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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-11-14, Page 6CHAI'T.EER ;XIV, ( double swing-do4'rs and re-entered Ir, Boniface insisted on keeping a the shop, glancing with surprise them all till the following day, r but with -no special concern, at the when . ore: theyenjo •ed the lzttie group behind, the counter, 11f r, 'st sex osteo In t 5 Horner eras" feuding fault about delights of washing', getting back somethin but that was a very or- to l.t.�ndorl in the ctaol of the c�_ dist � occurrence. thins grave, thorn, - xt v - lookin n stud listonina 4'tten- tinorn, end . the moist dowers, which g a stoned l d Mr. Boniface ee Ii 1^de with wild roses,haw wry law dened more than one of their five y, and .� , gneighbor& rooms m the modellodgings, It was not till Wednesday in Whitsun week that Frithiof found himself in his old plaice 'behind file +roulater, and it took several days' before they all got into working order again, for though the boli day had doire them geed, yet it was riot very easy to get back into tbe maim of business. But by Mon- day even thing was in clock -work carder .again, and even Mr. Hor- eer, *allele ready enough at all tunes tO gruutble,; taould fend no.. thing to awake a fuss a,botut. ft liap- frelned shut day that Mr, Berner as -macre in the chop than usual, fa>z Rey had unnexpeetasdly been calilige l to go to Feria o i business, acid it ehaeccd, much to his onio- n, that, while M. Bonifeee too, with au expression of great trouble on his face. Looking up, he perceived Frithiof, and with an. exclamation, of, relief cavae toward. him. "Here is Mr.. l alek," he said; "wise no doubt will be able to ex- plaiaa everything satisfactorily, A five -pound note has somehow dis- appeared from your till this after- noon, Frithiof; do you know any- thing about its" "It was certainly an the till when last .opened it," said Frithiof aid that was nntly a, few minutes before I went ons. "Very possibly,," said ',Ur, Ber- ner, ",Tie auctions is whether it wee there when you shut it again. Tho toile even more than the Fords made I'rithiof'sa blood boil. "Sir," he said, furiously, "do as dining, Sal•doni the tenor you dare to insinuate that I -- called to speak about a eoi?g, There But Mr, Bonifaiee laid a hand 04 was nothing that he ensoted est hie arra and interrupted him. naueb as interviewing any well- "Frithjof," he said, "you know known singer; be seemed to gain quite well that 1 should as soon a sort of reflected glory in the pro suspect nay own son a.s 3'ou, But gees,, aed Frithiof could hardly belp ibis state has disappeared in a very :smiling when at the o luso of the ,sxtraaordieary way, while only you interview they pawed through the , and Darnell were in the :hop, and shcap, soarlanazall was the ,ollc;ni- must do our bast to trace it out. ous aaaazzner of the little woe to " ansa sure you will help nue in this jolly looking stew, disagreeable business by gceies; ns the'eonvtra�et b tween' through the • orelieary' ftirlxi cluiet- poiiteuese .oaf his tone k, and his curt oom door, Fiek,". the door prompt y, taut tbta to neer, whose uaaecheva: ous, eyes evidently toa ix every- thing that flavored of fun, salty plainly enough that the `'orseanan, with bio dignity of seamier and ano- ailz`Gy of bearing, deemed Mr, Hos- ner as a man beneath contempt, "Oh, by the ways Mr. Horner," be e .elainned, suddenly turning back just ars be bad left the shop; "I quite forgot to ask if you could oblige me with change :for n five, pound note. I have tried to get :t twiee this morning, but change short.' to }o sh neons o "With the gleatest pleasure," said Mr, Horner., deferentially. And, pushing past Frithiof, he himself deposited the note in the till and counted out five sovereigns, which he banded with a bow to Sardoni. Then, with a friendly "good - day," the singer went out, and Mr. Horner, rubbing his hands with an,. air of great satisfaction, retired: to Mr. Bonifatce's nope. The afternoon passed on just as hundreds of afternoons had passed before it, with the usual succession of customers, the usual round of monotonous work; there was no thing to mark it in any way, and to sense of coming evil made itself felt. In the most prosaie manner possible, Frithiof went out for the iew minutes' stroll in the streets which he called tea -time. He was in good spirits, and as he walked along he thought of the days by the sea, and of the boating which he had so much enjoyed, living it all over again in this hot, dusty London, -where June was far from delightful, Still, it was something to be out in the open air, to get a 'few moments of leisure and to stretele eve's legs. He walked along