The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-26
On the Trail of " Big Finger"

positive assertions made this after
noOn.
Cashmere's reply hung fire for
the fraction of second. Though
he vaguely apprehended some evil from
this abrupt depression by Boyd, he
could not conjecture at what he was
driving, yet he dared not venture deny
ing his previous assertions.
Why, yes, that is what I said he
presently rejoined, still vainly search
ing Boyd's face,
"And you are quite sure you had the
genuine order, Mr.. Cashmere, and not
the forgery?'
"Sure-of course I am" growied
Cashmere impatiently. What an alb
surd notion. Stanwood himself gave
me the order directly after signing it,
know absolutely nothing about the
forgery
Presumably not" Boyd rejoined.
with odd sudvity. Yet there is one
curious fact about forgeries, Mr.. Cash
mere Evidently you never have heard
of it,
What do you mean?"
only this" smiled Boyd. .Forgeries
laying and tracing process. by which an
exact facsimile of signature may be
obtained 1t is universally admitted,
however, that no person can possibly
write his signature twice exactly alike.
and when two such signatures are
found it is absolute evidence that one
of them is a traced forgery
Neither the voice nor the bearing
of Mr.. Felix Boyd had undergone the
slightest change, yet by slow degrees
Cdshmere'S face had become as white
as the linen at his throat. With eyes
darkly burning, with his every nerve
strained to its utmost tension, he grad
ually moved his hand nearer the
drawer at which he previously had
glanced, until he could quietly draw it
open.
well. What is that TO me. Mr.
Boyd?" he presently asked, a bit husk-
lily.
Boyd appeared ublivious to the move
his questioner was attempting to make
undetected.
well, Cashmere. it affects YOU quite
seriously he replied. You have posi-
lively asserted that you alone had the
order bearing StanTOod's signature
While in his private office this after
noon I very easily discovered that the
signature on the forged order is an alb
solute likeness of the geuine In other
words, Mr.. Cashmere, it is a traced
forgery. OF course. you see the point
Such evidence admits of but one con-
clusiOn.''
You intimate. Mr. Boyd. that YOU
are about to charge me with having
committed this crime Cashmere
hoarseiy said, with ominous deIibera-
ton.
We'll. to be perfectly frank with you,
sir answered Boyd, without moving
from his position, Il began to suspect
as much when 1 noticed your anxiety
to fix the crime upon another. Further
more, when / observed on the window
of your own private office indications
that the forgery had been traced by
placing the two orders against the
glass pane, 1 was convinced not only
of your guilt"
Stop a moment,
White as a corpse, with a murderous
light in his frowning eyes, Cashmere
had drawn forward till his breast
touched the edge of the table
so that was what you were doing in
the private office is ito" he added. with
venomous resentment. You charge
me with having traced that forgery, do
your"
Boyd stared across the table at him
and nodded
ALSO with having used Miss Harris
typewriter TO print the duplicate order
for which you remained in your private
office after she departed yesterday aft
ernoon," he coolly rejoined. 1T was
clever work IT. way. Cashmere. your