The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13

was desirious of curing Peters or Of pun
lshlng him for his offensive behavior.
BOND gradually became reckless on the
lring line. Any one could see it was
not assumed, but was genuine, and this
conduct deepened the mystery as to his
past and made Peters the mere Jealous
to md out all about him.
one day Bond fell with a wound.
refers carried him to the rear, cared for
him, stayed by him as long as he could.
dld everything that could be done under
the circumstances, like Offering to write
nome and all that sort of thing. Bond
spent half an hour in deep thought He
was apparently sizing up his chances of
living. lie Was also thinking whether
1t was worth while to forgive Peters for
the past or to give him thrust he would
never forget 1t was about midnight
that Peters returned to his place. with us
and the next morning he had q story to
tell to three OF us In whom he confided. p
maxwell paused and, just as his hear
ers were becoming uneasy, he said this
was the story Peters had related
Boys, We've got a murderer among us
hot only murderer, but the worst
KIND Of one, man who killed his father
and who If 1t We're proved against him
would, up to this time, have pretended
that it was an accident. He's Bond.
REASON FOR RECKLESSNEss.
ut explains why he has been so reck.
less lately; he wanted to be killed. Mat.
ter of conscience, you See He Whispered
it all to me-. asked me to write home
saying that he was dead and had passed
away forgivirg. every one and revealing
the secret His name isn't Bond, but I'm
under pledge not to tell what it is He
asked me to write without waiting for
him to die actually, and he wanted me
to get him reported dead, SO that il
would be cabled home; said his friends
would recognize him under the assumed
name. It's a mighty sad story.
Bond told me that he came from
ONO. Ills rather was bank president,
and was found murdered in the banl.
vault two years ago Robbers had killed
MIN and had made their escape He had
evidently surprised them Young Bond
was the real murderer. He was lust nm
ger tWenty-one- He had been. stealing
from his fathers private business for
more than year SO as to keen. on eamb-
ing with fast set of young fellows
whom sharper got together regularly
and was plundering right along. On
Bonds twenty-first birthday there had
10 be settlement of the books. for his
father intended to take him into BUSH
ness partnership. Bond had to have not
less than $4,000 to make good his steal
iiss. Ihere was no other way left to
tAAS~AA
the pank, the combinations to the locks
the ways of the Waterman, and all that
and ne had studied up knock-out drone
ne !eft some liquor that had been doc
tored with drugs for the WatohYnan 70
drink, knowing the mans weakness and
the rest was easy. He entered the bank
rom the rear steathily, having made
sure that the Waterman was unconscious.
mad just got into the inner yault when
ne neard a noise and saw a dim light
III the outer room. He knew it could
not De the Waterman, and he once raised
MS revolver for action and crouched to
one SIDE. Then he heard voice, saving:
MY God! [ must have killed him! 7
Mike!" " S'fA0 Up
MEETING IN BANK VAULT
There was no response, and Bond saws
lie recognized the voice as that of his
ISther just In time, for he intended to
sHoot and escape in a rush if possible
Then Bond became conscious of his own
Danger. His father might shoot him. The
Iatnef soon saw the open doors of the
vault. What does this mean?' he said
Mike, you didn't do this; you couldn't!
Who is there. Speak, or I'll shoot.
Quick! Then 1t was that Bond saw he
mad no show, and he shouted to his
rather not to shoot, and he revealed his
Then there followed a strange scene
IN that bank vault. There were the
father the son, and the unconscious
Waterman together in the early hours of
the morning. What does this mean. SOM
said the father. sternly. Has it come to
thfs-rny son a bank robber?' Young
Bond said he was game and he replied,
What are you doing here? Are you a
bank robber yourself? Who put Mike in
this condition" You see he had over
heard his father make that exclamation
about Mike, and he took chances. Elk
plain your position on the outside of
that vault said the father. Explain
what you said about not knowing that
saw Mike, said the son. And then the
father broke down completely and the
son went to pieces, and each, thinking
that Mike was about to die, confessed to
the other. The father had been speculat-
ing in the Eastern markets, had used up
a lot of trust funds in his charge, and
the only way to get out was to rob his
own bank. He had also left some knock
out drops for the Waterman, and it was
the combined dose that made father and
son think that the man would die. The
son owned up to the father and then
followed a discussion as to what was
best to be done.
''They agreed that the bank must be
robbed, that was their only salvation
They agreed also that it would he best
for one of them to appear to be defending
the banks treasure. It was finally de-