The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-02-08
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the old fellow that had missed my
way and been pushed for hours, as
easily might have been. and had never
got to Yea at all. At Yea, on the other
hand, the PRESERVATION and robbery
would ever after be attributed to a
member of the gang that had waylaid
and murdered the new manager with
that very object You are acquiring
some experience in such matters, Bun
ny. ask you, was there ever bet
ter get-out? Last nights was some
thing like it, only never such GER
tainty. And I saw it from the begin
ming, saw to the end before I had fin
lshed my soup.
ITO Increase my chances, the cashier,
who also lived in the bank, was away
over the holidays, had actually gone
down to Melbourne to see us play. and
the man who had taken my horse also
waited at table, for he and his wife
were the only servants, and they slept
in separate building. You may de-
pend ascertained this before we had
finished dinner. Indeed, was by way
of asking too many questions-the most
obliquc and delicate was that which
elected my hosts name, Ewbank-nor
was careful enough to conceal their
drift.
"'Do you know said this fellow
Ewbank, who was one of the down
right sort, if it wasn't you, should
say you We're in a funk of robbers.
Have YOU lost your nerve?'
81 hope not said 1. turning jolly
hot. can tell you, 'but-well. it's not
pleasant thing to have to put Il bull
let through a fellow
"'No?' said he coolly. 4 should en-
JOY nothing better myself. Besides,
yours didn't go through
"'I wish it had! l was smart enough
to cry.
amen said he.
"And l emptied my glass. Actually
I did not know whether my wounded
bank robber was in prison, dead or at
large.
''But. now that had had more than
enough of it, Ewbank would come
back to the subject. He admitted that
the staff was small, but as for himself
he had loaded revolver under his pill
low all night. under the counter all
day, and he was only waiting for his
chance.
"'Under the counter, eh?' I was ass
enough to say.
eyes; SO had your
Gle was looking at me in surprise,
and something told me that to say OF
course; l had forgotten! would have
been quite fatal, considering what l
was supposed to have done, so looked
down my nose and shook my head.
But the papers said you hadv he
cried.
az" Not under the counter said 1.
't'But it's the regulationv
"For the moment, Bunny, fel,
stumped, though l trust only looked
more superior than beforehand think
justified my look.
"'The regulation!' said at length
in the most offensive tone at my COM
mand. Yes, the regulation would have
us all dead men. My dear sir, do you
expect your bank robber to let you
reach for your gun in the place where
he knows it's kept? had mine in my
pocket, and l got my chance by re-
treating from the counter with all Wis
ible reluctance
"Ewbank stared at me with open
uy..s and a 1--WE barred forehead, then
down came his fist on the table.
"I say, that. was smart. STILL, he
added, like a man who would not be
In the wrong, the papers said the 9TH
er thing, you know
"'Of course rejoined, because
they said what told them. You
wouldn't have had me advertise the
fact that improved upon the banks
regulations, would you?'
$50 that cloud rolled over, and, by
Jove, it was cloud with a COLDER
lining-not silver; real good Austria
liam gold, for old Ewbank hadn'
quite appreciated me till then. Ell,
was a hard nut, much older maj
than myself. and felt pretty sure b.
thought me young for the place and
my supposed feat fuke. But
never saw man change his mint
more openly. He got out his bes
brandy; he made me throw away til,
cigar was smoking and opened .
fresh box. He was convivial looking
party, with q red mustache and very
humorous face-not unlike Tom EN-
mett's-and from that moment lait
myself out to attack him on his con
vivial flank. But he wasn't Rosen
thall, Bunny. He had a treble scanned
hand sewed head and could have DRUM
me under the table ten times over.
"'All right thought, you may g
to bed sober, but you'll sleep like ,
timber yardv And l threw half h
gave me through the open window
when he wasn't looking.
But he was good chap, Ewbank
and don't you imagine he was at al
Incorporate. Cornwall called him
and ! only wish he had been some
thing more. He did, however, becom
more and more genial as the evenin,
advanced, and had not much diff
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