pretty briskly, managing to get some little enjoyment out of his short respite; and this was -well; for it was long before he could; en- joy anything again in that uncon- cerned, free -hearted way. Yet no- thing warned him of this ; quite carelessly he pushed open the Then, tatraaleg,to t; been anger, he sia me to lei int the tion, six tested the zed now was delighted to is dislike was. justified, ?avast ll was a rather 1u udsoane fellow, -with a short dark beard and heavy mustache; he looked a trifle paler than usual: but was quiet and collected, peehape a Tittle upset at the unusual disturbance in the chop whore for iso long he had worked, yet without the faintest sign of personal uneasiness about him. Beside him stood the tall Norwegian, his fair skin showing allto plainly the burning color that bad rushed to his ,fanothe instant he knew that he lay actually under suspicionof thieving. will examine you first," said the detective; and Frithjof, seeing that there was no help for it, sub-' matted -with haughty composure to the indignity. In solemn :silence two pockets were turned inside out: The right- hand waistcoat pocket was appar- ently empty, but the careful :deter- tive turned that inside out too, Suddenly Mr. i3onifaee started for- ward with an ejaculation of "aston- ishment. "1 told you so !" cried Mr. Hor- ner, vehement/3r. And Frithiof, roused to take no- tice, which before he had not con- descended to do, looked down and saw a sight that made his heart stand still. Carefully pinned to the inside of the pocket -was a clean., fresh, five - pound note: He did not speak a word, but just stared at the thing, in blank amusement. There was a painful silence. Surely it could be nothing but a bad dream! $e looked at the unconcerned detective, and at Mr. Horner's ex- cited face, and at Mr. Bonifaee's expression of grief and perplexity. It was no dream; it was a most horrible reality—a reality which he was utterly incapable of explaining. With an instinct that there was yet one man present who trusted him, in spite of appearance, he made a step or two toward Mr, Boniface. "Sir," he said, in great agita- tion, "1 swear to you that I knew nothing, of this. It; has astounded me as much as it has surprised you. How it came there I can't say, but certainly I didn't put it there. Mr. Boniface was silent, and glancing,' back Frithiof saw on the thin lips of the detective a very expressive smile. The sight almost maddened him. In the shock of the discovery he had turned very pale; now the violence of his wrath made him flush to the roots of his hair. "If you didn't put it there, who slid V' said Mr. Horner, indignant - "Y STOMACH IS ISE Since Taking Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. J. Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont,, enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them, as she outlines it, e:rplaius why',, "I was greatly troubled ,Frith - ny stomach", she writes. 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Earn' Squires, set to chip rust from the cable' that morning, had removed the shackle -bar from the ring -bolt, and forgotten to replace it ! An- chor and cable were gone forever, and on the breast of a five -knot current the yacht was racing down to the bar In that tumble of angry water, among jagged rooks and harks 'stretches of wave -pounded sand, the little ,Miramar could not live a, minute, and some of the party -- perhaps all—would surely lose their lives. Young Squires alone had his wits about hula. „ He seized a loose end of fishing-Baie, knotted it round his waist, kicked off his shoes, and went overboard. Inside the reef, a hundred yards above the Pine of breakers, was moored a channel buoy, It was on the port, perhaps two hundred yards below the drifting Miramar. With a. short, choppy stroke, Squires struck out for this buoy, Could he reach zit Would the sag of the dragging line prove too mach for him? Already the ,yacht was abreast of the buoy, and to the ea- ger wateliers the swimmer seemed lugs, a. Mere result of your illness to be as ug --and the'whxie lane last summer, and no one would of the surf, was near. Mrs. Cars- dale clung to her husband's neck,. and, the two girls wept in each oth- er's assns. Then suddenly we saw that Harry had judged his distance well, after all, $a was above the buoy, and breasting the current bravely. We saw him turn, shoot down on the rrent, throw up az^, arae and grasp ring of the buoy, As it swung or to his weight, he pulled himself and at astride, Band over and he hauled in the two-ineh rope had tied to the end of the Ash- ng'liane, took a half-hitch round the, ing-bolt, and waved his band to hold you responsible for it." A horrible