The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27

nor frightened. lie turned 10 the NRUll am
with some haste began 10 pull out great pa"k
eta of bills. One or two packets he lald on ~
ground. the rest he placed In the valIsc. lii
only light was The Giokering gas Iet at the ent
OF the passage. but not IN inch 81 that vaui
was unknown TO lnvery, and b" could have
his work without any light N NJ
Suddenly this fickerinE vns lrt wen, G.L
hNi% m.eI riav wiIE S MS: f n% rcd ideos '' r I'' Knew S't tln,
there was something behind III" gaS gong
out. except u dranght; ,fle, PM two ana tMu
together. and concluded that h" had beer
followed into the vault by some che. vine dlii,
care Ia he seen. lie Tried TO think what ,.'
might have done or said, Ia h'iraN himself
or his plans. He could think "i nothing. ~"
end Of a blind passage with u walls" full Of
the banks money. Whoever tlru"d oul the
! light knew the truth lAyery put his hand
IN his pocket and slipped out NE rny'iv,r
at the bank. His reflections had occupied
less than a minute, and during that time not
a sound had come from the passage, lAyery
waited until II became Impossible" or nun
TO remain quiet another Necond. The more
he thought the more convinced he beciiili,
that he lad been cornered by the officer ~
tho bank. That was his guilty "onscienc,
He thought of his wife. and u certain niue
baby, then with an oath something IAV"ri,
VAST used to indulgIne in, he strobe tcrMard
until he lad gone about twenty lerl ne n'hru
some one breathing ahead and wilhoui u mo.
mrnt'~ hesitation, aimed his revolver ~ NAV
direction and fired three shots IN RAPID sue
't'SSlOn. There wa a most Ierrilt QUERY
Iavery plunged ahead again, but hcior" ne
had gone three steps. something struck hlnl
on the back Of the bead. " he fell he lnrred
quickly. and fired the two remaining shots
the world with vrlls Of pain and shouts. 81 alarm
from sGnnvh here IN the distance ringing N his
ears as his mind gradually passed away
"Lavcry saw the light OF, the world ngaln
In his own home and with his wife bending
over the bed. For n moment he couldn't
Ucall ANYTHING. Then like a fash II all came
back TO him He surang ont of bed and fell
in q hear on the foor, Of course,
81 must get away he cried 10 his. wife.
~ must get away. Onlck, give mo my clothes
Oh, my God, my God,
doctor shook his bead ard lC"tcd serious wien
he saw him and heard what be- had said, The
next time lavery's wandering senses came
side Of his bed. ard when he tried TO lump
again he found himself pinned down. \ look
or wild despair came INTO. his race, ana ior
two day he lny there. half n madman, from
brOodlng over his crime, and the awful coflHe-
offences OF II, His wife was kept away iron,
him, but the doctors said be would get well
and she was content. Non may have guessed
the situation by This time, but remember that
Iavcrv had not. When thee two DAYS of
utter DESPAIR had rasNed. there was q call on
the sick man, which caused Inn ~ hurN ms
M had she'd sinc" that .%eventful night "
was the I'D President Of The bank. who came
in. the cd man who had hecn Invery's friend
since childhm"d, and who had always ldoIIled
MS face as he entered and WHOM laycry Jaw
over lie couldn't look IN those eyes.
He's nervous said tho nurse.
Poor boy said the President. hes had n
hard time Of II. Well he must 10 saved for his
reward H.avrry'~ heart almost burst at thi.
bed, Don't YOU feel well enough 70 speak to
me. I have waited two week. TO do my duty
in thi' matter, aid the doctor tells me- you are
we'll enough TO talk Q little lnyery your G1ir.
that can .ay nov viii give yor any idea 81
TIE gratitude Of tho officer, and director,
want 10 tell lotl that Won must hurry and get
well 80 that We can show our appreciation OF
Your conduct
Then the President wont out. and Laycry,
stunned by tho.e lat few word-. rol,"d
hour" he lay there silent but thinking. u wife
IN for the first time. and from hcr lipS
came the story For \ month two famous
burglar from New YORK had been 'unncIlng
worked from the cellar Of an office building
nd Joining, one Of the ncn having secured ner,-
to N" a. old coal bin Their" a. a dark
room for 9OnH photographic work.
And dearie, aid bis wife. IL il hadn hee,,
FOR YOU. They would hav" got away with all
hat money. John the waichman, says tha'
n" first idea he had that ANYTHING was wrong
whom he heard your pistol lie ran down
the passage, and as he, san he heard
Of pain and more pistol shots, sudden
~ everything was quiet and whom John lighted
tho gas ne saw two mon trying to drag them
selves along toward n big opening in the wal.
The blood was, streaming from their wounds,
| hey were the hlirgllr- You shot one OF 'henl
three times and the Other twice. John found
Won unconscious on the floor with vorr head
all crushed in John got help and that all
there j. 10 il aNcrpt that they re only waiting
for YOU to get well to TT, those two men, on,
,ieario. those men almost got the mon"r, They
had n big. black bag with them. and there was
over s5oMo in il when II wa found. Their"
were thousands more scattered around the
floor Of IN" vault. How Won must have sur
IriSed them. And. delrie. the doctor SAYS
That ,vou must go away for a long time, and
thr directors Of the bank have voted 10 send
~ all TO Elrouc for six mouths. Besides that
they haze voted Won SO o1 reward. and your
plaN" wilt hr held for YOU Until You get back
"Iavnrv's vito went ont, and Iaverv tried to
He foundit easier than before, The truth
ram" to him lik" an electric shock. but he was
strong enough Ia listen to II without hetraying
himself. lie got well fast after that, and that's
there is to tell You about the matter iou
lavery pnSs n few minutes ago. "" never
did n crooked thing again in hi lite, and verify
believ" thar he never thought crooked thought
sine" that eventful time in his life has been full
Of successes. He j. New York hnnk President
now. and guess he ia director Of about twenty
others including the National Of X nys.
Now you're going To ask me how know all
This. Docs seem strange, doesn't il? Well. I
rot my first hint of it from the head crook Of
me 1--WE VINO dlu inc lob. etOld me IN l0ll fhatlt
was a moral certainty that the cashier was
robbing tho bank when he and his pal happened
in. III wasn't for the fact that they were nph-
inC q hero out of the icnehier. he said. no would
20 on the stand and toll the facts a, they really
we're, He was n cute duck though. and told me
hat they had made such n popular idol out Of the
cashier that the Jury would probably soak him
harder II ~" cast any aspersionS on the savior
NJ the bank The rest Of the story ! got from
HE only other man in the world knows II and
he only told me III" whole thing when ! throw
NJ him the facts that ! had got from tie burglar
md the result OF my examination of the watch
man, II was years after the affair, and so
here is no harm in letting mo in. Who he was.
leave you to guess"