The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-10-13
he was bending over it with startled
eyes aud trembling hands; for this Is
what Barrett Bill!nEsby read:

| eyes luu bIGulDtlhk
what Barrett Bill!nEsby read;
REr,oRrs o. OPERATIVES JAMESON
ASn ElwnsiN-gt
Operative Jameson, detailed by SuPerintend-
eni 'Prans, took Up Jnhu Everett a. Nc leit tnt
Trust aud security BanE. ShGduWCd hiul " u,
home loss w. Eighth sInert. Ma!Iei !" !...l
| way OF apartment house until bteFeH Lea9p
| ,eGranec al apartment door With bis vile; WHO
urged Lir 10 rttuFn carly from his work "on
the books At the bank shndpWed bNcIeN
ncrnS, town, 10 the East Side. where h0 was
occasionally halted by men OF iSIetsu AZ ~,
| EAgtd In earnest conversation. Everett nna44y
entered the NOTED anarchist resort oi aeLs
| ProhSt, TO which admission was fetuAeu ypct-
\ atlye Jameson. who theEeupon immedlAISiy lS
poFted thc facts 70 the agency and WaI relieved
from duty. ...
OoeratIyc ZoWbrlnSko. detailed BY Assistant
| superintendent Robertson arrived a. Herr
'Pfobst' anarchist headquarters o. SO p NJ,
| and was admitted 10 the Circle In mAnheF
| which the ruleS OF tn . D!ncleton Agency pro
| hibit him from relating From description tut.
uiShed recognized John Everett rs Snuloer
"a" Number q paid 10 large sum o. money sy
j 10 the Circle treasury during tho evening ne
also violently haungued the Circle as 70 the ne.
| ceSsitY OF the use OF immediate aud desperate
| means in behalf OF AuarchiStc principles 4hc
| Circle adjourned shortly after nidniEhI; anu
| OnSratiye ZoWbrluSkl has reason 70 believe.
| from certain evidences impossible " disclose IN
| thIs report that Number q John Everett was
| deSIHuated, by lot. to Al once personally CAIFy
| out some extremely desperate undertaking
| P.S-Mr. BlllIugsby will be furnished with
further important Information: orally, y ne WI"
call Gt the agency Rt his earliest convenience
Something like pitiful groan escaped
the lips OF the president OF the Trust
and Security Bank.
Whatever was behind it in his mind
and heart, he folded the report meth
odicalIy; placed it carefully in bis inne:
pocket; gulped down great goblet Of
leo water; and in a moment moro was
among his employees, a picture OF suaV-
ity. kindness aud repose.
AS no entered, q glance into the
record vault told him that his wallet
had been disturbed. Another glance
showed him that old John Everett was
quickly aud quietly closing tho drawer
TO his desk.
Harry Everett stood near his father,
and was waiting to assist him in the re-
moyal OF additional ledgers into the
vault. Mr.. Billingsby stepped beside
them and remarked with smile:
"See here, Everett, you look worked
out 1t lacks only hall hour OF closinR
now. Harry, ! want you to take your
father right out OF here!
The banker moved between the two.
turned the key in tho lock OF the desk
drawer, handed the key and gilt en-
bossed card to John Everett and COLI
Linued PLEASANTLY:
"Sow, go right along. There's my
family ticket 10 the Art Museum:
You still have two or three hours OF
daylight. Show your father all the best
pictures, Harry. 1t will do him good.
Make haste now! I'll have all these
ledgers attended to myself"
lie half pushed the two along to the
alcove, where the street coats and hats
were hanging; gently but firmly ignored
protests and thanks while these were
being donned; still pleasantly hustled
them along the inner hallway to the
employers door OF exit; kept a firm
and gentle hand on the shoulders OF
each until they left the building; when
with CHEEKY Goodnight, Everett"
and Goodnight, Harryw he returned,
still composedly and pleasantly, to the
proper disposition OF tho ledgers, as no
had promised; took his wallet careless
" from tho vault and, on examining it
a few moments later in his own room,
found that three OF the marked bills
were gone.
Soon after, the rush Of the late do
positora and applicants for money, the
imperative shutting down OF telIors'
windows, the thumpings OF heavy books,
the Earring and Changing OF vault doors,
and the scutiling and tramping OF i'm
patient, homeward-turning feet, told
that the Trust and Security Bank was
closing for the day.
The cashier halted at the Presidents
door, knocked softly and inquired
briskly:
"Arn't you of with US, Mr.. Billings.
by2'
mo, Graves; not just yet. These re-
ports here need additional attention.
Tell Waterman Murchison l ain here
yet. Have him lock up everything
tidy, and wait for me outside, by the
main entrance"
"AIl right. Good night"
GOOD night, GravesW came heartily
from the presidents room, while tho
man who uttered it stood again at the
window, pressing his face against its
panes as II looking intently and iixedly
for the entrance OF some dread form
within tue court OelOW.
How long he remained, with what
subtle certainty Interpretation he gazed,
what dolorous things he thought, or
what singing hurts he suffered are not
Another's to know; but it was with firm |
and tremorlcss tread that he ut last |
turned his steps into tho now silent ex-
change.
The shadows were softly falling upon
the place where such tremendous meas
ure OF hopc and fear, fierce satisfaction
and iercer sorrow, are daily balanced |
and adjusted with the impassiveness OF |
time itself; and the banker went straight |
to old John Everett's desk, paas-keys in
hand.
= He opened the drawer and gla,iced
within. 1t contained only one tritling
package. held loosely together with rub. !
Der bands. Among its contents tho
banker saw first, delicate tracing OF |
the bank, its interior compartments, the
vaults and tho outer court, with the |
stone store house and surrounding walls;
the three marked bills which had been
taken from his wallet, and a miniature
portrait Of sweet-faced woman. On |
the reverse side Of the delicate silver
case OF the miniature were engraved |
the words:
My Beloved tVife, Ellen EccrrA.
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