The Washington herald., 1914-03-08


None, II has broken me-"
You hate existing orders7"
Il hate them"
You are the man for me-
She threw herself bach into her chair
with small sound OF triumph that was
almost a laugh
You may talk to me-ten me what yon
will
He went crimson with the luxury OF
the opportunity and the agony Of taking
it.
Il would Ike 10 ten you a little OF my
story. II is only fair to yon- madam"
Yes she said, looking straight ahead
II am no, q felon WI you believe
meg"
II win believe anything you say, Mr..
Captain"
II was a clerk In Ruffords Bank In
Leamington> Ny brother, who was much
older than I. and who had made good
bit Of money fruit farming In rancouFes
had come back to England bought up n
lot Of shares and been elected to local
directorshfp / had no money OF my
own bu1 from my brothers position
naturally thought stood better chance
OF quick promotion than the other men
there i worked very hard / had re-
ceiped some promotion stil IN the same
branch when Cthe pause was long
here)-'1t happened There had been a
directors meeting in the afternoon I
had made the entries IN the safe custody
book. After the meeting when the ds-
recturs had gone to the manAxcr's private
room. ! WIS sent into the strong room
for the key Of the safe which had been
left there inadvertently by the managing
director while examining some bonds
The examination OF tbose bonds Was the
reason Of the meeting. I found the key,
and brought II to the manager. worked
alone overtime IN the bank that evening.
as luck would have II No one saw me
leave. I went on with my work as usual
the next day. In tho afternoon
I was arrested for robbing the safe of
hundred bearer bonds OF 1000 pounds
each. denied II. The scene took place
in the managers room. While I was de-
Tending myself a police inspector came
in He had been searching my rooms,
and had found one Of the missing bonds.
. The story OF the trial is long
OnCr cdLu N4t gOuu6 ny ShodAA
I tire you with It? The result was that
through the influence Of my brother and
one or two co-dirsctors, received merely
a sentence of i've years. went in young;
/ come out old"
mo, nor murmured she.
Let me 60 on" said Captain. MY
brother. supposedly so distressed at the
that his health suffered. went
abroad to recuperate. With the excep-
ton Of flying visits across on bank busi-
ness, he has remained on the Continent
ever since. This morning, however, let
ter came for me, and was given me by
the governor Just before 1 left"
From your brotherr'
From my brother, going melancholy
mad at a beautiful little place called
Haute Savoie. My brother confesses the
theft, and accounts for the fact Of the
bond being found in my rooms by telling
me that he went with the whole parcel OF
bonds to look for me. not knowing was
staying behind at the bank to work over
time. He waited few minutes. then. as
the parcA was bulky and insecurely tied,
he repacked the bonds, sitting on a sofa.
The sofa, can recollect plainly, was lit
tered with various papers. magazines.
and old letters / had been destroying.
Among these, in his agitation, he did not
notice one bond which slipped out.
But The young man wetted his lips
to continue. MY landlady did. 1t made
her suspicious, and she consulted her
husband. The next morning they in
formed the police. with the result that
the safe WIS examined"
And your brother?"
rs probably dead by now" said Cap
tain.
What was his Christian name?'
"wilfred Charles. Mine is Charles Will
fred. by freak of our parents
. "You were a little alike?" Her ques-
tons were put carelessly.
VERY much now, I should think" said
Captain. 'I have aged, my dear lady"
He was clean shaved? About your
height and build?"
There was very. little difference, ex-
cept in the age"
Had he any peculiaritiesr'
"a very slight stammer.''
Did he wear anything peculiar to him. |
self?"
"A very curious seal ring.
She had. by now, her elbows on the |
table, her chin on her hands, and her
soft, brilliant face was musing very near |
to Charles Captains.
The ring can be procured from any of |
he authorities of Haute Savoie without
any public fuss at all "
MY dear lady
"Yous will listen to me-" said she. She
,ose as IL to speak with greater effect, SO /
hat he was obliged to rise, too, prison
rot having sullied MS manners-and there
hey stood facing each other across the
able. 'Do not argue. do not refuse, do |
lot contradict. Hear me out. To enter
ny service-you will find it a well-paid |
,illet-I require you to be wiIfred Charles
Captain, n local director OF the Leaning
on branch Of Rufford's Bank.
in about three days you will appear
here. having come from France. You
we're in Paris when a wire reached you
rom your brother Charles wilfed, Just
eleased from Portland prison. The wire
vas sent from Haute Savoie You hur-
led there, TO find your brother very az,
lie having taken d dose OLA poison to be
considered by you and me with care, my
riend. As you had arranged for him to
eceive money on going out of prison. and
we're indeed negotiating for berth for
i'm with Paris firm when you received
he wire, you were very distressed Your
'oor brother died. You will be wearing
he seal ring"
She paused for moment, then asked: I
when did your brother last attend :