The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-30
The Trail
Of
The TypeOriting

A., Cronkiic held open the door "a the
- .uc woman passed out of the inner
.r..s, u. was about To- enter. Though he
-.., h"r hut "a glance. he was struck 10y
-.t mingled sadness and confidence Of
l,r DNpr -sion.
\ sweet young lady. Judge. and
-..e. sure a good one. he snid. inquiring-
49, 1T j. hard TO bear the troubles that
l.va come to one still trusted and loved
The Judge swung about impatiently in
h. chair.
Alice Blount il a good. sweet girl.
rgrnur-''. BE snapped. -or she v ouldn't be
..~ mothers daughter. But she lacks
worldly wisdom. just when I thought
ra- nicely established for life. she loses
q. interest In her new lover in her IN Siety
,-r her old lover. who has got himself
t.f.r a most dishonorable scrape and dis
auuaar"d in consequence. swear have
o.. PATIENCE with her
Was that Miss Alice Blount. Judge2
A.. / see. She asked you. her mothers
old friend. to find and vindicate John
D,ia. though she must know that both
her -tspfather James Keith. and her ac-
c.pted lover. Claude Springstead. charge
rnr defalcation at Peters : hank on him.
Perhaps she has her mothers sad fate
20 her mind. and has hut little faith in her
s,"pfather.'
That will do Abe interrupted the
Judge. Keith l. an upright. honorable
man According to his lights. even II he IL
somewhat too aust"re and frugal. You
have t.'en prejudiced and unfair IN your
view 81 this case ever since Denison
0-ters brought IL to me.
- L.
w the cashier and assistant cashier.
K.ith and Springfield. was convincing
..l.n-t the missing teller Acting under
uv advice. and ia view Of the stringency
q, he money marksd and tho sensitive
Pc. - 81 tho public. Mr. Peters has decided
-trnd the loss in secret. a. he can well
~ Hri 10 do. and 20 make no effort to APP
-r.G"nd the fugitive Durie
The Gaze l. funcius ofcio--it should
10, ou' Of remembrance told Alice
a. ,Iainv. but she persisted and per
o-'.d. uu'Il
Until you agreed TO let me keep on
-..n T. until found Durie and heard
~rr' a. h1- 20 ~ly N H. own defence?
nnui TOT Won. Judge. : was Just about
... .t-F th. -tU" thing my-.'lf-
What When you went over the type
-.r..' ten statement Ir'nari ~ Spring
...Hi aud -iElri 10y both him and Keith
90 ,om.ar-i ~ with the tvpew rit'eu
...m'rau Ia found m Imri.s va!ise :.
D..n DU.," had left - be- called for a Z
tna IW'nOut Hotel and Was too scared
,.,or ~ come afTor' Mhv. YOU said your
a,.f the'" was ~" against him
Yes. vrira faoic case, Judge; but I
liI mot rh.u n..derrt the :ntrins ic
evidence Of th" typ"Nr.tugs, as | hav"
D.v
-nr 'Na -rut-arv. ~ my own s,lcres-
fru vow found that IN" statement had
be-. q, rr'Tnr ON such a ma'uln" a. spring
atrad u-s- and ~" memoranda had h..n
rrtr'.n uIr -.l'u 90 I.r. h.uc a. Dun. used
~. Iudg" Hur ~" I"r-Onal manner
rH' style 81 M" writing b. Identical ~
OH. n and every INSTANCE. Have YOU IN.
nalarrs Ne-. then bet M. show you what
am ashamed did not discover at a
lance
10 Won $50 IN" crowded effect ~ ell the
-r.ug-s We. We'll. that corn"s he
u-,. there j. not, 49, there should ha in
...ri fyT"writ.lE. "A space l"ft after every
emma
mother thing Let NJ take Para .
r-a-h I on each sheet. luckily for the force
~ ''a "vampl" there - one on every sheo'
bon YOU see that IL - invariably written
'4-4graUh -
of course paragraph one IL invariably
V-.''nn paragraph ono. I don't SEA what
- - driving az. Abe
- nuk closer. Judge. In each and every
instance tho capital | IL used instead OF
~" a ut 7. although there IL n distinct
cNr-lofar for the digit on each machine
Now shat do these two common peculiar
ito shows
I'm blessed II 7 know"
-Ih"v show that the person who wrote
s'' MS fvpawritten matter was self-
taught or he would never have omitted the
s0aCe after the comma. which IL one 81
-" "len.ntals 81 typewriting taught in
'ta -rtools They show that the machine
D. taught himself on and first usad did
~ have a snpa-lt" cha ract"r for the
"a ~ md that he therefore got in the
klhl' - using the capita! for it
-W.lE-
sN"'l. I have learned that DIrie M n
Pr hoy acquired both tyuewriting and
go, rE~aVhy NJ 'he schools; in fact hs
---a "vr..rr ~ Thorn But Springfield
N-"l IN h1xurious idlan"Sz picked up tho
90. " ryU"wrI'iug h" did for his own
-..rnou' ON an old machine in his
f.'' .~'s house. IN" kind. too. mind. thnt
H..-. H1f hgv" q separate character for
'r' digit !. and after he took that half
s..rnr4~" "a tho bank h" improved himself
moro ~ that wav than he did in other
n.-. Vow what do Won says
-py 20 ahead secr"tly hut surely Z"
rvsv-rei judge Josiah Marcellus with n
g.a