The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

the room ADJOINING connected Wit
number forty-fysJand two minute
later he was n This adjoining room
with his ear pressed against the til,
connecting door. He could catcl
most of the conversation, and its i'm
port made his heart thump. Fale
was speaking:
Ouch, this is going to be fruit 70,
us. The Merchants and the FRS
| National do tbs same. HaDnaford, The
teller at the Merchants, gees to luncl
at twelve aud Holworth takes hi:
| place; and at til e First, the teller eoe;
at half past and young Mason take
his place" There was pause il
which the speaker was evidently ex,
amining signature, for his next re-
mark was, Its the best work vou
ever did. I don't know that Nevens
himself would have the nerve to deny
that signature.
The talk continued for some time,
and though the boy could not hear al!
the conversation and was not familiar
with the methods of q bank, be was
naturally sharp, and hotel life had not
dulled him. He understood the plan
clearly. Colonel Nevens was a hea"y
}epositor in both the Merchants and
the First National; Crevson had forged
the colonel's name check on each
bank, to be presented when the telsssi. !.
Sa.,' SaosI,Iuses les, were ee esf7 Colonel
---ssa IS IS Be called to his former
'9Home in Massachusetts, by bogus
telegram announcing the death OF his
brother, and with him out of the way
for a few days, the plan seemed per-
feet.
Danny listened till he had these
facts and then slipped noiselessly from
the room. Ten minutes later he was
in a big armchair il Mr.. Arthur Hol-
worth's handsome room, talking ear
nestly with that gentleman, who had
just been perusing what seemed a
most interesting book, the title of
which was ''Plans for Modern
Houses.
Holworih listened at first carelessly
and then with the closest attention to
the boys rapid and slaugy utterance.
AS Danny left the room at the close
of long talk he said earnestly:
'sNow, Mr.. Holworth, you has al
ways used me white, and I mean just
what 7 said; nobody is going to know
anything about this by my tellin'."
Holworth nodded understanding ly,
shook hands with him and said:
''As T told you, Danny, yon won't
lose anything by this nights work. .
s:No, sir" said the boy, and dis
appeared into outer darkness.
The next day shortly after Mr.. Han
naford, the paying teller, had gone to
lunch, Nh. Ezra Grayson entered the
Merchants National bank and took
bis place at the wirdow before ttor'
worth, whom he: knew slightly. AS
he passed over a check for fifteen
thousand dollars, with Colonel New
ems bold signature at the bottom, re-
-Haarked
ssYou see that the colonel has some
faith in Chicago's growth.
Ho.l,%.ll65let.h1sssseWted Ii with a very ner-
STous laugh and
4 "dow will you have this, lHE: Gray
sonr'
zone thousand in bills and the
sbalauce in draft on Chicago. please, !"
responded Mr.. Gravson suavely.
"a Holworth remarked that he would
ssve to get some large bills from the
}safe, and as he spoke pressed the but
~ that connected them with the
Ssslice station, two blocks away. On
iSsass sSssss way to the vault he stopped at the
;sssSss5hier's desk, and with y few NUT
'fs..sed words laid the check down in
..$$sAat OF him. When Holworth came
Il ;si to the teller's window with the
,I at his side, two policemen
44isgssad in the doorway, and after short
astormy scene, Mr.. Grayson was
L ser arrest.
,nt month later the cashier, in talk
l with Mr.. Arthur Holworth. hap
a Ed to refer 10 the latter's appoint
- ~, PAS r SS5sas paying teller. .
NE IL: 5glon't mind telling you now, y
:. o,t y&e, s'that Clark was booked for
'dest Nerens, sionatrre inopressel |
sectors too much.
@3orth smiled and, with trne
L! the y, changed the subject.