The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-01-14

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ways spends hi., v;,cH lions iii the
Wools fishing usually. The last TWO
years he has f..iol Red river This is
what happened On Saturday told
him to 20 down To the strong room to
Fetch up a fresh batch Of dollar Gnd
1--WE dollar bills, rs we were short, 1t
happened that in the same safe there
was a number Of bearer securities. At
terson soon brought me the notes had
sent him for with the keys That WAS
about noon ON Saturday. We closed at
| O'Clock. Yesterday. Monday, After
son did not turn up. At first | thought
nothing Of it. but when it came to
afternoon and he had neither appeared
nor sent any reason for his absence
began TO smell rat. | Went down to
the strong room and found that over
100000 in notes and bearer securities
were missing.
II communicated at once with the
police. and they started to make in
quirics. The constable at Koberville
replied that man answering to the
description of Atterson was seen by Il
farmer walking along the Stonehaln
road and heading north on Sunday
morning early"
At this point a clerk Knocked ut the
door and. entering. brought in some
letters Harris stiffened as he noticed
the writing on one Of them. lie cut 1t
open. and when the clerk was gone out
he read aloud:
Dear Harrs-I hereby resign my splen-
did and lucrative position in the Grand
Banks OF Canada 1t is a dogs dirty life.
Anyway it is so for a man of spirit. You
can give the weeks screw that's owing
to me to buy milk and bath buns for the
next meeting of directors. Yours truly.
c. J. ATTERsON.
"What's the postmark:' asked Joe.
"Eimouski Sunday. $3.50 Il. M
ut looks like Atterson's the thief
remarked Joe. I'm inclined that way
because AtterSon had that lelter post
ed 10y Il con--coli- what's the worIy'
"Confederate?
you've got it. He was seen here in
town on Sunday at 1880, and he
couldn't have posted no letter in Ri
mouski in time for the $50 u. M. on
Sunday unless he'd gone there on the
I o'clock express on Saturday evening
Yes, Atterson's the thief, all right
And if that really was he they saw
Stoneham ways he's had time to get
thirty miles Of bush between us and
him. and be can go right on till he's
on the Labrador. | doubt you'll see
your 100000 again, Mr.. Halris.''
T.,
directors won't want to pay you So a
day for nothing"
1.-TWO dollars a day." said Joe in his
gentle voice. 81 shouldn't "a thought
the two hundred times hundred thou
sand dollars could stand a strain like
that
| laughed. Look here, November
| think I'd like to make this bargain
for you. Ill sell your services to Mr.
Harris here for S. a day if you fail
and 10 per cent Of the sum you recov-
el if you succeed. Well Harris. is it
on or OFF, | asked.
oh on. ! suppose, confound you!"
said Harris
Twenty hours later joe police
trooper named lIohson and were
deep In the woods. We had hardly
paused to interview the farmer at
Roberville and then had passed OF
down the old deserted roads until ut
last we entered the forest Or us it is
locally called, the bush"
"Where are you heading for?' Hob
son had asked Joe.
''1tcd river, because if it really was
AtterSon the farmer saw | guess he'll
have gone up there None of them
trappers there now in July month. so
lie can steal Il canoe easy. Besides, a
man who fears pursuit always likes TO
get into country he knows, aud you
heard Mr., Harris SAY how Atterson
had tished Red river two vacations.
Besides" here Joe stopped and point
ed 10 the ground-"thcm's Attersons
tracks, he said. "LeastWaya. it's Il
black fox to a lynx pelt they are his"
"Rut you've never seen him. What
reason have you?' demanded Nobson
when first we happened ON them
about fonr hours back, while you was
ti@htn' your pipe" replied Joe, they
come out OF the bush, and when we
reached near Carriers place they went
back into the bush again Then
mile beyond Carriers out of the bush
they come on 70 the road again, What
can that circumycntin' mean? Feler
who made the tracks don't want to he
seen. No. boots. city made. nails in
en-, rubber heels Come on"
] will not attempt to describe our
Journey hour by hour nor tell how
November held to the trail, following
it over areas of hard ground and rock
noticing a scratch here and broken
twig there. The next morning Novem-
Der Weakened us at daylight, and once
more we FASTENED forward
For some time we followed After
sons footsteps and then found that
they left the road