[The Trials of the Soldier’s Wife by Alex St. Clair Abrams]@TWC D-Link bookThe Trials of the Soldier’s Wife CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND 6/13
She vanted me to give her monish, and she must have seen de package lying on the safe and taken it avay." "It is no use wasting any time then," said the clerk, "you must endeavor to find out where she stays, and have her arrested this evening." "Vere can I find her house ?" asked Mr.Swartz. "You will have to track her," answered the clerk.
"The first place you had better go to is Elkin's drug store, for I saw the woman enter there after leaving here." Mr.Swartz made no reply, but taking up his hat he walked out of his office, and proceeded to the drug store.
The druggist, who had noticed the wild and haggard appearance of Mrs.Wentworth, informed him, in reply to his enquiries, that such a person as the one he described had purchased several descriptions of medicines from him, and on leaving his store, she had walked up the street.
This being the only information that the druggist could give, Mr.Swartz left the store, and after many enquiries discovered where Mrs.Wentworth resided.
He immediately returned to his store, and mentioned his discovery to the clerk. "You had better go at once and take out a warrant against her for robbery;" remarked the clerk, "and take a couple of policemen with you to arrest her." Starting to the City Hall, Mr.Swartz took out a warrant against Mrs. Wentworth for larceny, and procuring the assistance of two policemen, he started for the old negro's cabin, determined to prosecute the thief to the utmost extent of his power and the law.
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