The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1917-09-20


had so ungratefully repudiated his
almost fatherly love. On the morn
ing OF May 2S Miss Farrar cashed the
100000 check. Mr.. Clay has not seen
her since, nor anyone else, so far as
we have been able to discover At
the moment when the young lady
passed out OF this bank she passed
into obscurity. Our floor detective
has made some casual investigation.
He has found no trace OF the move
ments OF Miss Farrar later than IL
a. M, May %, no clew nor hint of
clew as to her present whereabouts.
She has vanished completely"
THE letter l asked for" said Mar
vel briefly. in his mandatory. decisive
way; and when / had prepared and
delivered 1t he left the bank without
another word, his thoughts envelop-
ing him in silent, battling mood
knew his habits too well to intrude
upon.
The loss of $4,000 was not much
for an institution Of our financial in
tegrity, and so far as he was person
ally concerned our president would
ordinarily have been content to
charge it of to profit and loss ac-
count However, when Resilius Mar
vel entered case he was certain to
bring to light "the goods" or at
least some development that express
ed lucldity and satisfaction.
The bank was just closing that aft
ernoon when my friend reappeared
AS he came into the private Office the
president was just putting on his
gloves preparatory to taking his au-
tomobile for the club. He paused
with his usual genial nod to Marvel,
and stepped within the room and lin
gered for a moment.
: Il presume it is a plain case, and
the bank is $4,000 out?" he observed.
Hardly" was the prompt response.
''The case, however, calls for some
attention possibly several thousand
miles from here"
I "Then there is chance?" was sug-
, gested hopefully.
! 81 shall want the best man in the
/ bank and my good friend" replied
/ Marvel, placing his hand on my Shout
{ der.
} "That is foregone, since you say 1t, -
) smiled our president. tits the girl.
! l suppose-the forger?"
'It is the girl, yes" assented Mar
Z vel. "As to her being the forger-
: l doubt it."
whats that" demanded the pres
t ident. with a start. You don't mean
Y to say"
), 81 mean to quote from the CONNER
D cial agency patter: considerable con-
3 servation should be exercised In deal.
= ings with
{ Warner Clay?"
, "Take it So"
els that a warning?"
you might act on that basis until
3 you hear again from me-" said Mar
vel.
e You amaze mel"
j The president departed. thoughtful.
! ly drawing on a glove, an awakened
: distrust in his bearing that indicat.
2 ed a shock.
l NOW, then, you and I will thrash
e this thing out" he began. First,
D though, make your arrangements To
u Dear me company.
How far" inquired, sorting over
e my short and long distance travelling
satchels in my mind.
:. "Galveston-1rst. You will have
. time for preparations. The train
!. leaves at 8. / only want half an hour
: just now. That is Miss Farrar." He
J. said. and drew a card photo from his
8 pocket
a "The voting lady" I ventured.
k as at Galveston, or thereabouts
" I saw your esteemed bank client, this
L Mr.. Warner Clay. / found him as
l. had pictured him: an elfish, misery
a being with no thought outside OF his
}. money and getting more. The man Is
Q financial pervert and sly and
> shrewd as fox. He positively wei
coined me. Then he lied to me and
l. had him. / left him so well salts
d fed that his word was gold with the
bank, and that my brief visit was g
cursory and superficial bit of routine
y that he will gloat over his fancieC
success for a week to come. When
(, stated that we wanted to go ovel
8. his returned checks as matter o.
D. business system, he landed then
q down on me with frank willingness
W that was almost painful / even go
"a him to give me several samples o
a. his handwriting. BY the way, did yoI
If ever notice his right hand forehngo
" and thumb"
IL OF course had not. Perhaps tn,
Is paying teller had, and said so.
Sometime and somehow our Mr.
d Clay has slipped the upper joint o
ot that forefinger out of plumb" mar
rated my informant. 'Tt does no
il. trouble him in eating, or cutting cou
r. pons, or dipping over interest money
Nor when he writes a screed will
re straight-going letters does he expe
D. rience any difficulty. A lower loop
le however, is his Nemesis"
s. "Nemesis?" ! repeated vaguely.