Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-05-02

'.''ih Sa1i you know IL takes two to
i-al" quarrel. aud il takes two To
hi"F' sep ..iion So while YOU may
i..AN II l,.t not To see me again I
s"aI not give You up. and shall see
Aon every opportunity | can SO long
a. Il doesn't bother YOU. Dad knows
al ahou, a. and he's with me-
The judge wanted To Shout Good
for dad." uui lee Gidn't
Then th'. Sot up to 20. ard after
another longer silence they left him
alone He knew all about the trouble.
ana pretty mean hc felt about IL too.
~ hc rode slowly home he turned
u" little tragedy over and over in his
inud. ana the more nc thought about
II tn" more he felt that he had made
mistake 10y staying aud listening.
Al last he evolved "A pian calculated to-
ease lis own conscience and give The.
young man some courage. SO the iudge
sent him this letter:
Mr. Edwin Grant had the misfortune 10 over.
hear part Of ycur cOnvcrsation with Nis, Rand To-.
day, although m quite an accidental manner n
as surmisc. you are the son Of Grant of fh, .,,-
prcmc. you sfc made Of the risht s0rt of sfuf Ia
regard Miss Kand's views as only a t,i,r.r.,r, OH
slS'Ie TO your napp'n,ss sentenced Rand AMI
IL you care o." an ON me { should d. glad 10 see
you. PcrhaIr $50 may thiuk of SOM, ,.,,l... ,.
20 m'Ae N-s Rand look al the cas- s.s r,ntlv
AT any rate. agree with hi, hanor. ,.,ir father
anu am also with YOU" Yours.
g.arr1 sroReow.
The next day the judge was Obliged
TO 20 I" distant city TO act as referee
i'm Il caSc
%" Rand ease WAS almost purely a
circumstantial one and hung on tl,e
handwriting i'm which the false entries
bad been made in the books The
handwriting experts an agreed that
the entries lad been made toy Rand.
indeed the prisoner admitted aS much.
lie had pleaded mot guilty. and
when he admitted the identify of the
handwriting there was little lcft to do
Tor him Ills counsel was completely
hailed by the admission and Rand re-.
fused TO explain il in any way .ry
rs he would the lawyer could elicit
nothing further. aud the juiy had TO
brig in verdict OF guilty.
IL could never be found how Rand
had disposed OF the sum he ,imaczzlcd.
IN fact. not penny of the missing
money was ever found. and the bank
charged n 10 profit and loss
Hooper. the president OF the haak.
was In constant attendance at the trial
and expressed great sorrow for Rand.
Shortly after the sentence Hooper left
the hank ANA went to another city.
where hc engaged in private banking
and brokerage business. II was IN
TINS city that Judge Storrow was now
sitting.
one night NJ the club the conversa-
ton drifted round 10 money and bank
ing. The judge made the remark that
he wished To procure a letter of credit
for his niece. who was going abroad.
and some one suggested Hooper's
house as the best place To get il.
by the way" said his adviser. YOU
sentenced the cashier Of the bank of
which Hooper used 10 he president.
didn't you The Judge said he did.
We'll. continued the man. that's
the way some men treat those who
have been kind TO them. My wife
grew up In the village where Hooper
and Rand were boys together Rand
was not I'm very good circumstances.
while Hooper had plenty of money.
Al that time Hooper was quietly buy
AAAC Nlf Il SiNsiA 'lNsil Ol lIill lNlOUNO
which he knew railroad was project
ed. lie let Rand in on the ground floor.
lent him money and then. when they
realized. collected Rand'S notes. and in
this Way they both made money. and
Rand'S share was Il moderate fortune
10 a man IN his circumstances. IL WAS
not many years before Rand had lost
his money i'm foolish investments. Then
Hooper got him the position OF cashier
in the hank where he was president.
Ii seems pretty tough for Rand L. have
stolen all that money The directors
asked Hooper Tor his resignation. of
course. ana he was obliged to come
here and start fresh"
Now. this was part OF the story
that the judge had never heard be-
fore. II little agreed with his personal
Impressions which. OF course. had
nothing TO do with the law and evi-
Gcnce." lie had an idea that Rand
was not that sort Of man. and. curl
OuSly enough. he had acquired IN an
tipathy for Hooper.
That night he wOle thinking of the
case Gradually he found himself
forced TO n conclusion for which there
was little rcaSon-he somehow thought
that Hooper was the guilty man and
Rand the innocent. He had known "A
few similar cases " QuXOtic gratitude.
The next day he called AT the bank
ing house of Hooper * Co. As he was
leaving hc met Hooper face 10 face.
The man went white and staggered
against the door jamb as if he had
been struck
"Why- how dye do? Why didn't
expect To see You he stammered.
Anything we can do for youy'
The judge looked him square in the
eye and said NO. Mr.. Hooper nothing
you can do. unlcsS-but never mind
now" And he gave him peculiar 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
stridng the floor and mumbling to
himself
My God. judge. do you know" he
cried
Il know you are a ScOundrei." the
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