Horatio Alger

“ Jennings looked surprised.
"What makes you think so?"
"Because this man appears to be very intimate with your bookkeeper."
"How do you know that?" asked the little man, quickly.
"I refer you to Carl."
"Leonard Craig told me to-night that this man Stark spent every evening at his uncle's house."
Mr. Jennings looked troubled.
"I am sorry to hear this," he said. "I dislike to lose confidence in any man whom I have trusted."
"Have you noticed anything unusual in the demeanor of your bookkeeper of late?" asked Thorndike. ”

“ Jennings. He ought to be apprised."
"He shall be, sir," said Carl, firmly.
"Will you see him to-night?"
"Yes, sir; I am not only in his employ, but I live at his house."
"That is well."
"Perhaps I ought to go home at once."
"No attempt will be made to rob the office till late. It is scarcely eight o'clock. I don't know, however, but I will walk around to the house with you, and tell your employer what I know. By the way, what sort of a man is the bookkeeper?"
"I don't know him very well, sir. He has a nephew in the office, who was transferred from the factory. I have taken his place." ”

“ It would conflict with the plans of his confederate. I don't know the man, but I do know human nature, and I venture to predict that your safe will be opened within a week. Do you keep anything of value in it? ”