He dipped his pen in ink, and with a firm hand wrote opposite:--

_Cr._

June 22, 1848. By money stolen by James McMurtagh, to be accounted

for $16,897.00

Then the old clerk drew a line across the account, returned the

ledger to its place in the safe, and locked the heavy iron doors. The

canvas bag was in his hands; the chest he had put back, empty.

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