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®TOTER/» F A (iRAYjLEE«
RL BY /AQWARD FIELDING J*\
■f; ~ RIGHT. It 9g, ny rue f
Arthur Clinton nut by the window of
his little office high up In ■ hi* build
ing u 4 looked Into mm other fel- ,
low's office a crone the street, lie hud
no intereet In anything that wan there,
except perhaps a girl whom he hud se n
nt the window once or twice and who j
Struck him an rather pretty. On thin
occasion ehe wan not visible, and Ar
thur merely looked over th.-re because
he had to look somewhere, and he was
tired of the walls of hln own cage.
He saw a desk with open lid and lit
tered with document* The large man,
■with gray side whiskers, who usually
sat al that desk, wan not to be seen.
Indeed the room seemed empty. Pres- I
ently. however. Arthur suw a hnnd !
and an arm clothed In a gray sleeve
reach out over the desk mid take a
paper therefrom. No other portion of
the individual came Into view
The Incident was without slgnlH
cance. and Arthur would not have no
ticed It if hln mind had not been an ab
solute blank al the time.
Jt may have been a quarter of on
hour later that Arthur's eyes again
wandered across the way. The side
.whiskered gentleman was standing be
fore the desk, and two others were Just
behind him, looking over hln should rs.
This trio appeared to have u good deal
on their minds
' Mr. Sideboards— is Arthur had chris
tened the big man—was engaged In a ,
furious search for something, and th*
ot hers were desperately anxious ell her
that he should And It or Unit he
shouldn't. It was hard to toil which at
first.
The thing sought was not there, and
li\ and by the three men stoo l before
the window and looked at one another
with despair written on their counte
nances. Then the two others turned
upon Mr. Sideboards with some sort of i
exhortation which resulted In his go
ing through hie pockets with painful
thorough!..-..5. The result was failure
and consternation.
Evidently these men had suffered a
serious loss. Could the hand and the
arm In the gray sleeve account for It’
It should be noted here that Arthur
usually called Artie by his Intlmm
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oU lady #nd *#««to a lilllr tots at o»*
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ribbon at tor other to aupport a amll
jttoir to artaanra. A r«» **f n**dl*r to
varying *lar* «aa rvrnly rtuck Into tor
h»in to lb* apron making a nice bor-
Outwardly It revealed Itself In his ping
and while skin, as delicate as the tint
ing of a shell, in the gentle glance of his
large hasel eye. In Ills Immaculate at
tire and In his soft, sweet voter.
Jlls face was delicately handsome, but
the perfection of the features was
slightly marred by tho fact that hla
noae had been broken while he waa
playing left tackle on hla college foot
hull t un. Thl* little irregularity lent
strength to his profile, and might have
served as a warning to any one who
was tempted to trifle with Artie. A
really prudent person might also have
observed that the upper part of hie coat
sleeves was cut unusually wide, so that
he could bend hl» arms without burst
ing anything.
Mulching the ahell-llke skin, however,
was ti somewhat obtrusive sympathy.
Whenever Artie saw n person in trouble
the womanish part of his nature yearn
ed Hi si to find out w hat was the mat
ter. and second to render all the as
sistance In hla power, whereas It would
have been more manly to mind his own
business and let the suffering Btranger
go right on suffering.
Perceiving those people on the other
side of the way to be in trouble. Artie
conceived it to be his duty to go over
there and g. t Into It with them. He had
a gossipy desire to tell w hat he knew
about the hand and the gray sleev e. So
Attic ran right across the street, Just
as If he had no troubles of his own.
It Was easy to And the office where
the pretty eirl worked and the Impor
tant document had been lost. Artie had
carefully noted its position. When he
reached the door, he saw that Morris
g. (jay, attorneys and counselors at law,
were the lessees.
Entering, he encountered the pretty
gr! She was neatly dressed In a gray
sunt of a rather masculine style, with
a standing collar and cuffs of linen, Just
like a mail's. Of her Artie learned that
Mr. Sideboards was really Mr. Mor
ris. and later that that gentleman Would
see the visitor.
Great was the surprise of Mr. Moms
arid his companions—one or' whom was
Mr. Car and the other a •silent named
i itidg* Hold—when A rile told hla story
•This is In the highest degree tm
[ poi’taut," said Morris. "Alt iuiporlufli
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Ridgefield auil. haa Wen stolen from
mjr dealt. It la moat extraordinary,
h.> continued, ‘ that 1 ahould hav ■ last
the d**k open when I Hepped out. I
am moat itartlcil.tr on auch matters'
At thin point Artie di tnlnl Mr Oty
In the act ol smiling *<crrttv »>ehlnd
hi* partner'* buck With thl* as a
hint Artte glanced again >t Mr Mnr
rla' <le«k and made up hi* mind that
that gentleo an wna not of th parttou-
Inr kind It wa* 'he desk ol » mint
dlaorderly itetaon. piled deep with for
gotten correspondence. every plge <a
hole dripping neglected memotand.i tip
on the general heap l>elotv.
