The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-27

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syringe and plunged it into Young's
arm. The prisoner breathed a long
sigh Of relief. The color am back
into his face and strength II his
voice. His muscles stopped witch
ing.
Now" said Davis gently, where
are the yellow letters hid?"
In a tin-box under a fiat stone neal
the spring" Young replied.
(Which stone?"
Its the third from the spring com
ing this way"
Davis was up like a shot and out
the door, r~eappearing quickly with an
ordinary document box.
And the Parrish papers-where are
they" he asked sharply.
They are In the box, too" said
Young YEARLY. May l have anoth
er shot?'
Davis studied his face and felt his
pulse and then reached for the
syringe.
Where's the key?" he asked as he
finished administering the morphine.
.ln my left trousers pocket"
Young answered alphabetically.
Quickly Davis possessed himself OF
the key and opened the box. In the
top tray were perhaps fifty letters,
typewriter on yellow paper, with a
blank left for the name to be nlled in.
Without stopping to read the letters.
which seemed to be all after the same
form, Davis lifted the tray. In the
bottom OF the box was a type-writ.
ten list OF names and a bulky sealed
legal envelope, marked on the out
side Papers in the Parrish case"
Here, Kent" said Davis, HANDING
me the envelope, take charge OF
these and give them to Miss Louise
or Miss Katharine. You're entitled
to that"
Joyfully l slowed the envelope II
my breast pocket, my heart bounding
at the thought Of the relief the sight
of the package would bring to the
Parrish family. But as yet the whole
affair a a blind puzzle to me and
I waited eagerly for further develop
ments.
Nov. Young said the inspector
tell ME all about your scheme"
IF the damn thieves hadn't beet
such towards as to so and kill them
selves" said Young with a glow O
enthusiasm, Il would have been a mil
lionaire within a ear. Read one o.
tie letters and you can see for your
self just how good the scheme was"
Lifting the topmost sheet the In
spector read the yellow letter aloud:
Ardway. N. j.. Feb. 8, 1910.
| Dear Sir:
l am writing to you in pursuance o,
my duty as executor Of the late Edwin
Green, who died here recently. leavins
his entire estate. amounting to some
$3.50, 600, in my hands for what he wal
pleased to term a 'Defaulters' Fund"
l can best explain its purpose by briefly
summarizing the founders life. In hi
early youth Mr.. Green was employed fol
a short time in a bank in q small city IN
another state. Becoming involved II
speculation he used several hundred dol
lars of the banks funds. He had no rela
tives but a sister, to whom he knew ii
WAS useless to apply for aid. AS dis.
covery seemed inevitable he was con.
templating suicide. seeing nothing bu,
prison and disgrace ahead Of him. Bu1
an old friend Of his father, who entirely
by accident learned OF his plight, ad,
vanced him the money he needed to make
good his d~efalcation. exacting from him
a promise that he would help others IL
similar plight whenever he had oppor.
tunity.
His subsequent life was OF the highes,
r~ecititude. Though he amassed a fortune
he never found opportunity to aid any
one in a plight similar to the one Ii
which he once found himself. It becam,
almost a mania with him and resulted II
his leaving his entire fortune to aid frs
offenders in turning back into the RICH,
path.
l know Of no way OF reaching the per
sons he intended to aid. l am sendina
out this letter to persons employed Ii
banks and positions Of trust. hoping that
you or others who receive 1t may know
OF some man. young or old. who hal
made the first misstep and Is %wrongfullI
using funds belonging to Others, but Il
DESTROYS Of making good his populations
II you should know Of any such I VII
gladly make good his defalcation and en-.
deavor to save him from exposure. dis.
grace and imprisonment, asking only I'LL
word that he will not err again. for Mr.
Green. In the deed OF trust, expressly
specifies that this IL the only security 4
be axacted. I am. sir,
Very truly yours,
HENRY MALCOLM sTEWA09.
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