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www.lizi.twideareallthesalesofthiscableehesalesbook.
addiher,aingtheroheotherside,you
aininstos.
agtotheakingtherearefourhundredand
thirtyeight.thatis,itakeit,asnearasyouuldexpecttoget,
for,intheasuringoutofsonythousandfathoofcableduring
thefifteennthsbetaywellhave
beenalossofthetsingivinggoodasurent.”
”thatisso,”captaindavesaid.”ialojohnwilkes,give
goodasurent,joheralittleoverthanalittleunder.
nothiisfactory.”
cyrilclosedthebook.
”iaorrytosay,captaindave,alltheitearenotso
satisfactory,andthatigreatlyfearthatyouhavebeenrobbedtoa
nsiderableaunt.”
”robbed,lad”thecaptainsaid,startingupfroischair.”who
shouldrobnotjohwo
apprenticesforasurety,fortheynevergooutduringtheday,and
johnkeepsasharplookoutupoheentraheshop
isalerhatnone
enterhoutgettingthekey,h,asyouknow,johnalwaysbrings
upandhandstoassoonashehasfastehedooryouare
staken,lad,andalthoughiknohatyouriiood,you
shouldbeightbringruinto
in.carelesshereybe;butrobberyno;assuredly
not.”
”ihavenhtthechargehout,captaindave,”cyril
saidgravely,”andifyoueforafeinutes,i
thinkyouethingthats
lookinginto.”
”isonlyfairafterthetroubleyouhavetaken,lad,thati
shouldhearyouhavetosay;butitrongevidence
iokebelievethattherehasbeenfoulplay.”
”heledgeragain,”inthefirst
place,ioutthatinalltheheavyarticles,suchas
uldnotnvelybecarriedahetallyofthestocktakers
rrespondscloselyhthefiguresinthisbook.ibower
aneand,asyouhaveseen,in
heavycablestheycloselyrrespond.inthelargeshipspasses,
theshipsboilers,andshipsgalleys,theallyexactly.so
itisainblocksarerred
allotherheavygear.thisshohatjohnarefully
kept,anditrangeindeedifheavygoodshadallbeen
properlyentered,andlightoed;butyetuto
sllarticles,hatthereisagreatdiscrepahe
figures.hereistheat,forinstahehalfinchrope.
asin
stock,hestocktakersfoundbutthreehundreday.
inthereisadeficyofthirty
fatho,inoneinchropeofsixhundredandty.thesesizes,as
youknoion,andathiefwouldfindready
pur.but,asghtbeexpected,it
isihatthedeficyisstserious.offourteeninch
bolts,eightyt,oftsahundredand
thirty,ofeightinchthreehundredandnine;andsohout
alstallthepperstores.agtoyourexpenditureand
reade,ififteen
nths,thirtypounds;butagtothisbook
yourstockislessinvalue,bythousandandthirtyfourpounds,
thanitshouldhavebeen.youare,therefore,apoorernthanyou
onthstrading,byeight
hundredandfourpounds.”
captaidohinghard.hetookouthis
handkerchiefandhisforehead.
”areyousureofthis,boy”hesaidhoarsely.”areyousurethatyou
havedenostakeinyures”
”quitesure,”cyrilsaidfiry.”inallcasesinhihavefound
defiesandpared
thefigures,andiaurethatifyouputthebooksintothehands
ofanycityatant,heyfigures.”
foraticaptaisilent.
”hastanyidea,”hesaidatlast,”hoeabout”
”ihavenone,”cyrilreplied.”thatjohnnceedin
itiassureasyouare;and,thinkierover,iseenot
hoanyarticles,so
heavyandsobulky,heylefttheshopintheevening,hout
john.sosurea,thatadvicehat
youshouldtakejohnhow
ttersstand.onlyobjean,
andthatifearhebeabletokeephisuntehat
theapprenti
sayingthattheyhaveanyhandinit;ito
theohavesuspishereisnoshado
thebutatanyrate,ifthistteristobestoppedandthe
thievesdeteportantthattheyshouldhave,ifthey
areguilty,nosuspithattheyareinanyched,or
thatthesedeficieshavebeendisvered.iftheyhavehadahand
iertheystassuredlyhadacplices,forsuchgoods
uldnotbedisposedofbyanappreoanydealerhouthis
beingsurethattheysthavebeenstolen.”
”yhtthere,ladquiteright.didjohni
hadbeenrobbedinthisintoafury,andnowords
uldrestrainhiroallingupontheapprentidbeatingthebr >
tillhegotsoofthetruthoutofthe”
”theyybequitei,”cyrilsaid.”itybethatthethieves
havedisveredsodeofentryintothestoreeitherbyopening
theshuttersattheback,orbylooseningaboard,orevenbydelving
upuheground.itissurelyeasiertobelievethisthanthat
theboyshaventrivedtocarryoffseaquantityofgoods
underjohnwilkesseye.”
”thatisso,lad.ihaveneverlikedrobertashford,butgodforbid
thatishouldsuspeeonlybecausehisforeheadis
ashiseyescrosswaysin
hishead.youotalay
beuglytotheeyeahaveaclearrunuill,you
thelpgoingbyyousee.iagreehyouthatifell
johnthis,thoseboysierwards
thattheshipisoif,hooget
tothebotto
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