The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-03

VERY wal. you shall have your prov ,
only Il will not be solitary any lorger.
for ! am not tired In the least and mean
10 come. too"
Very well. then" he said. LEADING th
way toward a quiet. shady road. II am
just In the right mood for ak. arl
you are the right sort Of compsny.~
Il am 50 glad satisfy YOU. Roger
said, looking at him afectionateh,
wish all brothers were like you. and
as much for their sisters
so they woald. If all sisters were 81
sort was his gathering answer
Roger meant what he said. "Aliir ~
course l know you viii 20 back TO Amt
Diana one day, but you mnsi promise
me not to leave us just yet"
"Oh. Roger. Of course not. How r.nld
l so while you wanted mes"
My dear. in that case YOU would nsce-
leave as at all. No. no. I am not quite
so selfish as that. One day you shall 20
Allie, but not just yet. not tin Times
are more settled. and we are all happier
DO you know. dear. wonder sometimes
how l held ON those two years without
you; your absence made me miss mother
more" And Rogers lip trembled little
Alison pressed his arm without speaking:
there was no need for other words be-
tween them. they were so sure Of each
others sympathy.
Roger. l wish you would tell me what
has been troubling you for the last few
days" she said. Something has
gone very wrong; you have been
terribly grave all the week. and
yesterday you were too worried to ear
properly. l hope you mean to take me
into your confidence. dear: perhaps l
could find some way Of helping you"
Il wish you could. Allie" he returned.
sadly; Il wish l could see a way out Of
our terrible difficulties Promise me you
will be as secret as a statue. and l will
tell you a little Of what has happened
"Oh. you may trust me" she replied.
lifting her honest brown eyes to his face
Il believe ! may. and II will be a re-
Lief to speak. Allie. Ferguson is going too
far; l am convinced in my own mind that
he has tempered with the accounts: we
shall come to a crash directly"
What do you mean?" turning a little
pale Roger spoke 50 vehemently.
1T would take too long TO tell you all,
but something very unpleasant has hap
pened this week. You know my father
vent to Lancaster the other day. Well,
,heck In payment for a consignment Of
timber was unexpectedly paid in during
ais absence. OF course l ind0rsed the
heck, wrote out a receipt. inclosed Il in
IN envelope and put il in the usual rack
or postage. then made an entry In the
edger, and was just going to lock up the
edger and the check in the safe. as Il
vas nearly time for closing. when the sud-
len cessation Of the machinery told me
ONE accident had happeneA and OF
curse l ran out Of the Office, and 50 did ,
'ergusson. our manager"
"Oh. | know when poor Mitchell was
urt." returned Alison. with a shudder.
remember seeing both you and Mr.. Fer
usson standing bare headed among the
len in the yard; you were sending limo
by for a doctor"
YES; was detained for nearly half an
our Ferguson must have gone back to
10 ofice-at least l missed him after the
rst few minutes. When they had taken
Iitchell OF to the hospital went back to
ok up things for the night. FERGUSON
as just coming out Of the Office and
lnded me the keys. Everything was
cked up, he said. and the messenger had
tched the letters I had put the check
to my fathers private drawer and had
cked the drawer. but the ledger had been
I open on the table. with my entry writ
n on the top Of blank page. had
ticed the page was a little loose. as
ough the corresponding one had been
{ out some time previously. but I was
a hurry. and thought It did not mat
:. When FERGUSON told me everything
Is locked up for the night and handed
the Office keys. Of course there was
thing for me but to take them. Allie. -
at do you suppose were my feelings :.
ZEN we opened the private drawer the ~
II morning and there was no check
RET Neither was my entry In the led NJ
:; the loose page was gone. and. to add mi
my perplexity. the firm who had paid
the check wrote to complain that there
been no acknowledgment or receipt loC
J yet I had written both myself and
ced the stamped envelope among the ful
er letters for postage"
Ito be continued