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 carr E sssS' Durand looked grave at the confess sion. He gave Ellis some good advice, deprecated his own discovery of the gambling habits of Joyce, and wrote fout check. He had a special en- gagement with Maude that evening, and felt indulgent towards the brother of the girl he loved. Durand was amazed when Ellis came back with the check. It was stamped IN. S. F." which meant not sufficient funds on deposit to pay.
 Durand hurried at once to the bank According to his account, he had over five hundred dollars on deposit. The teller showed him a check that had come from a city bank, bearing his ap- parent signature, and payable to "cur rency." At once Durand pronounced it a forgery.
 He took the check and noted the skillful duplication of his handwriting, saw an officer of the bank, arranged to draw a draft on his mother for a hundred dollars, gave Ellis the loan he had asked for, and started for the city to investigate the forgery. It was not until he was half way there on the train that he was sorry that he had been so precipitate. What would Miss Bruce think of his fail ure to keep his appointment? It was too late to worry over that now, how ever.
 The city bank that had cashed and | bo ol,o | ter with Durand and asked an oppor- | tunity to investigate and run down the person who had got the money. Du. rand forgot all about the check the next two or three days, for Ellis i'm parted to him a desolating fact-his sister Maude was engaged to Joyce, he I announced.
 Durand was fairly heartbroken Some new. developments. however aroused him. Two days later Ellis came to him with a perturbed face
 q say, Durand," he said confiden tially, "Maude has made a dreadful mistake, realizes it, and is grievinl herself to death about it. I hadn' ought to tell you, but that night yol broke your engagement with her sht got piqued. Out of retaliation sht somewhat encouraged Joyce, and h. hurried her into an engagement. Du rand"-and, Ellis grew eloquent "save her!"
 'How can I do that?" faltered Du rand.
 "She loves you.'
 "But-Joyce."
 q know, and you know that he i cad-and worse. She tried to ge him to let her off the engagement las night, and he only smiled in his sinis ter way, and said they should ge along very well together"
 Durand was in, despair. He coul hardly pose as champion in the pres ent case. That night, however, tn problem was solved. There came wire from the city bank. It informe Durand that they had run down tn person who had cashed the forge check. He was a city gambler, wh had accepted it in good faith froI Joyce.
 With a lawyer Durand went to SC Joyce the next day. He gave him hi l NhoiSS DCI"SSh o PAohpI uSdppcoI ance from the town or prosecution fo forgery. He imparted some other res sons why it would be impossible fo Joyce to remain among them, ina. much as his mother was one of tn largest stockholders in the compan! and his own term of service had bee undertaken simply to familiarize hin | self with the business preparatory coming in as an official. @--
 Joyce vanished. Maude came t know all of the details of the occ, , sion of Durand's breaking that engag, ment with her. The "good fellow , found his way back to the paradise ( | Maudo Rr11ce's 1ova