The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-09-07
altogether too intimate with winston

altogether too intimate with Winston
Brown, and"
i don't want any OF your advice, "
interrupted Ebert. Il can manage
my own affairs. Brown is good
enough fellow In bis way"
Il only spoke for your own good.
Bert"
II know you meant well; but don't
let's say anything more about it.
What's that you're scribbling2" And
Elbert arose and looked over his
friends shoulder. "3-16-15. What
does that mean?''
Its the safe combination. /
learned it just before left the store,
and I put it down for fear / might
forget it. OF course you will not
speak of it to anyone"
Certainly not, Frank.
Ebert Corey lay awake until long
after midnight, his mind filed with
envious and revengeful thoughts He
believed that he had been treated un-
justly, and he determined that he
would not bear his wrongs patiently.
In the morning he found an oppor-
tunity to take Brown aside and ask
him:
What did you want the safe combi-
nation for?"
"Have you got it9" asked the man,
eagerly.
perhaps I have.s
''Then let me have it. l promise
you won't get you into any scrape.
and If the scheme I have in my mind
works you will make a good thing
of It,"
II don't want to get Bentley into
trouble
'That's all right. What is the COM
bination?"
In reply Ebert handed him slip
of paper upon which he had copied
Franks memorandum. Brown hastily
thrust 1t into his vest pocket, saying:
NUNS the word!"
II was not until he had given up the
paper that the boy realized the seri-
business of the crime he had been per-
suaded to commit. He had betrayed
his friends trust, he had perhaps
made himself the accomplice of a
thief. Yet he could not believe that
Brown really intended to rob the safe.
But for what other purpose could he
want the combination p,
Ebert returned to his desk, his brain
In a whirl. Several times that day he
tried to get an opportunity to speak
with Brown. but the fellow seemed
n colx 4
home that night very unhappy boy.
and slept but little.
You're wanted in the office, Corey
said one of the clerks to him on his
arrival at the store the next morning.
Something's up, but don't know
what"
In the private office of the firm Ell
bert found Mr.. Holt, Frank Bentley
and-to his great surprise Browns
friend, Hammond.
Corey" was the senior partners
abrupt greeting, .do you know where
Winston Brown is?''
''N-no, SIR" stammered the boy.
SWELL, can tell you He is In Jail.
He was caught last night in the act of
robbing the safe. This man"-indicat-
ing Hammond-"who is detective,
arrested him. We have suspected him
of robbing US of small sums for many
weeks, and for the last fortnight he
has been under the surveillance of Mr..
Sharp"
"Otherwise Hammond" added that
individual. II saw you give him the
paper containing the combination
you didn't imagine was near, did you
and here 1t is. Do you deny your
handwriting?"
NO." said Ebert I'll wrote it,
but"
''I do not think you realized the
enormity of the crime you were COM
mitting," interrupted Mr. Holt, "or
should place you under arrest. But
your friend Bentley has interceded in
your behalf, and 1 am going to give
you the benefit of the doubt which ex-
lists. You may remain in my employ,
Corey, but you will be watched, and
should find you unworthy of my
leniency I shall show you no mercy.
You may co.
Il OA many WC(A5 lSlDcIl AnGW budJ
he was under surveillance, but he felt
that he had had narrow escape, and
had no right to complain. He resolved
to profit by the lesson he had received,
and he succeeded so well that at the
ey alton of twelvemonth he was
.-.omoted to q position only second to
that held by Bentley.
81 used to be always complaining of
my i'll luck, Frank" he said. land the
more complained the worse luck I
had. but just as soon as I put my
shoulder to the wheel everything
seemed to change for the better. /
wish I'd made up my mind sooner to
profit by those words of Mr.. Hol-
combs: Luck is only another name
for hard, well-directed work. Gold
en- Days.
Getting Over the DimcuIty.
A lady had issued invitations for
dinner of IL, and, on the morning of the
appointed day, when comforting with