The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-11

difficulty in sbow;pa hin, +ha. Il me-
after hours and that was tbera ON tho
aynrass invitation ~ ono If tha ots;o Sne
of tho bont t,.iod tho s.o,,on saoar,n,,
ON the safa and thon atta,,,,,tod p ~ a,,o,,
the door Int # would not ,npyo Cd.'Ia
IL no noss;b1a .hat The iottarI n,o,. oo ,o.
r,rht5 TnSt &c hauan ~ th;aI a..
had snoilsd sa,no IS r. ,yarJs ,,r .na. :
vo;oa from, ont tSa aa,.I,aos 80. !"
..Won't bnJaa aha' '' '''iN'
Inever REMEMBER beino CO startled
nv such an INNOCENT and 4,,,tbf,,I 70
mark hate To ha interr,ntad in tbat
| tbonobt,ose 1,ro,, ,ybo,, T ~, - -.
weet noticed a . crowd OF the cornar a 81
Woodward avenue gazing at man
putting oold letters on the Gran1 T,unl
Windows He seemed not In the laast
disturbed nv the onlonkers bnt l ana of
a modest and retiring nature and could
not have done that So as T said he
fore, | was startled and ANNOYED
When | CAUGHT NV breath I took nm
nv lantern and flashed its circle of lioht
slowly around the room. A dark Ian
tern in a STRANGE place has a cnrions
weird effect. It brings into vivid relief
the objects within its circle and leaves
everything else in the blacklist of dark
ness. As | moved the bright circle
around the walls was shocked to see
man suddenly appear, sitting up in a
cot bed, with his knees drawn up and
resting on them were both hands, hold
ing pistols covering" me, as the
phrase is. AS we remained thus i'm
movable for few moments l could not
help noticing what sinister black
shadow he cast in the luminous full
moon on the wall, like magic lantern
! silhouette
Would YOU mind relighting the
| pas?n he said.
mot at all.n | replied, and as the let
| flooded the room with light | was re-
lieyed to find that the man on the cot
| was nv friend. the cashier.
Hello, Charley" l saidya"what a
start Won cave me. By the way. are
those reyolTers loadedp,'
.ETbev are y he answered: s.fourteen
cartridSes in all'' -'..--
..Oh that's ali rioht ), I said s.for If
there is ANYTHING that 7 am afraid Of
~ on ,nIoaJnd7 ,,iatoi or non ubo
dnn;t ~ law u i i ina3aa 7 won,dn',
~ -,
think You would IKE 10 steep mere.
Why
Nv ell, SO many drafts, you know IN
every bank :.
NOW drop that' SAID the CASHIER
you VIII nonce that am drawing on
you at 81 ht- ANY more OF the puns
mat we near every oay ABOUT dfalts'
cnecks' eec', VIII result IN the discharge
oI inns mort-gagge-see that-moTa-the
gage OF death-the revolver
saw that there was certain lrrita-
my my ~ MS h lH@nnel 30 Thought per
maps IL was oese 10 give some eApiaha
toh Oh my presence there, lof l eoulu
iot eolceai from myself Una. my con
ulc' i1,Sh' oe open W iiiS'htetp'esa
1lon; cope are only 700 prone III 'ills
t noilu 70 70 lhiPute improper motives IL
'''e NV teiiom ,, ,ci1i aznS ,,,,. ),
We ~9lG sPeaNln ABOUT sales;
s saiu' anu ! was anAious " see nov
tliey "orheu- guess you oioh gi''
INC ..n 1ue III pass ~ ~ ,. H.,
.ho,o me pn IoH al. a.. i nsta Al
sho o 80 49, oa o IN ma .ha say -,
onuldn}3 o,,o, ~ 80 III - - U =,
at To-, ''''o '''- " i-->'' ~
ooh in +hot ooSo ;, Soid ,,;oli,or II,
INV iimr,v .eI,n cail in at IFS =
oDon't 90 ), said the cashipr ..Tbere,,
another ss}a that we aon,t nse at nras
ont IN eynIoin tho ra-IncL tn roy
an tbat - and ho roo still toan;no tb(
ravolvarS no;ptod at mo
.sArn,t Fon afroid of tak;nn oo1dp M
NO. notb;nn about drafts Or cbec,;nc
,,ers,,;rotion Or anv+h;nor of tbat sors
Pit On a collar or Something T'lholt
vonr weanon;s y
..I.,s II - ;, cold tho oosh;o. q.
.don;t orr,ao+ sy2;s;.,,s an5 49, ~. ola i,
T sbafl narer for~nt tho 5el;rhtfn
bonr 7 snont 1v;th h;eo Cor 70 o., ;9ou;r
;nr MINI tho aco,,ir;n+r Of ;nforrnatidn !,
ai9ars nle.SnTe Stood tbare viii
the Cold pn1~je Of ono reyo,var nreSsn,
sra;nst tho sido Of my face whiIn vii
| ~ athar Cbar,o,t ,,o;n.oS o,t ,bo ,,r;r
c;,,Io Of tho 80 LII
| He sx,nnr o,an tho sofa door ,yb;,,
stood aiar A feautifn, hrass and .crys
tai insty,n,ont lie a 5I,,b,e w-fcb W.
attached to the center of the door in
side The two faces were marked will
figures. and from each Of these fsce
projected q little min that as the disk re
yolyed cer,o ordnnd and roloasad
elamn tbat aIlowoJ holt 70 5ro,, Loo,
hardly describe the action without
DIAGRAM The faces could he set at an,
bonr inst lilo an alarm clocL at ths
hour the min wonld toncb the clam,
and the holt wonld dron and then N
tbn nsnol noboi;St;o ,yords tho SoF, conI,
he onanad 80 'O N''-'
..Sunnosipc the clock sbonld ston
I said
There are two of them ~ ansuere,
Charley ..and If ia most unlikely tba
nth ,gn,ld Gov, a. oroa ThoSo oos
three hundred and sixty,hVe dollars,
are eight day clocks, and have to b
wound up every twenty-fpur hours
They are cleaned once year at the cos
| of about ten dollars. Nearly avery banl