Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-06-02

trimmings THAT were already as bright
as they could be made, and Incidentally
discovered chance for an occasional
improvement that was afterward sug-
gested to the manufacturers and we'll
paid for.
Inside of so days this same country
boy, who was fast learning the accepted
forms of the world to which he had
been introduced, had another of those
adventures, which sometimes boost an
aspiring person along the road to sue
cess. 1t seemed to him that he had
just dropped asleep when he was awak-
.ened by such a racket as tends to de-
moralize the steadiest nerves. In the
brief transition state he had dreamed
of all earthquake, explosion and vol
canic eruption, at each of which he &C.
cupied front seat and painfully real
lied hair-raising sense of personal
danger. Then he caught the smell OF
burnt powder, saw dim light through
the glass partition that separated his
room from the main portion of the bank,
and realized that there was something
very serious requiring his attention. -
1t was a supreme test for an untried
boy whose imagination is SO liable to
make a coward of him. But he came
of fighting stock with lots of common
sense, and was game for anything en-
countered in the line of duty. He real
lied that the bank was being burglar
lied and had no other thought than
that Of defending the property left in
his care. "They have no idea that J
am here" was his first thought in con-
nection with the impending campaign,
and then he began to organize for
surprise upon the enemy. His cher
ished weapons were concealed under
the bed, and in trice he had one of
them in either hand. He did not wait
to make toilet, but slipped noiselessly
to the best vantage point. The outer
doors of the vault had been blown from
their fastenings. Two men were work
ing vigorously on the inner doors, while
a third stood by with lantern, appar-
emily directing operations.
Come on, boys" shouted Ross, as
he knocked out panel of glass with
startling racket and began pumping
lead from both revolvers. 1t was as
effective as a regimental charge. The
burglars thought of nothing less than
q police raid and turned tail. One
went down with bullet through his
shoulder. Another found it impossible
to run with thigh bone crippled, and
the third landed in the waiting arms of
policeman who was attracted to the
spot by the fusillade. The whole outfit
was bagged.
Ross was the hero of the hour, and
his uncle was so proud that he gave up
the next day to the reception of inter
viewers who went away with the de-
tailed history of the Office boy and all
his next of kin. 1t is easily understood
how such boy would advance. Promo
ton came as rapidly as he was fitted for
it by business training. Confidence in
his integrity and courage was I'M
bounded. He did great work in the
HldlCcE VI Sell-SOuCttOlOIl, HllSu OuU
to the proportions of n handsome man,
as 1t was predicted he would, became a
social favorite of that rare type that
cannot be spoiled, now has one of'the
most delightful families in all Greater
New York, and is at the head of big
financial concern in which the cousin
that was bounced by the office boy is a
partner.-Book-Kee