The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

a. ek.D62 IrauerS Dirk rs
PEI - an assistant TO the
:, Mr.. Graves. AT first he had
more to do with the corpulent
Nv NJ hat ate up so much soft coal
o,Fith the books, but before the
i /, passed he gained some insight
Ale beautiful system of double
lea and the romance Of business
Ito unfold to him.
'sproudest moment, perhaps, was
e'rlhe cashier gave him the COM
|, I'm to the fire proof vault, and
! p o the burglar-proof safe that
fr e far back on its mosaic floor.
70. hen the ack-and-gold door to
|Ic o swung wide, what an ecstasy
phap possibility to reach far in and
th,ie dial that released the door of
rdong box, with It's sacks of gold
|ttrIver coin and its packages of
Neatly tied, five hundred dollars
inchl
|, ind this steel door was the
:. rful time-lock, with its two
nis licking incessantly, and
Alt which even the cashier was
|ouss until after eight o'clock in
Such precautions had
|orh,und necessary IN that Western
Ps'y in which the Farmers &
"a ~ Rank did business.
us fifty miles around lay a rich
= ~ country, and stock k-shipping
Ebs we're red-letter days for the
o,rs' 4 Traders Bank. Twenty
is ousand dollars had been paid
the one window of the
Earin one day on the checks of
buyers; and the knowledge that
| Gums lay in banks of that section
smpted bandits on more than one
In.
o safe in the Jamesport Savings
rs, twenty-seven miles away, had
leelown open androbbed of fifteen
In nd dollars. Twelve miles south
tta,on, the cashier of the Gallatin
5 cal Bank had been shot dead
I ] isting a bold daylight raid, but
:" saved the bank. To the east,
ct, the next station down the rail
ths Breckenridge Exchange
, tciadlbeen held up by two masked
ate one afternoon, and fifteen
ID dollars in bills were sur
ora ed by the ror-strichen
ah;.
none of these robbers had been
met to justice. To the north of
pnHretch of fertile prairie country
wild, broken, river section, to
,aI N" they escaped, and where pur.
:, rs almost useless.
cI nd the ground-glass partition
! op'allcd in the secrets of the
wirs' q Traders Bank from the
tinpace by the big stove were two
ro0sive objects. One was just
~, the counter opposite the
i,o % window, the other was farther
InE o the left in similar position
! ir'ng, black, self-cocking re-
: tsb thrust into holsters nailed
Fam the woodwork. They were
ling vicious things, but of their
ro'ty an item in the general
Kay Recount of furniture and
p'a's" was proof:
p Colts revolvers. $28."
m tay'ye never been fired since we
|istem,p said Mr.. GraveJ, when
byhad remarked them; "but we
seEemin readiness. It's the un-
iaid that happens, you know"
|. B'p imaginative boy, who felt his
|en' sibilities keenly, these weapons
'Once celoomed Importantly. Ashby
= handy imagine bank robbers
y Ing into the wide, quiet main
|ral]f Macon at any hour, day or
hpS But they had come to Brecl1-
+scSs, Gallatin and Jamesport.
Hnd meant to be ready for them at
n Yes. Mr.. Graves, the cashier,
tptghed at the boys earnest plan
!" Nor resistance in case the Farm
| " Iraders' Bank should be at
hch9pose L Were at the window,
nd Unto the muzzle of revolver?
beaiGidn't see to shoot through the
d 4 e'ess, and you couldn't shoot
p the window without being
Ythe robber. What then ?" and
rs Ller smiled indulgently at the
n h, %%rouhled face.
N y Thought so often about rob.
was a how to save the banks funds
Eck lem that at last he devised q
|, II One morning in midwinter,
hn 'ne snow lay fence deep in coun-
& Yes, ind when business in Macon
pcs eof interrupted communication
=" 70 country, was almost at a
~. Mr.. Graves came down
ed. md the boy at work with pen
konl fuier on some sort OF mechani-
ole wing. His eyes we're dancing
B aDi itWest, and his breath came
tho ncertain little catches, as he
20 Explain his work.
Eol' or Nnves was indulgently inter.
F1eh Io fhe beginning; then he was
o.te vt end questioning. Half an hour
nd WIS bending over the draw
|e, u u On absorbed as was the boy.
iopg, in the slack of business,
anpod. At night the parting
ion OF the cashier was:
test nenber, Ashby, il we do this,
) Vi pe our secret. 1t will be no
ltgets out"
IS Ws famous cold snap in the
q Macon County. There were