Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 129: what you’re looking at

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320 GUY HAMMERSLEY. a brief statement of the case which I can hand to Mr. Fox. I will wait here for it.” They both turned away without a word, and in three minutes Mr. Inwood came back with ascrawl of half a dozen lines, which he handed to Guy with the remark, ‘‘ There, will that do?” «¢ Flaving received a confession from one of the girls employed in our office, we hereby exonerate the bearer from all charge of having appropriated the thirteen dollars. ‘TIMOTHY J. INWOOD.” ‘‘Yes, that will do,” responded Guy, with some slizht emphasis, when he had finished the perusal of the foregoing. ‘‘ And now, before I go, I must ful- fill a promise I made to the girl who wrote out that confession.” ‘‘T suppose you hunted her to the death to wring it from her,” snarled the advertising agent. ‘On the contrary,” rejoined Guy, ‘‘ it was by the merest chance that I encountered her, and it was her Own accusing conscience at seeing me that impelled her to a betrayal of herself. I told her that I would do my best to induce you not to prosecute her, which request 1 now most earnestly make of you. Good-morning,” and without giving the other a chance to reply, Guy hurried off; nor did he breathe unrestrainedly till he reached the street door. ‘‘T think they two would take the prize for the meanest men in thecountry,” hetold himself. ‘‘ Now if Mr. Fox seems disappointed when he learns he has misjudged me, my faith in male humanity will be sadly shaken.” Gomicboo “S (€() m