The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-09-08

unless Her glance from the window
perceived Caleb Lorlng entering tbs
house. Here is fatherl He will find
OUT VINO had the count at the regis
ter's."
But the old man knew already. They
read at In his face as. he confronted
.nenl' CLOSING the door. Whatever hope
ne had cherished on his homeward way
tnat ne might tnd Bertha unconscious
OF ihe storm that threatened was dash
eu 10 the ground the moment he per-
SvIVed ner and her husbands agitation.
Inc memory OF that evening on the
| yerSnda burned i'm his mind. and ns
iury OF rage he demanded fiercely:,
| Laughter. what Internal thing Is
tnIs you We been doing? Are you mad I?
rave you turned thief? Is Edmond In
| az VI mas wilton No. no, For Gods
sake don't tell me IL is my sonl"
Then Bertha TO her husbands amaze
ment and dismay fell down at her fath
er's feet, and confessed that she bad
yleldeu 10 temptation and stolen th.
missing Dill. She hurriedly stated the
miraculous chance that had put Ed
nlonu IN position TO save her, and. in
tsrrins from her fathers knowledge OF
the ahalr that the man who had de-
tected the shortage had confided 10 hin,
ms uaugnter's responsibility. with a
view 10 screening her besOught him 70
accept the friendly overture. ~
him. iei from
would permit no mans d,shonor
clared. For what Won have done 'at.. ue.
must pay the penalty. Your tmpossib,s
coinpination has actually come TO pass
AS the counter-check came To vour
huspanu In his department. so II mas
Nonle 10 me in the registers IL was 7
myssf VINO caught the short packet
winch you had signed for"
giving. - ''''i'"s-
Then. father, you alone know"
l-and one other"
"One other?" reneated Rar+b,
should know besides yourself?"
MY chief!' replied the old man with
face of adamant.
lou nave reported it. knowing that
your own child"
Certainly. Fraud or oversight:
yours or your brothers. Vt was not for
me TO conceal. I am, first of all. a SER
want Of the state"
They went back to the Treasury
where Edmond at once delivered his |
report. 49,
Bertha found Mrs. Lawson inpatient |
iy awaiting her. The Treasurer had /
sent Tor une head of the Redemption !
DIVISION 10 investigate an error in one |
or the packets which Bertha aad made |
up. Mrs. Lawson was h g'hly indig-
nant.
i counted the anchers' packet N.Y.
SELF, said she. 81 am positive there
was exactly a hundred bills"
If one is missing" began Bertha.
DUN the senior lady interrupted her.
vi 'ssing? No, nothing is MISSING az
There 10 |
many"
80 many miracles had happened that
day that poor Bertha could only game
at her In astonishment 1t was an
anomaly In arithmetic that one taken
from one hundred should leave one
hundred and one. There came another
summons to the Treasurer. Another
report had come in OF an error from
Mrs. Lawson's desk. The old lady was
almost in tears but she carried (. off
With a show Of jocosity.
Either there must be some con-
science money knocking about or Mrs.
BERTHA Hacketr brings a mascot to the
treasury said she. us this another
cul plus 'thoussiId dollar bill. SIR"
But this was the shortage which Ed
mond and Mr. Loring had reported. and
W was happily met by the excess in the
other packet. So. beyond an admoni-
tim tempered in mercy for the mani
fest distress of the girl. Bertha got into
no trouble. She held stoutly to tho
theory of the intervention cf
Providence wher discussing the mat
Ter ar nome. but her husband swept
The p,ous fancy away
II reckon Providence don't supply
heating clerks with thousa nd dollar
bills" said he. you divided the pack
4 OF 100 into two OF so as YOU thought.
But you counted the first Backward
rom 100 to 20 inclusive. and that left
you only ~ for the second packet. But
Why didn't you tell Mrs. Lawson you
made one short?"
Fact is. Edmond. that combination
halter of ours had got fnto my brain
Thought Wilton had pinched a bill.
nd i 'reckoned to do more for my
rother than Daddy would do for his
tile girl" 9
"Ha" observed old Caleb filing his
ipe, DUTY first family afterward
nd roguery never at any time under
nv circum sta nce~. ."-Leonard Outr'am U
Black and White.