Evening star., 1900-10-06

Barwood's face took on a look of intense
interest
Not EngIar?"
'Englarn
Barwoods face broadened into a grim
| smile
You are quite resolved not to put the
money back?"
Quite" '+f 81 -F' .+t
1T is really my duty to urge the point"
You have urged it, - .ss -... .... .
Barwood, with the grim smile still linger-
ing ON his face, strode for time up and
down the room. an incarnation of practical
intelligence in labor in dressing gown He
| came at last to a halt in his former station
| before the fire.
Gould you steal any morep" he asked
| gravely.
How much more. for example?"
Well-:'ay second fifty thousand. You
could hardly make deal with less"
Il nave stolen a second fifty thousand
said the visitor, drawing a considera BILE
parcel from under his cloak and layine If
on the table. Il calculated myself that it
would take about a second fifty to protect
the first"
You seem to be a client of great fore
lhousht 10 employ an attorney Of great
penetration. said the judge. 1t
Is only left to settle where and when l
am to let you know what | have done:
suppose you can trust yourself not to get
This was unkind; the powers that rule
were become joke in Cornville. and Rem
shaw, who had been Barwood's rival was
the point of the joke.
Il can trust myself a good deal better
not TO be caught If | don't trust any one
else with my address. When 1 want to
krow what you have done / will come and
ASK you Good night, Mr.. Attorney"
Good night, Mr. Scamp"
The two men parted with mutual resDect
and good will.
Barwood had made 1t a point of con-
science in the conduct of his lffe when he
had a thing to do which was agreeable tn
diGaPrppahla tn
never TO procrastinate. There was besides
an additional reason in the present case for
uspatch. 1t did not enter into his views
for his client that Richard Englar should
not have chance to keep his loss uu-
known.
Mr.. Englar," he said, with the regret
which man throws into his voice when
he speaks of the misfortune Of a personal
enemy, Il am Informed that you have lust
been robbed of 100000. I don't know
Whether IT Is true or not. A man so bum
dled up that L could make nothing of him
visited me at my home just now and told
me so. He added that you could not find
him. and that If you did find him the money
would De either dissipated or would be
spent In his defense. If you guarantee to
make no effort to find him and to keep the
ana1r out Of the hands of the state, he
oners you $4,000 to take or to leave He
told me nothing but what state and then
took his leave. 1 made no attempt to Law
hands on him." concluded the LAWYER
dryly. Il didn't want to deprive you OF
your chance OF recovering So, 600 nor our
new police force Of its chance of distin-
gushing itself s'
There is singularly little more to tell.
Englar and his board Of directors had a
meeting before daylight that morning, as
certained the truth and moved motions and
passed resolutions. They resolved to get
the thief If they could; they resolved that
they could not afford to let $4,000 slip
through their fingers; they resolved for the
present to keep the loss concealed from the
public press and from the state They con-
suited with Judge Barwood and instructed
him to notify his client. II his client should
again enter into communication with him.
that they had taken his offer under advise
ment; secretly they employed one Ruderick
McKlowd to find out what he could about
the robbery. Judge Barwood's client did
not at this time again enter into communf-
cation with him; and Ruderick found only
that the tunnel by means Of which the
bank had been entered had been made by
one Cannes with the assistance of two
companions, named WadIow and Latane.
respectively; but he soon obtained word
that they were in Philadelphia, actually in
detention at the time the bank was broken
into; there had been national convention
at Philadelphia and the police had put the
three bad men where they would do the
most good. OF their whereabouts since
their release nothing could be learned.
Englar said that Ruderfck was as big an
ass as the rest Of the front office, and must
have turned fly cop because he could not
| make living az thief. an opinion which
was poSitifeiy premature Inc directors OF
the bank once more consulted with Judge
Barwood and instructed him to notify his
client, II his client should again enter into
communication with him. that they. ao-
cept his offer. Some days afterward they
bound themselves. their heirs and assigns,
in q manner and form which Barwood
thought worth $35.0oo to himself and his
light visitor. and In return for the docu-
ment he paid that amount.
| Two nights later he was going home from
his office in the dusk when a quavering
| voice demanded IN aims The speaker VA