Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27

nothing so much as a gloomy prison
cell. The steel faces Of the all.encir.
cling vaults seem formidable walls.
The small table in the center which
constitutes, practically all the furni.
ture, is covered with dark green
cloth, whose heavy folds touch the
floor on all sides. On the table is a
porcelain inkstand and a solitary pen.
blunted from the almost endless labor
It has been put to during the day. This
office Of the head cashier is the most
zealously guarded in the whole bank
for behind those massive walls. now
slumbering beneath the dull glow
thrown from the single ceiling light,
lie great heaps of money.
Throughout the bank, deserted at
this hour, all noise has ceased. and the
night voice of the city above reaches
this isolated chamber only as the muir.
muir OF a distant ocean. Presently the
stiffness iB broken by the approaching
footsteps of the Waterman. Lantern
in hand, he throws open the door and
swiftly though carefully scrutinizes ev-
cry corner of the dim room. Satisfied,
he turns his key in the commutateur,
and again darkness settles down like
pail as the door 10 closed on we'll
oiled hinges. The retreatlng steps are
at last lost In the distant corridors,
and once more gloom and that brood.
ing something which for lack OF a
more expressive word must be called
mystery remain supreme.
Five minutes pass, and then Is
there movement; vague. It Is true,
but stlll o movement somewhere
among those shadows? The cloth that
covers the innocent writing table is
lifted from beneath, a man creeps out
on all fours and rises to his feet. For
g moment he stands and surveys his
surroundings, then, with the manner
OF one who is familiar with every inch
OF the ground goes toward the wall,
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A slight click and the wheel stops. 81.
Ientlv and docileIv the heavy doors
swing omen revealing the treasures
within. Now begins the actual task in
hand
Taking from the safe tbe ontIre ron.
tents no composedIv selects only such
nortions no can be copverieptIv car.
ried au,ay 4, tho serv,ette Nh coip-
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rounded nv this almost countless
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when the man at length with difficulty
fas,ens the buckle and breathes a
sigh nj satisfaction his pockets as
well are fuu To bursting
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