The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-15

planned. The key broke and the piece
stuck in the lock. SO that we couldn't
pull it out. l never saw u man SO mad
as Danny was. But nothing could stop
him then. He got out his drills and
went to work like a steam engine. In
a little less than an hour he had those
doors open, and he didn't use any ex-
plosive. either. I noticed that the colo
mel got a little nervous when he saw
how well Danny was getting along;
and at the last he kept looking at his
watch and smoking very hard.
1T was twenty minutes to twelve
when the doors swung open. There
was the little black bag. and saw the
colonel look at it as schoolboy looks
at an ample when a bigger boy has
snstched it away from him. Danny
put his big hand on the bag and pulled
1t out of the safe. 1t was locked, but
ne wrenched it open.
" Empty he croaked: and he was
too hard hit to swear.
''Col. Tracy came up out of his chair
as if Danny had exploded his whole
safe-blowing outfit under It. He forgot
entirely that l was covering him with
a gun, and had promised over and over
again to shoot him if he moved. All he
thought about was that bag. He
grabbed it out of Danny's hands. and
pretty nearly turned the thing inside
out. Then he dropped it on the floor
and looked blankly from one to the
other of us.
well, it didn't take very smart
man to see through the hole in that
millstone
",'Col. Thacy.' said I, you've been
robbed. This is an inside job. Your
cashier has got away with this money.
If l hadn't been the biggest stiff in the
United States I'd have known it Ions
ago. for I shadowed Wright this even
ing and saw him get out of town.
i" Wright" cried Tracy, dazed 1T
can't be possible! And yet 1t must be.
Nobody elese could have got at this
SAFE
"Of course it was plain enough to
me, but it took a bit of argument to
convince him. When he was finally
made to see it, said:
" Colonel, in a certain sense we're
all in the same boat. You've been rob-
bed, ind we've been defrauded by the
same man. Now here's my PROPOSE
tion. You want your money back. I
know where your cashier has gone and
you don't. l and my pal can chase and
overhaul him and give him up. We
can get at him by tomorrow, whereas
it may take the police month OF a
year How much is it worth to you to
have us do it?'
" Half the money! exclaimed Tracy.
with flashing eyes. Bring that rascal
back or knock him on the head If you'd
rather, and I'll give you $4,000, and be
glad to do it. Not word about this
job either. The ungrateful rascal!
Why 1 made him. I picked him up
when he hadn't u cent. Get after him.
Cause his arrest and recover the
money, and you have my word for
what I'll do
"Td already told Danny that the
cashier had taken a train for Montreal.
and he was wild to get started after
him. OF course whether we returned
any of the money to Tracy would de-
pend on whether we had to have
Wright arrested or could work him
alone. | was in favor of working 1t le-
ultimately. for l was willing to trust to
Tracy's word.
But here was the rub: both Danny
and | We're nearly broke. We hadn't
enough to make the chase for as mat
ter of fact we needed a special train to
make u sure thing of overhaulng
Wright. / thought the case over for
half a minute, and then told the colonel
frankly how we We're fixed. He went
through his pockets and raised fifty
seven dollars. Danny and I between
us had about as much. 1t wasn't
enough.
II asked Tracy If there was any place
where he could raise money so late.
and he said he might get it at one OF
the clubs. Danny said he could borrow
tlfty, perhaps, of Il harkeeper that he