Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

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attention, and thus it absorbeJ ~, W,
Sna more OF his time, until at last 50
s uom night passed when he was M
busy late in his Office. " 80 ~
But Andrew Hunter was not
WORK now. He was at home and on
Joying the luxury of q rest 'A'' eA
D. only had more time," he so;
70 nlmseif, resretfully. "As it is IL,
perfect slavery" 80 -
!. he sat gazing into the fire for son,,
sime' until at length he dropped into
:. When he awoke the fire was ont ond
II was daylight He looke5 ot II.' h;a
watch. Eight O'Clock. ~ LIS
lime to think about breakfast ord
gong to the city," thought Andran' nu
getting up; but he instantly sat dow
again and shivered. ''' N0"A
do believe, "said Andrew Hnn+ou
Slowly; 81 do, be ieve I'm i, tI;e, th;a,,,
IN see the doctor. before stosa su!ah sll
Mammon Court "''i' ior
&c; Go to bed and stop there, was the
Hetaict . OF that gentleman. And, despite
.l uuteW protests, he would hear of
Hnntan .ne eha OF fortnight Andrew
an,et -, was once more restored 10
healtn and set off brisklv, as usnoI fou
nis ONCE. He reached it in due t;ma =
uo was ABOUT to enter, when he no :
.icea with surprise that his name hoJ :,
Oeen ea removed from his o!fice door .
furious thing!" thought Andrew .
ne opened the door aad entered ~
a strange sight met his oaze r. g G
$50, "aS sne same room; but every desk as
every stool, everything else beioneinr i,> l<
W andrew Hunter &; CO. had vanished ? A>
SUD- moreover, every clerk in the en- l.,
pioy OF Andrew Hunter G. Co Io5 Id
likewise disappeared. Their nlooa noa i.
was taken by an entirely new s+dF l"c' 10
One of the clerks odronce5 sun SUI, ssa
MIN and inquired his bnsiness "''''
andrew Hunter was staggered ,l lua
,,,ools,. - not TINS Andrew Hunter & Co IS u
Piace: he stapmered ut last !,
c mo. We are: the Time Syndicate Of 1ii1' tne
GLeas BrltaIn i ~
! Then it was. indeed his own Office. {.
But what had happened?' Had his Won
brain given way?, I'll
s'Is your manager in?" he asked. IT, r. :,
No. The manager was not in, but 90 ;
he WAS eAPee.To e'e' ii''1 ''e' o"->' tim4
he care to wait? dool
Andrew elected to wait and sat os| os y
down. Presently Mr.. Ashmore, the so sor
manager VI 'ne AAln0 ~ A'to"'e' - har'
fivsc; .sGood day, Mr.. -" he said. pri.s,
'sHunter," volunteered Andrew. hoo,
"Andrew Hunter, of Andrew Hunter W ssH
& CO.. non
.Oh, yes--Mr. Hunter! Very Ey4 Pm+
pleased to see you. What can do trar m
for you?" e Il
''Well, perhaps the first thing you ono - %
can do is to explain your presence in :.
theofice,' said Andrew, in tone of or;,
some asperity. & LIN,
Mr.. Ashmore looked at him keenly. ,sn,, Atn'
"Ah, you are fond of joking, Mr.. YOU YOU
Hunter!'' ren,
"Joking? Do I look as if were top7 to 1
ioking?" life
The manager of the Time Syndicate ms, ,r,e
gasped. 8,
''But-you say you are Mr.. Andrew fill
Hunter-surely you have not forgotten con
the agreement we entered into Tor the \
transference OF the ofice-an agree led
ment which bears your signature? VIII,
''My signature:" echoed Andrew. cor
'Itis q forgery, then. "
Mr.. Ashmore looked again at the ,,o,
man before him. He seemed sane 100 100
enough. 7
scIhere seems to be some mistake,
or worse" he said, "and one OF both
of us have been yictimized But per- zoo 100
haps ! had better expla n to you the mo
state of affairs About fortnight ago peg
was in want of Offices into which | apE pE
could move at once. About the same l"s "s
time T became acquainted with Mr.. '".
Morgan, your manager. lie informed
me that you intended to move into OF sui'
fees in another part of this building. ne
As you were unwell, and we were in
hurry to take possession, all the ar guy
-t -. ,.5o +l,ror1b Mr. var
No., ond bo oh+o;nod yonr SIGMA. age
ture to the agreement. Here it IS. no
And, unlocking drawer, he took out
q document, which he handed to An ~
drew. 'pe
s"This is not my signature" said
Andrew, decidedly. "But am utter TOT
ly amazed at Morgan's behavior. otl m
He spoke the last words in a tone of col
regret rather than anger. John Mor- !
gan was the last man he would have 'or
suspected of double-dealing. He had m cus
trusted him entirely, and had recently las
been conside ing the advisability of -,
taking him as partner. In fact, that no' s'
morning he had decided on this course, col
and his resolve had been strengthened ghs
by the fact that Morgan was snitor c
for the hand of his daughter Eose;
and, although that young lady did not Gle
look upon him with any favor, Andrew :, .
Hunter had firmly decided in his own hv'
mind that his daughter should marty ter
Morgan, and had intimated as much da.
to her. He even went to the length tin
of banishing all other possible lovers. Th
from the house. But Rose was as mu
self-willed as her father, aud was re- mo
solved not to marry Morgan. Young wo
/, Harry Preston was more to her mind. an
Andrew Hunter therefore felt not a be
little vexed. He was beginning to in be
Weigh AGAINST his lately trusted mana by
ger when Mr.. Ashmore interrupted !.
him. tree
4 Gone momont, You will find your ine
staff Installed in rooms on the fifth as
aoor, aud Mr.. Morgan also, as tar as al
au aware: for that gentlement has sn +
appointment with me this morning 1T, He
il With regard to the sale OF the rest lik