The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-16

You may have guessed the situation
by this time, but remember that Law
cry had not. when these two days OF
utter despair had passed, there was
call on the sick man, which caused
him to bury his face in his hands and
weep the first tears that he had shed
since that eventful night. 1t was the
old president of the bank, who came
in. the old man who had been Laverys
friend since childhood, and who mad
always idolized the boy. The tears
were streaming down his face as he
entered and when Lavery saw that
kind old face. his cup OF bitterness |
ran over. He couldn't look in those
eyes.
".He's nervous said the nurse.
Poor boy said the president, he's
had a hard time of it. Well, he must
be saved for his reward Oavery's
heart almost burst at this.) Layery,'
said the president, leaning over the
bed, don't you feel well enough TO
speak to me? / have waited two weeks
to do my duty in this matter, and the
doctor tells me you are well enough
to talk a little. Lavery, your courage
saved the bank 100000. OF course,
| nothing that I can say now will give
YOU any idea of the gratitude OF the
officers and directors. / want TO tell
YOU that you must hurry and get WE'LL
so that we can show our appreciation
of your conduct
"Then the president went out, and
Lavery, almost stunned by those last
| few words, rolled over on his face anu
struggled to think. For hours he lay
there silent, but thinking. His wife
came in for the first time and from
her lips came the story. For month
two famous burglars from New YORK
had been tunnelling into the passage
leading into the vaults. They had
worked from the cellar OF an offlce
building adjoining, one of the men
having secured permission to use an
old coal hin there as dark room for
some Photographic work.
"tAnd dearie,' said his wife, II II
hadn't been for you. they would have
got away with all that money. john
Z. the Waterman, says that the first idea
he had that anything was wrong was
when he heard your pistol. He ran
down toward the passage, and as ne
ran he heard shrieks of pain and more
pistol shots. Suddenly everything was
quiet, and when John lighted the gas
he saw two men trying to drag them
selves along toward big opening IL
the wall The blood was streaming
from their wounds. They were tn
burglars. You shot one OF them thre
. times and the other twice. Johl
, found you unconscious on the moo
: with your head all crushed In. JON
: got help and that's all there is to Il
: except that they're only waiting 10
a YOU to get we'll to try those two mer
| Oh. dearie, those men almost got tn
money. They had a big, black pa
with them, and there was over 5000
in it when it was found. There WEI
3 thousands more scattered around tn
: floor of the vault. How you must hay
= surprised them. And, dearie, the DO
- tor says that you must go away for
:, long time, and the directors OF II
. hank have voted to send us all
Europe for six months. Beside TIL
J. they have voted you $4,000 rewar
II and your place will be held Tor "
"a until you get back
~ "Lavery's wife went out and Lave
:, tried to think. He found it easier tn;
:. before. The truth came to him like
electric shock, but he was strol
= enough to listen to it without betra
~ ing himself He got we'll fast aft
10 that, and that's all there is to tell "
about the matter. You saw Lave
pass a few minutes ago. He never c
~ a crooked thing again in his life,
u verify believe that he never thoug
~ crooked thought again. He Is N
1e York bank president now, and l gut
ne he is a director of about 20 others,
'.s Guiding the National of Kings.
io Nov you're going to ask me how
III know all this. Does seem stran
ne doesn't it? Well, l got my first h
ns of it from the head crook OF the
hit who did the job. He told me in
ilo that it was a moral certainty that
mt cashier was robbing the bank when
and his pal happened in. If 1t was
jet for the fact that they were making
'ol. hero out of the cashier, he said,
my would go on the stand and tell
vas facts as they really were. He wa
out cute duck, though, and told me t
wo they had made such a popular
lad out of the cashier that the jury VIC
me probably soak him harder If he
He any aspersions on the savior OF
ave bank. The rest of the story got Fl
his the only other man in the world
The knows it and he told me the wi
was thing when | threw at him the f
a that had got from the burglar
no the result of my examination OF
the Waterman. 1t was years after the
his fair, and so there is no harm in let
liver me in. Who he was, l leave you
he guess. New York Sun.
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ute, Luxurious Noodles.
nao According to tradition there
lieu once an old woman who kissed