The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31

w"rkin rig lar down in the cellar. as unobsarvec
and unsupported as some mole afOre you see hi'
hill all completed In your garding. TRY lee, b'
tunneed. In no shiftless style needer: planlin
up as he went along and peryiden' aginst amy
and sure Went old Biil: Il was six mont and
more afUre he reached pint where all he had Il
do was Ia lit of a flag and break t'roo a plate
braces 30 that there could be no settyn he banked
sound Then he waited patiently for a. favorable
opp0rtoonity chOosin in course a Saturday night.
30 that he could have the benefit 81 Sunday FOR
"Durin this six mont = there had been changes
in the cashiers family The good wife no more
CHEEKY word. She, was confined % her bed and
BIZ heetd II said as how she would die ifsbe didn't
xii away and take treatment far beyond poor
and gray and all bent, BiIl Not more aud more
sorry for him, and the more determined. TOO to
cSean out instituting which didn't look out better
for faitful servant. lie made up his mind. he
did when he WAS safe under kiyer. he'd brace the
poor cuss he would with a envelope full Of long
greens sent anon usly. You needn't I've s'prised
at this, Kunnel; easy come by. easy goes, I've
for what they t'few away 40 reckless. There's
only two men that eau light cigar with hres,,
dollar bill with material afr; the young swell
who never did days work. and the old lag who
never made honest cent
Bin had planned out the details .pIitty slick.
had Bill Dunn' the summer and fall he used
to have the hired man at the tavern now and then
drive him over to the junction at 2 o'clock Of a
mOtnih so that he could kctch the train from the
II now when he made nUdder tnp. This train
would git him into the city by 10. Sunday motnn
alarm Tor nigh twenty four hours il would be
bigger n subway contrac' To find him or the
swss nesder So one Saturday night in early
and about IL ociocE he erswied into his hole '''
Bill was clean. thorough worker kunnel
mel ia N IN m m ling
until he got iroo with a nodder: and so II WASH /
long afore he had out the stun and had broket roo
CAItusly he raised hissrif putin his little dark
lantern to one side. until he stood within the In
terror jest az he stretched hisself to full height
and looked around, notin' the tin and the
steel compartments, he heerd slidin' sound
Bul drew a BIZ Of gas pipe from his sleeve. wound
bent low In a nodder instinck, The great door
swung open and there stood Cashier Browning
Bang, struck Bill with his lifc.preseryer full
uniortinit man like a beast in a slsughtcrin'
house Bill stepped over The body and looked
candle On the table; the cuttings was drawsd
that no,hin' could b. seen from tho street
The cashier was in his stocking feet and the great
a queer start muttercd Bill: and he stepped
back and began TO 20 troo the boxes and drawers
roaniv WITH ihc dsy afer s1s S we dav 's
the week for business there was poverty stricken
air 10 Its ,rissury which friz the blood in Bill 3
u
for current demands lie busted open envelope
artcr envelope Of collateral loans and eyry time
he done 80 he stood like the dog in the fable what
lost the meat There was the notes and the mem
Orandums sure enough. but the stud kunnel.
II was gone He started TO pry open the inner
too much for him. What the deuce had b appcned'
Had some one been there aforc him? Jest then
he hecrd grnan; aud mrnin' lac saw the cashier
araisin hisscf on his elbow. with forred all
rs mash. ,..-, 80.
bill Dalton, hates 10 do amy KILN. II ain /
in the line 81 their business: II causes hotter pur
sriL and less convertible valley 10 the prog.
sun they have rule 10 think Of themselves fus,.
and II II Is necessary. tO make no bones Of scoin
man woman or child that stands In the way VI a
successful Job Their fore, old Bill sprang forrud.
with hts wcaping raised 10 give poor Browning
The man never tiinched Kunnc he never
cried out lie lifted bisseif tho more On his elbow,
deserves it, it's the better end: you can't send
me To- hell for I've been there for mUnts am there
now And old Bill; lookn agin al the man in
his double gown and s,ockin' feet, at the shaded
candle. The Key all adrip with lie, the compart
menis fun Of cmp,'es mut'rrrd, I understand
and threw his billy tu the floor wit a cuss
eagerly, ,,,.-.. ,.,,-..,..---..,,
impeftufbably, l Jest do mean that the cashier
had been there afote, and had come aEin for the
last time Ben materially a good man, Kunnel.
he begun 10 40 wrong. Worryin' over his wiie;s
conditing; he had specialized. buyin the high
stocks srllin' the low stocks. seem his Judgment
anus 20 back on him except when for luck hr
wen' agin y yet all the while hopin'-a thing
that a good fnst class crook never does do when
the devil has iack-o lantern, the dern critur' :
name nam, !, Hop, Lard kunnel II ! wanted TO
H. 60 pdrdners with some good man who was
takin' ny on the outside 10 square hisself
:, bma to EVAN with NE story as old Bill told
him on the sofy. He tied his hands and feet:
he looked over the break in his cronk, That's
No great puddin', he said. Jest enough 10 pre-.
vent you from maxim amy unnecessary eret.
tun,
Why don't you kill me- moaned the cashier
don't | looks like a angel Think Of your poor
wife. half dead Already; think Of your lovely
little darter, az bloomin, as the sweet blows she
fashun'
What do you mean cried the cashier
Simply this, said old Bill; you heerd a noise,
nearly Killed YOU The is"s, they can do I is to
DO: 4 they onct git sentimental over your heroic
But but - stammered the cashier.
There haint no butts. said old Bill: you dumb
fool; don't you see that II git the credit for the
nun thing Your work and mine too Don't
stay unconscious as long az possible: but Il !
DO glt piached they'll never know from me what
SO help me God. cried the cashier Tneyer--r
In course you didn't, said old Bill I've met
many OF your stamp In tue pig, and devil a one
of them knowed what he was dom until there
was nothin more for him 10 take besides the hare
walls and the furnitur'. Now watch me And
then lie went into the vault and tore up all The
rmpties. and scattered the hits on the n,Irr he
crammed handful Of stuff into his clothes hut
without cAercisin his usal Discrimination his
the cashier
>" Some one will come In a few hours he snid
ana after You take as long spell Of unco nscious-
Hess as possible, say az how | done it, | don't
expect 10 git away, but III be as true ns steel To
YOU Arter all, what's anodder bit 10 a old lag
ike me- And do try 10 be straight for the little
gdl sake: you've got anOdder chanel which |
never did have; You re a man OF rddicatun which
never was; aud N you can't keep on yollr feet
when You re set there all solid IN give Won The
scnihn you deserves when do git out shclp me
And away went old Bill. Kunnel back FRO,
inc tunnel. and then cross country on foot know.
IN full well that there would be no use 10 Iakin
the night train And a few days AFTER he WAS ar
rested IN town UP the State ON the twofOld charge
OF burglary and assault in the first degree Tho
bank people they had his trile delayed thew did
IN The hope OF coaxin' somethin out Of him: but
he KEEP his clapper closed, aud took his medicine
81 the full exunt like the old sodger that he was
And sometimes: kunnei. durin his bit he'd vii
a case OF unncd stuff sent in To him an unus'ni
thIng Tor, as said, he was solitary russ without
no iri nds, Aud most Of all he vailed what he
found IN envelope among them; a pictur Of n
hand "e'' !" H''
And so you nee. kunnel. how troo the mys
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