Show 11 of currency which was dropped W A A by ROBERT C V MEYERS copyright 1903 by robert C V I 1 EVER in hla life had felt queerer than when he saw carter pick up the tie grayish wad that had dropped from tha old roans pocket aa he drew out his bundle of keya in passing rap idly through the work hop it was quicker than a nah the old man was just taking a long step ver a big splash of oil on the floor and hf get his toot down on tha other side of it before the money was in carters pocket and carter was at work again as if nothing had happened A chill went up spine and then he burst into perspiration all over it waa aa it he had done the thing belf to see it done like that and his eyes traveled ali around the shop with guilty haste he gasped with relle when he found that no one had been looking but athla be the nd of it the old man would certainly atoa hla money the quicker because he always walked with ata hands in his pockets it was he miss it before he pot out of the room iolj saw he door close behind him hell be back hell be bick in a minute thought Brieg sy and then what 11 I 1 do it it waa anybody but cart it would kill Ms sister 1 I give away camies brother not met the thought of mamie interesting possibility and aa the mini atea passed and the old man did not come back briggss had time to consider the matter the gist of it waa that carter had not tali en this monedi or himself but for ahls alster mamie was la meshe walk a step alone but the doctor who had looked out for her case more or less ernce she was hurt bad said that with the aid of a machine to support her back sho could walk pretty well the machine cost 50 and that was a good doal of money to earn had thought of bor rowing it but never of stealing it would he have thought 0 it if the money had tal lenat asit had fallen at Cart cartet rT himself from considering this question by im botao quick as him I 1 think alow then ha ell to thinking of kamla as he was accustomed to eee her evening after evening at her window aa be and cart reached home smiling and making bellevo she liked to sit there forever at the work tor which she waa paid such prices though as she said the work waa not over fine and probably worth not much more than she received for it that waa the way with looking on the bright side and encouraging her brother who waa often gloomy and the accident which bad injured belne for carter a yar y ar before thinking have some un with whose ilmi adjoined the tiny flat inhabited rr tAnd trang s II 11 w across he stairs for tripping purposes marole tripped instead of and afterward spent montha in bed only that inactivity by sit tane atner window bater on her powerless power leas wondered 1 she were not as gloomy as cart when IK body was by and she sewing there along abc ap end to her helplessness and now there might be a chance or her to walk and yet lie bent over his work and aled and polished with feverish energy when the days latles lut les were over he waited for Carter or abey usually went home toa buier career had a frown face B uch a irown aa settled there when he waa in his blueit blu eat mood they walked along in Alain lea going to get that thing that 11 felpi her to move about carter all at once broka out t vasta 50 donult asked doeg enabled carter atle money nodded vve ved up a year cart went aln ive alone oh everything QUICKER A FLASH shae po r 0 o walk I 1 tell you the doc brays or ays go out in the nun and airan df bow can he do it without that im golac to get that roa charte so aby carne to the store 0 the window 0 which were baud agea and TS T steels designed to assist nature when the human frame bad lost some jot its machinery or was deficient in normal activity at the door put his hand on his friends arm cart he bald do you think 11 like you for doing this carter shook on the hand dont she want to walk he demanded theres nobody but her and me and suppose something d happen to me and shed be left by herself could she so on bitting up there alone and nobody to do anything for her aint we alone in the world father and mother both dead was also alone jn the world his natural protectors having left him on a doorstep in his infancy from which doorstep he had been transport ed to an where he had thrived till he ana old enough to be transferred to an institution where he had been taught hla trade and sent out into the world though he had nothing to say in answer to cartera argument he knew carter and how next to impossible it was to bend him once his mind was made up thus they went into the store and in a few minutes more they were on their way to mamie to nee her white face light up when sha spied them from her window to hear her exclamation when carter showed her what he had tor her oh che said and youve saved tor a year to get she pulled hla face down to hera 1 I never told you but ive wanted to walk BO much and now ill learn all over again and maybe I 1 can go and fand better paying work for if get lck or be laid oft at the factory what should we do with the little I 1 earn oh tom what a dear fellow you are but carter waa gloomier than ever now he said ill go and get mrs wallett to help you put the apparatus on its perfectly simple you see athla bandage Is on top at the back and athla stay comes down behind left them and went to hla own room though he did not get his