"Are you sure that the document
Isn't there?" asked Artie In hta gen
tlest tone.
"Certain! Certain'" replied Morn*, a*
If offended. "I know every paper that a
there! Don't touch It again, tiay!
You'll dlttarrange thing*"'
A* Morrla bent over aa If to prot-ct
hi* de*k Gay earn* around behind Ar
tie and *ald In hie ear:
"It really len't there. I've been
through everything.”
"Who wna In the office?” asked Ar-
I tie.
"Nobody hut Miss Carpenter, and she
1 was at her desk In the other room, re
; piled Morris. “She saw no one eome
In That'* the clever part of it Some
. one must have seised the opportunity
just when It was ripe. ! hadn t b*cn
out of here— How long was It, Gay?"
"How do I know!" demanded Gay.
I "I went away before you did."
"True, true.” said Morris. "I’d for
gotten. However, 1 couldn't have been
gone more than 20 minute* when I met
you and Ridgefield and came back. So
the thief was spry! Hut wc shall catch
him."
Morrl* buttoned up hl« black Prince
Albert coat a* one who prepares for
I decisive action.
"Who could have wanted the docu
ment?" asked Artie.
■Who. indeed?” echoed Morrla. "The
parties on the other side of the case, I
should say." tj
■ It in worth a lot of money to them.'
groaned Ridgefield. "Mr. Morris, how
could you have been so careless?"
“Don’t worry, sir: don't worry.” sa;d
Morris. "We'll have the paper back in
a jiffy."
"I'll bet It's in Doyle's office, across
the ball, this minute!" said s»>'■
Artie asked who Doyle was and learn
ed that he was counsel for the other
side.
"Does he wear a gray coat', queried
Artie.
■Did he have on a gray coat when we
met him this morning. Gay?" asked
Morris.
"Black. I think," answered Gay.
••No. sir It was gray. I'm sure of
it." declared Morris
I’d like to make a certainty of it." •
said Gay 'but l don't think it would
do for one of us to go across. Couldn’t
Mr. Clinton, who has been so kind nl
rendy. make some errand over there
and act a look at Doyle s cotit sleeve? ’
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p«c« of adtnl«*lon wa» *# ««bt». rblt
drrn under tb y*or* «f age half |«rlce.
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after noon to are the ahow. Armed at
tb* door, be pul down T» cent* and
a*k*d tor two front rat*
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money laker doubtfully.
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her tenth birthday, but *M- waa not
born until rather late In the afternoon."
The nooey tak<r accepted ihe «tat*-
m *rit iud hand -d h >i the ticket*. Itut
It was a cloar shave
Artie wa* very obliging. He at-pp d
rrriwa the hall and knocked on Doyle*
itH>r. There wa* no response. »o Ar
tie returned to say th it Doyle wa* out.
Jjo, *lr'" dc< Inred Morrl*. * He * In. I
know he'* In. I m« h.m go In not ten
minute* ng H< '* there, but he'a lying
low I'll tell you what you do. Mr.
Clinton. Have a look through the fan
ram over hi* door. Ton can climb up
fMHT*' vvny," *
*i can «•*! tip *!1 rfrbt ’* «*l<l Art!*,
"but ! dnyTt lilt* It/’
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sir,*’ aatd Morna. and hr !rd th* d*Ktia
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PAPER.
the glass. The small and rather mea
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Doyle had no occupant.'
Artie had just satisfied himself upon
this point when he was-seixed violently
by the legs and dragged down His as
sailant was a small mbS. with a verv
large head and a face that had a curi
ous effect of being perfectly square. He
was drassed iti a suit ot,brown cheviot
■ I'm Mr. Doyle, tt yovt.re looking for
him." said he, and his right hand ap
peared to be brandishing itn invisible
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--um. *m mu. It larger lhart ao eie,.*ant.
though wtlh »h..ner rod hmvlrt W**.
and many at lb* trail* «# ibe »M«b*
no* found In Moulh Aitt*rl>« «*ttrh
• tut alao Hr native ramlt> ft* hind
frel and tall «w» vary large. Ihe tatter
mraaueing more than two fret tn dtam
etrr Feeding ui»tn the leaver and ten
ilrr tnlgr at tree*. It Pld not. as Ih*
• loth Ptte*. cling to the und*r*Me of
the branches while erting-fr* the
weight of it* unwlHdy body would have
broken the atouteat limb*—hut procured
IM meulr tn another way.
