The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
A PROVlDENTIAL BURGLAR.
A MEETING At THE END or \ TUN.
NEL INTO 4 HANK.
Bill Dniton's Easy. Going and Oid.Fashioned
system OF Burgiary-The Oid.Fasbioned
Country Bank That suited Him-fnii-
nra of HI. Plans Caused by His Delay.

xou ask kunnclr' said SmitherS the con man,
one dsy when the course Of events IN the prison
hospital had led tn. old banker to indulge In a
little moraliZng. "OH and on, must say does.
In course. it's human nhtur for bokc 10 lay his
schsnes AFTER calkilaun all the chances. and II
they look favorable. to 20 ahead uus,in 10 his
iuckics to pull him t'roo but when the hand OF
Providence IL played II eau clean oil, the hull
deck sure aud there M uso VI stackn up agin H.
1T all reminds me-. kunne Of n story Bill Dial.
ton told me when hs was here time afore last
He was laid up IN the 'Orsptal with desp'ret
a,,act u the rheumatic and spose the pain 81
tho blame thing turned his thoughts 10 the few
ewcntsof hts life which might not make black
mark agin' thin. You've seen Bill kunne
and you'd ledge from the set Of his Jaw, and them
shoulders Of his that he's q determined and pow
etful man, who has only ono way with a obstacle
in his pat and thntisto crush It. So lie is giner
ally with sub sile abound his heart that IL would
take q cro~bat aud n picknSe Ia break troo: and
vet as will tell you. II became under Provdcntal
innOocnces. sait and squashy 10 the noblcr i'm.
pulses Of humanity.
"Bll was knowcd 10 the proiesh. Kunncl. as n
solitary bird: ono who worked his own graft, and
said nothn' to nobody. Now and agn' he'd
missun' from his customary hants In town.
and when he appeared agin there'd be an account
in the papers az how small country bank in this
STATE or that had been cleaned out: aud then the
boys would tap their noses and say Old Bill has
been gittin' In his fine liCks agin, But Bill, his.
self. Kunnel. would hold his yap. bein' contint.
% long az he give ont ready mon. and KEEP his
end up. TO let oddcrs do the surmisn'
"All tho samec. scch was BINS graft. notwith.
standin. He was n bank bugglar. he were bold.
experienced but somewhat told.fashuned and set
In his ways Durln' the neck or. nothin' contst
bstweeu the fraternity on the one hand and the
safe manufacturers on the Odder. which resulted
in the former medium the latest appliances Of
science Ia come annywheres near the invintive
skill OF the latter. Bill had been in durincks vile,
dom a ten year bit, and when he came out
he found hissef not NJ much left at the post as
outclassed. Given big bank 10 crack. with
time locks. bugglsr alarms and chilled steel
plates. and Bill wasn't in 1t.
"Howsonccyer, Kunncl. this state Of affairs
agreed well enough with BINS natur which. az
said, was solitary. for n big fob nowadays takes
n gang TO ingineer aud put 1t t'roo So Bill he
resolved. he docs. To take up with the leavuns.
arter this sort: lie searched out a small country
bank. In the South or West ma bee In the roora
doss,ricks Of this State Of the old.time sort,
and there's plenty Of them. with big. roOmy
vaults let down deep into de cart and perfected
by walls aud slabs ot stun: where the cashier
does cverythin' but sweep out and where. when
the directors meet they're 80 busy dsc,issin' the
craps. they put of goin' over the statement until
next time, \ kind Of go.hs. you. please bank
kunne where the board does the goin and the
cashier the plcssin'
Well. when Bill had diskivrred one Of them
odstandbys he would hggrr about until he
was settled in some material way ON the ground
floor next door. Praps he might open Il store
p'raps he might be retired gent. sent TO the vii
lage by hi. doctor ON account of IN. ,oop.tori,v
-, ~, ,,,' -. 49,, " W..
'" '"' ar anu lhe wafer III sumo way OF oder,
the public puls. and sou,rin bse,f AZ hat, Mons
,nd n.,.,o,,, I'D ,,,', t., 90 10 100 ,,
diggn the most approved tunnel Of the ancient
graft plum under the vault 'rber. w,sno hurry
Shou,pi,I u.ir.d,, s,a, ,on..sra "as u" u"iIy
"oou'p"'. hehheo" stay long enough any way
Ia I've So looked up To in the community as,o he
about the last man looked ar,er; besides. whs,
a,n renee ala SIX months OF year make 10 him
lie was Twin all the while with gra,iyin' pros.
wei h"nhe'' h''i' II seems struck idhl
place out in the centre Of the State in one Of the
rounded bv l,,v. farms and veil, III, t.,,...,
r TO by large FARMS ana "eiliodo farmers
day after the mail and ,nost of them w,uId mai.
sur. N sion a, Nh. hnrr and dn,n,, a~, ,r.
tints OF the long stockin' that did them sarvce
as puss I've worked among them fel,.rs
and b anne me- when got back TO the hotel. and
looked over my spiles felt like Sanity Close that
l did with the long wnoI.ns, ,irn,,ti,, ,h. ohi,,
Aui"' WIN 'ne '""H "ooleh~h uI'raHh ihe chm
ley piece
Now the bank in thsdooral paradise EunneI
v.s th,iyi,, in.,i,n,i,,, -, ~, 49,. ,',,' -,
40. q, ,an,. -. ", 81, " y" SURE you might
say " look the cream ot The hull cheese business
The cashiers father had been cashier afor, him.
and no ono could think nj invts,m,n,. ~, h.n,,
Nv 49, VI 'n'is'"on'S "i Dang
up anse.s troo9nt mat country side, without
immcnariy thhkln also oi Cashier browning
,h, NY, tue ,n,,e was so much part Of the name
lna' inc Young uils as they growod up To be
oiu, uns never posed mat Cashier Browning
han amy oddef Christun appelatun
lie was nice man, ne were. accordin to old
fllIs tell: al bie. friendly, KNOWN everyone's
business winout mussih DuTin tho week
ms once was sort oil club where the rich uns
couid drop IN social and chat over the news: but
81 odtu1day. why ~ was riglar town meetun,
were. WIN inc nun popeiace eNpIessin' oi
ltseli, ana he actin as cheerman and umpir,
to onct say, kunnrl there's nothin like the
drag cashier hnally gifts in the country: why
y Tam mIsI boss had amy sech foern',
thero wouldnt be NO elections at all; simply
announcements with the best type Of citizens
standin around and sayin amen.
Now. Cashier Browning, with his invalid
WHO and little daIter, was a liyin upstairs over
MI hen