The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-03

ulHS VIII nave 10 De pOSlpOneu
"For heavens sake, George, what's
the matter?''
I've lost twenty 500 bills"
"wherew
"Where? What nonsense! If l knew
where wouldn't l go and find them?
I've been robbed
"Robbedw
zone of the customers of the house
came into the office last evening when
/ was alone and insisted on paying me
$1,000. / told him that / would not
receive 1t, as the safe was locked and
/ didn't know the combination. Then
he said he had to take a night train
for New York and ] must receive it.
as he wouldn't carry it with him.
Fearing he would report me to the
firm and they would blame me, con-
sented and gave him receipt. After
he had gone / put the bills in my in
side pocket and started for home. |
can remember leaving the office and
walking short distance. Then my
memory stops. At the end of blank
was lying on the sidewalk with IL
crowd around me- The first thing
did was to put my hand in my pocket
10 feel for the bills. They were gone"
Gone? Oh, Georger'
"a couple of policemen took me
home. and mother persuaded me TO go
10 bed
'But what was the matter with
you?'
"Why, the policemen say that l was
ht-c N
or persons who sandbagged me and
took the money. Any one could see
into the office for the gas was on and
the curtains not drawn. They may
have seen me counting the bills and
making a memorandum of their num-
hers after the customer had gone"
"You have the memorandum"
That's what troubles me. If had
that the bills could be recovered. |
can't remember what I did with it."
Don't distress yourself George,
dear. Since you remember making it,
we must find 1t. First the Office must
be ransacked."
'"The Office has been ransacked and
nothing found. | don't believe / left
1t there"
"Nor l. 1t would be more natural
for you to take it with you. l hore
you didn't put 1t in with the notes.
''I don't know whether / did or not
My head aches yet, and 1 can't re-
member much of anything"
"Do they blame you at the office"
"Oh, yes. They say that l had no
business to receive the money under
the circumstances"
"And do they intimate-have they
shown any disposition to suspect
you
"They don't say so, but they look it."
George, that memorandum must he
found. You may have put it in some
safe place in the Office so unusual that
1t will be very hard to find it. You
must attend to that. 1 can't help you
If you put it in any of your pockets
will find it, for l will go home with
you and turn them all inside out
"Cheer up. Come; let us go to your
home. and / will make a search"
"First give me your coat"
"Here it is.''
"Now your vest and trousers"
"Here they are"
"Your hat You may have put the
money in the lining. No; it is not in
any of your pockets nor your hat Did
you have on gloves?"
mo"
you wouldn't have put it in your
shoes. I've examined all your outer
clothing. 1 don't suppose you have
any pockets in your underclothingT
Not except in my nightshirt, in
which | have pocket for my handker-
chief. but" contemptuously, 81 didn't
have on my nightshirt on the street"
Certainly not. Have you got on the
shirt you had on when you were rob-
bedT
"No. Mother gave me a clean one
10 put on this morning"
What did she do with the soiled
sne?"
"Oh, my dear, you are wearing me
eut?'
IF you will get me the soiled shirt
I'll not trouble you any more"
Here it is in the closet But ! must
say that it seems very ridiculous to
overhaul shirt to find a memOran-
dun. But father gave me a long lee
ture the other night to serve me after
being married about the singular ways
women have of getting at things. and
1 it may be that, after ALL" very CON
temptuOusly, there is some connection
between $4,000 and soiled shirt.
+ Here 1t is"
HIVhara &c fha nnIIaY2p
"Oh, that's in the closet too. ] sup
pose you want the cuffs?'
Yes, do"
"Well, here's the whole thing By
& thunderw
'"These marks in pencil on the cuff
what are they?"
& "The numbers of the notes"
''Thank heavenw
You mean thank YOU Fathers
right. Women do have queer ways of
8getting at things. Give me a kiss-an-
ether, another, a thousand"
Extract from newspaper item:
Quick Recovery.-A man attempting
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