Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-29
By E. W. HORNUNc

eyes and a five barred forehead. then down came his fist on the table. say, that was smart. Still he added. like q man who would not be i Tn the wrong, the papers said the oth-
 pr thing. you know
 of courSe,' 1 rejoined, .because thcF said what I told them. You
 wouldn't have had me advertise the fact that 1 improved upon the banks
 regulations, Wo"ll vou:'
 So that cloud raled over. and. hy JoTe. 1t was a cloud wlth a golden Ih1ng-not silver: real good Austrl-
 ilau sold, for old EWbank hadn't
 qu1e apbre ec.;:tcd ne till then. He
 was |, hard nat, a much older man than myself, and felt pretty sure lie thought me young for the place and
 my supposed feat q fuke Rat never saw man change his mind
 more openly. He got out his best brandy; Ac made me throw away the cigar l was smoking and opened 4 fresh box. He was q e&uv;;vi:l iool,.se party. With q red r.l,s4s1,.n ard d vcl.y. humorous faco-nat unlike Tom Eal- mettS-and from that noment I la;d myself ont to attack him on his con. viYial flank, But he wasn't koseu- tl"il, Bunny. He had Il treble seane,l. hand seWed he;,.. ..iil cos..G have drunk ne unt'er the table tc.: tines over,
 "'-All riss,it.' I t.i5 .e''t :. .72" 1ney go to tnd s.znr but votel, sleep like q tinker Hafd' And l threw half he gave nae through the open window when lie wasn't looking
 'bat he was a good chap. Ewbank, ana Cont you Imagine he vas at all illtemperate. Convivial 1 called hi,n ant only wish he had been some thing Bore He li1. however. become more and mo"e genial as the evening
 aGV&.9aed, and had not much diff culty in getting him to show me round
 t}!e F1Hk at what was really an un
 earthly hour for such d proceeding
 IL Was when he Went to fetch the re volver beieHe tt.rA.ng in kept hin
 out of Lis lzE. ,ulotser twenty minutes. 1 ard knew every inch of the business premises before l shook hands with
 EWbalk ill my room.
 You won't guess what I did with myself for the next hour. 1 undressea and went to bed The incessaut strain involved in even the most deliberate 1 lmpersonatioa is the most wearing thing I know Then how much more so when tte impersonation is i'm promptu. There's no getting your eye in. The next word may bowl you out. It's batting in bad light all through.
 haven't told you of half the tight places was in during a conversation that ran into hours and became dan.
 gerously intimate toward the end You can imagine them for yourself. and then picture me spread out on my bed. getting my second wind for the big | deed of the night
 "Once mere was in luck. for had rot been lying there long before heard my dear Ewbank snoring like harmonium. and the music never ceased for moment It was as loud
 as ever when l crept out and closed my door behind me, as regular as
 ever when I stopped to listen at his. And I have still to hear the concert that I shall enjoy more. The good fellow snored me out of the bank and
 was still snoring when ] again stood and listened under his open window.
 Why did leave the bank first? To
 catch ant saddle the mare and tether
 her in Il elump of trees close by-to have the means of escape nice and handy before I went to work. have often Wondered at the instinctive wis
 dom of the precaution. Unconscious ly was acting on what has been one nf my ~nitling principles ever since.