letter which seemed to prove
that you had. Then he told me that you
denied it. And what was to think, You
didn't deny ill., did you, dcart''
But did, and l do dear l am as
positive that haven't E20 in the London
and Southminstcr bank rs l am that YOU
are in my arms
But, love, the detective was u member
of q financial Inquiry agcnty, 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 IL mys-
terry and very funny one. What II good
thing for us that there is no murder about
it! felt uncommonly like killing that
old cousin of mine, though, rs l came
down in the train tonight. If you begin
by believing in me, dear, we two will Ike
able to bear up against and perhaps eluci-
date any mystery on earth, but if you so
on contrary tack and don't put faith in
me there will be misunderstanding on
both sides, and MISUNDERSTANDING lead
often to cstrangcmcnts and sorrow Now
toll INC all about the man from the ilnan
cial inquiry agency"
He came with your cousin, love, who
told me IL long story about your GRANDPA
thcr 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 yon replied that all your
savings had been spent on furnishing
Then lie put the matter in the hands of %
private detective, who discovered that geo
pounds was put into tho London and
Southminstcr bank on Wednesday In your
name. Thcroupon he asked you, civilly,
no said, where you had got tho eco pounds,
and you told him the money was not
yours. "
At that moment Nellie Wiltshire with
drew herself hastily from tho interesting