The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-11
THE $40 BILL
4 Story With Smart Roy and
speedy ssAutO's In 1t.

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when return. I'll--well. there's no
use boasting. I wanted to get to
town and here's the very excuse /
needed"
But you amt got no clue nor no
thin"
Maybe / have, Abb"
Guess there's lot O. fellers in the
city with hump noses an a stammer. !,
There's only one of them that /
want, Alb. What do you say?"
Why, go ahead, Jim, an do what
you please. II you git the money
back you can keep half. I'm puff
feckly willin' to pay five for my
experience
"All right, Alb. I'm off,"
"Goodby, Jim. Good luck" And
as the boy hurried across the street
and turned the corner he muttered:
That's a dunn smart boy. He ought
to been up to town long ago."
He would have been greatly sur
prised If he had seen Jim hurry
around to the front of the Farmers
Bank and Chamber into a light auto
mobile and seat himself by John Met
calf. And instantly the machine
moved away and turning at a sharp
angle took the road that led up the
long hill to the westward.
This is mighty kind of you,
john" said the boy.
Jnhn Mofoo wee A.
bank. the son of its honored presi-
dent, the Hon. Simon Metcalf, but
everybody called him John.
Not a bit of it," John replied. ST
was going out for ride, anyway.
and here you give me a chance ito
combine business with pleasure. I'd
be willing to give something hand
some to know that that fellow was
caught. I'd bet anything he's been
making tour the country and drop
ping those bills wherever he found
the chance. It's the most dangerous
counterfeit ever saw
"But do you think we can head
of the train, John?'
Yes, do-unless something
breaks. Amt she little daisy !?
Watch her eat up this hill"
John held fast to his hat and
stared ahead.
She'll all right, John; Paul Ged-
ney's pacing mare amt in it,
wait till she strikes the road be-
yond Harrington's. She'll fly!
The boy wrinkled his forehead.
It's twenty-five mile run across
to Latona, john
Barring breaks, TIL do it in for
| ty-f1ve Minutes
The boy whistled.
THE train don'tsequal that, John. =
| The train has just twenty-seven
minutes the start of us. 1t stops at
Genoa, Kinsman, Wingville and Carl
ton before it reaches Latona. Then
there's the switch-back around Bald
| Hill and the long trestle over the
| Brimfeld marsh. And I'm counting,
too, on a hot box on the baggage
car. / saw the engineer down look
| ing at it. Besides we are saving Just
nine miles by this short cut over the
| hills
You've got it all figured out,
john
used to figures, you know-and
this machine of mine has set me fig
uring along new lines. There we
did that last mile in eighty-six Sec
onds She's hummer, all right"
They rode along little while in
silence, the cashiers eyes on the road
ahead and John watching the road
and the chauffeur alternately
First time you've been to the city,
isn't it, JIM"
Yes
big place. Easy to get lost"
I'LL carry tag" laughed the boy.
| What are you going to do when
you get there?"
Going to find this counterfeiting
fellow first-if I can
| You'll find him on the train, no
doubt-unless something scares him,
and he gets off this side of the city.
| But that isn't likely. Don't let him
bluff you. He's mighty slick, of
course, anu IL ue Can lOOl you or
! brighten you, he'll do it"
II suppose he will But I'm going
to be ready for him. Forewarned,
you know"
| Eyes, know. / haven't forgotten
| how you tackled the crazy old chap
who thought he could hold up the
bank last summer
The boy laughed.
THAT was luck" he said. The fell
| low didn't see me. Besides. he was
not any match for me.
But he had gun
! The boy laughed again.
| It wasn't pointed my way
Well, you relieved my mind a
good deal when you downed the fel-
low and took the gun away from him.
was thinking pretty fast there for
a moment or two. You know we had
/ $40, 900 in cash in the safe at that
very moment" He paused. Got
enough money with you, Jim?'
s Guess SO. Anyway, I've got a
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