The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-17

Renewed determination shone from
the face of the cashier.
You must come back to the bank, y
he reiterated. .-@zz==a=-z :
"oh, I>say," protested the lieuten-
ant, you are now exceeding your au-
thority: I alone am the culprit. The
young lady is quite blameless, and you
have no right to detain her for a mo-
ment. - -..
- The girl, who had been. edging away
and showing signs of flight, which the
bareheaded man, visibly on the alert,
seemed to make up her mind to bow to
the inevitable. ignoring the cashier.
she looked up at the blond lieutenant
with slight smile on her pretty lips.
1t was really all my fault at the
beginning. she said, "and very stu
pid Of me. I am slightly acquainted
with the bank manager, and I am sure
he will vouch for me if he is there. -
With that she turned and walked
briskly toward the bank, at SO rapid
pace as to indicate that she did not
wish an escort. The bareheaded Off
clal found his anger unaccountably de-
sertlng him, while great fear that he
had put his foot in it took it's place.
Really, " said the lieutenant gently,
fetal in your position should be good
judge of human nature. How any sane
person, especially a young man, can
Z look at that beautiful girl and suspect
her Of evil passes my comprehension.
Do you know her?'' ; ~.
"No,' said the cashier shortly
edo you?' 5sz
s'still suspicious, cha" he asked.
sfNo, don t know her, but, to use
banking term, you may bet your bot
tom dollar I IN going to. Indeed, am
rather grateful to you for your stub
bornness in forcing US to return. It's
a quality [ like. and you possess it in
marvellous development, so I intend to
sure is due. I IN very certain I met
your manager at the dinner they gave
us last night. Mr.. Morton, ism It hes',
eyes, grow1ed the cashier in gruff
despondency. -
F.. "Ah, that's awfully jolly One of
the finest fellows I we met in ten years.
Now, the lady said she was acquainted
( with him, so if I don It wheedIe an in
PRODUCTION out Of him, it will show that
bank are two different individuals. You.
mine laid bare to you. It's an introduc-
tion, not gold, IN conspiring for
The cashier had nothing further to
say. When they entered the bank to-
gether he saw the clerks all busily at
work and knew that no startling event
girl had gone direct to the manager s
room and thither the young men fol-
lowed her. The bank manager was
standing at his desk trying to pre-
serve a severe financial cast of counte-
nance which the twinkle in his eyes
, u - IL cdr, hol ox1I-
IDENTIFY been giving him rapid sketch
of what had occurred but now fell into
f. silence when accuser and accomplice
appeared. -
The advent of the Englishman was a
godsend to the manager. He was. too
courteous gentleman to laugh in the
face of lady who very seriously was
relating set of incidents which ap-
pealed to his sense of humor, SO the
coming Of the lieutenant enabled him to
| switch off his mirth on another subject
and in reply to the officers cordial
"Good morning, Mr.. Norton" he re-
piled:
| "Why, lieutenant, I IN delighted to
see you. That was a very jolly song
you sang for us last night: II never
forget it. What do you call ita Whit
tington Fair?'' And he laughed out,
right, as at genial recollection.
The lieutenant blushed red as a girl
and stammered:
HReally, Mr.. Morton, you know
| that 8 not according to the rules of evi
dence. When a fellow comes up fol-
trial, previous convictions are never al
lowed to be mentioned till after the
sentence. Whiddicomb Fair should not
be held against me in the present cri
sis. -
The manager ehuekled gleefully. The
cashier, when he saw how the land lay
j had quietly withdrawn, closing the doo1
] behind him.
HWell, lieutenant, i think must
have this incident cabled to Europe,
said Morton, so the effete nations Of