The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-27

even as you and l the small change for dollar.
 One day it was necessary to use a large amount of the reserve cash, a l $5O,000 package included in the az , gregate was found to contain, instead of fifty $1,000 bills, exactly fifty ones. That package had been passed from hand to hand for over a year, it's stamped value always accepted with out hesitation. The cord enclosing it, duly covered with government seals, was apparently all right. There was nothing in the exterior appearance of
 the package to indicate tampering or substitution.
 Here was cold, clear fact, however -$49,950 short. The sub-treasury
 agent looked over the opened package, casually inspected the coverings, and
 calmly called attention to three facts
 that were incontrovertible: the string was not government string, the wax
 in the seals was not government wax
 and the paper enclosing the package
 did not bear the government water
 mark. In other words, the govern ment disputed ever delivering the package to the Unity National Some one had substituted the one contain
 ing the one-dollar bills a month back two, three. six-or yesterday. or to-
 day. It was the duty of Alison Ran some to guess how it could have been
 done, for he was responsible for the deeds and misdeeds of the depart
 ment
 Resilius Marvel had been called in. It took him a day to decide that no-
 body in the bank had worked the sub stitution. When he came to examine
 the wrapper that had enclosed the
 substituted bills, he found that it had
 been discarded covering for some other package at one time, such as
 were thrown into the waste room. The figures had been changed. but the official stamp helped through the i'm
 position. AS to the seals, they had
 been broken in opening the package. so their recent real condition could not be estimated
 At the time I was a silent Iounger HI el ool NOi hCi III 4Adt tSl D pl " dlC
 office when he held rapid fire col
 loquy with this same Alison Ransome. l felt sorry for the young fellow, for
 he was so artless. so distressed, so clear in his statements, that there was not a false note palpable in what he
 said. He had brought the visitor s | register with him. Spread out on the
 same glass-topped table where I now
 confronted Marvel, the twain went
 over it line by line.
 There were foreign and sightseeing visitors. soorf disposed of. The repre- Sentatives of country banks came un-
 der exposure with no results warrant
 ing suspicion. Every name on the
 register was tallied off quite satisfac-
 torily until they came to delicate line announcing Miss Vera Tithenor. Credited to whom?" Marvel had
 challenged, keeping his finger on the penciled initials after the name and looking Ransome squarely in the face. who flushed like schoOlboy and blurted out:
 Myself"
 noticed Marvel just there start slightly.
 "A friend-a relative?" "A friend, yes," answered Ransome; well, might better say an acquaint- ance. I knew the lady only casually at the time. She expressed a wish to
 go through the bank and of course had to be courteous. Then she brought friend. She was very much interested in bank details, saying her father and her uncle had been in that line once"
 Tall, fair?" insinuated Marvel, and knew he was prompted to pursue
 the topic by the vagrant thought noted.
 Tall fair-very fair" acceded the young fellow, with almost a sigh.
 Light blue eyes-one disfigured?" continued Marvel.
 Why, mol" exclaimed Ransome,
 with hard stare. What a strange question to ask, sir! Blue eyes! Dis figured! Indeed, no. sir-eyes black as a sloe, and very bright and-be-
 witching. I've got to say it," ex-
 plained the speaker. with a slight laugh. flor to tell you the truth. fancied was in love with Mics Tithe- nor at the time"
 And now?" interrogated Marvel. mercilessly.
 T have not seen her for weeks.
 understand she has gone abroad" The color of the eyes seemed to settle the matter with Marvel. and he checked off the name. After that evening I considered the case aban-
 doned. for I had not heard Marvel mention it since. The bank quietly buried the circumstances, but young Ransome left It's employ a week later understood that he had joined some small brokerage firm. There was no imputation as to his honesty but the luckless loss of $100.000 to the bank stood against him on the records. And now. Resilius Marvel. with his Il