The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-07-20
Fortune in a Night.

z ~ ttIiN III q >iSIle'
rking for small wages for a
ok company. My work was
As that had got out of order
9ther odd jobs that required
ia ige of the business. | was
get my affairs in shape to
lid not see much prospect.
home one evening and had
when there was ring at the
"a boy handed me a note. 1t
m the letter head of a big
~lg firm and said that Mr..
-. treasurer of the company |
lad recommended me for a
md asked that | come around
as soon as convenient.
Up my tool bag, which | had
me with me, | went with the
office of the manufacturing
LEASED with the prospect of
tenner, and found there tall
. Gressed man, with gray halr
chop whiskers, and two or
f>s sitting on stools working
Gus books.
open that safe?" asked the
The gray whiskers. We've
work to do here this evening,
4hier, who knows the combi-
.,t out of town this afternoon"
At the name of the maker on
nd made my observations and
the gentleman that | didn't
yay to pick the lock without
hole where | could get at the
and that it would involve con-
Expense to put his safe in
uaer again.
r mind the expense, he said
fly Il have got to put in a bid
e on a hundred thousand rifles
my, on which I'll make half a
The specifications are all in
aust get them out and go over
that they are all right. The
p in any detail will throw
t Come, get to work."
mr. my brace and bits, adjusted
Vas soon at work. Now, as |
tcurred to me that here was
F.. nifty of my life. If this gen
dependent for his half mil
o get him into the safe, why
have more than a beggarly
' ill? | saw that he was i'm
thought ! might get an Of
be work within a given limit
aid," said, "'this is going to
hit job
-, young man" said the gen.
is there anything you want
! hat costs a lot more money
ee got?'
'h-re is" | replied, 81 want a
ant give you girl"
yet the girl quick enough if l
ing to marry on.
said the gentleman biting my
sae, How soon can you guaran-
.ra that safe if it's made worth
ia 10 hurry"
--4uarters of an hour"
we'll. If you'll do it in that
give you $1,000. If you do it in
mGtes I'll make it S., 000."
me bit of writing for that, -
AID without waiting for him to
gan to drill furiously, my
anng terrible sound.
rkins," said the gentleman to
. clerks, take the typewriter
. my dictation.''
he clerks sat down at a type
lchine and wrote out a con-
lger the agreement made with
len it was finished the gentle
it and gave it to me. | was
to be fooled, so | stopped
@ read it.
al the bottom of it," l said,
y to be paid before the said
'lEeway leaves this office"
the paper to his mahogany
vgote what | required, while /
riiiing.
ny nave to make all that noise?"
n"i. Cant you put some oil
hing on your drill. They'll
itsiie there's a burglary going
.e, If they come in to investi-
nave to explain, and there
Z a lot of delay"
faster | work." said, "the
ise. "
Perkins, you go on typewriting.
md what you write. Make clat-
gh to drown this boring"
lght, SIR And the young man
) pound the keys SO hard that I
ne would break something.
working like a beaver when the
an came and stood over me,
: me. Suddenly my brace Slip
as | was pressing hard against
topping position l lost my bal
d fell against him. Something
at my feet. l picked it up and
soft smoothness of wax. The
an snatched it from me, and
looking up at him, l readjusted
e and went to work again.
lngular how quick the reasoning
will develop results in ones
In less time than it takes to tell
made a deduction. This "gen-
was a fake. He was made up
mate the head of the concern.
wearing a wax nose. / had
nm and it had fallen off his
lad ! looked up l would have
with his own natural nose, but
ald have betrayed the fact that