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boy to attend to the tenants and run errands for 

 the office. On one occasion when my employer 

 was spending the day with his family in New- 

 burgh I sent the boy to the bank with $2,500 in 

 gold. When he failed to return in a reasonable 

 time I ran to the bank and learned that the boy 

 had not been there. After consultation with the 

 cashier, I notified the police, got out handbills, 

 and inserted notice of the robbery in an evening 

 paper. Then I started for Newburgh. I never 

 want another journey like that. When I met 

 Mr. Marquand I couldn't speak for a bit, and 

 then he wouldn't let me. He put his arm around 

 me, saying: 



"Don't try to talk about it now. No matter 

 what it is> we will live through it cheerfully. 

 Don't think of it any more> but come to supper 

 and see if you can't laugh a little, the way I like 

 to hear you." 



He made the evening almost pleasant to me, 

 and it was near its close when lie sat beside me to 

 get the little trouble 6fF my mind. 



