The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

town is no good. I'm going TO pull up
stakes. That $4,000 will come in handy
out in Colorado Then he laughed
again. told him the loss OF tina t
money would be serious to the man
| who owned the bank, but he didn't
| carc. told him II meant that there
would be stain on my name, for
had lent the money TO him. but his
sesa:ed to think that was no concern
OF MS. We were standing near tho
door, and closed it and locked 1t be.
fore ne realized what I was about
Then with the key in my i,and. l turned
and said few things TO him. One o.
the things was that Id get that money
or there would be a funeral. we stood
| looking into each others eyes a few
| moments, and then he lost his courage
ami begged me not to do anything rash
lie thought had a gun then, but !
only had the big key had taken from
! the lock. Where's tho money! j
asked. 4 haven't got IT, he replied
as GSd is my judge, haven't got IT,
~ went behind the counter and got
real gun, and when got Ii put II
on him for the moral effect it would
nave. The moral effect OF gun in the
hand OF determined man Is excellent
Mr.. Thompson, can Assure YOU. Next
vert outside and showed the muzzle
q
cattlenan and told hin, u throw up
his han6s. lie threw them up Just as
high s they would go. While they
We're UP | went through him There
wasn't q dollar in his pockets, and he
didn't have on the money belt that hs
sometimes wore. II the money was
anywhere. ii was at his home; so
decided to go there His pony was
hitched outside the bank, but Mr.. lack.
I l. =
move while l was unlocking the door
| We walked across the prairie to his
home. II was long trip, and he had
10 walk in front Of ms. When we go,
to his house ] made him turn every
drawer upside down, the bed inside out
and even overturn his woodpile. There
was not hiding place on the ground
floor or the attic that l did not make
him explore. while stood By. gun in
hand. AS a last resort took him
into the cellar There was lot Of
junk there. and he raked that over
In the pile OF junk was a keg
IN the keg found the missing
| money. Mr.. Thompson there was no
more doubt in my mind when start
ed over the prairie with that man
Jackson that 1 would get the money
he owed that there is that I am
going to get from you the securities
that belong to us. would not let
jackson rob that bank in Nebraska
and I'll not let you rob this bank IN
New York. Human nature Is the same
in the West as 1t Is In Wall Street 4
thief is thief the world over. am
the same man to-day that 1 was In
those early days. You are another
Jackson. want an order on you1
managing clerk TO turn over to us all
the securities that are in your safe
There was $3.50 in that eeg and I re-
turned to Jackson what belonged to
him after our debt had been liqui-
dated, just as I'll return to you what
belongs TO YOU after We get what be-
longs to u.s.
I'll not be intimidated," said
Thompson. who showed on the sur
face a spirit of defiance he did not
really feel.
"Intimidatcd?' said the banker IN
timidate you? Why, you craven crea-
ture. you are trembling with fear
now
Once more Thompson started to rise
and once more when the banker was
ordered TO sit down he sank back into
his chair
For two or three minutes Thomp-
son sat and stared a the president,
or looked about the room. There were
no decorations on the walls, for the
room was severely plain. The desk,
with its equipment, a stock ticker, a
hat and coat rack and few chairs
were all the furnishings Of the pri
vatc office. Once when the president
opened drawer Thompson saw
shining object within that made him
shudder.
The stiffness Of tho sound proof
room tho calm OF tho man at the
desk and the turmoil he had been
through during tho day began TO affect
the visitors nerves. He could hear the
ticking Of the watch in his pocket and
mechanically he began to count tho
beats. Then he studied the face Of the
man at the desk, and somehow he could
sec In his minds eye that same i'm
placablc man. pistol in hand, march.
ing across tho Nebraska prairio and
searching for the money in the cat
tleman's house, Then he got to won
daring who had been thn traito,, ,,.,,o