The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

his little peculiarities and ways of con-
quoting business, so that | can deputize
You'll have 20 make up a bit, ne grOwl-
ed, If you're on that game. 1t won't do
for the Johnnie to twig the likeness"
Leave thar to me, my son" 1 returned,
gayly. Il have i'm my bag half a dozen
DISCUSSES, any one of which will do the
trick"
"All right" he replied land now
reckon III be off and see what / can pick
up about the bank. 1t s close on { O'Clock
The fellowsl be leaving now, and per-
haps ! can make a start with one Of them.
Left alone, | went to my bag and pro-
ceeded to makeup. l may say without
vanity that ! have some ability in this
soon 1 had transformed myself from a dark
compleXioned young man of 30 into a ven
cradle looking citizen Of say 20 years or
more. SO complete was the disguise that
Ted, coming in TWO hours later, started.
Beg pardon, sir" he cried; what can
i do for your
In the queens name I arrest you, Ed
ward Marsden" l cried, assuming the
manner of a detective.
He turned very white. Evidently he
thought his time had come at last
Seeing his distress I threw off the wig
and other DISCUSSES, and cried;
Buck up, old man; the queen doesn't
want you just yet"
He tried TO laugh. but 1 could see that
he was trembling like a leaf. But it
gratified me to think how completely my
makeup" had imposed on HIN, for now
! knew / had nothing to fear when I
made my call on the manager.
We'll, what luck?' I asked my mate
when he had recovered from the shock 1
had given him.
mot much. but something to go on
! with" he made reply. Il watched one or
two of the bank chaps to go into the little
bar opposite the bank, and of course I
followed them in. One of them seemed
a soft sort Of fellow, and / at once made
up 10 him by asking if he could tell me
what had won the Chester cup. He told
me at once, and as he seemed to be a
bit OF sport l got to talking on race
He appeared fiattered by my reliance on
what he sald and we had various whis-
kies together. l didn't breathe a word
TO him about the bank. of course That'H
come later. Now. I've arranged to meet
him at the billiard saloon tonight, where
by filling him with whisky and getting on
the right side of him, l may, perhaps, be
able 10 get hold of something worth know
ing" ., .
ter myself"
He grinned. but said nothing. After a
pause, he said:
whats your next moye, governor"
MY next move" said l. will be made
tomorrow morning, when / shall call on
the manager in the disguise in which you
now see me. And now we had better
wire to old Levett to get in readiness to
come down and help us.
The telegram was accordingly written
out and dispatched. An hour later the
reply reached us, as follows:
Leaving for Tinford first thing to-mor-
| row.-Levett"
At Il o'clock next morning | was, ush-
| cred into Mr. Benson's room at the bank.
! He rose cOurteously to greet me.
| Good morning, sir he said, briskly;
| what can I have the pleasure of doing
| for your"
| at once confided to him some imagl-
| nary details of an account which l wished
| to open with his bank. l forget now what
! | said, for | was intent all the time on
a ff.N1f rar IA fF~. oil 81 ~ n a
/ to initiate any little pecullarities of eX-
/ preston or manner he possessed when the
/ time came.
! l noticed that he wore in his coat an
orchid.
made mental note that I. too. would
! decorate myself in this fashion. Then,
/ had a manner of putting his hand to his
/ ear when listening to you. This, too,
| carefully noted for reproduction.
| In the course of our interview he rang
| peared to be his confidential clerk. This
! mans name was Mostyn. Fearing that
| with so many details to remember, l
/ might forget so slight thing as a name.
/ made note of Mr.. Mostyn's on my
I shirt cuff
| At length I had got together nice lit
! tie collection of data, and l accordingly
| took my leave. The interview had been a
! great success, and 1 had got all that l
wanted.
! A week passed without my trusty mate
! eliciting anything of value from the spor-
! tive youth whose acquaintance he had
made. But at the end of that time he
came to me and said:
| Governor, l reckon it's about time for
/ us to make our haul. I've learned from
| young Barrett that the bank will be send
/ ing 100000 worth of bullion to Walker S
/ of Edinburgh. the day after tomorrow.
Then there is not moment to be lost, -
/ l replied. Go at once TO Edinburgh and
! take an office there in the commercial
/ part of the town. Call yourself Morrison,
jenkins & Co., and wire me your address,
/ III have the bullion consigned there The
moment you get it leave the place and get
sailing from Glasgow. I'll join you in the
| old crib in New York. You understand"
| Right you are" he said promptly.
| We shoke hands, and he was off
on the following evening, as Mr.. Benson
was on the way home from the theater
he was seized, drugged and bound, and
| conveyed to our roost. In this manner the
coast was left clear for me to play my
| part.
Next morning l turned up at the banl
| as the manager of the institution II
| the faultless frock coat wore an orchid
| and a SEAL the counterpart of that worr
! by Mr.. Benson, dangled from my watch
| chain. Artistically in dress and get-uL
were beyond reproach.
All the same I must confess I felt sori
| of tremor as l entered the little room
| and sat down. Suppose something should
! go wrong in the course of the day? Sc
/ many things might occur to give me away
| And then there dawned on me the thought
| that Immediately had dispatched my bus
| mess l might leave the bank on pretex
! of Illness. of course. Why had l mo-
! thought of this before?
l rang the bell. The office messenger en-
1 tered, Send IOstyn here" i said. watch.