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My fntlicr said the stronger wna
qulto extensively Interested la mill
property In Manchester IStiglniul
Ho mltlressotl this remark to the
cleric oC the hotel who sat on a high
chair that belonged In the billiard
room but was always In the olllco
nowadays because without It the clerk
could not reach the top of the new
stove with his feet
The clerk who had been regarding
the back of the stove with gently af
fectionate Interest began to frown up
on It
Oh ho was was he said he In a
somewhat unuleasaut tone
I mention It the stranger hastened
to add because I want to tell you
what he used to say about the matter
of working hours per day that you amV
this gentleman were discussing
And the young man glanced smiling
ly toward the gentleman In question
Dr Isaiah Harrows who sat In front
of the stove Hut the gentleman was
no longer interested In working hours
lie was looking Into the fire the door
of the stove being open and he had an
eye nearly closed and his head tilted
aside with the air of one who medi
tates upon the past
Is your father living he inquired
presently
No replied the Englishman He
died last June
Died last June the clerk echoed
softly
With his feet still on the top of the
stove ho slowly thrust his head out
over his right shoulder until lie could
catch the eye of Dr Burrows who re
moved his gaze from the coals long
enough to exchange a glance Then
the clerk drew In his head somewhat
as a turtle does and at the same time
the doctor resumed his contemplation
of the Are
I suppose ho left you considerable
property said the doctor
A few thousands only replied the
Englishman I am the second son
About 12000 should you say
queried the clerk
Why yes responded the Briton
with surprise That is about the
amount though I dont see how you
knew it
The estate is not fully settled yet I
suppose said the doctor but youre
expecting advices from the lawyer any
day
Well upon my word cried the
stranger Ive always heard that the
Yankees are great guessers but this
is too much You must know about my
affairs iu some way The worlds a
small place Perhaps you have friends
in Manchester
The two Yankees shook their heads
in a slow and melancholy manner
Never saw or heard of you Mr Per
ceval said the clerk before you got
off the train last night
Old Jones proprietor of the Walden
hotel came In from the street at this
moment and advanced timidly to the
stove He was a very thin man who al
ways wore a plaster on the small of his
back and ho used frequently to touch
his coat over the spot with the
knuckles of his right hand as If to
make sure that the plaster was not
shirking its work
Mr Perceval has Just told us that
lie is from Manchester England said
the clerk
Jones was about to receive the Infor
mation with the conventional courtesy
of Ills profession when he suddenly al
tered his manner and remarked
Sho You dont say I
His father died last June and left
him 12000 said tho doctor and
hes come up here to examine the mills
with a view to buying the property
OLD JONES ADVANCED TIMIDLY TO THE
STOVE
How did you know that demand
ed the Englishman
I thought you said so answered
the doctor somewhat confused
Well I didnt said Perceval but
its a fact Just tho same
nes going to buy tho mills mur
mured old Jones gently Looks as If
wo might have snow tonight Dont
you think so doctor
He strolled toward tho window and
It was observed that ho was gripping
hard at his plaster as if he feared it
would desert htm In nn emergency
Presently ho nnd tho doctor and the
clerk had their heads together In ear
nest consultation leaving the English
man alone by the stove
Ho remained alone from that lime a
quarter past 11 until half past 12
which was the dinner hour In tho
meantime several men whom ho had
met at a fair In aid of one of Waldens
churches held on the previous evening
In the town hall came Into the hotel of
fice and most of them greeted Perce
val cordially but some mysterious In
Iluence at once took hold upon thetu
and they strayed away Soon after
they would be seen In earnest conver
sation with the clerk the doctor or old
Jones
Perceval ate his dinner all by him
self and at a little table In a corner of
the dlulng room and an acute observer
could have seen that he was doing somo
hard thinking Certainly the mysteri
ous change In popular sentiment re
garding him was enough to make any
man so situated pause and consider
But Englishmen think slowly nnd this
particular Briton seemed not to have
solved his problem when he rose from
tho dinner table and walked out Into
the ollice
At the desk ho made Inquiry for tho
clerk but that personage had gone
down to the railroad station to meet a
train Perceval presently followed In
his footsteps
Passing the postolllee which Is on the
main street about midway between
tho hotel and the depot Perceval en
countered Miss Annie Wheeler nn
agreeable young woman whoso ac
quaintance he had made at the fair
Miss Wheeler was a fine typo of tho
blond New England girl and there Is
no telling how deep an Impression she
might have made upon the rather sus
ceptible Mr Perceval If sho hadnt
been totally eclipsed a few minutes aft
er she first dawned upon his view at
the fair by the dark bewitching beauty
of her particular friend Miss Dora
Barrows daughter of the physician al
ready mentioned But tho truth Is
that after Perceval saw Dora Barrows
he didnt know that there was anybody
else at the fair It was natural that he
should prefer brunettes for he was one
of those big blue eyed yellow haired
Saxons
When he saw Miss Wheeler coming
toward him on the street he planned to
turn about and walk a little way with
her in order that they might talk about
Dora but Miss Wheeler passed him
with no recognition except a queer lit
tle nod that could hardly be called a
bow
This proceeding was so obviously re
lated to the events of the last few
hours at the hotel that not even a slow
thinking Englishman could be mistak
en about it Ho lifted his hat with
grave courtesy and proceeded on his
way to the station pondering deeply
Tho Boston train had arrived and
the clerk of the Walden House had
gone back to the hotel In a bus so Per
ceval remained only a moment at the
station
On Main street and almost In the ex
