Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-02-14

~ overnower me, and then they woulu
not have much difficulty with the SAFE,
Perhaps for the moment tho s"ie iSh
really the hest place to keep those Days
of gold in' rLo
Ho thought that matter out Inc
problem was delicate one SURPRISING
the gold to be stolen, then II by any
accident it could be proved that 1t had
been stolen from any place except 'he
safe, clearly it would be very serious
ma ter for him. Ill.,
So midnight arrived before Mr. Eos
ter. who had in the meantime peeh u
his bedroom to put on his dressins soMn
and slippers, made up MS h'ho "n"'
to do. ,.,
"By Jove! l have it!' he exclaimed
at last. Hanged If those beautlful
Jerry builders haven't left plank ioose
in the floor! The very thing?
Working as quietly as If he had been
a burglar himself, be stripped back
hit of the telling, lifted the loose plank
and slipped the ten bags underneath ~
one after the other; then ny ]uoiclous.
" driving in little wedges when ne
cnt from the firewood he made ms
nlank tighter than it had heen pe1ore
and once more fastened the telling neat
ly over it. .:a .ov-
"Now, Mr.. Burglar" he sa'd' ley
erything's ready. I'll retire " NY n'u
ing place and wait for you ~,
AZ the front of the bank 1acea 'ho
street. there was no probability OF bur.
glars entering that way. They woulo
come. il they came, over the gardeh
wall and through the kitchen, so Mr.,
Foster withdrew into the bank itseil
and watched developments III the oahk
parlor through peenhole whlch ne n'''
bored in the door with gimlet
The hours dragged on, trying his pa
tience sorcly. 1t must have been be-
tween 8 and 4 in the morning wheh
slight noise, which obviously was mel
Their the rafting Of a window nor tne
snoring of the housekeeper, arrested nis
attention. The door by which the pam
parlor communicated with the private
o part of the house was being tried
In minute or two the lock was 1o'c
nd and two men entered. Both OF then
we're masked, and one Of them carrle(
r a little bag of tools
= 1t was too dark for him to ohserV'
:, their methods with exactitude, so 1a
a as he could Judge, they forced the LOCI
y gradually by driving in filmy plates q
steel to act as wedges until at last IN
!, Jimmy could be inserted and the prope
!. leverage brought to bear
The process took about Az minutes
/, At the end of that time the door OF I'd
strong box was open, and the thleve
!. were pulling all sorts of papers ont O
a it in their eager quest for bags OF solo
~ The psychological moment had arrived
q "What in thunder!' Mr.. Foster eS
claimed aud burst in upon them, firm
/. as he came.
One of the men fired back at hin
- and for ten seconds or so there was
4 ouick exchange of shots in tie half Ign
~ When it had ceased and Mary's scream
~ from the top windows had brought tt
! constables, one of the burglars la
=. stretched out with broken leg befol
- the violated safe The other had escal
y ed over the garden wall, leaving ira
"a of blood behind him, while the ban
IA manager himself had a grazed chez
~ and nasty tlesis ID he snoulde
II < doctor, following hard OH 1+ase4 Ice
ar of the policeman, dressed his woun'
NJ and assured him that they were u
serious. lie pulled himself together al
n gave his version Of the story
20, 81 was ton lnte--too late; the otll
n chap got away. He's carr:"l Oh sol
No 900. It's all the banks fault ior ha
or ing such II silly safe "
:. "Ah, we'll - said tie dortor phil
Il sophically, $50 zoo want bf"aE Il
London and Miscellaneous. Ia fat
,k speaking as a shareholder, sboulol
"a wonder if the directors foGnu they
got bi, over to do something for 80
NJ. They ought to, anyhow. y
m And they did. They paid Mr.. Ft
rs ter's doctors bill, and they gave hi
nv the service of plate which he had PROF.
nj Used himself, and then expressed t
I'M greatest regret when, few mouths a
ho erward, he announced his intention
retiring from their employment on t
,;s ground that "a fortunate speculate
a had released him from the necessity
no working for his living. "-London A