The representative., 1901-03-28

MY safety depends upon your keeping
tho contents Of this letter secret for at
least three days. After that time. please
send to Mr.. Dunlap, president OF the Knicl-
srbocker bank. the inclosed papers, which
will reveal to him the full extent Of my de-
falcations.
II do not hesitate to Betray Chatham and
Seymour: they.did not scruple to ruin me.
have sent for Chatham and shall give
him warning Of my intended flight II he
sees ut, he can take such steps as he may
choose to escape his own richly deserved
punishment
While Sturgis was reading Arbogast's
letter, Dunlap, restlessly pacing the
room, had observed him furtively.
''Well?" he now inquired, stopping
before the reporter, what do you think
of that ?"
''Poor woman!" exclaimed Stureis.
feelingly; sit is terrible to think OF
the suffering brought upon her by her
husbands guilt. I ought to be hard
ened to situation like this; for it
is the inevitable sequel of almost every
crime that is ever committed But
am moved every time by the pathetic
expiation of the innocent for the
guilty"
Eyes, yes; I know" said Dunlap, in
differently; that it not what meant
Did you note the amount which this
ecOunurel cOnfesseS he and his accom-
plices have stolen from the bank?"
"Yes; it is large sum-"
'Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars! Why, man, if that is true, it
is enough to cripple the bank-No, no;
I don't mean that, of course; the bank
is rich and could stand the loss of
four times that amount. But quar-
ter of million is a round sum, for all
of that. 1t does not seem possible that,
in spite of all our care, they can have
succeeded in making away with SO
much money. But they did. There can
be no doubt about that; for in the pa
pers which Arbogast inclosed for me in
his letter to his wife he explains just
how the thing was done. 1t is simple
enough when you know the trick; but
1t took fiendish cunning to devise it.
never would have thought that ras-
cally bookkeeper intelligent enough 10
concoct such scheme"
''If the scheme is work of genius"
said Sturgis, ''you may rest assured
that 'N'-who may very we'll be Henry
Seymour-was the author of it,
.'Weli, at any rate" observed Dunlap,
"there is one thing that must be done
at once; and that is to find both Chat
ham and Seymour. It is not possible
that in two years these men have spent
u quarter of million dollars between
them"
1T is at all events possible that they
may not have done so, }" replied Sturgis:
'for my investiga tions show that both
Arbogast and Chatham have been men
of regular and exemplary habits in
their private lives. They do not ap-
pear to have been living much, if at
all, beyond their means. There does
not seem to have been, in the case Of
either man, any room for double ex-
istence, which might otherwise have
explained the situation. Neither was
spendthrift or gambler, and neith-
er was dissipated.'
'Then you have not the faintest idea
of the present whereabouts of Chatham
or of his mysterious accomplice?"
''Let me tell you exactly what have
done up to the present time; and then
you will be able to judge for yourself.
And 1, too, shall see more clearly where
we stand; for the necessity of putting
ones thoughts into words is an aid to
clear thinking"