The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
WHOLE NO. 1856

tOuiu HUH NCi ipils IL might DS
necessary to tie his hands and feet"
"Bravor | cried There's more in
that little head of yours than In the
heads of ten men. Where aid you get
such ideas? One would think you had
worked with the police
"Oh. | don't know about such
things" was the modest reply. These
common sense"
Common sense! They're just the
thing. You're idea of keeping the
funds in the tin box is n bright one.
No one could keep us all covered at
once, and some one of us might very
likely have a chance to pick up the
box and skip. You. being woman,f
to get away with It."
ooh. would be too frightened to do
anything like that"
l was not prepared for so much fore
thought in this modest girl. After all,
l thought, would not n woman who
has had the energy and pluck to come ,
out here to earn her own living in-
otN"u Va ciANihS at hphG
ing for husband make better wife
for me than the girl had been think I
Ing of? l was very much inclined to :
continue my caresses, to be wound up
with an honorable proposal of mar
riage.
got Il tin box out of the vault and,
scraplng together all the loose funds
necessary for making payments during
the day. put them In 1t and placed it
under the paying tellers desk In order
that he could use 1t without continual
/ ly running outside his compartment
for it. But after 1t had been filed and
placed In position Imogen suggested
that while there 1t would be handy for
the teller 1t would not be handy for
the person who was to snatch 1t up
and run away with 1t. l therefore
placed It under n small table by the
back door through which II was to be
carried In case of attack. also
bought a few yards of quarter inch
rope, which | deposited In a closet.
The only thing remaining to be done
was to see that the revolvers we kept
In the different drawers were loaded
and In good condition. These things
having been attended to, dismissed
the matter from my mind.
My thoughts dropped from war to
love. l had problem to settle Would
l or would l not propose to Imogen
Bradley? resolved to ask her from
what part of the east she came and to
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question one day carelessly, that she
might not suspect my intention, and
she gave me the name of a college
town In Massachusetts. knew no
one there, 30 l was no better off than
before. The truth is l was pining for
her, and II seemed to me that would
rather be marrying her than her fam
lily. So l never wrote. ! was satisfied
from what | had seen of her that she
was an odd mixture of gentleness,
pluck and natural ability. What more
could | want, especially In rough
country like Nevada?
1t was but a few days after our
preparations to receive Handy Andy
when at II O'Clock the boys broke off
|
the bank myself after opening In the
morning till closing In the evening, al
ways eating a lunch In my private Of
fee. Miss Bradley usually went out
for her dinner, but today she said she
had headache and would not go. She
sat reading newspaper. AS ] MUNICH
ed sandwich | could look at her-so
fair. so pure. so gentle-and made
up my mind | would propose to her
that evening.
Suddenly there was a mans step out
side the fixtures. Imogen looked up
and saw by her expression that she
recognized the conner. A wonderful
| change came over her innocent face,
which took on one Of hard resolution.
| Quickly rising, she Unattached door
leading into the space she occupied. A
masked man stepped in and covered
me with revolver. Imogen darted
to the closet and took out the rope.
and the man who had ordered me to
throw up my hands took 1t from her,
| giving her his revolver, which she
kept pointed at me. The masked man
then proceeded to bind me hand and
foot
This done, he took the weapon from
Imogen She picked up the tin box
containing the bank funds and, turn
Ing TO me. threw me kiss.
That's In return for the one you
gave me-" she said, smiling, land I'm
much obliged to you for saving us the
trouble Of collecting the money, which