supper ashe should have done he sat down and thought soon he heard ma ale laughing with glee and could hear her making her farat attempt at walking clumsily heavily but taking a step lea yes said pounding hla hand on the table ill do it it was firm resolution and yet it did not enable him to make preparations for his supper instead tor some time he sat there in the dark and never once raised his head then all at once he heard a strange clamping sound outside hl door and there was mamie carts arm around her positively standing upright 1 I thought id pay you a call she said its just grand ill learn to walk in no time and then what holidays well havel well go to the country and dee the trees and be birds or down towa to look at the parades ill soon learn only im a bit nervous just now and mr george regga ive come to invite you to take supper with ua well celebrate the day of coarse briggss went ill get some cakes said carter and disappeared was there ever a brother like him said mamie as the door closed on him maybe mother sees mother left him in my charge you know when ehe died and told me to be good to him and here ive been a drag on him for a yearl tears streamed down her face and what he must have deprived himself of in that year to get this thing or me I 1 dont bee how he caved either for his are not much more than yours hush here he Is she was lively all the evening so lively that it was a wonder her brother remained gloomy and at last said he had forgotten and must go out alto left the room going with me carter ached tm not feeling very well and a walk U help me briggss said he believed hed go to his own room go it you want to growled carter and went down the stairs had a hard night of it he scarcely slept at all once he said 1 I THOUGHT ID PAY YOU A CALL anybody 11 II believe it was me im only a charity child ill do it in the morning he had no desire tor breakfast he did not watt for carter but went off alone an hour too early to KO to work ho walked the alreeta till the factory whistle bounded and then went to tha room he and carter and ten other anen worked together was he last to arrive and the door had hardly closed upon him when it opened to admit the old man hla name was hallett and he was a fine hotd fellow very well liked by the employ eca iio wag ot build with A round smooth boyish faw and he had scanty gray hair which stood up in little tufts it was said that theao tufts ilka UK a cat back when he wasis as angry on this particular morning they were in a strange ariele tr iele as it he had been rubbing them in ome dire strait of perplexity and bis manner was charac berlied by embarrassment Er gentlemen hf began theres a matter I 1 want to speak to you about this morning ho paused and stretched his collar with his a if it choked him to make a long story short he continued with a groat effort 1 I dropped some money in this yesterday afternoon now dont a word im not mistaken about it I 1 wish I 1 were the money was dropped ten dollar bills in a roll the room has beebi searched and the cone some blodys got it now 1 I dont want to ba harsh I 1 know the temptation perhaps the man who found it know it was mine well say he know where it camo from lie just found it and put it into his pocket well what shall we do about tt if he keeps it any longer hll be a thief and hell be putting eleven honest men under unjust suspicion he ought to give it back for the honor of his fellow workmen and ill say this if he brines it back today be the end of the matter I 1 wont make any charge against him and he can keep his place in the factory im willing to forgive and forget but he gave a sudden determined nod and all the little tuff of hair became as rigid as curled wire spring today the mans a thief ill hunt him out and punish him for the reputation of this factory and for tho eake of the honest men here he opened his mouth to eay more and then suddenly changing bis mind he hur 0 the room there was a brief silence and then carter said in a voice so charged with guilt that looked around in wonder at the men who seemed to have no ears its a mistake he never dropped it here this remark met with scant approval it was the general option that the old man knew what ha was talking about they all had something to ay upon the subject except and by and by his began be noticed there were whispers and peculiar glances were cast in bis direction it seemed long to the dinner hour though was not hungry just after thai whistle blew one of the men called out it any roan or boy here knows about that money let him be decent and own up and not let the rest of us bear fhe brunt of it hed better tor the old mans got ire in his eyes and the detectives atu da the rest the detectives had not thought of them he credited them with unfailing ability to unearth anything it would never do to let them get in their work And that man had said let the guilty one own cupl the last night when ho had pounds the table and eald he would do it rose before him but to brand himself like that and yet there was no time to if tha detectives were called tn which of tha employees might be the result of meditations up 1 on this matter was the conviction that he must do something and do it mighty soon yet the afternoon kept ellphine away had a scared eye on carter most of the time and he tried to keep the