The Washington times., 1909-02-22

TO death any unhappy mortal VINO De
served freezing and who happened 10
stand beneath him in the social or the
financial scale. Peters, on the other
hand, eschewed such puerile tactics. II
was very rarely indeed that anger rose
from its self-contaiHed volcano; but
when Il did arise the object was gener-
ally blasted from the face OF the earth.
Just now Peters face was white and
Hungerford's face was red; and before
the former could continue the latter
was Ieanig forward and saying con-
strained:
Hiram, For Gods sake
'Eh?"
For Gods sake, don't make such an
Internal noise. Peters, We don't want
80 kick up any excitement here! We
don't want to"
II don t care continental damn what
you want. Jim" responded Mr.. Peters.
ats what ] want now, and I want to
know what happened 10 my SON.
well
ITS the first night in his life that
he's been away from home without be
ing accounted for! 1 can't understand /
St! He said he'd be late but l can't /
understand
Mr. HunGerford licked his lips.
Peters. if you'll try TO be quiet. I'D /
III try to make YOU understand it.
viIl-so help me Heaven. =
His voice choked off weakly for |
minute or TWO. But be calm. Hiram |
BE calm"
Mr.. Peters sank back slowly. He |
was calm-altogether too calm just |
now 20 please the bank president. II |
there could be anything more ominous |
than Hiram Peters anger. il was his
enforced calm.
And Mr.. Hungerford also sat back
end raoked his brains for a long, ter
fible minute.
How in thunder was he going to get
Ht Fl? The harder he thought, the
more tangled the proposition sp
peared, until finally he said namely
'Thst-that man who just left
what about him."
Hes a detective"
Il know he is His names Bovine.
What's that got to do with my boy.
Hungerford?"
swell. you see-there's been q rob
berry here-there was one early this
morning"
"Ahl''
SOMEBODY got into the big vault
and carried of about all the negotiable
paper we had there,
They did?" Peters sat up.
-And they also smashed the watch
mans head in"
xii HIM"
Hes in the hospital now-uncon-
scious. They don't know when he's
coming around. or If he's coming
around at au!'
Get away with much?"
'I-we're not certain as yet Just
hold in moment. Peters"
Hungerford was sparring hard for
He grabbed the interior telephone
and asked Marshfeld's attendance in
the private office
Msrshfeld hurried in very promptly.
His face was gray now and drawn. and
his shaking hands held another sheaf
Of memoranda
How are you getting p" Hunger
ford inquired, abruptly.
TOO accurately altogether. sir" The
cashier glanced at Peters and started
He sent a questioning glance toward MS
chief, and the president said:
go ahead, Marshheld- Nj Peters IL
Es deeply interested as any OF US. GO
on
wei, Two been through everything.
sir. in a hurry-and I'm certain, IN spite
90 that. that there isn't a mistake Of
q hundred dollars. The people who got
in here last night removed bonds and
negotiable paper 20 the amount Of
he glanced al the memOranda-''fve
hundred and two thousand. five hun
dred dollars"
Good God Almighty" calculated
pfr- Peters.
Hungerford sank back with q sicIlly
szniie-
Then it's even little bit worse than
thought" he murmured. IN send for
hsOrf al
For second after second there was
silence 80 the saEctum- Peters frown
deepencr and deepened ana deepened
and then began % smooth away by
slow degrees. Fungerford seemed be-
yeft Of speech for the time-aud Pc
Iers sat forward at last with.
That's the dickens II a mess. Hun
Eerford, but-what has it got 10 do with
Cluett? Where's the boy
Peculiarly or otherwise, there were
times when Mr.. Hungerford's own
anger rose. even in the presence Of mer
more powerful than himself
This seemed to be one OF the times
Tor = dull red sGrged slowly into the
presidents cheeks. His own eyes tool
10 glitteriug quite as spectacuIarIy a..
Peters, lie pursed lis lips, and wheI
his voice came the tones were very
quiet
1T has just this TO do with CIuett,'
ne said. distinctly. Last night the bo,
started down here 10 store away IL,
bonds th2J we had been checking up "a
my home. This morning The WatchmaI
vas found nearly dead and the yaul
had been looted
'Hungerford -
"One moment Huugerford grew
harder by the instant. "Cluett was IN,
only person likely 20 be I'm the bank a
that time % night. with a fun know
edge % the banks possessions an,
workings CIuett was the only man
outside Of Marshdeld and myself. VIII
could have walked in here. Cluett wa
the only man IN the place. beside
Marshfield. who could have opened tina
vault single handed and found his va
into the cOmparments-by duplicat
keys or otherwise, Cluett--'
But YOU internal ass Peters shout
Cd. You've got . ume-lock on you
vault. No human being could
Just one more moment! Cluett Sc