The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-10-27

cast your eye upon Il and tell -
would you cash II were II presGnqD
to you In the ordinary course Of ~
ness?~
The chief cashier cast his eye e*sr
the check just once. 81.
II would cash IT," he replied.
1T Is. In your opinion. the writing
OF Sir Anthony Gydef' s9p
YES. sir" ,fsx
Thank you" said the manaGtIs
and the cashier withdrew.
Considering" said Freeman. "tlhe
! have the pen In my pocket Nm
which I sawts'ir Anthony write AZ
check. I would have been Justins9sW
presenting tho thing for paymat2
notwithstanding the doubt cast uDoa
II by this man." Indicating FrsybsSt.
err: but he was so sure that -
companied him here. losing prscitooT
time In the transaction. I shall ta0EDy
care that the matter is reprcscnted>tA
his supcriors At New Scotland YaroP
"oh." said Freyberser. whe ~
been plunged for moment -
thought. and who seemed quite ebs<
iivious to tho Insulting remark NJ
uttered. You have the pen In ysss
pocket. have you. with which Sir An,so
thony wrote this checkf Please Do. :.
duce L." a" fls''
Freeman produced Il with q codhs'
passionate smile. lie was beginuouocc
TO feel almost sorry for the maA he
had brought TO confusion.
F'reyberger's steel gray eyes sparliel
for a second when he saw the ~.
II was a stylograph. not fountain.
He wrote a few words on Q psope
OF paper with the pen. and then haaA.
ed II, with Sir Anthony's check. 20
the manager.
Gould those two writings have
come from the point OF the sans
pen" he asked.
"Oh. dear. no." said the mana0Qr, IL.
"rhss," pointing to Freyberser's W.T.
Ing. 'ts written with . styiograph:
this" pointing to the check q DIR
Anthony. rs written with an ordinasy s
pen. The writing varies In thirtaess.
II In quite clear." ..F
Quite" said Freyberser. a
Freeman few into . rage. "You
mean to suspect me- he cried.
81 suspect you Of nothing" sald
-. F'reyberger: "if did would taks yonS
into custody. You have been stml y
IMPOSED upon. That check Of 4fy
Anthony Gyde's IL genuine. This d
what has happened. 4 person WhNqph.l
you took for Sir Anthony 0yds ee.1S.
tered your shop yesterday morniAg.
He had In his pocket stolen cheee =
Of slr Anthony's. ,c 20
"He asked you To cash check: you |
consented. and lent him your pen. He A
took check book from his poc1bt
and wrote. or pretended to write. oest >
a check for ten pounds. h nsvsr
gave you that check: By q sleight - !.
hand. simple enough. he gave you tie
genuine check. and you cashsd It's. =
But why" said the manager. INA
he, 70 to all this trouble? Why az !,
he not simply walk into Nr.-ef
Frecman's place OF business and pAy:
I have a check Of mine here for tepii
pounds: will you cash It for mer
II suspect" said Freyberger. that
he wished to confuse the police He
wished to make " believe that NJ
Anthony Clyde was alive and well q
1920 a. n. yesterday morning. The
fact that he wrote that check at 10
o'clock yesterday morning would.
confess, have helped to shake Q Ger
tain theory that l have concerning
tho case"
But surely" said tho manager.
Sir Anthony Is alive. II % . dreSds.'
ful business. but I gather, from tbS
papers that he is alive and beiA1s
searched for
THAT Is ms may be-" said Frey
berger. Then. suddenly. Halo!
halo whats this?' Ifg'
lie seized the check from tho tabla.ts
1T only shows how limited opP !.
powers OF perception are. and how.
In fixing ones eyes upon one part ct
n thing. one loses sight OF anothars
To-day IL the eighth OF tho month.
what day OF tha month was yester-
day. Mr. Freeman"
"The seventh" said Freeman, In =
sulky tone. -.11I
And this check is dated the sixth.
|, was so. In considering the sikI
nature they had overlooked the fact
that the check was antedated. : /
Il think" said Freyberger, that
this fact confirms my suspicion thAr
the check was not written yesterday
in Messrs. Smith u Wilkinson's
sho,,"
you may he right" said Free
man. but | Will swear that the per-
son who gave me that check was Sir
Anthony clyde"
"Ah, Mr.. Freeman" said Freyberger
In bitter tone OF voice. III You had
only examined that check properlysif Z
you had only said to yourself. "rhSs,,
could not possibly have been writSss
with my stylograph.' II you had op)y \
jumped across the counter and seizfd
Sir Anthony Clyde, as you call hADo. Y