Emmons County record., 1909-02-04

For the frSt mOntn OF
10 OF the fair there was nothing to do
but lounge about the office and. like
Mr.. Micawber wait for something TO
turn up. The four OF us who were
assigned to this monotonous duty soon
grew weary of the inactivity and we're
on the point OF asking for transfer,
when an excellent imitation ID the ten
dollar goldpiece made its appearance
IN large numbers. After that, none of
the four Of us had any cause for com
plant on the score of stagnation.
Saunders and McGrath. two of my
companions, by means OF miserably
scrawled, anonymous note To the chief
Of police. secured Information OF mys-
terious boxes coming by night To
hank. and II required but IA small
hight OF the imagination to evolve
plot in which the great financial mag
nate. the president of the bank, was
the central figure. regardless Of his
high social standing. his reputed fabu-
lous wealth. and his irreproachable
character
II selected the cashier at the fac
tory as my man. and Murphy took the
teller Of the bank. the man who made
up the payroll each week For ten
days we shadowed them with dogged
persistency. They were both men of
the town and both were members of
the better class OF clubs and moved
in the most exclusive circles of go
ciety. These matters rather strength
ened than weakened our suspicious.
for neither of the men was wealthy,
and playing society is an expensive
game at best
But in all our pursuit and in all the
lavish expenditures of these young
spendthrifts not once did either of
them pass or attempt to pass one OF
the counterfeit coins, SO far as we
could gather don't think they could
have done SO without its being dis
covered. so thoroughly did we track
them in every turn and move they
made during the period We had them
gether in handsomely furnished
fiat. with small army of servants.
and they entertained lavishly Their
table was of the best and their wines
of the rarest vintages.
IAN of these things argued that we
ized that our game was to be OF the
waiting kind. for we were now thor
oughly convinced, hy that selfsame
sixth sense, that Morton and farley
were the individuals to whom we
must look for the clearing up of the
mystery surrounding the appearance
of the bad gold pieces.
Saunders and McGrath had con
fined their attention To the bank presi-
dent. and he had led them over long
trail He had left the city soon after
they began to pay him such particular
attention. that one OF the other OF
them was as constant companion
to him as was his shadow. Both had
followed him He had announced that
he was going west for his health. and
they tagged along In secret attendance
on him while he crossed the continent
They kept him under watch while he
dawdled about one OF the coast-re
sorts of California. fished for sharks
and sea bass, and paid rather particu-
lar court to some OF the budding beau
ties that were summering at this
point Never suggestion of any
thing suspicious did they pick up in all
this mOnotonous wandering.
BY ruse that need not he detailed
Murphy and ! gained access to the
apartments of our precious social lnm
inaries, and although We ransacked
every nook and corner, we found alb
solutely nothing that confirmed our
suspicious regarding them. There was
no place about their fiat where the
money could have been manufactured.
nor was there the slightest trace of
chemicals or metal of any kind. In
the drawer of secretary in Mortons
bedroom We found large amount OF
money. but 1t was the genuine article
and paper-money. besides.
There were no suspicious papers.
In fact. nothing beyond what might
properly be met with in the apart
ments OF two young men Of fashion
and wealth.
MY suspicion had now become a
certainty. for the more tantalizing
became the pursuit and the less
Of suspicious circumstances surround
ing the teller and cashier, the more
firmly did my intuition point to them
Is i'm some way connected with the
counterfeiting job. ! did not believe
they were the manufacturers of the