The daily Alaskan., 1912-03-11
MISS MAVERICK
By ALAN EwEEssURY

 mines and opened a bang The cooa- ty round aoeu, was pretty lawless, , but Spetsweod wss. fog mining town very respectable place There was caurch. ueal coart of law. and hui few citizens went armed F found t aiflcait to get clerks, for the young meu who came there from ciysiized to- j cagiies rrefcrred to engage ia miniag ] go working en a salary.
 One day a ccmely young woman ! about twenty-seren years old came iuto tse bank and asked Jor position She sala tlsat she bad graduated at a , busncss college ia the east where she l haa got few ideas about the haus'pg ! business. eaeascd her st once and was glad a eg 6eF She took risbt , hold sna secmci te learn the methods } hy intuition. Very Socn she WAS vain- ' able os the books aad as a paying or ! receiving teller. though lt was diAcuit to get Der Go occupy the windows l Why | never ccuf3 ten
 Ny wife used Go come Into the baae occasionally. and the fiest time she saw ! Miss Maverick, my woman of all work. she took n great dislike to her. wom- ou are apt Co be jcai0us of any other woman. especially f good looking. that thcir husbands are throwa into close relations with Therefore paid no at- tcntion to my wife's dislike have made it a rule of my business fife Co ] keep persJnal control of the funds com usittcd to my care. There was TO ne cessity for making any new ones per tsininr Co my clerk. for my system did not admit of her ever getting away with cent From the moment the vaults were oYcned and the cash ] brought oat an ij WIS locked up again ' { WIS in the bunk and where 1 could oversee every part of {i
 asked my wife wBy she disuusjed Miss Maverick. and she sa.d that ev cry time the two came near eacb other my wife fcit a rcrustn tbai was al- most painful Wilhaui bcijer reason than this refused io harsoT ang sus- picion against uy clers
 'Seud her away said my wife
 "Arc you jealous ef bers v you sre you must sut3ge ygr jealousy for Mss Maverick Of aH my employees is the most valuable
 .Vc-y weE youa sce-
 Sce whsty
 Ibat I'm rich
 Nothlnr r.rre s seta aheut the matter and hers r,yse,r go dis-rce.is tbai believed n,y wUe aaa couciudpd after aa thee was uo dsnzer cf my running away wilb her rival Bnsi ness was iacrcaSnc ag the while. for ! tAe mines were taking out a great deai of gold and vss euraccd al day and often at njght
 One d8y at ueon. when ail tie clerks except myself aud Miss 8avertb bad gone to dinner. ! was sitting on my aeych in the bank, resting and scan. ! uiuc newspaper Miss Maverick WIS . at her desk working Suldenly the stiffness was braSen by clics re . persons living cn tbe frontier click means a great dcsi lt certainly dld ' 'e uie. sitting as was Ir hans with ! uo rrctCoticn evcefli a womsu WiJh Start looked un and through the rcccivinc tc}lcr's window saw a man ' covering me with a revolvor
 dust sit quietly where vou are and you won't get hgyt be ~id 'Nan. pr5cecd"
 The last two words wore spoken Co ! Miss Maverick. who arose from her seat aud. taking sstcbel rom the I drawer of her desk. went into the pay ing toler's cage and srrapcd The funds there into tbe bag taen going Co the I receivers cage. she did the same thing ! wondered why ! was no, oyy'ercd 7 to rut up my hands. but E was p'aip ] Chat Miss Maverick bsd taken care ot any weapons ] bad been Hecd Co keep ing handy Indeed from thc first &
 was plain Co me that she had applied i for work in order Go advisc pal as I to The easiest wny to rob the hank. ] when she had alica her satchel turn. ] nu to me. she said The next time woman tels yoa anything she ls
 sure of without reason believe her ] Tf she gives nsasou yoa may know [ that she ls wrong Good mornirgt
 She walked out of the iuclosure and disappeared. The man said to me:
 ''Seay where you are for ten mlautcs. i A confederate ot mine has bead on
 yon and wjg klil you if you move or
 give aa alarm Then be turned aud
 went ont
 didn't believe tho Story about the confederate watching we. 90 the mo-
 ment he was ont of sight spraRg
 from my seat At the moment heard
 shot outside. Running out there
 was the man who had robbed me ly- ] ing en the sidewalk with a bullet h
 him Miss Maverick was bending
 over him, weeping. posse came
 from different points. where they had
 been watching. and gsthered abogs
 the rabber
 t turned out that my wife since she could not Influence me. had given iae sheriH her suspicious of my clerk. -f-s., sss- s-.f f..ns, sh tfn-ssftf ard ff