Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-22

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- have none"
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The young messenger looked twice
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displayed the keys.
Here they are, lie said, extending
them.
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eyes told our messenger that the
face beneath the mask was smiling.
/" It's a combination lock, you see,
and we happen to be ignorant of the
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Gleason saw that pleading would
avail him nought. There was stern
determination in the robbers tone,
death in the depths of the black eyes.
He had often read of such buglaries;
how cashiers We're made to open the
safes OF their own banks and throw
thousands at the feet of the robbers.
He had never dreamed that such an
event would happen in express car
No, 56, much less that he would he
compelled to assist in robbing the
patronising public.
But he was at the mercy of the
villains, and his life was in startling
jeopardy. He came forward with
pale face, and stopped before the
safes.
BE lively about it," said one of
the men. "You know the locks like
book, and we know how to treat a
man who obeys our orders with al
acrity. We give you two minutes
grace in which to work. If at the
end Of that time the doors do not
swing open, the. 2. G. and St. l..
will lose her best messenger.
The imperiled man did not reply,
but fell to work on the locks. The
combination was quite intricate, but
Gleason was familiar Herewith, and
in less than minutes time he opened
the first door,
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Of the men.
The messenger put forth his hand.
unlocked an inner door. AMI started
back aghast
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