The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-02-05

For the first month or
SO of the fair there was nothing to do
but lounge about the ONCE and. like
Mr.. Micawber, wait for something to
turn up. The four of us who were
|assigned to this monotonous duty soon
grew weary of the inactivity and were
On the point Of asking for a transfer,
when an excellent imitation of the ten
dollar goldpiece made its appearance
IN large numbers. After that. none Of
1.-THE four Of us had any cause for COM
kplaint on the score Of stagnation.
Saunders and McGrath, two of my
companions. by means of a miserably
bcrawled. anonymous note to the chief
police, secured information of mys-
Drious boxes coming by night to a
Ank. and 1t required but small
Z of the Imagination to evolve a
bt in which the great financial mag
hte, the president Of the bank. was
e central fgure, regardless Of his
kh social standing, his reputed fabu-
hs wealth. and his irreproachable
y hracter.
II selected the cashier at the fac
ry as my man, and Murphy took the
Her of the bank. the man who made
the payroll each week. For ten
hys we shadowed them with dogged
ersistency. They were both men Of
he town and both were members of
he better class of clubs and moved
the most exclusive circles OF So
iety. These matters rather strength
hned than weakened our suspicious,
Tor neither of the men was wealthy.
and playing society is an expensive
game at best.
But in all our pursuit and In all the
lavish expenditures of these young
|spendthrifts not once did either Of
them pass or attempt to pass one Of
the counterfeit coins, SO far as We
could gather. don't think they could
have done 10 without its being dis
covered, 50 thoroughly did We track
Them in every turn and move they
made during the period we had them
hnder observation. They lived to-
Eether in 4 handsomely furnished
HAT, with 4 small army Of servants,
Ind they entertained lavishly. Their
liable was of the best and their wines
tf tho rarest vintages.
Wetescided that nothing was to be
ained " shadowing them further. SO
be left them to their frivolous social
luties. About this time Saunders and
dcGrath came tagging home. convoy
Big the bank president, tuckered out
Ind disgusted with their fruitiess jour-
ey.
The night of their return Murphy
Nd / held q conference with them,
which it was practically agreed that
e bank president was innocent, and
at there was nothing else to do but
Ike him into our confidence and
lake the bank itself our point Of oper-
ion.
Il watched the teller very carefully
at week, and especially on the day
hen he made up the payroll for the
ctory, which was called for by
kunders. The sack contained both
Id and silver. but there was not a
hgle coin in the lot which had not
EN- given birth legitimately at some
e of the governments mints. Saun-
q
| rs made sure Of this before the sack
| lched the factory.
| The cashier. a man named Powell,
/ the teller both kept close watch
bn me while worked in the big
l nlt, as was their duty, and this
Il re me scant opportunity to investi-
j ke the sacks of gold piled away in
bretentious row on low shelf. In
= wing them. thought that some
med lighter in weight than others,
II rs this would be valuable informa
Il If true, I hit upon what thought
a rather ingenious way Of deter
hing If my surmise was correct.
conq0 Hing my pen-knife in the hol
of my hand. with the blade open.
Elected one of the sacks Of ten-dol-
coins yhich seemed to be lighter
some of its mates, and. rs l