Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-05-02

white linen envelope, the flap 1ast,
ened down by a string and two smaii
red buttons. He removed the pm,
laid the envelope at one side whlle
he put on his coat, put the envelope
into a pocket of it, and descended
the stairs to the greenroom wheTe
his host was waiting him. he
crossed to the table and lighted
long, black cigar before he uttered
word. r.. !
Then he took the envelope from
his pocket and tossed it across the
table toward Moreaux. a. :.
"There you are" he said. 1T is
what YOU will need to carry out TINS
business for me- Secrecy is the man
thing, until it is concluded"
Moreaux picked up the envelope
and slowly unwound the string.
r .nton smoked on, wreathed In
cloud of fragrance, watching MN;
Moreaux drew out the contents OF
the envelope. Branton started TO ms
feet with an oath, always promo IN
profanity. Moreaux looked up Win
a smile.
"Queer sort of cash, that" he SAID
Tt's a bond, isn't it" -,
Branton reached acros the tapie
and snatched the bond and enVei9 qI;s
from the grasp of MoreauN. ms
. t3cm ninutely He threw them
down again, jumped from his char;
seized the telephone, and consigned
everything connected with the pres
emit circumstance to perdition, wmie
he awaited the connection with MS
! own office in the city.
: After ten minutes OF rapld,nre
e talk over the telephone, to whlch
Moreaux appeared to pay ,scant at
tention. Branton hung up the recelV-
or. thrust his hands deep down into
q his pockets, chewed savagely upon
I the end of his cigar for moment
:, then announced:
IS al have lost that money, or have
been robbed. Which 2" =.
H. "Both. should say. But it won't
, break YOU. have known you &c
'r give as much as that for book. Al
, the anne, this deal requires cash. L,
"a "a you intend to carry it through sen'
~ ~ for more" g. d.,
az at have. It'll be here in time. Blu
III what became of that money
as '"'':e man who substituted tina
ao bond for it could tell you, I've n
III III doubt" ..;
ut "There hasn't been any subst.l
alIr, tuition, that's the odd thing about i
TN r, at bond is mine, and was on m
~ desk in that envelope: Ihe none
ne was there, too, in another envelope
ne "Then you picked up the wron
III envelope and left the money on you
,,d desk" M, onou len
zen there now. They searched for
he while was at the phone. Besides,
wv W. mined the money inside of the new
t the per myself"
mo on did what?"
Inn "Tbat is a hobby of mine for ca
rying cash with me in large sun
DOR have proved it to be the. safe
vas wav. was once in train hold
Mas VAS o. West. I had a hundred a
The fftv thousand with me. The robbie
JOS never thought of looking into I
ecu, newspapers OIL the seat beside n
had They swept them off the seat th
oat, was all"
De- you say you had with you today
i've, "Part of it. Perhaps all of
tier Fifty thousand Of it won't DO
ter thief much good, and it may te'
not him a cropper Didn't you hear
had tell Bingham to notify the bal
IN about those bills for ten thousand
"What about them ?"
mug "Ranks keep records of ten tn
nut sand-dollar bills. 1t wouldn't be s
- to attempt to change one OF Tn
ViiSh row"
4 he "What else are you going to dc
ii0 MI the matter" ~,
I'll
r ON. sent him away, but he
ly to sulkv about it. | was in the b;
room twenty minutes or so.
newspapers and the money were
the couch in the lounging-room,
der INV coat | think he got it
Nonsense"
al do. Send him away, any,
and see what comes OF 1T. he "
alton know that ten-thousand-dollar
e.. ore traceable, and he'll try to
meier, one of them changed. There il
TIMES nee searchin. him. He has
rrvous, safely slowed away by this time
ways "It's absurd, Brandon. Do
down really believe that you brought
y. the Of those envelopes here with "
ID un- al know | did. That's the
road exclamation. Bingham, knowing
i've to habits, pinned the envelope tn:
lie APP thought contained the money, /
Of one of the papers. He sal
nout a u - U tbe wire That was this O
r, who ~ IN tbe envelope that
e had lpl li;nS tbe cash. myself. |
e way IT, mt II in the middle O
be. He L LA not knowing what Bin
s from I Sod' 5ona"
short h"u I'll ~ oh,h;,;+,, tho other
which IN all p ,i thosa none
lot to ope Is sun ' iot,s go snd f;nf
Of no. Ia as s1oh Jim De
nter of II as rei'nei. ;,
r. The cit isn't there, DIam'oi,
use to- C oily, rising, uiun lvo
3ranton But we II eo anu !" Woreon,
to my Al an ~, $500 os,oordaS tbe
rranped Marked dS IhSy oSSShNi sS