Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-12-29

Heard that Sou were In New York, you
know"
''rhat's odd." said the Canadian. IT
only got here few hours ago"
"That's right. Going to make long
stayg''
well. before tell you abo 1t that
perhaps you'll give me some idea as to
what your business may be with me-"
"My business? Oh. yes. Well, you
see. we Americans are always anxious
to learn the views Of prominent Cana.
dians"
about what|
"Oh, about-about annexation, you
know"
II see. Well, why don't you go and
ssk Mr.. James Scott Muirhead or some
Of those other representative Canadi-
ans who are staying here. Why do
you pitch on me? suppose you haven't
been reporter for very long-haven't
had much experience at the business"
NO" said the other man eagerly.
'"That's it. ! haven't had much expert
ence. ! understood you were repre-
sentative Canadian"
You did. eh?" the florid young man
laughed. Then, looking his visitor
straight In the face. he said. what
paper do you happen to represent,
MR.
"Boun-er-Jones."
"Oh. you are Mr.. Jones of the.-what
paper did you sayT'
~ didn't say. l represent quite lot
of papers. It's sort of trust, you
know"
81 see. A news agency-New York
papers?'
"Oh. no; western papers chiefly"
The clerk saw that as the conversa-
tion went on Robinson, alias Jones. got
more and more nervods, while the Ca
madam seemed to be more and more
thoughtfully interested in the inter-
view.
On hearing that his visitor represent.
ed "western papers chiefly" Farquhar-
son paused and seemed to consider
Then he suddenly said. well. Mr.
Brown BY the way. Mr.. Brown.
haven't we met before?"
At that the representative of western
papers gave start and. staring hard
for one moment at Farquharson. said,
with every appearance of embarrass.
ment, II don't think so-I'm afraid
mustn't detnln you any longer"
And with that he turned and fed ont
into the snowy streets. D>4
Farquharson went up to the clerk
and. leaning against the desk. said.
''Did you ever see that man beforeT'
"Never that know Of" said the
clerk. cOf course good many men
pass inInd out Of here every day."
well, then" said the man from OF
tawa. "let me give you a pointer about
him. Years ago, when | was boy in
Detroit. worked in big clothing
store, and that man-his real name is
Bounderby, though his card says Rob
inson.' and he also answers to Jones
ard Brown-that man Bounderby was
bookkeeper. He got into trouble about
his accounts and skipped out west.
Did he see my name on the register"
"No," said the clerk. ''FIe was loaf
Ing In here and came and asked for the
first name he could think Of sup
pose, just as IN excuse to stand about
md get warm. They do that some
times-an old trick"
Eyes, but it's funny he should have
, thought OF my name. wasn't 1t, when
he had evidently forgotten all about
me. Thought was Canadian even.
don't even live In Canada. you know;
only go there now and again on busl.
ness. And how do you account for his
happening to connect my name with
Ottawa? He only knew me slightly
before he stole that money and skip
ped. But the funniest thing about II
all Is that now can tell his old moth.
or. whom ! happen to know slightly In
Detroit. that her son is alive and well.
That's what I'm going to do when |
get back"
"And yet" the clerk remarked when
he told me the story. "some people say
there is no Providence."-Ph
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