La Junta tribune., 1913-03-01
A BIG FIND
BIT 1t Proved to Be
a Burden
BY REGINALD d. HERON

Ms Interview with Edith'> father
WI. a stormy un. II" gave uie Ia
dnughicr of his that II persuaded
Edith To- marry nj. without his con
srut be- would never r-coEDl. either
of Us any ulor. than II we were stfdn'
ger. tu him. and that the results Of
uur folly aud Ediih- ingra ttude must
bc endured without any assistance
whatever from him.
What kind Ut u young man are
YOU he thuudrr"d. -fur - gentleman
r give hi, daughter To: As poor as Il
church mouse. you huy" come here Ia
la hired carriage To- see ne"
Yes" r.turird. '-and i'Il go away
Loo the yarria.s.. In which | came"
And I hops. yuu'ii stay away
I ". turned our barEs upon each 9th.
.r he tn go iuto another room. tu
\ 20 uut nud get into the rab, saw
Edith nt au upp"r window with b
piuc,i expression on her face. She
I kissed her huud To- m. Hud ! waved
uiiuc to her Then got into the cab.
I shut the door with q baug and wa
driven away.
A. II happened | sat down on the
/ left side ~ the rHrrine" whereas
had come al the right -id" The seat
was uneven. but | was too hot from
ms recent intcrvirw Ip notice II for
some time Presently without getting
ms mind OF the latter -ndea yored to
arrange the former The hump r.
manned arose aud lificd the cush
ion. There lay n packnG. abont seven
inches long hv three wide. the wrapper
being brown paper I was not 80 alb
sorbcd IN having been refused the
girl ! loYcd hui that | removed II aud
revealed a package of bank bills The
one on top WIS ~ the denomination or
500 The urNt was >l1.i. IN" mex
500. and -, "n ~ miyrd d"nomina-
tlonS Ia the rud | counted s-1rr In
all
Here was lind q biz nud n deuced
big ind n wuuId h- Impossible 10
give the confusion of thoughts pass
Ing through NY mind | had stumbled
upon The Nhcrwiihal To recoup.
Edith would vet 10 min. Would the
owner Of the hills turn upl What
would lee IN" outc"n.l These were
few OF the r.-h,.. upon my brain. but
give oniv faint pirinr- OF IN. tur-
mJil there can only -ay In justice
10 myself that almost Instantly sli
gave w,y Z" the fact that tn. money
WIS not mine aud it, owner mus, b.
found
During the nrNt few days bought
every newspaper issued In III" city
where ! lived and had fonnd the bills.
not doubling that their loss would he
udyrrtis, When the next morning
after I bad found them ! saw -" no
ticr ~ thru I was surprisrd When
90 the -.',"ud morning nu noilr. ap.
poar-d . UE~ a~t"nIshri. Hnd On the
third morning having run. through
with q dozen newspapers without ind
ins whit irut-d fnr. was amazed.
on ih- morning of the eighth day
Received Telegram from nv colies.
chum Henry liDrkcr,
Come ai once The position b. vacant
and ,auH'' urU1H 30 forts eight h"nrs
lhi. WIS no n.spmsc To- letter
hJu wfii'rn few diy. before To Har.
trr ubu had surcccdcd his father as
president of q lHree manufacturing -.
iuh,i-hm.ui asking him to give me =
lDh lm uuf uur 10 ~ hn,k on ms
proposition aud hcslu It unr. my
hgfiird preparation TO h.av. Rni
what shpuid I du with the hin, had
touudt Acting uu the prln,ipl. the
least said the soonest mendcd" | had
Kept The matter tu myself aud the
money under i"ck aud key. | being IN.
ou'r one vho knew where. mn-f
act nj onr- I thought uf dcpnsiiiue
the bills In a hank No, that wouldnt
do ~ nli. fifty thousand dollars ~ n
strangers money In ones possession
Z Involved danger II might land the
hinder IN jHii To give II to a friend
Tor safe keeping would require d.to-it
in1 the secret with him At the sane
am~
| spent hour. irrninE over differ
ent plans and ansll. .riiissi on the
following ! went To = safety d~po.it
company and rent~i u ios II IA. the
last thing ! did bcfor. taking y train.
aud vas In = dreadful hurry. Ny
plan ws- Z" u.~ an assumed name. hui,
iu Ii" hurry ~ preparation I had mol,
settled nipp n nsm. when the Gus
todian. Nh Old msn. took out his book
and asked What nsmef- ! CAV. him
ths dr-i thst came Into my h~sd-t;us.
tsvu- Wail Williams. Tie wrot. II
down. handed me the key 10 the hog
went With m~ ~ the vault I pu,
sway the bills. turned the key snd 20,
the nr.t time sinev ! had found them
fe,t rvii~vesi
Uarker put me In = position that ,
had not tse~n prrt1r-d ~ nil Tie said
NJ knew ! 'ouid learn ,b- duties - |
went along. did learn them. hut mi
III.