The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-01-03

| O'clock but 1t did not stop Graham
would not have been i'll the office ut
I'LL, only he had some money in the safe
and had received orders by wire tc
sleep In the station that night.
He did not know how much there
was 1t had come in Il sealed package
locked in Il small pouch. He knew IL
was pay day on the new branch then
building ON the LIST. and this was the
3lSt.
why can't they send Il pay car
asked Graham of himself,
Too COMPOUNDED mean" he muttered
The hours dragged slowly, but era
ham found some solace In thinking Of
Miss Delaine.
Miss pelaine was from Chicago. Sht
was visiting the daughter of Silas
Jones. whom she had met at school.
Miss Jones was tall, big and strong
Miss DelaHe was dainty.
Miss Jones. with the advantage of heI
boarding school wears. dressed well.
Miss Delaine dressed better.
Graham had suddenly felt Il peculiar
sensation when Miss Dclaine got off
the local ut Naomi He knew that Silas
was going To have company. lie had
no idea the company was built more
ON the hcetng vision plan than any
other
IF Silas don't feed that girl UP he
L., Of. 4 tpaI, n,
had said She's almost gone now"
Graham was Il husky fellow and had
been ut Naomi two months when Miss
Delaine appeared As Graham board.
ed with Silas he had an opportunity to
study her we'll
NO more turkey hunts while shes
here he grumhled t. himself
Miss pelane took the grumbIe out
of him when she proposed shoot, and
the three went to the scrubs. and Miss
Delame brought down five to his three
and Miss Jones one
Miss Delane proved to have more
get UP and get IN her diminutive body
than Graham acknowledged III his five
feet ten She could box big Miss Jones
all over he barn tloor; she could climb
Il cherry tree in IL light summer frock
and come down rs neat as she went
up. she could swim better than Miss
Jones and dive as deep as Graham.
She could play the most charming
waltzes and sing the prettiest songs
She had not been nj Naomi two weeks
before She Was singing in the choir
and Graham made the narrowing dis
coNery that he sang bass.
So on this night Graham consolet
himself by thinking gloomy thought,
about Miss Belainc
I'd be II fool TO ask her and brute
to expect her to accept If / did ask ,
He said this with almost Il groan
"Why couldn't 1t have been FAM
Fan VAS Miss Jones' But, no; she'll
marry Larkins, and If Miss Delaine
was poor I'd marry her"
lie knew she was rich She had Of
ten spoken about Our railroad" james
Delainc WAS president Of the Q. and Il.
Disconsolate, he smoked his pipe. He
wondered how much money there was
In the safe He knew the payroll must
be long
lie had read last sundays paper II
dozen times and gone off To sleep and
nearly fallen off the chair which he had
tilted back lie bad left the door open
for air The night was warm.
Hello there. young Teller" came Il
voice. He turned toward the door and
looked into the barrel Of II big revolver.
Hold up your hands,
"Er = am agent here" stammered
Graham.
"Oh, we know that. You keep yer
mouth shut. Wen do the rest"
Il won't submit to robbery. if that Is
what you mcan." said Graham.
Robbery, ch? Won't submit. ehP
We'll. young Teller. We don't look much
like Il fool. Under the circumstances
| wouldn't advise yer to be one even If
ye do know how. I've got two partners
here. and the first yawp out Of We will
mean game o shootin' big. Now.
Jim"
Another Fellow came in and went
through Grahams pockets.
Nov, young feller,' said the leader
after Jim had deposited an express re-
volycr on the table, Just tell us the
combination TO that safe"
II refuse"
What did / say about beln' fool?
Say, I'll give You three minutes to
make UP your mind You'll either give
us the combination or I'll put hole
through you. Now, one"
Graham was silent,
Jim was working ut the safe. The
third came ia and grlnned at the pic
ture Graham made,
tI'retty boy" he said
'"Thrce."
Graham opened his mouth to speak.
"Aln't no use sayiu anything unless
rs the combination
Jaw. Kill him. We can blow open
the safe"
Graham knew that these men meant
business, They would as soon take "a
life as eat. He could see his revolver
lying where Jim had placed 1t.
II only he could divert the leaders
attention while he grabbed his own re
volyer he would take chance. era
ham was no coward. He fixed his eyes
on the door, nodding to some imag-
mary person behind the leader. The
bandit laughed.
"See that, Bill? He don't know how
old that trick is. Young Teller, that
trick was old before you were born.
Give us another"
at IS no trick" shouted Graham. II
nm not afraid OF You, but don't let tina
bear in here"
He looked frightened. The one call
ed Bill looked. Graham had moved a
tcw steps forward
Are you goin' TO open that safeY"
Il tell You to shoot him." said Bill.
Hes tried to fool us twice. No bear
outside"
Graham could see the desperate