Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-17

thought of the risk he ran, or Of the
sudacious subtlety Of such an ex-
pedient at such . critical moment,
he went in, sat down at one of tho
small tables and calmly ordered
breakfast. "
Now, hunger is lusty special
pleader, and it will make itself heard
above any pulpit drum of the higher
faculties; hence Griswold thought
less of what he had done than of
what he was about to eat, until the
hue and cry reminded him that the
chase had begun. Whereupon, not
to be suspiciously injurious, he put
on the mask of innocence and asked
the waiter concerning the uproar.
The man did not know what had
happened. but he would go and find
out if M'sieu' so desired "M'sieu'"
ton afterward, by all means. Both
came in due season, and Griswold ate
while he listened.
Transmitted into the Creole Eng
fish of the serving-man, the story
of the robbery lost nothing in it's
sensational features.
*Ha! Wat you t'ink, M'sieu'??'
De bank mex do is been rob!" and
upon this theme excited volubility
descants at large. The bank was
surrounded by gang of desperate
men and every exit guarded while the
1oo crio oel ~ ~ 10
teeth, had compelled the president
at the muzzle of pistol to pay a
ransom of fifty-one hundrcd-tive
hundred thousand dollars. With the
money the gang had vanished, the
masked giant firing the pistol at
M'sieu' the president as he went.
Cross-examined, the waiter could not
affirm positively as to the shot. But
as for the rest there could be no
doubt.
Griswold ordered second cup OF
coffee, and while the waiter tarried,
conscience-not the enlightened con-
science, but the conventional-bent
it's bow and sped it's final arrow. It
was suddenly brought home to the
enthusiast with sharp emphasis that
to all civilized mankind, save and ex.
cepting only those few chosen ones
who shared his peculiar convictions
| he was common thief, a robber, an
| outlaw.
Public opinion, potential OF ex'
| pressed, is at best but an intangible
| thing; but for a few seconds Girls.
void writhed under the ban of il
as if it had been whip of scorpions
Then he smiled to think how strong
are the bonds of custom, and con
science flung away it's empty CULVER
None the less, the enthusiast was
rather thankful for the Christening
It served to remind him afresh OF
his mission. This money which he
had just wrested from the pluto
cratic dragon should be held as q
| sacred trust; it should be devoted
scrupulously to the cause of the op
pressed. just how it was to be ap
piled he had not yet determined, but
that could be decided later.
Meanwhile it was very evident thai
the dragon did not intend to accept
defeat without struggle, and Girls
void set his wits at work upon tn
problem of escape.
''It's a little queer that I hadn'
thought of that part of it, h,
unused. II suppose the other fellow
the real robber, would have figured
himself safely out of tor woul,
have thought he had-before h
made move. AS I didn't, I've go
to do it now, and there isn't mucl
time to throw away. Let me see
he shut his eyes and went into tn
inventive trance beloved of the lit
erary craftsman--"the keynote mus
be originality. I must do somethin!
that the other fellow wouldn't thin]
of doing"
He dallied with the second cup o
coffee and outlined plan, basin;
it upon a further cross-questionin.
of the waiter. The man had been t.
the door again, and by this time til
street excitement had subsidized sui
fciently to approach the truth. TIL
rumor of an armed gang guardin
the bank doors had been a canarC
There had been but one man, an
the street gossips were beginning t.
describe him with discomforting ae
curacy.
Griswold paid his score and wen
out with studied nonchalence. H
reasoned that, Notwithstanding tn
growing accuracy of the street re
port, he was in no immediate dan
ger so long as he remained in tn
immediate vicinity of the bank. I
was safe to assume that this wa
one of the things that the journey
man bank robber would not do. Blu
it was also evident that he mus
speedily lose his identity if he hope
to escape; and that the lost identit,
must leave no trace behind it.
ITO Be Continued
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