Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-10-02

ed her two crisp bank notes and she rose to
| go.
| "By the way, don't know your name, y
he remarked.
Wellby--Mrs. Richard Wellby," she re-
piled.
The gentleman gave start.
"Wellby!' he exclaimed "And he is
employed att.
"Branson & Branson' s, Coleman street "
"Ah WELL goodby, Mrs Wellby," and
she left.
When Dick reached home that evening,
his wife did not tell him of the adventure
of the morning. and as he had received no
communication from the landlord he con-
cluded that gentleman had determined to
wait.
But Dick Wellby was gloomy and
morose. His wife, putting 1t down to his
monetary losses, pretended not to notice
any difference in him.
But she did not know that the sum he
had lost had never been his own at all,
but his employer'sl
Ruin stared him in the face at every
turn.
honor and replace the money he had stolen
from the flrmi
In week or two the books would be
overhauled, and as he had heard rumors
that the principal intended to employ
fresh firm Of accountants this year their
scrutiny would be more searching and his
defalcations could not fail to escape notice.
1t meant ruin, swift and complete.
But Dick, in spite of his faults, was not
one to give in without struggle. Weak
he might be, but at heart he was no cow
ard. He would see Grayson that night
and ask for time, and in the meanwhile
endeavor to raise loan to satisfy the
amount he had withdrawn at the office.
Making an excuse to his wife, he rushed
off to the Anenemone, but Grayson was
not there.
The next morning when he reached the
Office later than usual. worn out with
want Of sleep, he found to his dismay the
accountants had already commenced work!
Ere many hours had passed he learned
their names. They were Smith & Gray
son. Could there be any connection be-
tween one of them and the gambler of
the Anenemonep With that thought in
his head, Dick made tracks for their
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49, 49, o.. 80 -, - -oS' -
Mr.. Grayson was in. Yes, he was a
dual individual, man Of business in the
daytime and gambler by night
He looked up on seeing Wellby, and
Dick plunged into the matter at once.
"You're auditing Branson & Branson's
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naver NAV nona ~ chanoo a,sin and
taLe oara of ,enr ,y;fo !,
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,ot renIninr tha t,ro oo,,,,,arood hattIa
tn ha fonohf mn nnder 1 such tarrihle ] . c,rcnm 'rao
stances and With snoh momantous issues
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a,,S h;s houa, hinJ -. = s. ..,~i p"ru,
the oards naechanicailv hnt so,neth;na
sae,,ad tn +aiI h,no that cnauso1 s .ba ~,
vatarata ] oan,bler was for onca nlav;n,
recklessly and care,asslv f'
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there was a deadly s,1enoe and thor
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and oaref,,llv IocLed tho,, ~ h,s JosI-
again Ha had crosSarl the room and oboot
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