The suburban citizen., 1900-03-03

ing you Chu uob uul6bb-Dub never
mind now," and he gave him pecu-
liar look under which Hooper quailed.
The Judge had not gone two blocks
before one of the clerks came rushing
after him and said Mr.. Hooper wanted
him to come back. He found Hooper
striding the floor and mumbling to
himself.
'My God, judge, do yOu knOwr he
cried.
"I know you are a scoundrel," the
Judge replied, surprised out of his
self-control.
'I did it, Judge; I did it,"
81 know it," calmly replied the
judge.
''I came to this city because ]
couldn't stand meeting you and I have
never had happy or an easy moment
since.s I've lived in constant fear OF
apprehension.
The Judge looked at him and could
scarce restrain his contempt and in.
dignation.
Stepping back, he turned the key
in the lock and put it into his pocket.
Then he went to The telephone and
told police headquarters who he was
and asked them to send him an in.
spector at the banking office.
"Now," he said, "before either OF
us leave this room you are going to
write the whole story. You will sign
it in the presence of witnesses and in.
side of two weeks Rand will be free
man. You will be arrested at once, but
for two weeks, for my own reasons, you
will continue to conduct your business
and a headquarters man will be always
with you. You can explain his pres.
ence in any way that you like. Now
sit down and write"
Hooper shrank from the task, but
the Judge insisted. When he had
finished aud was ready to sign there
came tap at the door and q stranger
was ushered in. He locked the door
after him and the judge had low con
versation with him. The confession
was duly signed and witnessed.
1t set forth Hooper's necessity tc
obtain funds further than those avail.
able and how he had taken from time
to time, showing Rand fictitious notes,
so that Rand had every reason to sup.
pose the bank was making loans. In
short, he had made the entries in per.
feet good faith ard then when the
stealing was made known he had kept
silence remembering all the benefits
received. 1t was, Of course, a ques.
tionable thing for him to do, consid-
ering his family. But there was no
doubling the nobility of the mans
character.
That night the Judge started foi
home, having disposed Of the case.
There the next day he laid the confes.
sion before the governor and his
lawyer, who took the preliminary
steps to release Rand.
That evening Ned Grant called. say
ing he had failed to find the Judge at
home on previous evenings. He knew
enough OF law to appreciate some
things the judge told him.
Now" " said the Judge, this tan
gle can be straightened out. You
bring Alice here two weeks from to-
night and I'll try to change her views.
At last the night came. The Judge
was decidedly nervous. The bell rang
and in came Ned and Alice. He had
told her about the Judge and she
blushed prettily when he was intro
duced
After he had explained at some
length that his eavesdropping was
quite accidental he began TO argue
again with her on the matter. She
took the same high ground as before
that it was doing Ned a wrong. And
she had q pretty good case, too. At
last he said
$50 there is no'way Of turning you?
You would marry if your father were
not in prison for embezzlement?"
She nodded and the Judge silently
handed her long typewritten docu-
ment. 1t was the Witnessed confes.
sion. Rand had been living quietly
with the Judge for the last few days
and knew the whole story.
Ned stood near carefully watching
her, and as the door opened noiselessly
he saw John Rand waiting for his
daughter to look up and see him.
She read it through without looking
up. Then as she lay back in the chair
she caught his eye and ran to shim
with cry of "Fatherl Fatherr'
Hooper is still serving his time
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