The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-09-26
now MARROW cor MS THIEF.

tim tbs fnl tins ssu hip, and I've
fnsied ersrythins to bin slnosi iron
iha Ar, seek he came -ssd ihsi 10 over
. ysst sso. Nov. Il msddens me the
ihoast, tbs, be VI. thisf. after sll Only
catch bin asa bali The Eioo0 BIO hes tsk
60 shall bs yours Pai hin 10 the dock.
dont care what IL costs me, LIS, me zee
him paai.Ass. Ls, ne zee hin csusbt
% f,f him fof ell you'fs worth. Mr.. Mar
los, aud The very day be 10 charged III
give you chscf fof Gjo0l
Tie detectives ihip isco flashed. He
vss yoang and nnknown, snd 30 fH bad
never bsd chance. Nos II bad come;
.pd be might not only mske bis reputs
tion ba, 600 as veil, snd that last would
give him ell that vas beat 10 the world TO
hin = the girl be loved Tor siIe; and with
ont 1, !, nigh, b. years before be could
siiori to mary.
H turled eagerly sod gathered up his
papers and notebook
III lose no time. be ssij. Ill do my
best. Int oil the ssme IL seemed an al
ID osi hopeless task. Fred Emberson, the
tbiei, had bad sood IL honrs start. He
had gone 81 I o'clock tie day before to the
bank TO psy money 10 snd to cash check
ss usual ready for paying the mems wages
90 the M motrox. and he had never return
ed. TIE check had been Dashed, the
money never paid in, and Fred Enberson
bad vanished.
Mr., Richie was hard snd bitter mao.
He Lsd been soured i've years before by
the disappearance o. bis only daughter.
| She had met, st the house oi some friends
she hsd been visiling. q man with whom
she had fallen 10 love. He had beeu ineli
eible 10 every wsy-a poor min with 30
prospects, With apparently nothing to rec
ommend him -bu. that made 10 difference
to her.
Mf. Rltcbie had stormed aud ragged. had
smphsticslly refused to see bin, and bad
forbidden her ever to mention him again.
She had rsiused, Che had tried for some
months TO induce the tive men to meet,
she had persisted 10 sticking to the man
she loved. and then she had run away and
married him.
MIR. Richie never iorssve her-never
would He bad returned ell her letters
unopened. He washed his hands OF her
and settled down, bitter and soured. TO
live out the remainder OF bis life in hsrd
work.
Nov to fnd that be had been deceived
than ever. At first he could not believe
tbst bis trusted clerk had really done any
thing wrong be would turn up and eI
plain. be thought, and be waited until the
morning before be sent for detentise.
Nov the last doubt seemed removed. Fred
Emberson had not been seen st his lodg
ings since the morning before, and from
bis desk OF bis Office had gone every pa
per except those bearing directly on the
business oi the arm.
Mr.. Richie looked up st the detective.
he srrapged ii all, OF course, he said,
sngrily. He meant 10 60 He always
gees TO thu bank on Fridays to draw the
money ready to pay the men on Saturday
morning, and be thought he'd seizs the op
port unity. Of course. You see. he's left I
nothing behind In his desk not Q scrap Z
Of paper to betrsy him. Not thing Ev
eryihins Was arranged.
The detective nodded
must see what there is at bis lodgings, /
be said. A criminsl always gives himself
away somewhere. He can't help it. Hit '
wasn't for that the world would be dan I
serous place for booest men. But they 81
wsys leave something undone, and very Oft Z
en- it is the cleverest thieves who are the Z
easiest TO catch ia the end. They're too I
clever sometimes.
Mr.. Richie nodded. Detective Msrlow o
his papers and vent out from the
Office into tie noisy streets Of the busy Y
Midland toHo. y
He sent his en TO the station TO make Il
snd then made bis way towards b
The rooms 10 which Fred Enberson had I,
lodged during the yesr be had been With
Mr.. Ritcbie He vent up TO them. ques b
tioning the landisdy as be went. and get
ting no Information, except that she bad
not seen Emberson since be had left Tor Il
bis office the mornins before. o
Upstsirs Mulow found everything 10 u
order, The rooms we're just,as EmbersoD
had left them. he might be coming back
10 bali sn hour The chest OF drawers
uss full Of clothes and Uttered With knick
and pouches and tobacco. .
There we're boots arranged undernestb, .,
,srefnlly polished, brushes and combs lsy eI
~ the table. and . writing desk stood
,lose st hand. But 10 1t Detective Mar r
ov conld and not single scrap Oh paper,
,ot . letter OF 40 euvelop or bill Ember II
700 bad arranged everything. There was
,o.hips TO beirsy him not even % ink 70
mark 90 the b.oitins paper.
Mstlow looked round 10 some dismsy 81
Ehen bad flashed: BE oonidnt ind . y
inale ciew. 60. thread 10 start . search, CT
10, thing TO 90 upon, and be made tc
oss search. too, Tor the thought Of the
800 reward made him s!rsin every nerve.
lie sss slmoss giving up st l.st when
nidenly tiny scrap OF csribosrd fallen VI
'etveen the msn'el-piece snd the wall q
sash. his eye. He took his penkniie
I'd began fotcios !, up. l, eight be H.
ottine, Of ccnrse. bu, be bad tnraed oY n
. every scrap Of paper snd every book 10 10
be room. s1a be vonli mi. no chance. 10