Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04

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Her father she snail not be- fr
ther bothered.
s, SHtAPT cE viII.Miss Murdocks final
privilege Of Calling at her home. Witch ~ s sSe
readily grants Beilboy brings note for
ance. and she drops It II remains s f hnnoy
ten when she leaves studio.
NILE, GHAfr ,Isa lAsnpromptlg at time agreed
long and careful examination in bank, i Res
y yolvsr IN ! b s1sp desk shows two
cHApTER SSE,on,,na.,o,
sturgis questions banker regarding relia.
o onnS OF ArboSgast, head bookkeeper then
Chatham. accountant who has freauentiv
e eMam'hsa condition OF books as accom-
deciphered from marks on biotters '''a'u
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'sThey represent the traces of third
individual, who will appear upon the
scene later on. He has not yet re-
ceived his cue. But, since you mention
him, we may put him down in the cast
as * the unknown quantity of the
problem; for 1 do not vet know his
name. Now, then; let me see. Where
was I? Your. interruption has made
me lose the thread. oh, yes; the men
wste in this room, Arlogast, nervous
and excited, paced back and forth.
like q Gagged animal, Chatham was
more collected. 1t was warm in the
bank, as compared with the intense
cold outside; he removed his oyercoat
and threw it over the back of that
chair in the corner. This fact is
shown by the direction. of the footsteps
toward the chair, and by mark d.
rectly below the arm of the chair
where the garment trailed upon the
wet floor. Chatham's carelessness was
fraught with serious consequences;
Tor, as luck would have 1t, there was,
IN one OF the pockets of his coat, an
important letter which slipped out
ana rel upon the floor superscription
uppermost. Here Is the envelope it
sen, "nich nave Pieced together.
aou VII WI! see that II is solied only upon
.ne pasA, anu Aere near .ne cna1r IS
tne ia,hS- opiohg marx which Is left
upon .ue hooi, Snu .ham went 10 the
.eiepnone ~ ehe CASHIERS once. he
propaDiy ula not see the letter fall.
~ ntposas' eye however;
anu YOU can iliagih ms surprise when
hs saw .iiae ~ was addressed TO ms
W.. "a' .au MS accoinpnce 10
,.as ne ~ 1880. VI posas. es.aehely
s Mas NV .aineu w any ieelihgs OF
aIrsaay snsnio;ams - c ~ .,se ne was
o. 49, sp ~ " onuena' lor
and raaa ~ ist.a. ~. w ,,s, :, open'
ya,, 80 ha,a ,,;saos =. .as ss usiol.
,,ai'.s ~. a.a..,l
.,,s,,aa -. w
when he saw;t Pei !. san us m.au y
yo1i SGD.
why exclaimed Duhiap' a1ter reao-
ing the letter, ms announces ms III
tention OF committing suicide.
Precisely; and yet tArbogast did not
commit suicide; probably never mad
any intention OF dong SO; and, at any
rate, did not write that letter. You
will observe that IT Is not signed; the
name is typewriter, like the rest OF the
letter, which, moreover, was not writ
ten here, as the superscript1on would
seem to indicate. have tried your
typewriter, and although 1t is OF the
same make as the one upon which TINS
letter was written, there are several
characteristic differences IN the Align
ment and IN the impertections OF the
type.
Besides" continued Stnrgis,
thoughtfully, THE letter itself bears
evidence, on its face, that 1t could not
have been written by Arbogast. Your
bookkeeper was OF weak, nervous, ex-
citable temperament as all ms actions
plainly show. Before such a man Is
brought 10 me point OF taxing ms own
NE, ne must nave passeu .nrough
more or less protractea perioa Q. ago'
nlzing nervous tension, OF "hch you
ana 1 can haraiy form any aaequate
conception. ohaer the circum Isl
u ne iovea MS VIE. conscious that oy
nn su'ls no M"e 49,. " piuAs As
NV .1ie uep.n. ~ s,ie. ahu .. sna' =.
t a.,J 49, ,at.a. -, - 4a.,Ja,. ~
re,,antant letter. hut never this fripid.
,natter.of- fact statement of n sunreme
decision This letter is the work of n
cold and calculating nature. incanable
~ ordinary human FEELING Tbe man
who wrote It would not have written
to his wife ut all. or wonld have written
oalv to serve some selfish nurnose.
From what i know Of Arboeast + do
not believe II. was connble of comnos.
;nr these lines"
.yon+ binl, tbon +h,+ mo ,at+. ,,..
,rr;ttsn IN, chathosm sa;d nnn,a rs
.Rn, Whit object cn,,,d Shathan, haIa
for writing SUCH letter a -
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