Warren sheaf., 1897-06-10


stels heart conld l,s y done i anll.
'sby 81 y would Y ~ bed ss5,,
q s a IS y, thai ounl a n u, B;l ley md
lately been little resled money,
and had obtained adrarceS from sthe
cashier. This would Z ma rs His puilt III
the more palp able, ana i'll seemed stoI Nm
ass he though over the foul plot that
Tate itself Was On, Ills II aiding him
sand abet ting i'm ins the vile scheme
thu now was alive ia His subtle brain.
F Saturday & lm1orning came IN u due
course. cor AZ u e clock Cardew en-
tered the large office where all 8 the
workers were Y =. engo ged. and said 70 the
cashier, s 81 Ia . voice that could hear:
.sl'm going down to the works u shall
e8back In On hour Oh ID.
Within 20 minutes of his depart ure.
May hew cautiously d approache n his
room. and here. sure sure enough, On On the
partners desk lay a small purse. He
did not stpp TO exa mine the contents
but, hastily putting II ii his pocket. he,
rushed downstairs into the cloakroom,$
which, tuately for him, was deserted.
Yes. That was Langley & coat. but he
must make sure BY ooldng in the pock-
let and seeing some d commentary eyi.
depce, to make certai 81 more certain.
He accordingly pulled out the hrst pa.
per. that tscamest to hand !, an. .enselope ad-.
dressed 81 lang gley, Esq The right
coat, of course. With quick NOV g
ment he placed the we'll filed purse III
the righ t-hand poe ket sof the overcoat,,
and then carelessly sauntered back to:
the Office and went on with his work.
At one O'clock Mr, Cardew returned.
Very agitated, he went rapidly to bis
room, and found the purse missing. III
m instant he was out ii the great Of
flee, where he said ii q loud tone: u
entlemen,SSa disgraceful robbery
has just been commit ed in my room.
Let5noone leave the Office On pain of in
stant dislnis = u
Every body except one we know sat
dumfo Found dest. Mr.. Gard lew went on: .3I55
"A detective and two of his men are
waiting below to- make q 4, thorough
search Of every body III these Offices. at
have to apologize to you. one and ALL
for submitting TO such a process. but III
is neyitable. tfany one objects, he must,
resign his position IN our emplo yment.'n'
d No. No}one bjected. Messrs: Cardew
u CO.. emplo loyes were too well of to
risk losing their CONT forta BILE itua-
lions, and they would rat her have been
searched every day and night ii an hive
resigned the same Mi sCardeW, finding.
all going smoothly summoned the de-
tectives. and. or by one. each emplcyeg.
was taken into the artnsr's room. and
thorough bly, search 4 Is
.s The inq quiry proved useless; but the:
detective did not give in. Is
81 With your leave Z he said, turning to-
Nir. Cardew, well have as look at the
oNercoats now, Z s''.s $50 sEsS
Mr. Cardew led the way. Five min
sutessI later he etnr oking ve.ry
stern. The purse was ia his hand and
one Of the detectives was carrying an
Eovercoat. Mayhews g.riinned with joy.
His triumph over his rival was at hand:
at last. But he changed color. and aS
sick feeling rushed to his heart. when
Mr.. Cardew pped him on the shoulder
and said III
Come into my room At once. 8
Wondering and amazed, he obeyed.y
followed BY the detective. 5#S
s4s Mayhev," ]" said the partner, sternly,
lis this yonr coat BE-
1es, sir; that isIny coat. : 8
do you know that this purse has
Just been found IN that very 5oyercoat?5
My boy won't be hard on you. but you.
bad better confess. n 8 .s IS
ssss May hew was, too sthund nderstrickent to
speak. He could Sonly stand and stare
gat Mr. CardeW as though he had gone
mad. y, Ss
Come. said the latter, putting his
hand on his should Ter. you are very
young, and perhaps if give you one
chance you will < urns overa new leaf.
You can go, but never let me zee your
face again. '' Il ss55s ss$s
Still wondering, still nmazed. tho
wretched youth skunk From the room
gsndsano one at that esta blishment ever
saw him more. iSSS5
How had it ccurred that the purse
deposits by M ahey III J ack Langley'ss
pocket had found It's way INTO the pock-
ct Of the 1plotter himself ID appene in
the most impie and vet IN the most
,vonderfu 4 e man ner. y ack Langley's
5oyercoat pocket contained q large rent
at the base. and when N yhews had IN
serted theSp pl,rse, ne had, of course. not