The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-15

estly be put forward; and the man GER
tainly did look a. Il hc meant business,
and nitro-glycerii-ine is not 10 be des-
pissed.
It's up to you TO co the talking" said
Parlby, putting ~ a creditable front"
AS far as l see, you've made an ass Of
yourself, whoey you are. All I've got
to do IS just to sit quiet; you cant get
out OF the bank. you couldn't win clear
IL the street il you did get out of the
bank; you'll go to the pen for this morn
ing's joke. If there's anything to be
sand, it's you can say it."
sure! III say it fast enough. But
you can come off your perch just the
same. II | was lcary OF the pen |
shouldn't be here, an you know it. I'll
talk business with you, if that's what
you want; I'm on my Impressed
Either | get the dough | want or | croak;
an if you don't give me what ] want
we croak together. You're my last caro-,
an III play you, by God. What you
say O. just sittin' still S tommyrot; you
make out a check payable to yourself
for the sum / name, an have the stuff
brought in here an slowed away in that
bag, or you've seen your luck an We'll
| both of US know what's what
Parlby's visitor had been speaking with
a fierce intentness that was convincing;
Partly thought him mad. Perhaps that
was why he attempted to reason with
him.
Even if l got you the stuff and slowed
it away IN that bag, you couldn't get
away with it. You'd better t2ln sense, il
, you've got any. I'm not to be bulled IN
| my own office, with forty clerks in call,
armed as we'll as you. That's the last
word | nave to say, and be damned to
you
MI. Partly, you Will take up thai
pen and write what l tell you ] take my
chances of getting away, once the stun
is in my hands. You wont give an
alarm till I've got clear OF the bank; !
| can thow a flask on the floor OUTSIDE
as we'll as here, IN you're much too care
fu! of your skin to take any risks. You
put up a bluff hat I'm bughouse; well.
I'm not so bughouse but l can see you're
so scared of me you can't sit IN that
chair without holdin' on. You take III
that pen IN write what | tell you; an
be quick about it; I'm kind o nervous,
as [ said, an this guns got 4 blamed
easy pull an the outside O this flask
kind O. slippery
Parlby shrugged his shoulders, dropped
lis y Lllid " PSA'
1t is said that the special officer of the
bank and half a dozen clerks started n
pursuit before them an with the hanC
bag had fairly reached the pavement
There must have been two men witt
hand bags; such condolences happen. Pos
sibly the coincidence was not accidental
At all events they assailed a man with
a hand bag. and SO quickly did the police
patrol respond to the private alarm from
Parlby.s office that the man was not yet
o~yerpOWered when the wagon arrived
When he was taken into custody he
proved to be the wrong man, and the
hand bag proved to be the wrong hanc
bag. 1t is possible that this mistake
might not have been made il Parlby h2C
personally superintended the chase, bu1
he remained in his office: he was &C
curately acquainted with the properties
of nitro-glycerii-lne, which is quite as et
fectiye in 4 paved street as IN a marble
floored building. and though he may
have had no regard for his own lie he
had other things than himself to thlnl
of. He thought OF them.
The next day there was found in al
alley-Way at the rear OF the bank a sui
Of clothes, a revolver, and a flask, al
Unidentified by Partly as belonging to the
robber The flask was found to cOntai.
sweet-oil. In the minds OF some OF Parl
by's fellow citizens this discovery con
frmed the notion that he had himself
ccntrived the robbery; in the minds OF
others it served simply to make him ri
d%iculous; in the minds of all it still fur
Their discredited him. The directors be
gan to suspect they had been mistaken
in their idea that Partly was just tho
man they had long wanted for presi
dent. Certainly, as it afterward turned
out, he had made a great blunder in part
ing with his real estate.
Peggie was never again heard to say
that she would get even with Partly. II
the city of Blank there was little OF any
thing tht she was again heard to say.
she soon closed out her interests there at
a great profit and left the place, disap-
pearing into the beyond where she still
remains.
1t Is just possible that she feels she
has got even with Partly, though 1T Is
questionable whether she would hold her
hand if the chance should offer itself tC
get even with him again. All things con
' sidered, it is doubtful whether Peggiea
ruling trait is gen~tIeness.