| Show THE GRIP OF O T i t thel illustration of ho men L mb whon gripped l wit bofe sudden fJ r tIon is furnished by fh t case of 11 f the t fX sR com orn t I y ik rk k who Hbo ho Is la with 11 q It J h tm Ut i u o ia is f criminal naJ b had bath been bean Inthe service t flIr r vural ye rs and during t time had handled h in the tile aggregate Sato hun hundred red of or thousands of at dollars doUar An examina examination a tion of or his books after his hia departure showed them to be In shape had hael not taken a 11 dollar of ot the comp ny money except the tho funds received re ye received by him on the day of ot his depart departure ure Included In la those funds und was a single package e that contained in greenbacks of oC all aU denominations up to and including When he ho saw aw that package the thought came to him blip that here was a fortune fortuno that might easily be carried away In a dress drass dr 5 suit case He lie had been working for years ears on a small salary la and aU had been unable to save any money to amount to any anything an anything thing With this could go goto goto goto to a far tar country and live Uv a o i life of case ease for the balance of ot othis his days da a Why slave himself Into the grave with luxury within his grasp Quickly the tho thought once enter entertained entertained tamed became a fixed purpose That night when Cunliffe left the express office he carried with him the package and the days day receipts amounting to 1000 His purpose in taking the sum wits wins w undoubted undoubtedly ly IT to enable him bini to arrive at some dis distant dl taft tant t nt point with his original l capital un Joo od So he went and find his family f Is la mourning n for tor him And Cunliffe Is Isi i he e having a at good time wherever he lie may be bo Is ls ha he enjo enjoying ing the fruits of or hiI fall tt We Ve d 1 It He ne may maybo bo be captured within a few fe days he lie may lr never bo be found But Jut th will never know another happy h Day after atter day ay week weak after week after year yeat as long as he lives he lie will wil bf tortured by remorse There Thore will never nev be bea a time when he will not start at an timex unexpected unexpected footfall behind him there will never be a t moment when he lie will not scan llean closely closel each cach strange face in the fear that It may ma be the tho face of an ofil officer officer of or the law Cunliffe wm wilL find if ho Ie has bos not al already already ready found that rascality does doas not pay but before fore we denounce him as a thief iud and a d a u scoundrel let us remember that his temptation was wits great and that thai the spirit as well as the tho flesh is often otten weak |
