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The Harton Hall Mystery and the Clerk’s Dilemma
Ackers, a junior clerk at Apeley Wellesley & Co., learns manager Jones hides riches at Harton Hall. After Jones flees amid £50,000 defalcations, Ackers’s cautious report helps unveil the fraud, earning him Roberts’s position and a paid conscience over truth and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apeley, Wellesley & Co
Cornhill
Corse
Thaves
Lord Mayer
London
Cuanbier
Cuy
Apsler
Fatis
Ackers
Mr. Jones
Mr. Apsley
Mrs. Jones
Miss Jones
Harton Hall
Jones
Mr. Ackers
Spriggins
Old Apsley
Harton
Squire Jones
Roberts
Tham
England
Cambridge
Apsley
James Payn