The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-23

! maintained that we could 70 to our
ire-Troof vault when II got cool and
take our bed ont IN good order, while
others looked on and enyled our fore
thonkht1 Hu owe rll..W rfry1
Bob. my sToom-mate, agreed to this,
and, ms he always made up the bed,
didn't try to learn the combination Of
the lock on the vault door. NV duties
consisted IN keeping M the lire and
sweeping the room on legal holidays N
u needed II. Sometimes holidays came
60 close together that We would let them
go by without celebrating In the above
manner ..t .r' ..isiI
Every evening Bob would 20 to the
vault about 10 or II O'Clock reverse the
nickel Knob on the lock three or four
times to tile iefl then two or three times
20 the right, Soppingdn oeriain NUN
her, then back three OF four times to the
JET, aud 50 on TIL the handle turned, It's
bolts shot back and the door would swing
orcn. Then he would get the bedding
and make Mp our lowly couch. After
that We would ffUlic around In the LAMP
lghi, shedding our clothes IS We chased
each other through the other rooms, and
when We got Tired We would sing some
little simple suhg that WOnld reduce the
price Of rent for half a iillc In every a.
rection. Then We would 20 to sleep.
on" day Bob hnd to 20 away nor
week between Christmas and New
lcnr. so I got him 10 tell me the conf
biiRtion Ufihe vault. AZ the usual hour
inst night got sleepy aud lonesome,
ana ns the fires Ind all gone. ont, |
thougM ! would make pp the he'd aud
r.iiIr. II was about The coolest night
of that extremely uuld winter In very
cold SLATE. ] look the lamp aud began
on the combination. got to sixty ak
on the second turn and cnrelcssly al
lowed the knob TO move u little TOO far
Then | went back to the place Ofbegin-
Mug and reversed the thing back and
forth I'LL got 10 where The
lock Is surpassed to click aud the
door swing open, Tut IL did
moi do ~. A Wild feeling Of doubt and
uncrrtnintycnme over me, and my iing-
Frs got silil with tue great wealth Oi
cold that now peryaded the apartments
/ NenI through it again. slowly and
carefully, warming my hands every now
and then In my capnclOus mouth. did
thls TIL the clock IN The steeplg struck
u. Then put on my OyerrVut. kicked
The vault door with all my remaining
strength, and went TO the Central hotel.
The clerk woke up and told me that rs
II was Christmas lime the house was
plumb hlll, and could not be- arcOmmO-
hHAfNs| i Nfhl ~ Ilnf hhllNlNU mouse.
and they told ne the "Due tide Yarn
there and elected me from The place II
WAS then ! O'Clock 4. M. U..
i went back 10 The oUice, lit the gas.
and began again on the combination. |.
knew that there were only three or four
million premutAtions and combinations
of numbers. and 80 | thought | would
run through them all, II wouldn't take
long, and one OF them, of course, would
be The right one. Winding up the dial
on u fire proof sarcOphagus all night
with the Thermometer 10 degrees
below is exciting, but the ex-
element does non repay one for
the nervous exhaustion and re-
sullant fatigue. Well, ! screwed that
North American domnny around to
right and left US long Ms can remember,
aud when the senior partner came down.
NJ Du'ClpCk, he said | sat there with n.
small lamp In my hand mechanically
turning the knob bnck and forth and.
learning for my bed clothes.
When We opened the vault we found
the bedding in there all right and per-
itctly safe. ! never saw anything so
safe ms ihtit bedding was. II seemed to-
me that 1t was almost too safe. when
n thing Ia 30 secure that you can't get Ill
yourself You naturally think that the
matter of security can be overdOneI
= The foregoing Incident, as | give IL. Is
absolutely and entirely true. with one.
exception. Bob was the hero Of the
whole thing Instead of myself told
him | was going TO give 1t 10 the public,
and he consented on condition that 1
would make myself the victim. aud he
was 50 sensitive about it that | put IT,
That way. People can laugh 1T me all
hey please; am used toit, and don't
| care. Bun N.Y..
IlrDsoN, Wis, April I'