Moving slowly and awkwardly *l»rg
u|ma leg* til for mod for walking until a
tree war reached, with Ito for* fwt It
would dig away the earth from the
root* and never them with Mr »ha<p
"I* It p*»*ihlar - *4bl Artie, tn ton-*
l of mild *urprl*e "I really owe you an
apology. I w«* l«wkmg for quite unoth
er Mr Doyle, a fallow with a gray < oat.
rather a large man. 1 should «r though
I never aaw him —that la not the whole
of him.”
Mr. fi 'i le regarded Artie with a pain
fultv b-wtlderad stare.
"There * a power o' hmattc* running
)c«»*e tn this tow n." mH he at laat. |
| Then h» tuilm ked hi* door and cloaed
j it b»btnd hur with a bans
Artie atntb-d a aweet, ad entile. Then j
M • • w?
4 !I I i iQjffirZL
WZij i f?
| he quietly re-entered the office of Mor- t
: ris & Gay.
"Doyle isn't your man." said he. "His
coat is blown.”
Mi Morris stroked Ids gray side
whiskers, first on one dde, then on the
other.
"What do you think of it. Gay?" he j
asked, after a pause.
"I think it's a mighty queer thing
that Miss Carpenter'didn't see anybody
come in." said Gay. "She tan see the
door from her desk ’-
"But she can't see II from the look- ;
lng glass," said Morris 1 suppose she
was fixing her hair. She's always doing
that
"Very pretty hair, said Art.e dream
ily. quite worth the trouble.''
At this moment Miss Carpenter re
turned from her' inodes! noonday. She
Wcul tq a little c.UPL'Oiid in the room
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< law*, then mting on Ha •iron* Mil
and hind leg*, a* on an tmnwnto thto*
leg*cl M el. and w inding Ha for* tto*
•round Ihe trunk. H would «w»» It* :
body to all cl tree t ton* until It had torn
the tree up by It* root* at snapped K
from It* Me**. Thi* oarompMabed. H
wa* an ea*y ta*k for lit* huge brute to
•trip th» tree of every thing tolabl* to
mtlsfy It* rnormuu* appetite
Now «o Uebe e Itotr* Hutw
To furnish a doK's h«u*e edOact ** i
many (orka and bung* a* >'« can and
get • P» ounce* of «sdwr*d bend* alt
one Mae. with two or three <fcisen Md
one*, a packet of pin*, and you have all
you want rgeept a amall iMn of wool, ,
Otter up the cork* croa*wt*e, to make
the aeota pf the ' heirs a«»d the table
top*- The bung* will do for the *of*
•eats. Olip half a duaen of th* beod*
on a pin. putting a Mg one «ret of all.
where the four men were and put a"ay
an umbrella. Then *he walked toward
her own place, which wa* on the other
aid* of a very amatl veattbule and she
couldn't hav* **ren more than at* f et ■
from th* thrnaho'd of Morrlaf r-totW
w hen that gentb nan Jumped up ex
citedly and m a stage whtaper that
might have been audible out In th*
main hail exclaimed:
"Bv the rverlaettng heaven*. Mia*
Carpantar!"
•M hat do you meanT wild Artie.
••It s** plain day!" cried Morrl*.
"Gray *uit; n.ff* ltk n man'#: It »aa
the that took the paper!'*
lie a t ruxtun, ft-, her when Artla
laid * h ted-m hit trm t hereupon Mr.
Mc*rrt* wtr unit. I*o tind that he
< t.id not move that arr.i anv mort Can
if it h*d b en tied to an iron tatst.
Mi ,i,*r *fr.' mid Artie in a toe*
Ilk- the mfl -t chord of an Collin
h ip, 'if yon presume to twi#t any ie»-
tittwny of ntme in auch a way a* to
make it bear against that young ’.ady
I w ill tie you up Into a double bow - ,
knot md h- ng you on th • chandelier’"
"Weil, sir' Well, sir!" exclaimed
Morrl*. unable for the moment to thick
of any rejoinder that would fit Ait r'9 ,
Unique thicat
if . nu f.nv ■- ." continued Artie, "that I
t cannot tell the difference between a
dainty little hand ' kc Mias Carpen
i r's and the seracgly old paw that ;
abstracted your precnwis document, you j
don't know much about optica, and
while l am on this subject let me in
quire whose coat It is that is hanging
in that cupboard Miss Carpenter, will
you bo good enough to open the cup
board door?"
He had noticed that the fair secre
tary. having heard her name *n unjust
ly used, had returned and was standing
In the doorway She compiled with Ar
tie's request and thus made visible a
gray suck coat that was hanging on a,
peg in the little closet.
