Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-02-08
HER KNIGHT
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- .. FLETCHER ROBINSON


liannan aaid our millionaire must
Tbare was q man--we will call nam
Jack sabin--wno was bank cletk.
he was d tall thin fellow with q nea'
brown mustache. He had Q soou
natnred way with him that made MN
yery popular id fthe office and out y
4 lack had affair voice. too, ana ms
singing brought him friends,
"When Jack Sabin got marrleoTsue
was 4 pretty little typewriter. ana nus
friends thought he might nave uo
better-he went to live outside tns
citys - coh,n
was standing on the platform, waiting
for the six o'clock local, when ne saw
bis bank manager coming toward mn Y,
The manager beckoned him OUT y Wy
crowd into a quiet corner.
"T am going west tonight on tne
six ten, said the manager. 4 nac 9us'
left nv house, when l met Rupe Aluen
Rube had a lot Of money on him-some
$1,000 in gold and notes. He had oeen
ID the bank, found it closed ana So
came on to see me. He refused 70 "
home without passing the STUN ovet'
and / didn't like to make trouble about
4. / have it with me now, but cant
90 travelling around with bagiui OF
dollars that don't belong to me. !
want you to take care OF II to-nignt'
You can pay it in tomorrow morning
when the bank opens"
"'Yes, SIR said Sabin.
"With which the old man handed
over the canvas bag. The clerk tied
II around his waist, buttoning MS
ulster over it.
at had struck six while they were
talking, and Sabin's train was gone.
It was nigh upon so minutes past ms
usual time when he knocked at ms
door.
"His wife noticed he was troubled
over something, and during supper sne
began to question MIN about It. IneD
he came out with the whole story
They had q conference together as e
where was the best place to hide tne
r,oaey. and finally decided that they
M. Id stow it under her dresses IN tne
bedroom. They did this together,
1T was close upon half-past eight
when there came knock at the door
| sapin answered it, to find q TELEGRAPH
boy on the porch, shaking the snow
of him. The telegram ran like this
must see you tonight Urgent.
WALLACE
"Wallace was the name Will CIV
70 the president Of Sabin's bank
"The husband and wife stood starinI
at each other across that telegram
We'll, MaisieY said he.
4" You must go, dear, she told him
.He agreed. He ran upstairs an
came down with his revolver, whic
he gave, to her. She was to sit IN tn
! bedroom with the outer door locke
and the shutters barred. Under no,cil
cumstances was she to admit anyone
.'Mrs. sabin locked the. door, put II
/ key In her pocket and walked upstaiE
to her bedroom.
ashe sat BY the stove, with the lam
at her elbow, trying to read; but 50
might have been holding the book W
side down for all the sense she got o.
of 1t.
aAbout half an hour had gone BY
she had brought the clock from y
: narlor and studied every move Of II
minute hand-when there came
knock at the outside door, loud ra
tat, tat, with the end Of stick, as
some one was in a hurry.
+ isMrs. Sabin crouched down, tren
y hing and listening, like hunted beas
II and then, in sudden resolution. ran
. the window. She pulled the blind tv
, inches.
s ssWhat do you want?" she asked.
r AZ man turned and stared at he
ri caunt. desperate, starving-that
d about what he seemed.
). "'Let me in.
. "T shall do nothing Of the sort
- have revolver here. II you do n
" 70 away shall lre.'
ID 'sHe laughed like a soul in former
10 rocking his body to and fro. I ha
le been tramping 1t through the stor
n. since sundown,' he said. I am as ne
s. dead now as q man can be; frozen a
a. starved. For the love Of charity,
ae me in out Of this
"There are other houses e nj
down the road she said, with q NJ
suspicion at his perseverance, w
Its don't you 60 there?'
as "For answer he lifted his arms
be her with a pitiful gesture. I'm bei
b. he said. II you do not let me n
'ea shah die at your door
he ~sThen die, she said, shutting
W. window.
ne "Ten, is minutes went By without
Of aound save the moaning Of the 81
as she peeped around the Blind once mo
sly before the door was a black smut
be IN the soft carpet Of the snow. It '
10 the body Of the tramp Had be L
the truth, after AM Was ahs inds
refusing refuge 10 the dyingi
..she opened the window with
v. cautious hand. He never moved.
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