The Caucasian., 1913-07-08

OanK, Dur murdered the night "aEcn-
man."
Murdered the night Waterman?
/ Imogen Marsden!''
/ "You poor child! Locked In with
robber and murdererr'
Imogen shuddered "Horrible-hor-
perfectly wild to find some way out
| Of the bank. That money padded
| wretch had gone quietly out of Mr..
| Devlin's door and, of course. by that
time had made good his escape.
Fortunately he had not locked Mr.
Devlin's door Through it l got into
| the corridor From the corridor
knew l could get into the teller's Of
fee. It opened into the space where
| the big safe stood If ] could get to
| one Of the windows l could unfasten
1t from the inside and let myself drop
into the alley behind the bank A
street lamp sent faint light through
the grated space I saw man lying
in front Of the big safe My first
thought was that the night watchman
had got drunk. 1t was my duty to
wake him up. rushed at him for
that purpose. l could get out of the
bank by his help. I stepped into some
thing Shiny. I screamed. and then I
got curiously alert. sprang at the
nearest bulb and turned on the light.
There lay our faithful old Tim in
pool Of his own blood / looked again.
It was not Tim. It was Mr. Devlin in
his fine cashmere clothes, just as he
had left the bank that evening" His
bag, with his name on it-what did it
all mean? l was getting beyond the
power Of thought Here was the presi-
dent dead. But had seen the presi-
dent Disgusting himself not quarter
Of an hour ago after stufing himself
with money
by that time had but one idea left
in my kaleidoscope. l turned off the
light, trembling in every limb. | crept
back toward Mr.. Devlin's room. l re-
membered having seen a rope attached
to his window frame. 1t was to he
used in case of fire. The room was
lighted just as he had left it. That
wretch l mean. l saw an envelope
on the floor. Now, girls you both
know that l am not at all given to
picking up dropped things"
"Plns; decidedly noty'
Needles; neverv'
"But frightened as l was, l did
steep for that envelope shall al
ways believe in 1eadings' after this.
Inside l found a. railroad ticket. 1t
was to Hamilton, Ont l suppose he
had dropped it when lie was cralnming
money into every c1evice., So them
with look of tragic Triumph was
in position to put the police on the
track of the robber7murderer. l knew
where the criminal was booked for"
Horrible! Frightful! My. flesh is
beginning to creep!' screamed Theo.
after awhile 4 .recollected the rope
had come after. / raised the windoW.
It was only about fifteen feet to the
ground. but that alley looked a thou
sand miles away from me. l could
take my choice-stay where was and
be arrested for murder and, robbery or
skin down that rope at risk of my
neck. skinned down the rope and
was surprised to find had not broken
my neck nor anything but a corset
steel in the descent
II happened to know where a home
for friendless girls was situated
hope there wasn't a more friendlesS
girl abroad than was last night. I
daren't go home at that hour Of the
night, for our landlady would have
bundled us all out BY daybreak.
went to that home made up my lie
on the way A stoutly told lie certain
ly is a very present help in time Of
need. The good soul Of a sister took
me in. | did not sleep much, you may
depend on it. for. thinking of the hor-
rors of the bank and of what my next |
move must be. AS soon as 1t was day |
light / slipped away from my good
friends. And as | still did not dare
to blast your regulations by coming |
home at dawn I stole into the park,
and as soon as could procure news
paper I bought one. A $4,000 reward
Is offered for the apprehension Of the
criminal. OF course he sent the in
formation to the paper. Tt is headed,
Bank Robbed-President Murdered
"He? Who?"
'The man with the chest protector
to avert suspicion"
"Of course''-dreamily. Then, Gene,
that 5000 is yours. Good! No writ
OF ejectment this ume.'
What are you going to do, Gene?"
zone Of three things-give it to Theo
for scoop for her paper, sell it to the
police for $1,000 or use it for my prize
story"
ut would make blood curdler. but
you'd never get $1,000 for it. Besides,
Gene, 1t Is your duty to inform the au-
thonties. It is all very horrible, but
you have no right to keep it for a
story"
Thanks I have given you my prize1
story
''Im-o-gen Mars-den!''
f &saA nj Won f1id not skin dawn q rono9 o9ss 4