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Show H OYERCONFIDENCE. I BUI I cn rcors "Bo In a certain roo-1 slieel Hf .tottn InlnnsTltanlatlicrollvcelitfain- I WK " W,10OT ' w111 co11 Mllclic11' Tho fnm' t Uj 1ly conslstoel cf litnban 1, wlfo nml two WW 'children, tho latter boln-t it lnjr ngcil flro fM anil a girl of sotci. Mitchell was rtjirl- Wm i rato tanker, known to bo honest, reft re-ft Kg spoctablo null worth n clear $100,000. I ft know llttlo or nothing about tho family Pit 'nntjl certain Incidents occurrcJ. Ono mwtm diy bl wlfo was fjtitlly Injnrel In n KjC rullrond collision nt n point nbont titty B9 inlles from borne. When ho reached B MS )icr, In rnpomo to n telejrrain rent by n HiEjB i itranger, ho found tho ha J bon reinorwl Raj to n hotel ami was bolng tenderly cared fal for by n woman who civo her namo at mmi lira. A. 1). Gray, of Philadelphia. Sno HI waa on tho train, but tufferod no Injury. IH Mm. dray, tu I might n well tell juii WK now, won ttlto, cood looking, n (,-ood )WJ talker, and In a general way ciiplko' H H I ting. TUo fact of 1 cr taking charge of H rjl ,11 n. Mitchell as (ho had dono provul SI lier tender heart, bho told Mr. illtcbell jZ ths bad been n widow eighteen months i) and was practically alono In tho world, ' and thongli ho was bardcrol Itli grief i 'and anilety, ho did not forget to tlianU Uter for her great kindness and to talto ! . I ilicr addrou. Eho resumed her journey, ,l and bo took bis wlfo homo to dlo of her BJ i if I lnjarlcs. It was thrco weeks after her BJuFI ilenth thai I caiuo Into tho cao. Vfter BJ JIT j everything was otot tho husband md-BJ md-BJ n denly rtlccoTcred that bis dead wlfo'ii BJ i f jewelry was minting. Bho hid with her BJ f I when tho accident took placo nlwnt BJ') (1,000 worth of diamonds. They had BJ ( dlnap peored, and whrn bo camo to run BJ ( nrer creut In his mind bo could not ro-BEirl ro-BEirl member that they had coino homo with BJ: U her. Mrs. Gray had turnod over to him BJrMj Mrs. Mltcboira'purso and afowo'.hcr BJ n' things, but n ritr of diamond uardropj, BJk IN two rings und a pin wcro lnlsslng. Bk If Iwascmplo)edtopTOCCcdtothorccuo BK t of tho lato accident and seek totracotho BB i ' Jewclrj-. Tho collision hid occurred !rlp.ht at tho depot In ft sinill tora. l'co-plo l'co-plo about thodtpotnndthohotclauurcd ' mo tliat Mrs. Mitchell luid her jowclry j on when taken to tho hotel. Tho lind-I lind-I lord's wlfo was posltho, and tho ilocio-t ilocio-t vbo was callel In was iositIvn, and when I had worked tbo c;o out I returned re-turned homo to'repOTt to Mitchell thtt I nobody but Mrs. Gray could lmvo taken tho jewclry.IIo n& astonUhot und Indignant, In-dignant, Una f not 'only vlgoromly ro-jradiatel ro-jradiatel tho implication, but discharged mo from tbo cans v, ltli tho lusertlou that 1 was a novico ln'tuo rrofcstlon BB' ' i I v.-ent aboat other builnets, nnd it BB i twas absnt four months bofora 1 paw BJK JMltchell again. Then ho cent for mo In BJB aiiomclaKapucltyitgalit. Xoreferenco BJH Tas inado to iny.protlous work, but BJk fresher and other (roubles had coino to BB' 1 lm. A month alter tho death of liU BJn Kvifo ho had openod cornspondenco with BJB 'ilri. Uray, and tho result was that sho BJB had como to take ohorgo of bis hon". BJB Ho was without relatlrcs, or nt least BJB without thoeo who could aid him in his ! tltnatlon, nod tho claimed to bo frco In her movements. You will nmpect just as 1 did, that tho had captU ated, blin, ipj i but ho fought ebyot any neknonlodg- BJB I meut of tho sort BJB ' 1 ha cn't told j on about tho bink. It BJB ' was situated just a equaro from lie BJB i homo and exactly in tbo rear of It, Tho BJB ' house fronted on ono street and tho I auk BJB on another, and there was no alley !"