wave of doubt passed over Frithiof. "No one in absence of mind eeuld deliberately have pinned the nets. in,," he said, "Besides, easy heed was perfectly clear -eves even treh ing or tired,'" ""Quito iso; I am glad that so .far you own the truth,'" said Mr, liar - Ler. "Make a free confession at onee and we Will not press the pro- seeutiou, You yielded to a Budden tennptation, and, as 'WO all know, leave special reasons for needin anoziey. Come, confess!" "You, aro not bound to incriinin- ate yourself," said the detective. ill, what the gentleman suggests, ass by far the best terse for you: to take. Theresa not a jinn in the land that would not give a verdict against you.' ""1 ellen vertainly not ten as -a save openndisgraee,a" easel �` E thief. "The jury may says haat likes. God knows I .am innocent, The tone in which be said the la words made Mr, Boni/ace- look hien more, etosely, "Now I know that you aro iing!" Mr. Romer cried; "don't add blasphemy to your crime, You aro the most irreligious fellow I over cinine aeroes-'-a man who, to sey certain kuowledo, never at- tends any place of publio worship; and do you dare to call Gel to wit- gess for you 1" Notting but the strong conseious- xieiss of this new Presence sept Fri- thjof from making a ,sharp retort. "God knows'. I am innocent," he repeated; "end only Be can tell how the note .got here; I can't," "One, word with you, if you please, Mr. Barris," said. Robert Boniface, Be led the way back to the shop, where, in low tones, he briefly gave the detective his own opinion of the ease. Be was sure that Frithiof firmly believed that he was telling the truth, but unable to doubt the evidence of his own sen- ses, the was obliged to take up the plausible theory of temporary ab- erration. The detective shrugged his shoulders a little, and said it might possibly be so, lint the young man seemed to hen remarkably clear-headed. However, he accept- ed his fee and went off, and Mr. Boniface returned sadly enough to his room. "You can go back to the shop, Darnell" he said. The .man bowed . a.nd withdrew, leaving Frithiof still standing half bewildered where the detective had left him, the cause of all his misery lying on the writing -table before him, just as fresh and erisp-poking as when ithad been issued from. the Bank of England. "This has been a sad business, Frithiof," said Mr. Boniface, look- ing with his clear, kindly eyes at the young Norwegian. "But I am convinced that you had no idea what you were doing, and. I should not dream of prosecuting you, or discharging you." (To be continued.) e' us. We were saved, but it was a near thing.As we swung at the end of that line, the boil o4 water on the bar was hardly fifty yards away, 'wader eel, stern the water wtis' u oothiatef to the curl of the fiat irf lino. We hung there #or tiro hours, r 'lig" the swayinag line with andl;„erchiefs against the sten glanwale. All that time reseaamed astride of the ,w stating the other end of the Death wee only a biscuit toss , but the rope held. ;t the tide turned, and vas wo aced IV -stream we picked young Squires off his perch, Oarsdalo' wrung his hand with tears ixt his eyes, and the ladies, weeping also, kissed hila. The young scamp ! I'll be sworn, ho thought more ofthose kisses than of the sovereign I clip- ped into his palm SATED BY A BUOY—AND A. BOY Plow a Pleasure Trip Almost Ended Iia Disaster. The yacht -it was a six-ton schooner, and belonged to a Mr. Ca•rsdale—had put out from Mana- kau, New Zealand, on a pleasure trip up the coast. There were six aboard, the owner, -his. wife, a boy named Squires, who acted as "crew," two young girls, and a man friend of the skipper. It is the latter who tells the story in the Wrld 'agazine Thidee WMioralMnar. was sailed up. through the narrow channel of the Aivitu River between the boiling ly. "Don't add to your• sin, youngbreakers on the bar, where ebbing man, by falsehood. tide and current meet the heavy "I have never spoken a false Pacific swell.' The wind was fair, hood in my lite; it is you who lie and the boat went through on "tip- when you say that I put the note toe, and ahalf-mile' up the` river: inhere. said Frithiof, iiotily• - Then the wind suddenly fell flat, " My poor fchow,'' said AT- Boni:, the sails slatted idly; and the yach=t face, "I ani heartily sorry for you, 'began to drift with the hurrying` but yeu'must own that appearances- tide back `coward the reef and the are against ,=ou," breakers. ,,What ! yoN too, sir " cried "Fri- The word wa-s given to drop an- thtot his indignation giving place chor, and young ....squires let it go. to l.E art 'broken wonder,. The chain 'rattled through. 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