Nevada County picayune., 1889-09-25

We sat down and tired to con verse on other matters, but l could not help cudgeling my brain to try to make it yield up that combin"- tion. But it was of no use, my mind was a blank so far as those numbers were concerned.
 "Thcre's no help for it, Bob, !" said 1, at length. If my life de- pended on it, l couldn't open that vault at this time Duece take the luck. anyhow. Six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars just within my grasp, and now to lose it, all on account of this confounded mental frcak-'
 "Tom," interrupted Bob, who had been doing some serious thinking, ''it may be all right. Iconfess l am little expectations. and what you call mental freak may be something else-I don't know what-but some thing that seems to say stop right here, and l am going to, Tom, I'll let this opportunity slide, and trust to time for further explanations.
 And we left the bank with the money in the vault undisturbed. l went to bed, still trying without suc- cess, to recall that combination. l finally dropped off to sleep, but awake as the town clock struck twelve. Just as the last stroke died away, quick as a flash the com bination appeared clearly in my mind again.
 ''The time is up," l said to my self. Was Bob right in his thcory:"
 The next morning, about nine o'clock, who should rush into the bank but Bob, his face lighted up with some unusual excitement. Reckoning me into q private room he opened the interview by eXclalm- ing impressively, "Tom, it was a special providence''
 What on earth do you mean, Bob :" sad I.
 Just this. By your forgetting the combination we were prevented from being duped to the tune of 8, ,00O. My friend was an innocent tool in the hands of the most adrOit set of sharpcrs it was ever my for tune to encounter. It was the most cleverly- scheme the mind of mortal man ever conceived, and plausible enough to deceive better and sharper men than either you or I. So say, Tom, you are under the care of speclal providence, and you must he singled out for some great work in life.
 Bob's theory began to make some impression on my mind, but some thing happened afterward that clinched by belief. I called on Nell that night, for-would you believe it;-I ha,jn't seen the dear girl for forty -cight hours. and it seemed as many veai S-wheh. after we had given testimony to the stability of our joint and separate affections, which didn't take more than forty minutes , Nell remarked in the most artless manner: "Tom, l had such a funny thing come into my head last night that l must tell you of it. It was about 8:30, and l couldn't for the life of me keep my mind from running on the vault in your bank, and, don't you think l even got to imagining that l could work the combination. Why, the figures came into my mind so distinctively that l jctted them down on piece of pa per, and here they are. Of course they don't amount to anything, but thought 1 would show them to you.
 glanced at the figures she had noted nown and almost gasped as recognized the exact combination. What had gone out of my mind had gone straight into hers, where it was in safe keeping. 1 made Nell occupy the same chair with me and then told her the whole story.
 You are indeed my guardian angel,' said l, flor you have guarded in mysterious manner not only my position, but my honor, which, next to you, l value above life itself"
 Then kissed her fifty or sixty times, and we took walk under the silent stars. Omaha World.