- BJB nccn. Indeed tho rear )ard of tho BJB housa led right up to the rear door if BJB tho bank, and Mitchell used tu cuuo tip BJBj and go through tho ) ard. In Jho rear BJB of the banking room), dl idod oil by tlo BJBt usual railing, ero tho prhalo offices BJBj and the vault A burglar alarm was BJB connected with tho front doors and win- BJB dotts, but nono with tho back. Alaigo BJB and sat ago dog guarded tbo rear, hat lug BBfl u kennel closo to tho door. BB M'h it the banker wanted to tco mo BJB About v, as this: IIo bad not only mined BBj money from his wallet nt night, but on JBE two occailons contildyrablo sums of BJBt money hid buen taken from n small eafo BJBJ which stood in his oftlco outildo tho BJBJ vault. Ouo of tho in) sterles w ns in tho BJBJ taking of tbo monc). Ho cmplotetl n BJBJ tellorandulookkeeper,ncltherof whom BJBJ, had a key to safo or t anlt, unless It was BJBJ duplicate m.iOo without hi 1 nowKdji. BJBJ iKcltlier had tho word of tho comblna- BJBB tlon of tho ault, and It seemed lmpossl BJBJ: bio that they could havo taken the BJBB money, oVcn If so Inclined, lloth were BJBC perfectly honut, f o far as any ono knew; BJBJ, and Mitchell was all tangled up over BJBE the mystery, BJBK 1 IIo hadn't talked to me flvo mlnntcs BBj when I would havo taken m solemn BBi oath that Mrs. Uray was tho guilty BBJk party, bnt of coureo 1 didn't drop n hint BBj of my suspicions to hlci. Sim wasMi), BB prudent and apparently all right, and 1 BJBT had put in ft month on tho casound BJBJ1 1 niado no discover) when tho outside BJBj; safe was robbed ogaln. A deposit and BJBj' some bonds had cmio In at tho lastrao- BJB "-nt and had been placed then) for the BJBj! ntjht The wlolo thing amounted to BBB about (300, and bonds and greenbacks BJBJ were nitoliig nost uiornliu. Tho sufj BBjl had not only been cpenod with nke), BJBJ 1 , but the bank bad been entered bynn BBJ ,- locking the rear dor. No ono could BB I hn entered by tho front without BB sonndlng ay alarm. Ito stranger could BJBJBl I 'havo entered by the bck on account of BHU b"bV ' BBBB jr TBk the dog, who was wldo nnako and all right. When Illtcbell rent for mo to glvo mo tho news I was perfectly satisfied that Mrs Urnyvrs tho guilty party. I be lloteil she hail tho nerve to enter his room In the night Ftciiro tho kes anl thrn slip through the back ) ard, enter tho bank and open tho safe. When I learned that the dog was n great favor Ito of hers thts belief was it certainty 1 couldn t, for reuons alrndy given, say ft word to Mitchell nbpuMhlt IIo wanted want-ed to supct his twu employees, bnt when ho hal canvassed tho matter he was made to see tint It was altogether unlikely that cither nf them was guilt). Indeed lis tas alone In tho bank whet the bonds and motieycanio In, nnd he alone know where tho dcpoelt was j I iced. What Aid I do? I turned to Mrs. Oray again, an 1 Is about a week something hippeued to prote that 1 wits on the right trail. Uno of tho street car lints of the town ran down to tbo railroad depot. It wis Mrs Uraj'jIinUt of an afternoon to rile on this lino with lh) llttlo girl as far down ns n certain park, and to alt near tho fountain nnd read v.hllo tho girl romped nliont with b'lier children. 1 had closely watched her while In this park, lmt no ouo had ever como near hertund her demcaner had been perfection. On tho third afternoon after tho robbery rob-bery eho occupied her usual sent for an hour without anything hapivnlug I rat on n bench In tho rear of her and nbont thirty feet nway, nnd by nnd by I noticed thst, rhowu writing n noto with pencil She'dld It to deftly that ono titling In front of her coul 1 not havo told what sho t7is at. Uasldo her was u la vo shado tree, and as near as 1 could mikuout skQdlsposed of thn note, when folded up, t.oinetthro about tho tree When she left I followed her for a short distance, nnd looking back 1 saw it joungnnd well drowid man occupying tho placo vacated liy her. An hour later, when J could cxamlno tho trce.'I found a hollow In tho trunk Just about on ft lino with her shoulders a.) sho sat on tho bench." Ono not looking for It would, hat otabiucrj fifty times and dlv catered nothjug. My theory,twai that rbo bad nn accomplice ac-complice thfPJbnng man whom I hid seen. The hollow in