The Ordway new era., 1906-02-09

but am empuWetS0 70 ShSt SAS~~~
more, making the sum $500. though
Ifor the present no change viii -
made In the wording, unless you ad-
wise it,
Il do not advise Il. A change would
alarm Hamilton. showing that sus-
! picions had been awakened. To show
! that he is thought to have absconded
with funds of the bank would alarm
him directly and put him beyond our
reach. But he might even return II
he thought nothing was suspected, II
Il should be automatically stated by
YOU. for instance. that upon examina.
tion everything had been found cor
rect. Still, he must know the anair
of the altered note would leak out
some time
"Yes. and there may be others OF
stiII larger amount. MIR. Bruce"
True. One thing more wish to
ask you Who presented the note and
received the money at the Boston
bank"
MIR. Hamilton. himself
Are you sure?'
II have the written word OF Simon
Low, the cashier OF the bank. Low
has been here more than once. He
knows Hamilton nearly as well as
do
"A dark look"
Couldn't look much blacker. hey?"
No; but | am sorry for his wife"
said the detective. 1T will be sharp
work hunting him up"
Mr.. Bruce took his departure short
~ afterward. musIng deeply over the
present developments OF the mysteri-
Gus affair. for exceedingly mysterious
II seemed to him. In the whole course
of his calling he had known of nothing
like II. so puzzling and complicated
with what appeared TO be such ad-
verse matters.
Here was man universally es.
teemed. who for years had been guilty
OF nothing worse than mysterious
yearly journeys (yet which were sup
posed to be innocent enough until
now). devoted husband and father:
a member OF the Congregational
church. of which he was deacon.
though young for the position: cashier
of the savings bank where the poor
people who worked at his mill de-
posted their carnings-this man. II
seemed. was defaulter. forger. tho
deserter of his wife and family. Worse
yet. II appeared also that he had left
his wife and went away In company
with another woman. though this did
not seem quite SO evident.
Confirmation. slight though It
might be. was waiting at the corner
of the street in the person OF Miss
Talbert.
II saw you" she began directly.
when you left the bank. and as had
given you wrong idea | felt bound
to set II right Mt once"
How do you meant"
About the handkerchief. Mary.
our chambermaid. came In soon after
you left and asked II she might have
1t. as 1t was marked with her name.
and she was the only Mary In tho
house"
~ suppose you might as well have
it. then. | said: but how did you hap
pen to know about it, Oh said
Mary. I handed II to Mrs. Anderson
when she first came. She was con-
tinnally dropping things. and
noticed the name. She asked mo
what II was. and told her Mary.
She said she did not notice that II
had name ON II when she bought
it Before she thought. Mary asked
her II II wasn't her name then. and
she said no. her name was Lenora."
The detective was startled out Of
his general immobilifS by the internal
workings of the matter. a develop
ment like that was startling. when It
would have seemed so much moro
likely to have never come 10 the sur
face. But he managed to thank Miss
Taibert for her information and to
say. No wonder she did not recog.
nize the name herself. II looked quito
as much like rosebush or a wheel
barrow. You gave the handkerchief
to Mary. ! conclude; Mary--whn,?"
Mary ONeil. Yes. gave IL to
her
ITO be continued.)