The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28
ASTOUNDING REvELATIoNs


Why" gasped her uncle, Il thought
you knew nothing about it,
Il did not until yesterday. and 7
would not believe it. The paper was
over a week old, and l thought that It
related to the first suspicious, but that
since then all had been proved right"
DO you really mean that you be-
lieved all this in the face of such dis
closures as are given by this paper?"
Il did, and do" Constance was her
self now. and faced him fiercely. do
you suppose twenty Globes could
make me suspect my husband of all
that dreadful wickedness?" pointing to
the newspaper with disdain. II
thought by this time all was right at
the bank, and that people had found
out their mistake"
Matters were set right at the bank
by his bondsmen paying the amount
that was missing, Constance"
You were one of them, Uncle"
Yes
Well, when Vane comes back he
will pay you"
What folly is this Constance" said
her uncle sternly. Henderson and
held out till we could do so no longer.
The proofs were overwhelming the ac-
count you have read is true"
20 uncle, you don't believe It, You
can't believe it,"
my poor girl, do; there is no choice
but to do So"
But because he went away and does
not return, Is that criminal? He may
be i'll somewhere. People frequently
have brain fever. and cannot tell so
much as their names"
But Vane was well on the twenty
eighth of May. He was at the bank
the 22d. He got five thousand dol
lars at the National Bank in Boston
on note which he presented himself"
But hadn't he a right to when he
| is the treasurer"
He hadn't the right. Constance, to
alter the note, making the amount ten
| times as much"
| else
Low, Simon Low, the cashier,
knows him perfectly. my dear"
! Il would sooner think Low changed
| il himself and pocketed the rest after
| giving Vane the five hundred"
THAT is folly, Constance. Low would
| not dare do such a thing. No, there is
nothing else to do but believe the
story. / stood out stoutly. and so did
Henderson, till we heard Lows state
ment. That decided u.s."
you took the word of a stranger
against Vane, whom you have known
for years"
Listen. Constance" said her uncle,
| quite patiently, though he inwardly
wondered that women could be so un-
| reasonable. THE proofs We're over
whelming before; they satisfied every
one else: but when Lows letter came
to the president of the bank then a
telegram stating details. we had to be-
| lieve. If more proof were needed, ii
was supplied afterwards when another
altered note, this time altered from
four hundred to four thousand, came
| in. For a day or two il looked as If
the bank must fail. The trustees is
sued a circular to the banks of the
country to send in anya deposits they
| might have of their paper, but there
| was no response: so ii Is likely no
other notes were offered. That is ex-
actly as the matter stands, Constance.
! thought it wrong to leave you in
| ignorance any longer. You know how
hate unpleasantness or trouble of
any sort, and that l would not have
told you II 1t could have been avoid
! ed"
IT know, Uncle Carter. you meant
! to be kind" said Constance in a low,
| restrained voice. Il am sorry I spoke
to you so sharply, but ] was upset by
| having the matter preached when
: had set II one side. don't believe II
| now, and am sorry that you do. Nane
| will be surprised. uncle. to see how
soon you could be made to harbor
suspicious against him. But no mat
ter" as he opened his mouth 10 speak.
you cannot help IL. perhaps You
did not know him as / did. / am sorry
/ about the money. but Nane will REIN
burse you II he IL living. II not,
will" and Constance took up some sew
| ing. and selecting a needle already
1 threaded took few tremulous
| stitches.
Her uncle went out the door and
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