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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1877
Page
2
Life and Accident Insurance Company shows paid-up cash capital and a large surplus for protection of policyholders. Deposit with Dominion Government amounting to 856 009 pounds 064 900 is listed, reflecting financial backing and reserve strength.
A man gamblers with crime plans a bold escape from Boston to New York and Paris. He sells his house and furniture, contemplates flight with his wife Lilian, and debates informants Bristlebach and Brentbone while drinking to forget debts. Tom Flynn offers help as he grapples with guilt and a life of crime.
A narrator plots to conceal his identity using the name Charles Gaspiller before boarding a steamer to Europe with Lilian. He fumbles at the hotel desk and misreads the register, while debating revealing his fugitive status to his wife and avoiding French mispronunciations.
A narrator recalls a croquet match with Mabel Grai. He moves his ball to hide a misplay and is accused of cheating. She forgives reluctantly yet the incident breaks their romance as he laments straying from duty.
The speaker describes gaining trust from a superior to obtain a one day leave of absence for visiting a sick friend in Albany. He then admits to balancing cash with a thirty eight thousand dollar shortage by altering charges and credits and creating fictitious entries. With twenty thousand dollars unlawfully taken he leaves the bank for good.
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