• Will you oblige me." said Artie, “by
telling me whose coat that Is? I seem
to recognise the shade."
"Why. that - * your office coat. Morris!”
exclaimed Gay. hurrying toward ths
cupboard.
"J know It." said Morris tartly. "Of
course It is. but I haven't had it on this j
morning.”
■ Yes you did. Mr. Morris." said M ss
Carpenter. "You had It on just before
you went out."
•Til take my nth"— Morris began,
hut at that moment Gat thrust hi*
hand into the breast pocket of the coat
and drew out the missing paper.
■ Morris." «aH he "you’re so infer- '
nally ahsentrolnded that I’m expecting |
every day to see you come down to the t
office In your pyjamas "
"Nothing of the kind, nothing of the ‘
kind, sir." protested Morrl*. 'lf that
paper is in my coat, iameboily must i
have put it there.”
'Undoubtedly somebody did, rejoined j
Gay. "and we won’t quarrel over the
question of who that somebody was. 1
We've only just time to get to court."
"i Duet, however,’’ said Artie, "that
1 .red Pig the point* tato Ihe *Mr*a of
! r«>rk to mmk* tin* « h*!f TV cH*ir
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ftiflhfl an>t ifk# >A ?''*t irr>wm tll#m
. - f # (L oil _._•»« j rttr*
I nttitrr l» very fr«n4. «V ««rk m*f
| »ttn rftf m#l «»r fIIV4
nv Mkr.
A tkrfymrn wa. very much m<4
| f,y , m , nt bit offlfriWtlitn An o!4 mail
| u»H in f«» to 4orin# the ormjon,
* « trriYvnan ntlrrMl thr m»n •
; urmn4mm m p+nny If fc* »ouM p
l hit frindfUVr a«ib«*> Thia vwit
I all richi for A month*
I One Sunday the old man went to steep
iaa usual. The clergyman a*k»d the boy
| w by pc did not k«-ep his grandfather
I awake The boy aaawereel.
"You offered m<- a penny to keep hint
[ awake but grandfather give# me a
I nickel not to disturb bln* **
Mr Morrta will find time to apologue lb
M!*e Carpenter "
"Apt'logixe to her'*' rx< laimed Mor*
rl*. "It** hardly necessary. Ml** Car
■ penter knows whal I think *»f her Bbu
I# the most faithful, serviceable and In
telligent woman that ever came into a
law office, bar nobody. I have always
said so."
| When Artie returned to hi* own cage,
he saw Mia* Carpenter standing by »
w■ n low of Morrl* * iday'* office, anti
when he appeared »he made a gesture
I that wsa very much like throwing a
k-a« Whereupon A rile pretended it*
cot h this unsubstantial token, to roll It
up gently in his hand* and to put tt
carefully away In hla upper left aid*
pocket of his waistcoat.
tn Kiwpre**' Father.
The death of the Empre** Elisabeth
of Austria ha* brought out many sto
ries of her snd her family. Home of the
moat interesting are about her father,
the Duk* Maximilian. This man wa* a
1 remarkably simple and genial charac
ter.
Once he was making a pedestrian tour
and stopped In a small tavern to eat.
He had n aither with him. and some
Mi"*ts asked him to play, thinking, on
account of hi* plain clothing, that he
was a strolling musician He obeyed
readily and played everything that he
| could think of till coins rained Into hta
hat.
Then he ordered a meal that war so
expensive for a strolling musician that
the tavern keeiter became suspicious
that his strange guest Intended to run
away after eating without paying.
There -was hesitation about serving the
food, and while the duke was waiting a
corporal of one of his regiments entered
the inn. He saluted, much to the duke's
embarrassment, who threw the money
for the meal on the table and ran away.
Once the duke was In a train travel
ing to Vienna to visit the imperial fam
ily. In the coup** w ith him was a bank
er, who. misled by his fellow traveler s
simplicity, patronized him and in ths
course of a conversation told him that
he had a daughter in Vienna who had
married very well. She was, he boast
ed. the wife of one of the richest bank
ers in the city. "So?” said the duke.
“Why. that is quite a coincidence. I
have a daughter in Vienna who has
married very well too." "Who Is th#
husband of your daughter, my good
i man?" asked the hanker, and In hla
; most harmless tone Maximilian an
i swered. "The emperor of Austria.
V Xatinnnl Monument nt Preterit*.
‘ Red Scotch granite from Peterhead,
, Scotland, is io be employed for the na
, tlonui monument which the Transvaal
, is to erect at Pretona to commemorate
the repulse of Jameson s raid, and an
1 Aberdeen firm has been found ready to
■ provide the granite and execute the
! work The Boer's sense of humor seeing
1 stronger than the Scotchman's.