La Junta tribune., 1906-11-10

I'VE KNOW That rou OPENED THIS ~
yELoPE
was by accident that be found II In =
drawer which be had not opsned since
IL was put away.
The envelope had been torn and was
empty.
Dazrd and ashamed. Billy laid IL
upon the desk without a word and the
two men looked into each Others eyes
a moment.
"You have no idea who did thisY-
said winser.
Billy shook his bead
What was In IL - he asked with the
dull manner of a discouraged man. and
he made vain search Of the drawer.
winser had not replied He was
bending over the envelope and smiling.
There Is a strange thing about my
penInanship.- said he at last lit Is al
ways legIbie. but usually not in tie
right way. Yes; that's Mr.. Mousoud
sure enough. but when wrote II sup
posed that 1t was two thousand.
The breath went out Of Billy In a
gasp. He took the envelope out Of
wlnser's hand and stared at the writ
Ing.
Two thousandf Not two thousand
dolInrsT''
Yes" responded wlnser. Il put the
money into an envelope and wrote the
amount on the outside because ] had an
ether-two Others. In fact. With different
sums"
81 found i,.oo on this DESK" sald Bliiy.
"and I've lost it, 4.sa
Lost it,
"In a weekly magazine-Truth- Proha-
bly, you haven't seen a eopy. IT'S n faH-
ure"
''You surprise me. 1t esrtainly looks
prosperous Did YOU invest my money
there
Upon this. Billy told ths whole story.
and it sounded to him like a lie. but Wiz
gave no sign OF disbelief
"Of course ! should not have used the
money without knowing where II came
from said h. In conclusion. '-but I per-
sunded myself that somebody had been
my good angel Their. arr Two or three
men In this city who werr close friends
of mine IN college and are now very
rich Miss Vincent had often heard me
speak OF them. and though she knew that
the acquaintance had been entirely broken
OF because OF the diHerence Of our cir
cumrtance< she might have found means
TO communicate my need 20 one OF them.
The theory was wild. but SO extraordinary
an event seemed to excuse a little dream
ing. OF course I never connected this
money with the Mousoud letter. which ]
had practically forgotten"
The money" said winser. must have
been left your desk that afternoon
when you found IT, Had any one been
here
II questioned the servant as soon az
she was well She said that a man haf
called for me twice. but she described .
poor devil of artist-a friend OF mine
who had been here before. He wasn't
winser took some seconds for renec-
tion and then said:
81 am a good auestioner. May I sec
this servantr
"certainiy." said Billy. and hs rang
the bell
The mcaxer servitor answered the sum-
mons promptly.
Madam said wln.er. 1--WE know that
you opened thi< envelope and took out
the money and put n part OF Il under that
paperweight- What did you DO with the
rest Of ur'
She stood rigid for an instant. facing
winser. and then turned to Billy - .
blaze OF wrath.
"You iiei'' she screamed. You got IT.
all Of t. I never got nothin. and 700
know IT, You came In here that day. and
I never was out Of the room tan you
came That's the truth. and dont care
what y6u say. The money vas In my
hand. and I put u on the desk and you
took II. and
THAT is all that we require" said
Winser. and with Biiiy's help he succeed
ed In persuading the woman that she was
charged with no crime.
And now. Mr.. Aiienwooi." he resumed
when they were alone. I'VE have cleared
up this simple mystery. and the natter
stands between two alone 1t seems
that am in a sense a partner In Truth.
a very excellent magazine to read. b0e
not to own. as I judge from what you
have said May I venture to insfv6e .
little further into It's afYairs~'
Billy gave n clear statement OF tle con.
dftion of the magazine. and this Wns ths
FIRST Of several conferences between them
The fnal result was that wInser agreed
to loan a certain sum OF money U1th the
proviso that he should name a new buse-
ness manager What share Of ~ ulti-
mate success Of Truth should be eSedfeed
TO winser's appointee and what s1Are 20
his financial backing would not WisA to
decide. but the magazine n a grenf HrUp-
erty today. as everybody knows The
shares held by AiIenwood and Nfsau VIM
cent are worth q good deal Of msspy. an6
there are salaries well as pgU0eA
These interests were recently coonu111n&e0
BY the marriage Of the parfies - 80
Of the most prtsed and most vnDnnboo
Of the wedding pFe1Rnts vas froo 1unnD
Wfnoer. who ansux1ed for that 0nnnG0D0
tAa nA0e - ~1eR. AossauA~