thetreo was their iwMofllce lafl iif I km nt tho park half an llourjijloro her usual time, nnd belipldlJtiMVenug man was occupying that bcndiiVAa'iiho appeared he got up and took n vat n hundred feet away, and by watching ctwH) 1 iwthatehotook a nnj frotu'tljp-treo , Ueforo leating -ho ,wroto and' oflied" ono in repl),nnd 'nftfr lilie had gono I saw him get it. I was notc'crtaln that 1 was on tho right trail, and 1 went to .Mitchell to reenro porno particulars I wishctl to know. I told hi in 1 bad it clow, bnt w onld not rc-lcal rc-lcal which way it led. 1 hnnieil from him that the combination of tho l n.llt door had four numbers, nnd 1 o alono liuew it. c It lis 1 been changed about n inunlhu'tarIni O ray's nrrital, and ho heslUtliiRly Admitted that (ho word was "Aimo " wjilqbjwss her Christian namo. Ho would)Uti,,hetTOtcr, admit that this' fart was I'nriWto lur. Tor two vrccka after receiving this In formaUop.il1 hjrdly got eight of Mm. (lrny.rorn,omo reuon sho remained very cjwly atiierae. 1 found out from .MUcbcliyu h roundabout way that tho morey'needed to pay tho men at tlw coal rr,lno'cidjnUo at n largo factory wits deposited with him on tho Uth of otcry montl) It tva.i simply pawed In tohlintobo locked in tho t tult otrr night, ns it crme up from Pittsburg by iniwaiuger. I reasoned that Mrs. (irty would work .this Information out of IiIli in somo wa), or that her accoinpll-o would discover It, and that If tho hail tho combination of tho vault fho vonl I iniko her strike on tho ulght of tho 1 Itb. On Aug. 1 J sho exchanged notis at tho bank, nlso on tho luth. On this litter date 1 thudowed tho )ount; man for thrco hours and beenmo tatisllcd that bo was from Pittsburg and it "slick uu." Among tho things bo did was to go to the depot aud inquire ubout tations ulglit trains, and particularly ono which passed over tho road half an hour after midnight. I promised Mitchell that n climax would soon bo riuched, aud then staked my all on w lint might happen on tho ulght of tho 1 itb. At B o'clock on that ct cutog I throw it piece of "dosed ' meat to bis dog from n nclgliboring jarel, ami nt 10 1 softly climbed tho fenco to find tho caulno in his kennel nnd elclc cnongh to remain tliero. 1 lay down within ten feet of him, hidden beblrd it bush, nnd It was an hour and ft hilt before nothing no-thing hnppencel l'.terjbody In tho neighborhood was In bed and nslcep by that time, und I was not greatly irar- Iriscd when it fcmnlo (lguro, which 1 new to be that of Mrs. Gray, euddenly nppeareeVandrusied mo fit o feit away going toward tho bank. Sho stoppod nt tho kennel to speak to tho dog, aril then oiKnod tho rear door rind enterod. I did not movo from my lddlng placo until bho rcappcarod about tncnty minutes later, bho can fully locked the bank, nnd as tho pnyscd mo on tho way to the houso I followed quickly behind, Tho kejs tho laid on thubank tleja, ooftly opened tho tldo l-ate, nnd 1 let her reach tho street ln-fore- I brought matters to ft climax, bho woaouly out of thogato when tho was joined b) it man, but when I rushed to nlso them he got the alarm and was oil K'foro 1 could grub Ulin. I not her, howeter, and tho had nlmudlo under her nnn which 1 took charge of bun-dlnoiitaluiug bun-dlnoiitaluiug ubout $IV,0U0 in green-backs green-backs list it nert y woman tho w isl Bho jast siinpl) laughe'd it bit as 1 led her up sho steps und ruug tho 1k.11 to arouso Mltehell, and v.honlliad told Urn all iiud hid the) mono) and tho ko)s to prut o It tho jnet looked up lit him with uiinlls and asked! "Well, what of it?" Ihu "what of Itl" was n cirker. Milchell couldn t lt tho pnblte know that 1 Is bank could bo to on.ll) rnbu d, mid he couldn t lot widely know that ho h id been dupod by nn nuvcntnresit, and after n roni ultutltm be actually (rare tliat U'Uo adt cntuims If.) 000 In cmli to clear out bho went, nnd as I left her ut the dejiot tho ealdi ' (lit o tho old man my lot o when t on get back to the houso an I mk him it he never heard of Tony Willers advli a". |
