The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-12-03
A Swift
 Repentance

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 termined to avail myself of my oppor. uuiues to rifle the safe and skip out.
 Between the 4th and 11th of septem. ! Der I arranged the details for my High, and concluded to work them out on the night Of the 18th. On that evening at half past 8 the night wa,chmou uo- ! Baed me that his wife had dicd ex- cused him from watching thatnight
 At 2 o'clock ! went to the bank' Duued down the shades, lighted the qas and in the course of twenty mIn- utes bad packed every dollar in the vaults Into a satchei provided for the purpose. This satcheI ] placed on a ! chair outside the railing and had sat down for a smoke when there was rap at the door ] knew it was one or our force. but hardly expected to see ! the president himself
 .T expected it was you,' be said as he entered: always Che Inst to go. You are working too hard and must take a rest. Ata meeting of the board today it was decided Go give you a { months leave and a gift of 5000 cash. ! I don't remember what ] said no re- nlv but I do remember that something ! ir-e horror seized upon me at the idea of my own baseness. Right here with I'm reach Of bis hand was tbe money J Intended to flee with. and yet he was lavish In his praise of my integrity He remained only brief time, and soon after his departure ] wen, ouls'de | to walk about and plan .it.ie ! hadn't given up the idea of robbery and flight but sdu. small voice was whispering to me when a hand was laid on my arm, and turned to con front the leading merchant Of Che town
 Look here" be said as we walked along arm In arm. "Iye always done business with Gleason because ! found everything an right but I'm going to begin with you tomorrow. Gleason IS as good as gold himself hut ] don fancy his new cashier. He's L.-A roller. I hear and soue day he may ! turn up missing with al Che poodle he can carry No fear of that in your l case"
 And l had Sl0Lo00 an packed up and was only waiting for train time to oe come a robber
 Everybody is speaking in yom praise" be continued. "aud you de serve all that Is said. Just keep love. head and youW find the road to honor and wealth"
 When be left me- had to lean against a dead wall for support The sound of his footsteps was su.l in my ears when ] suddenly felt that ] was ! saved. There had been a terrible srug- gle of conscience. but right bad tr. umphed at last. was pulling myself ! together to return to tlc bank when Q woman accosted me by name and sa.l-
 "How lucky happened to sec you I was on my way down .o Blacks Co see if he wouldn't take charge of tl.s package ul tomorrow. It's money J got only two hours aeo-S-.U0l.
 "Come u here, and Iu give you a receipt"
 Never mind that We an know you and trust you
 ! Her parting words gave me sa.ver ! How Utue they knew me- had one ! more trial to undergo Almost at .ae ! door of the bank ] met two business men of high standing who were hold ! Ing an animated conversation
 "Heord the uews: guer.ei one as ] came up.
 What is itf'
 You remember the clerk in my brothers office in Philadelphia who skipped out two years ago with S51. ! OOOl We'll. he's been overhaued. He went to Peru, DO d0ub, expecting to ! have grand times. It seems tla. eFery ! body soon knew be was a tlief and lg was an object of contempt lie wan dered about always marked man. and at last was so overcome with shame and degradation that he asked to be arrested and sent lacS. He was desplsed. insulted and plguIcred and be did not have one hours solid com fort out of his funds He will go to ] prison for ten or fifteen years. and be might as well die then. Say. isn't it @ curious thing that men will so destroy themselvesT
 "Take your own case. added tle otl CT as he placed a hand on my shoulder "You are young, but respected. trusted and honored and on the sure road to wealth. You might crib Sl0000l from ! the bank and get away. but would tha, l compensate you for the sacr.dcet No | Even a million wouldn't ten you, the man who has got to outlaw himself to enjoy bis plunder must see days when he would almost give his life to be sci back In the position be once held.
 I passed on Into the bank and care ! fully locked the door behind me. My knees were so weak that had to rest for a good twenty minutes. Even my hair was sopping wet with perspra tion.
 When I felt strong enough. carried the satchel to the vault opened tle ! doors and replaced the money. and .f was not until the iron doors were locked again that felt sure ] had won
 There would be no w0,chman that night ] had planned lt SO. ] took of my coat kicked od my shoes and made myself comfortable iE am armchair did not feel sleepy, but when the day porter came at z in the morning to re 1 lleve the watchman was sound asleep It had got to the ears of Che officers