The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1913-04-05

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~Taks Charge Of These and Give Them
to Miss Louise or Miss katharine"
syringe and plunged It into Youns's
arm. The prisoner breathed q long
sigh Of relief. The color came back
into his face and strength to his
voice. His muscles stopped witch
ing.
Nov" said Davis gently. where
are the yellow letters kid?"
In tin-box under. . nat stone near
the spring." Young replied.
Which stonsf"
Its the third from the spring COM
ing this way"
Davis was up like . shot and out
the door. reappearing quickly with N
ordinary document box.
And the Parrish papers-whers are
they?" he asked sharply.
They are In the box, too" said
Young YEARLY. May have anoth-
er shot?"
Davis studied his face and felt his
pulse and then reached for the
syringe.
Where's the key?" he asked a. he
finished administering the morphine.
In 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 Q
blank left for the name to be filled In.
Without stopping to read the letters,
which seemed to be all after the same
FORM Davis lifted the tray. In tn
bottom OF the box was a type-writ-
ten list of names and 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
bthese and give them to Miss Louise
or Miss Katharine. You're entitled
to that"
Joyfully I slowed the envelope IN
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 was a blind puzzle to me and
waited eagerly for further develop
ments.
i Now. Young" said the inspector.
tell me all about your scheme"
II the damn thieves hadn't been
such towards as to go and kill them
selves" said Young with glow OF
enthusiasm, Il would have been a mil
lionaire within year. Read one Of
the letters and you can see for your.
self just how good the scheme was"
Lifting the topmos4 sheet the In
spector read the yellow letter aloud:
Lock Box II.
Ardway. N. j.. Feb. 8. tS1a
1 am writing to you in pursuance Of
my duty as executor Of the late Edwin
Green who died here recently leaving
| his entire estate. amounting to some
$3.50. 0o0 in my hands for what he ives
pleased to term a 'Defau3iers' Fund"
can best explain its purpose by briefly
| summarizing the founders life. In his
early youth Mr. Green was employed for
| a short time In bank In small city in
another state. Becoming involved In
/ speculation he used several hundred dol
lars of the banks funds. He had no rela-
| tives but a sister. to whom he knew Il
was useless to apply for aid. As dis
covery seemed inevitable he was con-
| templating suicide. seeing nothing but
prison and disgrace ahead OF him. But
| an old friend OF his father, who entirely
| by accident learned Of his plight al.
vanced him the money he needed to make
good his defalcation. exacting from him
q promise that he would help others IN
similar plight whenever he had oppos-
tunity.
His subsequent life was Of the highsse
recititude- Though he amassed fortune
he never found opportunity to aid any
one In q plight similar to the zone IN
| almost a mania with him and resulted IN
fhis leaving his entire fortune to aid nrst
offenders In turning back into the right
path.
/ know Of no way Of reaching the per
SONS he Intended to aid I am sending
out this letter to persons employed in
banks and positions of trust hoping that
you or others who receive II may know
| OF some man, young or old, who has
made the first misstep and Is wrongfuIly
using funds belonging to others, but 10
desirous OF making good his populations
II you should know OF any such I WIN
gladly make good his defaication and en-,
deavor to save him from exposure, dis
grace and imprisonment. asking. only. hia
word that he win not err again, for Mr..
Gseen. In the deed Of trust. expressl,
specifies that this is the only security =
Very truly yours.
HENRY MALCOLM 5TEWAx2
rTO IN CoNTUGump