The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-09

ormiston sumped back his chair J,
faint glow of hope came into his eyes lie drew
forth roll of bills and them
Eleven hundred ana cghty-nve dollars and
some cents"
Simon Lavincs eyes bulsed Great guns"
whispered Lavnc. you don't mean to say YOU
made that good money. your share-carnca tin
that short time"
Il certainly do" admitted Dan conui;cly
Good Lord groaned Lavnc u wish had
gone in for the queer myself And this is an
you've got. is it. ormistou." n asked.
AL said Dan, and I'll give it 10 you every
cent ii youn let me go"
They sitting III Il secluded corner of tho
room. Lavne rose. stepped the Office and
came ,y gagk with VIII, PEN ink and PAPER
mission" he said.
NO" exclaimed ormis,on
Very well then" replied Luvnc. If You
don't your game is up"
ormiston looked at him keenly VIVA, arc
you going to do with it, he qucrled trembling
I'm going to keep it," said Lavinc. Il want
That and want Your cash-that's all want and
want them for my sake. Do as tell you
or it will be the for YOU
Omission did as nc told and "a half hour
later he left practically pcnniless-but alone
at the little roadside inn. simon Lavinc had Kept
his word so far
DAN Omissions slogan sim was "money to-
SPEND" 1t was slogan that carried him
successfully through life His instinct was TO gel
enough money to live well upon. and he got II
Six months after Lavinc had lei, him al tho
Banknote Company. Never again could he hold
an engraving tool in his hand He had tried it
just once after the horror Of that night. and 10
found that his nerves had destroyed his skill
Otherwise. he was as jaunty ever wearing nan.
ncl trousers during the long summer nghts and
iuNcdos In the winter spending whatever he made
Money TO spend" sun his slogan when
he found himself receiving teller Of the brigh,
little, tight little. sound little River County Trus,
Company.
But it was after nc took dinner AT the pres
dents house one night--after he me, Margery
Aldcrott, the Presidents daughter that his views
began to change His vision cleared. Usually his
memory carried within it the faces OF a dozen
Womcn-now it narrowed down to lie began
to see things as other men had them. As
Nldcroft must have them In his day. ana
suddenly. before he knew 1t. tremendous fact
confronted him-lovo.
Tho night that he realized it for the first
TIME he could not sleep and unconsciously tool:
MN back To that other night when hc had NOT
slept. Tho first night that the croak OF tho old
hunchback rang in his !ic had thought
vaguely before This that ne knew what love Was.
out he had always been mistaken II had snittcn
MIN suddenly taken him quite unawares. 1t had
done something else Tor him. 1t seemed 20 him
somehow that love was a white hot iron that
scared and healed and purified.
7 r was short two weeks after he had met Mar
= gerry Ndcroft that he found himself telling
her about the hundred dollar bill the vintage OF
1902. 1t was the day after that he found himself
rummaGns in the bottom of his trunk for the
newspaper accounts OF the raid upon the counter
letters den But II was not The story of ;hc raid
that he was seeking, it tong list OF
and addresses at The bottom The page.
The name that headed the list was that of
Peter Donnely OF No l6I Maple Avenue of the
Town of K lie copied Tho list carefully on
slip Of paper and put the Slip of paper in his
wallet.
The day after Mr.. Peter ponnclly OF the
Town of X treated 10 a pleasant and
somewhat overwhelming surprise. He received two