Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-02-10

legged inside information furnished by
him. l invested my little fortune In
the stock OF railroad. buying n large
oiock OF shares on margin. The up-
ward turn OF the market was to make
me Independent for life. The next day
the company was in the hands of q
receiver, the stock fell 20 points. and
/ was penniless.
This delayed my marriage. In the
meantime. l had introduced Bolton to
my Intended wife. He seemed to take
the loss OF my fortune as much to
heart as did. and believed him. My
suspicious were not aroused until I
learned that he had accumulated S1O.-
600 and was to DO taken into the firm.
For lack OF evidence I smothered my
wrath and accepted the position OF con-
ndenttal clerk with apparent gratitude.
Then the love OF my intended bride
began to cool. because, thought. OF
my fall In fortune. was undeceived
when her engagement to Bolton was
announced. Again l stified my hatred
and took his hand In congratulation.
"A few months after they were mar
ried l found among his papers dam
ninE evidence that he had deliberately
led me into trap with the intention
or running me and profiting by my
ruin, and that the money which bought
MS pIlce In the firm was my money.
The idea OF revenge took root In my
heart. l meditated murder but what
~ death compared to a crushing blow
| 10 vain mans pride7 Besides. he
was safe from me through the love
pore the woman who could never DO
mine. While she lived made no
inovo against him, / went steadily
about my duties. learning his business
intimately. that / might strike the
harder when / did strike. raising a
family as / was raised in the fear and
admonition OF the Lord. and withal
| awaiting my turn OF the wheel Of fate.
When year ago the dear heart
mat was my first and only love was
laid In the grave, set my machinery
In motion. l made n competition with n
house In New York city which Bolton
would never suspect. We arranged
telegraph code in which the names of
various domestic animals stood for
various stocks. We thus were enabled
to block !very deal which the house OF
Holton. &c Co. started. and besides, by
unloading in time, to make nice
profit OF our own. In q few months
we would have driven Bolton &c Co.
to the wall. but I suppose got too
anxious. and gave the plot away some
| how"
Through this strange interview Boil
ton sat with bowed head and closed
| eyes.
i trust that you can defend yourself
from his charge, Mr.. Bolton" said
| Clarke.
No. God forgive me, can't I did
take advantage OF him I'm the early
| days / made myself believe at the
time that IL was all In the way OF bust
ness, but have suffered In conscience
Tor IL ever since, and have regarded
the $4,000 which I have paid him
every year as partial atonement. I can't
blame myself on my dead wife's &C.
count. She did not love Nipple, and
she did love me. She never would
ave married him anyway"
Now" said Clarke, there Is only
one more point to be cleared up. and
that is why Nipple scrubbed on the
backs OF the reports the messages
which he declares he wired. I think
we shall find, Mr.. Bolton, that you owe
your discovery OF this plot more TO
very rare form OF insanity, which
brooding on his trouble has produced
In Nipples naturally fanatlcal brain.
than TO my efforts. He is afflicted with
agraphia, peculiar disease OF the
mind which causes him to write. not
always what he intends IN write. but
what Is upperInost in his mind. met
a similar case once I'm Bellevue hos.
pital, and I rather suspected as much
when j advised you TO ask him 20 In.
dorse one Of the reports. He tried 10
indorse the report az he has done in
his methodical way for years. and as
you probably would have noticed. had
you noS been to engrossed with bust.
ness to look at the backs. Then the
last message he had wired to New
York came into his mind, and he
wrote that Instead. II vas a chance
shot on my part. admit. All. Inspec-
tor Ship; here IL your man. Wait
until I unhandcuh him, and see that
he does not do violence TO himself
until we can notify his family. I think
you will find It n case needing medical
! attention and not properly one for the
penitentiary."
Dazed and bewildered at the strange
company in which he nwoke to con.
seriousness Nipple vas led away, and
the chapter closed IN the wreck OF a
brilliant mind anC he blasting of a
once fair name. did not see tho check
which Carlton Clarke received from
Bolton, but never heard him com.
plain that 1t was not satisfactory.
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