Show liners son ln law BY TAMES 0 1 copyright 1902 by dally daily story rub pub co upon the promotion of william I 1 aldis to the position of receiving teller of the thirteenth national wink kink he be begin to show signs of the widening of his horizon lie ile spelled out ills his middle name in full and acquired the art of appearing at ease in a dress suit ile he narrowed hla his social orbit until he felt justified in cl assif ing himself as exclusive and then he discreetly dIscie etly fell in love wl I 1 the daughter of abel lingar the dent of the bank fortunately for him lingar wa not beautiful of face and there wa was neither symmetry nor grace in her figure these gaps in her structural charms barms made his love churbe courbe easy in visiting her fathers bank her leen keen eye tell fell on I 1 aldis aidis lie was rather pleasing in appearance with light blue ea aies es a blonde m mustache and a pink and white complexion lie ile could sing all of the popular and sentimental songs ile he sang aang the sentimental ones for her and before tho the end of the wason mason he was railing calling her ethyl when no one else was in when he be asad her to marry him she ehe gave him her hand and their secret troth was as plighted plight cd all that remained to be done was to obtain the consent of abel lingar here baldis training was a hindrance and not a help to him ile he could not disassociate ethels father from the president of the national haak and he could not summon sufficient courage to ask president lingar for the hand of his daughter in marriage when he aro arose ae in the morning hla his resolution was fixed but at night he returned fretfully to his bis couch with the dreaded task still ahead of him whenever lie he would put in the presence of ethyl ethels s fath r it was only to discover the cicat president of the thirteenth national bank and he would retire in deferential confusion oue one evening when closing his ac couta coll ts he found they wrong there in hla his own handwriting was a false also entry of 20 over and over the books he went but the studied examination only confirmed the awful evidence that he was short 20 attebe at the sight of president lingar otal stalking king majestically through the counting room of the bank to his private office kaldis shook with terror it suddenly occurred to his ovet wrought mind that perhaps the bank had an unexplained of 20 with the impulse of this vagary he rushed oft off to the onice I 1 beg your pardon mr lingar he faltered but er has Is there there an of 20 11 what ilas has anyone made an error an error an enor of thundered lingar the cold accusing manner of lingar sounded bounded the depths of baldis abjection the reaction was instantaneous the pale blue eyes of the teller ceased to waver in their glances and became as fixed and steely as those of the president no longer clinging he straightened up defiantly did iou tiny say there was waa an error of 0 20 said lingar in slightly soft boned tones I 1 did not but there is an item ot of that amount in my books which I 1 am unable to explain you are ill baldis take a rest res t or of a day or so BO johnson will take 3 0 our ur place baldis went back to his cage A few minutes later johnson the assistant cashier entered it baldis had on hla his hat and was mas buttoning his bis overcoat johnson did not notice that baldis overcoat was bulging at the breast go through my accounts carefully mr mir johnson and find the mistake j I 1 am ill baldis walked slowly out of the bank A thick jawed athletic looking man stepped quietly out of tho the office from behind and followed like an ei cibor of thundered lin alln gar a shadow on the footsteps of falala A few hours later johnson entered the presidents president a office with N ith a sheet of paper in his hand I 1 find that this item of 20 is merely a cler clereal iLal error mr lingar he be said then there is nothing irregular in baldis accounts said lingar brightening up nothing that is nothing in this connection I 1 have not brought the faures up to date yet then do it ill wait Jh jahnson ngon returned to the presidents office late that afternoon with fremb bling hand and quivering lip what is it sir mr johnson johnsona 7 cried springing from his chair fai adis Is short on to days daya slip lingar gasped capped but with ith ula return ing pulse hla his yes dished with a buc glare of triumph we will not lose it he cried 11 ile II had bad the money in his pockets when be h walked out of here this morning ile 11 cannot get away I 1 put a shadow on 01 him the moment he stepped out of thi the bank I 1 judged that thief rightly I 1 late that night lingar and johnson were going ovir over the books when a i knock came to the door of the bank at a signal to the watchman atchman the door was opened and the thick jawed ath letic looking shadow entered lie ile hal ha a bandage over one eye what s ahn cried lingar lie ile had bad me done up who your man baldis lie he hired a halt hal dozen later inter state detective agency men to slug me and he got away of course but our office and all ol of our men are notified and every depot depol IX l T 1 01 3 1 t III L A thick jawed athletic looking man followed fol lowel baldis Is watched oh he can t get away tor for good when lingar was alone in lits his carriage driving home lie he give way to hla his anguish and groaned aloud lie he was waa realizing the enormity of the theft that had at first stunned him when no ho reached home the butler who swung open the door lor him was in a flurry of excitement ile he took oft off his hat and gloves and overcoat and threw them rather than handed theta them to the servant lie he strayed into the parlor and drawing room and had reached the wide door to the library when he stopped tottered and clutched the por per therea for support he shrieked the butler who had bad hovered near rushed to his side robber I 1 in my house quick perca sound the alir rial no no pipa papa wait listen to me a and n d ethyl ran to him and put her arms around his bis neck while the quick hands handa of the butler were obeying the master a orders my daughter my child are you interceding Inter ceding tor for this thief yos yes but we will confess all now can QU on riot not foreve us we will confess we what do aou ou mean what part can you have in if NN hat part have I 1 in it if she said slowly 0 do you think papa that I 1 am insensible to my own heart hearte L desire I 1 had the eager part of one who loves lie he has robbed my poor dear papa I 1 know robbed him of his darling daughter and running to baldis she be threw her arms arm a astound his neck and kissed lim repeatedly the clanging of a brass gong sound bounded in the street followed by a rush of feet up tip the steps tho the butler threw open the door and tour four policemen in uniform rushed in the matter sir mr lingar linear asked the sergeant of the police arrest that man ethl snooped in Ia lills arms t aou ou better have an explanation first asked baldis coolly explanation what can you say in explanation let us excuse these officers first limgai looked at baldis tor for some time then turning to the police he asked theta them to step out in the hall tor for awhile you are a man of sense sene so listen edid idid I 1 did not take the 20 although it looked bad for me I 1 dian didn t propose being made an innocent victim find and I 1 provided against it my first provision it ou have haie discoN discovered ered at the bank I 1 believe the second was wag to get rid of 3 our detective wa that I 1 could put the money am away ay safely tor for future emergencies the third careful thing I 1 did to save me from the penitentiary vas to mirry marry your daughter linger linear stared at him dazed difed and vacantly but waited for him to continue now I 1 hardly think that you want to tc put the bank to the expense of a quarter of a million dollars just to make a convict of your son in law dut but the moneal money where Is it oh that Is put av away ay where no ono one but me can get it all except 1000 that I 1 paid to have your detective taken off my trail I 1 can turn over to ou or I 1 can keep it lingar was mas silent his brows browa contracted of course sou I have ave not talked much about this for the sake of the bank I 1 haie hae not mentioned it even to my wife so you see we can still ai abold old publicity a word nord to baldis linear walked slowly out to the hall the police n u 0 mt tit a anva a ile he returned to the library ethl ethil had recovered oh papa ou ill forgee us wont noa oj he be bobbed what hat e se c can an i no HU my child I 1 ais vald baking h her er in his hio arms and baldis stepped up to take the outstretched hand of his relenting father in lav |