The Detroit times., 1913-07-01

NJ we're my husbands. =
q nfDguIar circumstance,
~ With great elaboration
~ examination. Virginia
~ ince. But II was express
koyond that It betokened
1orption in his task. The
~ took up seemed TO be
81 moneys due the Ian
% ran through 1t carefully
\ Jhpb0se, goes back TO the
IL syour husband and his
: bwnea the old mill. he said
1xl m Is 4 list of credits they
0fvod. Am right? | see there
|1lt4et here at the bottom OF the
4 zIn Benson's hands for coilec-
= Ha glanced at her, and now
,exn4ession was one of curiosity.
wondered II she had discovered
|k1ne here. She seemed to I'M
|knd this unspoken question, Tor
rid.
vnnt you to examine all the pa
4 Mr.. Wade"
y nut the first aside, ard picked
7n0kher. II proved TO be a list OF
Shareholders In the Benson and
Srnia Mining and Trading Com
Win the number OF shares each
,or had taken, set down oppo-
ElS name. He glanced through
(. Soffly. for he knew that 1t could
1o bearing on the present situa-
'11nsa the tragic failure OF that
vlre had In the very nature oil
enncelled all obligations.
- we're other papers dealing
{E1n luckless venture; accounts
Sw the expenses OF the party
T ~ time Il left Benson until II
~ Fort Laramie. When he put
nSt az these aside, only two pa.
= %rere left. One of these proved
! brief memorandum OF the
3r4l indebtedness of the Landray
cr0.
rfin wade looked at Mrs. Ian
INT her face told him nothing,
10 turned his attention to the
( pnpsr Oh the table.
two briefly q description of the
Ix;se properties owned by the Lam
- This he put aside with the 9TH
1900 wrong, Mrs. Landray?" ne
nfter q momentary silence. .
~ you see In that first paper
l6und Il while she spoke, "-wnere
'1fhinx has been crossed out?"
Ynr here, an item OF twenty-five
800 dollars. what is 1t. Defer
on the what? ! cant
q Il out"
~ the dfstillery," said Virginia.
5R YEA. that's It.! Due from Lew
End now In the very last paper
4 looked at, my husband mentions
!; fhOusand acres In Belmont coun'
- nodded.
|r4inia leaned toward him in her
Eou suppose there could be any
|<Ir3 About that, Mr.. Wade?
cv 40 Won mean. Mrs. Landray?''
nnn. could he have written two
A when. he meant only one
hck his head.
why should you suppose
memorandum shows care
ltion, to my thinking. But
all understand your ques'
Thousand, when he meant
has become OF the land,
lWhosowns 1t now?"
H know sold It to MIR.
IA Stark's son. but only
q one thousand acres. Mr.. Ben
kanged the sale"
4, sold thousand acres" WADE
Ztxd. what became OF the other
6~Aud scres?r
Io&st know; that is what I want
y discover for me-"
1T I don't understand at all about
lind"
kou zee, Mr.. Wade. my husband
4 HI brother accepted thousand
~ ~ land from Mr.. Tucker, 1t was
s u ailarge tract which he owned
D11mont County"
III, In trade for the distillery-i
No, Il was in part payment for the
'lI1oFy. supposed at the time my
6ond went west, that there was
twenty-five hundred dollars due
! from Mr.. Tucker--you see that
~ sum he crossed OUTPUT after
m Mr.. Benson said not. He said
\ Tucker had finished paying for
1Iotillery: and my impression was
me money was taken west fol-
61(nont"
49, said Wade. MIR. Tucker
IA several thousand acres In Bel.
q county, and of this tract ne
IA one thousand acres for the dis
~, leaving twenty-five hundred
ri unpaid?"
- q remember it, that is how
g1c~ sAid Virginia.
b you know what the valuation
~ property was?"
1Ye thousand dollars
Thou," said Wade, with ring OF
|rnph In his tone. If Mr. Tucker
/ subsequently turned over another
linnnd acres TO clear himself, II
1M tally with the list, wouldn't IT.
you sold this land?"
oold 3 thousand acres"
x60 cold q thousand acres to a
y ~ the name of Stark. What was
neideration?"
.lve thousand dollars"
Was It CASH.
Yes"
HIT are You sure. Mrs. Landray
you only sold a thousand acres %
That II al intended to sell; in
II I did not know that there was
~ than that to sell"
hit you saw the deed?"
You had II In your hand
doo't know, don't remember
part; think Mr.. Benson read
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