The evening world., 1910-12-08

other thing that has
- driven me desperate.
Will o tell me why I should be sus-
pected OF having a hand In that when
she had been a mother to me? II she
is dead she can't sxonerate me: 10 she
Is living. and we find her. she will tell
you what ] tell you-that know moth
Ing OF the whole terrible business"
Il am quite certain of that, War
drop" | ~lnterposed. ''Besides, I think
! have got to the bottom OF thst mys-
terry"
Margery looked at me quickly. but I
shook my head. 1t was too early to
tell my suspicious.
The things that looked black against
me were bad enough. but they had
nothing to do with Miss Jane. will
have to 40 back to before the night
she-went away. back to the time Mr..
Butler was the State Treasurer. and
your father. Margery. was his cashier.
butler was not a business man. He
let too much responsibility lie with his
subordinates-and then. according to the
story. he couldn't do much anyhow,
against schwartz. The cashier was en-
trely under machine control. ani
Butler was neglectfui. You remember,
''@ ''ss't "h'A tUIft MN
rotten to the core, went under, md q,
was found a large amount of state
money had gone. too. II was Fleming
who did It'd am sorry. Margery. but
this Is no time to mince words.
1T was Fleming who deposited TIE
money In the wrecked banks. knowing
what would happen. When the crasi,
came. Buffers sureties. to save them
selves. contiscated every dollar he had
| In fha aArlA- ntatlar v,.R,s Al 81. ..,t
Tertiary for six months. on some minor
count. AMI when he tot out. after writ
Ing to Fleming and Schwartz. protest.
Ing his Innocence. and asking for
enough out OF the fortune they had
robbed him OF TO support his wife, he
killed himself. at the White Cat
Msrgerv was very pale. but quiet.
She ~ With her fingers locked In her
, lap, 2 her eyes ON Warirop.
at ~ u had business wardrop
went ON YEARLY. Fleming moved into
Buffers place as treasurer. and took
Llgbtfoot as his cashier. That kept
the ia on. Once or twice. when there
was a N unexpected call for funds. the
treasury was almost empty. and
kohwartz carried things over himself. Y
went to Plattsburg as Mr.. f~lemAng's
private secretary when he became treas
urer. and fron the frat ] knew thin2s
- 'f'' 800 af.b Nl' NANt
government.
schwa and Fleming had 10 hold
together; they hated each other. and the
feeling was trebled when Fleming mar
ried Schwartz's divorced wife.
"''rhe woman was "A very ordinary
person. but II seems Schwartz cared for
her. and he tried to stab Mr.. Fleming
shortly after the marriage. About a
year ago Mr.. Fleming said another at.
tempt had been made ON his life with
poison: he was very much alarmed AMI
I notioed n change I'm MIN from thai
time an. ThInys war. moi yoi,y wei
at the treasury sohwar,, an, M
crowd w.re u,L,ny d.mo,a. ,ha,v.ro
h.rd "a .u,rIv ana h.hIr, al -,
w,.,,iny w.. a,roIa 90 80 an, sSs'
%nian, " ~ wv -sse"
III
.'1p'o.'" :" ~ p."see' s""'
: m"" ~ Ss', ""o nAa os.n
nA~r,ehns' w riat,sours' ~heh thSnes
oesAh 10 "appe "ers III ssahehester Ne
eook carer to MS nome ss a ontsr
TN NOT PROUD OF the rest or the
story Mareery. lie stopped MIS- ner-
vous pacing and stood looking down at
her. u was ensased to marry q girl
who was everything on earth to me,
and was private secretary 10 the
state Treasurer, with the princeiy sal-
airy OF such n position!
Mr.. Fleming came back here when
the Borough Bank threatened failure.
and tried to get money enough TO tide
over the rouble. A half million would
have donNit, but he couldn't get It. lie
was IN Buffers position exactly. only he
was guilty and Butler was innocent. He
raised a little money here. and I ven
10 Pfattsburs with securities and letters.
1t isn't necessary to go over the things
suffered there; thought back one hun
dred and ten thouasnd dollars In my
Russia leather bag. And-I had some
thing else
lie wsvered for the trst lime In his re-