The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-04

charged it to profit and loss. Hooper, the president of the bank, was in constant attendance at the trial, and expressed great sorrow for Rand. l Shortly after the sentence Hooper left | the bank and went to another Qty, where he engaged in a private banking and brokerage business It was in this city that Judge StorroW was now sit ting.
 One night at his club the conversa- 1 ton drifted round to money and bank ing. The judge made a remark that he wished to procure a letter of credit for l his niece, who was going abroad and some one suggested Hooper's house as the best place to get it.
 By the way said his adviser, ''you sentenced the cashier of the bank of which Hooper used to be president, didn't your" The judge said he did.
 Well" 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 in very good circumstances, while Hooper had l plenty of money. At that time Hooper was quietly buying up a great deal of i land through which he knew a railroad was projected. He 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 a moder- ate fortune to man in his circum- stances. It wasn't many years before Rand had lost his money in foolish in vestments Then Hooper got him the position of cashier in the bank where he was president. It seems pretty tough for Rand to have stolen all that money. The directors asked Hooper for his re- signation, of course, and he was obliged to come here and start fresh"
 Now this was part of the story that the judge had never heard before. It little agreed with his personal appear ance, which, of course, had nothing to do with the Jaw and evidence" He had an idea that Rand was not that sort of a man, and curiously enough, he had acquired an antipathy for Hoop CT.
 That night he woke thinking of the case Gradually he found himself fore ed to a conclusion for which there was little reason. He somehow thought that Hooper was the guilty man and Rand the innocent. He had known a few similar cases of quixotic gratitude.
 The next day he called at the bank ing house of Hooper & Co. As he was leaving he met Hooper face to face, The man went white and staggered against the door jamb is if he had been struck.
 "Why-how dy do? Why--iI didn't expect to see you" he stammered Arv Jo for
 The judge looked him square in the eye and said: No, MT. Hooper, noth- ing you can do, unless-never mind now" and he gave him a peculiar look under which Hooper quailed.
 The judge had not gone two blocks before one of the clerks came rushing after him. and said that MT. Hooper wanted him to some back He found Hooper striding the floor and mumbing to himself.
 My God, judge, do you know?" he cried.
 II know you are scoundrel,' the judge replied, surprised out of his self control
 q did it. judge, I did it."
 ''I know it. calmly replied the judge.
 | stand meeting you and I've never had a happy or easy moment since. I've lived in constant fear of apprehension.
 The judge looked at him for mo- ment, and then 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 an inspector to the bank ing office.
 Now" he said, before either of us leaves this room, you are going to write | the whole story. You will sign it in | the presence of witnesses, and inside | of two weeks Rand will be a free man. | You will be arrested at once, but for | two weeks for my own reasons, you | will continue your business, and a | headquarters man will be always with | you. You can explain his presense in | any way that you like. Now sit down | and write"
 Hooper shrank from the ask, but the 1 judge insisted When he had finished [ and was ready to sign there came a tap | at the door, and a stranger was usher | ed in. He locked the door after him, | and the judge had low conversation with him. The confession was duly | signed and witnessed.
 It set forth Hooper'S necessity to ob- tain funds further than those available, | and how he had stolen from time to time, showing Rand fictitious notes, so that Rand had every reason to suppose the bank was making loans. In short, he had made the entries in perfect good | faith, and then when the stealing was made known he had kept silence re- all the benefits received. It | was, of course, a questionable thing | for him to do, considering his family. | But ther was no doubting the nobility of that mans character
 That night the judge started for home having disposed of the case. There the next day he laid the confession before the governor and his council, 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 something's the judge told him.
 NOW" said the judge, this tansle can be strengthened out. You bring Alice here two weeks from tonight and I'll try to change her views"
 At last the night came. The judge was decidedly nervous The bell rang