Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-07-08

| fifteen minutes If hit, . all right
if not, I'll find way to make yOl
open the door,"
He knelt down in front Of the safe
door, and of course it was my object
to keep him there until the hands o.
the clock pointed to and Tom shot
the bolt. Neither one Of us uttered
word for five minutes. Then
noticed he was getting impatient an6
said:
"No doubt you'll hit the combina
tion in time, and that will be bad fol
mel"
"How bad for you?" be Queried.
ssWhy, even il you leave me bound
and gagged people will be suspicion:
that it was put up job. If you had
been obliged to use powder and drills,
it would have been different"
$50 you think I'll strike it, dc
you?"
81 hope not, but you 60 at it like a
man who has been there before.
Where is Miss Haines?"
"Miss Haines? Ha! ha! ha! Miss
Haines left her kindest regards and
said she might call again! Good
looking girl, eh?"
"I'll admit that, even though she
worked up this job on me-"
"Y-e-s, good-looking girl and
sharper than steel trap. She thinks
a heap of her missing brother, Miss
Haines does! There. think I've-'
He thought he'd hit it, and he was
not far out Of the way but it wasn't
the hit he was looking for. Brother
Tom was just minute ahead of time
in shooting the bolt. The rObber
uttered shout and clutched at the
air as he went down, and his heels
had scarcely disappeared when the
door swung back and I was making
tremendous efforts to get my hands
free. They were tied at the wrists,
and before | had loosened them [ had
rolled over and over on the floor to
reach the staples and the peg and
make the door fast, Three minutes
later l had a free hand to cut the
ropes binding my ankles 1t wasn't
much Of fall through the trap, but
the robber struck his head and was
stunned for a minute When he
came to he began cursing in a way to
make my hair stand up, but l paid
him no attention.
He had brought two revolvers and
a knife into the bank, but he had
taken them off and laid them on
chair. l picked up these and left the
place to give the alarm, and 1 have
still another confession to make to
you. l knew that it was a put up
job all the way through, and that
"Miss Nellie Haines" was opal" Of
the man under the bank floor. She
was consequently a wicked woman
and deserved no mercy. Call me
fool if you will, but said not a word
to anybody when 1 got outside and
made a bee line for the hotel She
was in the sitting room ready dressed
to ride down to the depot when it
was time. She was alone, and when
l entered the room she uttered \ lit
tie shrek and almost tainted.
"W-where isis my brother?" she
finally asked as l stood before her.
"Safely trapped in the bank" /
answered.
''And you have come to arrestpe?"
"No. / have come to warn you
that you may save yourself. Have
you any money!"
''Not more than three or four
dollars"
"You have 5000 in the safe. 1
had forgotten about that. l will
bring it to YOU"
"And my-my friend?"
HE will keep until you are gone,
and Then we'll take him out and send
him to Jail"
l returned to the bank and got her
money. saw her take the hotel bus
to the depot. | waited until the
train had come and gone, and then l
gave the alarm, and we got the rob-
Der out and rugged him. Later on
he was sent to prison for eight years,
and the woman / have never heard of
since. Why did l let her escape?
Well, she was handsome woman.
That's the only excuse l ever had. =
Chicago Times.