other one on the through which he momentarily expected to see the dei 0 his imagination appear with handcuffs for the guilty no such calamity occurred and the time to quit work arrived at last briggss sneaked out of the room first and he felt that every eye was on him the grimly humorous fancy came to him that sonia of these men would think themselves mighty smart before long his IKS felt of but they carried him to the door of halletts private office ho knocked and was admitted hallett sat in his accustomed place and nobody clao was present except a strange roan rather shabby and 0 a sad countenance who was leaning on th edge ot ha bl dealt messy eyed strange with alarm suspecting his pro feu ion well said hallett what Is itt speak up took his courage in both bands its about the money said he so I 1 supposed remarked hallett could could a teller pay it back began hallett looked at him why certainly said he what I 1 told you all athla morning 1 I mean blow terribly elow bay a a dollar a week hallett glanced suddenly fud denly up at the man who was leaning on the desk the atran took the hint and bloke promptly ill tell you what my boy aalde he you aint made up your mind thata the matter with you you dont HAVE YOU BROUGHT TUB UON EYT know what you want to say and ray suggestion to you la that you co out and lake a walk and think it over ill hav talk with you by and by im ready reksy began no you aint aard the man you ready and neither ana I 1 go out and take a walk and went it was a matter of ahama to him afterward because he ought to have had the courage to do as ho had nt ended but this man confused contused cont used him and him and he did what he was old on the way home he saw nothing of barter and somehow he dared not look p at camies window as he passed ha nude ills way to his room and sat there one time thinking it that detective come for me eald he ill fix the whole thing n the morning believe it waa ne I 1 aint got any nor friends was raised in an institution 1 anything different of me yi alx so he eat there while tho darkness and hardened alg heart to bear he brand of shajne nobody came near alm he ludeon that mamie waa not tn room she must have learned to already and her brother had gone bouhl havea food time and balg absy was glad of it ani if this agreeable thought came to tempa the bitterness ot his reflections hi ml conscious of drowsiness which was K merciful and 0 o he ell aale fully dressed upon his bed lie awoke refreshed and with bemid courage in the early morning and td a bite of breakfast he walked toward tl factory with a strong and increasing awo it atlon lie saw nothing of the nor of mr hallett lie had vagli expected that they would be waiting ot him at the factory gate one or two ma u looked at him peculiarly but h encore I 1 no unusual incident until he m 1 inside the factory when man from thi office met him and told him to go to nr t aalletta Hal letta private room this waa like the closing of prison shw t hind him but he obeyed it readily he had decided to make no offer to return the money ft would earn it some day that anew about the matter people arpe matted to earn little money in fasi he had heard anyhow he i best the money was spent be got back even it carter wern tsia put in the bince were mr wl IM elective one might have aupp they moved since there last their attitudes being preast l as he remembered them welt said hallett limtt liM Tf brought the money 1 it no replied the boy 1 I hametl F brought it and I 1 cant bring it capt but get it some day that 1 to B i betses Brt ses said the old man berar ter ar efcy W you take that money but yoa uy A know who did B drew himself up to hl toll f I 1 height which was a little booro thu tv wg 3 feet lie slapped himself on the chest as im the man aalde he lock m vf fis hallett looked at him for some py amlung W weve found where the money went i he said p M turned taint E t dont you believe it he majd W K just listen to me and ill it went to buy piece of apparatus is ifs E t alsa mamie carter a very bright alc PIE honest little arl as I 1 see her sald hl ett she called on roe last evening on youl yta a eald hallett she came with haf brother he v a there by her m distinctly by her request K S e looked vy at the detective wf grinned you aee the old mour little mead our poor little mend w Is lame h ipe moil to hear about scottt money that had been and balat bright and of he feminine gender jumped to conclusion so ah hd U with her brother and the upshot ot it wa that he brought her to me with the walk ang machine tn her hands for ot efti the wear it after abed found how ched conae by it well continued Ital after a that was a eight to draw teara from friend here he jerked his thumb att tl weep often im well convinced mia mamie v afred the man who sold the take it back end pay full bubee was colne to earn the kow it just roe ly as aha was malting this proposal thi he could earn tho money easier it W bad the harness to wear so I 1 bese h to keep it and then her brother nd ept down to business and settled our li tie affair upon pome such basis n ia proposed yesterday afternoon so b no trouble and now belgea a word to you don try tb pahn yourself off for a thief M you look too honcan you tw why even tool a detect ho aaa through you in 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