The Nevada County picayune., 1911-07-28

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 Before Rand could speak, the pnr- tieres parted and in the CssSzaTag stood Marie Anderson, very white mud drawn up to her full height. xn unSr hand she extended the packet wstas the typewriter slip still on the ent
 Father" she said slowly, in z Ryw. tense voice, "here are the bonds gsy accident l just found them in a jar on the sideboard."
 With surprising quickness Aafer. son drew out a drawer in the safssa at which he sat. snatched up a ruEztsy CT, and fired point blank at Rand, aisc had vaulted the table to rcaeas e7s1n- But the Indian was before hsEn 4eagE knocked up the muzzle ag asssy | revolver from behind. The nug3gt struck the ceiling and the rsgz9 5k- | stant Anderson was on the floor, Exlys- | less in the bearlike clasp Of tha Esg | red man.
 Take the gun away from hirs uutt set him on the chair again, Tom, said Rand, as if nothing had happen ed. He returned to his own sezss, and We too sat down
 In fifteen seconds the smoke aEaat- l ing about the ceiling was tlse oa8y 1 sign of the crisis just passed Rand | began again:
 "In order to give you an epportu- I nity to recover your compUears bss | fore you begin writing, MT. AHSaexso7 and to prevent your indulging zn any l iol, will fayH l>.<s evidence against you You hgfgxe13 your brother-in-law, Nelson, nsaae the time-lock on the vault ordered for thes Municipal Bank in 1890. Yo@ insert ed in the journal of the main stand ard of the clock works 8 seeqa sfixr instead of a brass one, knowing tfsaf the steel against steel would make n friction that would wear out bofh in several years time By meaKgs sf a second time-lock accurately saaysaicaf- ed. and which, if I am not msstaEen. is ticking away in that black box ora the mantel behind you. you were ahie to tell very nearly the very hour when you could turn back the tsssis af l the Municipal vault without Fes or hindrance. When your brother fa txw died. you sold his patents to the cam pany, returned to New York. and he- i gan to live for the hour when ypta. could help yourself to whatever ypm wished You stopped drinking and settled down. You went into tase scAl estate business. because you ssxsgd2 obtain in that manner perznnnent hold on Hanahan, the watckusmn At the Municipal, whom you alreasy knew. When you found that nkDuf the time you were ready to mAko your haul, George Rhodes wous4 bss the young man in charge of the vault. you called him to the house on a prs- text and made him acquainted with your daughter and encouraged Aria visits that you might get from him in your chats. bit by bit. krowleise of just what to put your hand ON kia the short time you were in the vault, xnd how to conceal the theft long enough for you to convert the securities Your one mistake was in giving SO fiimsy a pretext to Mir. Duncan for calling him up and retaining him
 What you really wanted was to be | from Mir, Duncan so that you would always know how close he was on sa,U, track of the real thief Few mem rny attorneys $500 retaining fees to per suade young men who really lore their daughters from dragging tbem into a scandal which does noe xaxcn- tially concern the daughters at bxsr
 On Sunday night q week ag0 yan, went to the bank, as your dup,iieure time-lock showed you the steel disc was worn so thin jar on the dSsua would cause the standard to drop and the lock to release. Hanahan. xs he told me an hour ago, went across tho street for some tobacco that Hunaas night. leaving you in the Danx. In ninety seconds you had opened the vault, taken the right packet. cpenec, the case of the time-lock. replaced ahe. disc with brass one. closed tnr czsxr and closed the vault. but-you rs,x. lessly dropped this worn disc uu thes | floor!
 You used the bonds as corsaferns to buy stock. not as speculation. ] but as an investment that would eoas- eeal the bonds. and by chance ehoss Overland Pacific at low fgnre ants IL rose. You thought best to take your profits. and only your greed prss- vented you from returning the ssoxstis to Rhodes by mail. You hid fh~ bonds in jar, just like fooftss nsff woman. MT. Smith does not wtah to l prosecute you and expose his spgcu- | lations. Since MT. Smith and MT Duncan doubtless have other engage ments tonight kindly write as \ rer quested few minutes ago"
 Muttering objurgations In hSs aa- tive tongue. Anderson wrote the two 1 drafts. Rhodes being for moro ttxss one hundred thousand, and bp1ss. Rhodes and Smith receipted gsratsaa,