Middletown transcript., 1906-07-07

up u SHcCb VI l1esSoA esta.s- fS.sse<eee
between the rollers Of the type
writer, then adjusting the lever
that controlled the rowof figures
and symbols, her skilled fingers
played upon the keys as follows !:
50 =, 1878 fo*$(67 s 6
. 27*6.
Stop, exclaimed the man; write
what / dictate to you.
Jennie did not remove the
sheet, but merely rolled II up q
little, her heart now bounding
with hope. She looked at him,
pausing in her manipulation OF
the instrument.
He dictated:
'.The Fidelity Trust and Sale Deposit Co. ):
Please deliver to bearer the package
containing twenty-five Northern Ohio
Railway bonds, skies. left in yonr keep
ing by Mr.. McWlihams.
Now add "Yours truly" and
sign your name.
When this was done, he com:
manded: Next, one Of Mr.. Nc
Williams's Office envelopes, ad-
dressed to the company.
Venie saw that she had no or
binary william to deal with, and
reluctantly procured an envelope
which she addressed to:
". HUBER, Fidelity Trust and
Safe Deposit Co.
The man glanced at it and nod
ded his head in approval; then he
said, I regret to have to be dis
| courteous to you, but it cannot be
helped. Remember, an outcry
will be fatal.
Even as he spoke, he fastened
the girls wrists with a pair of
handouts. Then he used a gag,
to prevent her from calling out.
Finally he tied her person to a
hollow iron pillar in the center
of the room. It was all done
dexterously, in much less time
than is required to tell it; and
I fFFiitthlieHtt # iithli tzfE further words the rascal
was off, having locked the door
with a key found in the lock, as
well as having sprung the dead
latch.
The time seemed interminable
to Venie, but it was really not
more than five minutes before
she heard someone turn the door
knob, and whoever was there
tried several times to open the
door. She presumed it was
Danny. but was unable to utter
sound.
The gag was decidedly uncom-
Portable, and her confinement
disagreed BILE; however, Venie had
not lost nerve in her strange
plight, and her only thought was
to attract Danny's attention, so
he would devise some plan of en-
tering the room; in this way the
thief might yet be defeated in his
scheme. But Venie forgot that
the Fidelity" building was less
than square distant, and that
unless long line of patrons pre-
ceded him he had probably re-
ceived his booty already; that is,
if Vicky had failed to compre-
hend the situation.
Fortunately, the girls feet
were free, and she discovered
that she could strike the cast
iron post with her boot heels, even
though she could not walk, so
she tapped vigorously, hoping to
impress the person at the door
that the room had an occupant.
Are you there, Miss Bell9
queried Danny.
There was no response but a
peculiar clicking sound.
Is anything the matter with
you? asked Danny.
There was another emphatic
tap, just one, which Danny was
shrewd enough to interpret as
"Yes," and he lost no time in
planning to find out the trouble. |
He argued with the ianitor that
it would be an easy matter to |
climb out one of the windows in |
the next Office, crawl along the
cornice in front, and enter the
McWilhams office through the |
window. But before he could |
carry out his idea clerk from
the Fidelity building came
hurrying up the stairs.
When the bearer" of Venie,s
order reached the Safe Deposit
rooms, he handed his valuable
envelope TO the proper clerk.
That officer was about to open it,
when be noticed with some sur
prise that it bore Miss Huber,s
name, and he handed it to her in
stead. t
Vicky took it, recognizing the
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