Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-01-31

| blank despair before MIS-. MayuaTu up
peared. She hurried in so embarrassed
and confused as to forget to greet him
with the usual 'sGood morning."
20, Mr.. Lynn, II feel SO ashamed
to have let myself get into your debt.
I know must owe you more than
this, but if you will kindly let me
know how much more you can have it
at once"
Here she thrust an envelope into his
hand, which he put mechanically into
his pocket. @
! Mechanically also he answered: 81
assure you was only too glad to be OF
the least service to you," for his mind
at the moment was full to overfowing
with the bitterness of Bells snub.
'Mr. Maynard" his wife fastened to
say, glad of an escape from the other
embarrassing subject, ''has had one Of
his bad govt attacks this morning and
is confined to his bed. He wishes you
to look through the letters, to answer
the unimportant ones and send the 9th
ers up to him. have left the keys in
the Office"
When Mr.. Maynard summoned him
to his bedside to give some instructions
about answers to urgent letters, Harry
was more respondent and distract than
ever. This the old gentleman was not
long in perceiving.
you?" he asked, irritably. IF I've to
repeat everything three or four times
over I'd better get a photograph or a
new secretary" he added, savagely.
| After this rough rebuke and threat
Harry pulled himself together as well
as he could, but was, on the whole, SO
singularly dull and preoccupied that
the old gentleman began to suspect a
screw loose somewhere. But then he
was given to such suspicious.
Next morning Mr.. Maynard was so
much better as to be in his study be-
fore his secretary appeared. The mo-
ment Harry entered the, room the old
gentleman said, curtly: ......
KINDLY take these to Thacker, and
you needn't trouble to return here to-
day, as 1 have nothing for you to do"
OF course Harry interpreted the curt
dismissal according to the preoccupa-
ton of his thoughts with Bell. She
has complained to her mother Of pre-
snmptuops attentions, and her mother
had taken counsel on the matter with
Mr.. Maynard, who decided to exclude
, him from his house if not to dismiss
him from his employment. OF this
Harry had no doubt at all on receiving
: curt command next morning to re-
turn to the city counting-house for the
present. For three days he plodded on
at the counting-house, hearing moth
ing, saying nothing and doing nothing
intelligeptly. On the morning of the
fourth day an odd question came by
telephone from ElmoHpt:
SIS Lynn still there?"
Where else should he be or have
been? Had the old gentleman expected
him to return to the house?
When the reply eyes" was sent there
came the commando: "Send him here. ="
Harry accordingly started at once for
Hampstead with his mind in whirl Of
wonder and speculation, but nothing
of all his imaginings prepared him for
his reception at Elmount Immediately
upon his entering the study the old
gentleman said with some unwonted
emotion:
Lynn, your father was one of my
dearest friends, and for his sake gave
Y GU time and opportunity to escape
justice. You haven't done it, I sup
pose, because anyone who could com
nit so stupid a theft as you have COM
mitted-''
''Theft!!' exclaimed Harry, stagger-
ing back as from a blow.
Tut" retorted the old gentleman,
with scathing scorn. Don't make a
further fool of yourself and me. Is this
your writing, sir?" pointing to the in
dorsement of ten-pound note which
lay before him on the desk.
EYES," Harry stammered, for the note
was the one he had received in an en-
velope from Mrs. Maynard.
''Then where did you get that note?"
II cannot tell you, SIR
''Then can tell you. You got it in
that DESK" striking the desk with his
closed fist.
II did not, SIR
"You lie, sir; you lie, you lie!" re-
iterated the old gentleman, really be-
side himself with fury. 81 had written
down the numbers of that note and of
the three other five-pound notes which
have disappeared with it. There it is;