act spot where Miss Wheeler had come
so near cutting him Mr Perceval
met Dora Barrows When his eye first
lighted on her he was conscious of a
thrill resembling fear lest she should
treat him as her friend had done No
such catastrophe occurred however
Dora greeted him with tho heartiest
cordiality consistent with maidenly
modesty He was so delighted that ho
forgot to let go of her hand at tho mo
ment when she seemed to expect him
to do so Nevertheless she was not of
fended
Thank heaven I still have a friend
In Walden said he
Well Its a fact that you havent
many she replied with a directness
of speech a d an earnestness of man
ner which indicated that she consid
ered the subject too serious for the
complimentary commonplaces of ordi
nary social Intercourse
In tho name of nil thats odd he
cried will you tell mo whats tho
matter Is It Now England prejudice
igalnst the mother country
It Is even more absurd than that
said she I scarcely know how to tell
rou what It Is Youll bo mad clear
through
He besought her to be frank and not
to spare his feelings
Well then said she this is it
Tour years ago last fall a man came to
this town and he said he was an Eng
lishman from Manchester He was a
second son nnd his father had Just
died leaving him only about 12000
out of a great estate Ho had como
here to examine the mill property with
a view to buying It for an English syn
dicate
Upon my word exclaimed Perce
val
The follow swindled everybody
sho continued Ho protended that his
estate wasnt quite settled but that he
might hear from his lawyers any day
no owed for Ills board at tho hotel Ho
borrowed money of Mr Jones and tho
clerk and anybody else that had any
to lend He got people to cash drafts
that werent good Oh he was the
rage for awhile Everybody thought
ho would bring prosperity to tho town
and all wero anxious to oblige him
And then he went awuy and gradually
It all came ont Mr Perceval this town
THE NORFOLK NEW THURSDAY MAY Jtf 1000
was In mourning nnd no man dared to
look his neighbor In the face You see
they wore all ashamed of being taken
In
Quite se quite so exclaimed Per
ceval But 1 really beg your pardon
you know for being so stupid -eh eh
Just where do I figure In this nlTalr
Why at the hotel this morning
sho replied you Just happened to
speak almost the Identical words to the
clerk that this other man used lie and
my father Instantly thought of him
and they remembered that the detect
Ives who Investigated tho case at that
time told them that there were two or
more swindlers playing the same trick
Iu different parts of the country it
struck them that you were one of tho
Swlndlers said Perceval calmly
Well If I must say It that you were
ono of the swindlers who had drifted
around to this town not knowing that
It had been robbed already
And what do you think asked the
young man looking straight Into her
great dark eyes
I think that you are exactly what
you claim to be she answered prompt-
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ly and that my father and all the rest
of them are Just so many big geese
Thank you a thousand times he
said taking her hand I shall never
forget this And now tell me what
aro they going to do about it
Theyve telegraphed to Boston for a
detective she said almost in a whis
per
Perceval laughed gently Then sud
denly he spoke of something quite for
eign to the subject of the pretty festi
val the previous evening nnd so con
versing upon ordinary matters they
walked a little way together and part
ed as good friends who expect to meet
again quite soon
It was late that afternoon when Dora
returned to her home She had not
taken off her wraps when her father
came running in excited and evidently
bursting with news so Important that
his habitual dignity was forgotten
What is it father asked the girl
Why that scamp has got away
exclaimed the doctor Somobody must
have warned him Ho got aboard the
2 oclock train for Boston without even
stopping to get his baggage from the
hotel Weve telegraphed ahead to have
him arrested
Arrested she cried What for
As a suspicious character he re
plied And besides lie hasnt paid his
bill at the hotel But tho mystery Is
who warned him Ho couldnt have
suspected anything from the way we
treated him Wo wero very careful
about that
Thats absurd father said she
He saw right through you all In half
a minute
How do you know that he de
manded
I know because ho told me so sho
replied Anil In return for hla confi
dence I told hlui just what the matter
was
You did You cried the doctor
My goodness wo mustnt let this get
around town
Im willing It should she answer
ed for Mr Perceval Is a perfectly
honest and honorable man
Ho is is he said the doctor Then
why did ho run away
Wo shall know that when he re
turns Bald Dora cheerfully as sho ad
Justed a stray tress with the aid of the
mirror In tho old fashioned hat tree
that stood In the hall
At this moment there was a furious
ring at the doorbell Dora answered
and the hotel clerk rushed Into tho hall
Bead that ho cried thrusting a
telegram into the doctors hand
Am returning on 520 train with
Perceval Signed Wallace read the
doctor
Who Is Wallace asked tho girl
Hes tho Boston detective replied
Hie doctor and the clerk In one breath
At 735 when the 520 train from
Boston reached Walden Dora and her
father and almost the whole of the
lown wero at the depot Among tho
Brst to alight wero Perceval and tho
detective Tho latter had his hand en
lLo young Englishmans arm nnd ho
led him townrd the doctor whoso com
manding fguro loomed abovo the
crowd
Well doctor said Detective Wal
lace heres your man Ive looked
him up and hes all right strictly ns
represented If youd waited awhile
hed have brought his credentials back
from Boston himself Thats what he
went down for But It doesnt matter
I hadto come up here In a day or tw
anyway to see If some of you people
would come down nnd look at a man
whos under arrest at headquarters
SVo think hes the fellow who worked
you folks four years ago last fall
While all this was being said Perce
val for the second time that day was
engaged In thanking pretty Dora Bar
rows for her confidence In him Ho ex
pressed himself much more warmly
thau on the previous occasion and she
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