The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-22

.T-nder the counter, CHI? was ass
enough to say.
Eyes; SO had you?
..ua was looking at me in surprise,
I'D something told me that to say of
"anrsa. had forgottenp would have
& bopn quite fatal, considering what l
rros supposed to have done, so l looked
doyrn nv nose and shook my head.
/, Pint the papers said you had! he
cried.
...Vot under the COUNTER said l.
".Put it's the regulation
For the moment, Bunny, felt
stunned. though trust l only looked
more superior than beforehand l think
I justified my look.
1.-THE regulation! l said at length,
in the most offensive tone at my COM
mand .Ye., the regulation would have
MS all dead men. My dear sir, do you
evnoct youc bank robber to let you
reach for your gun in the place where
he knows It's kept? had mine in my
nocket and | got my chance by re-
treating from the counter with all Wis
4 ible reluctance
"Ewbank stared at me with open
owes and a five barred forehead, then
4 down came his fist on the table.
81 say, that was smart. STILL he
4 added. ike q man who would not be
in the wrong, the papers said the 9TH
er thing, YOU know
".Of course l rejoined, because
thev said what l told them. You
wouldn't have had me advertise the
fact that l improved upon the banks
regulations would you?
$50 that cloud rolled over, and, by
Jove, it was a cloud with a golden
lnng-not silver; real good Austria
liam gold, for old Ewbank hadn't
quite appreciated me till then. He
was a hard nut a much older man
than myself, and felt pretty sure he
Thought me young for the place and
INV supposed feat a fluke. But l
never saw a man change his mind
more openly He got out his best
brandy: he made me throw away the
cigar I was smoking and opened
fre>h box He was convivial looking
pary. with n red mustache and very
humorous face-not unlike Tom EN-
mett's-and from that moment l laid
myself out to attack him ON his con-
kivia flank. But he wasn't Rosen-
thall. Bunny. He had a treble scanned,
hand SeWed head and could have drunk
be under the table ten times over.
"'All right, thought, you may go
% bed sober but you'll sleep like a
Timber yard" And l threw half he
gave ME through the open window
When he wasn't looking
But be was a good chap, Ewbank,
Ind don't you imagine he was at all
Incorporate. Convivial | called him.
Ind | only wish he had been some
hing more He did, however, become
bore and more genial as the evening
advanced and | had not much diff
tulty III getting him to show me round
BE- bank at what was really an I'M
&hrthly hour for such proceeding.
4 was when he went to fetch the re-
fOver before turning in. l kept him
PIT of his bed another twenty minutes,
hd | knew every inch of the business
remises before | shook hands with
wbank in my room.
you won't guess what l did with
1ySelf for the next hour. | undressed
I'D went to bed. The incessant strain
Involved in even the most deliberate
representation is the most wearing
Ding | know. Then how much more
when the impersonation is i'm
fomptu. There's no ge ting your eye
The next word may bowl you out.
Is batting in bad light all through.
haven't told you of half the tight
aces l was in during a conversation
at ran into hours and became dan
frously intimate toward the end. You
n imagine them for yourself, and
fen picture me spread out on my bed,
ttng my second wind for the big
led of the night.
Once more | was in luck, for / had
been lying there long before
ard my dear Ewbank snoring like a
rmonium, and the music never
ased for moment. 1t was as loud
ever when | crept out and closed
door behind me, as regular as
er when l stopped to listen at his.
ID | have still to hear the concert
II | shall enjoy more. The good
low snored me out of the bank and
still snoring when l again stood
listened under his open window.
why did leave the bank first? To
zen and saddle the mare and tether
III clump of trees close by-to
Fe the means Of escape nice and