El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-17

Mr.. Gilbert, that the board Of
4 directors has appointed you
J the travelling representative Of the
bank"
! Il am delighted to hear it." said Mr..
! Gilbert, when do I start?"
"On Monday morning next Here is
a letter from our president which you
will hand to the cashier, Mr.. Dunn
mond, when you come 5-, 3sek; sfS-il Dc
A moment later Gilbert left the
/ splendid offices Of the bank and
mounted a bus which carried him to
his poor lodgings where he lived with
mis- friend, Henry Chevron. was a
/ born sWindler, but he concealed his
! real character so well that Gilbert
/ thought him honest and respectable in
I every way.
/ cried as he rushed int the room
| have been appointed travelling repre-
sentative of the Credit Universal"
Ny heartiest congratulations old
boy. Is the salary gOOd?"
Twenty-Five dollars a week to start
with. and more later On. 1t is very
responsible position, for my DUTY VIII
be chiefly to carry gold and securities
abroad"
He went on to tell that the manager
Of the bank was going abroad and thar
ment to the cashier, Mr.. Drummond, the
! following Monday.
would not mllQ DeluE IN your
shoes, old boy, said HENRY CheVron,
with a smile, the job would just suit
me"
That same evening Gilbert was sud
denly taken sick and As hours later he
was dead. This gave Henry CheVron
an idea. Why shouldn't he steal the
letter and present himself in the bank
He did not doubt that he was able
to pose as his dead friend. The man
ager of the bank would be away, and
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Gilbert was strong enough to prevent
any Of the clerks from suspecting any
thing, especially If he put on the dead
mans spectacles.
On Monday morning he put on the
clothes Of his late friend, put the let
ter in his pocket, and went TO the
bank
He was taken to the cashiers office
where he handed over the letter.
oh yes, see you are our new trav-
cling representative. Ny assistant, Mr..
Herye, will instruct YOU as to your du-
The work was not very difficult Mr.
Chevron was informed that when he
was not abroad he was to carry cash
and securities between the bank and
its various suburban and provincial
branches but as none Of these amounts
was was very large, he decided to wait
until large sumo was turned over
TO him. He was very careful and pune
tual. and his superiOrs were exceed
ingly wei pleased with him.
One afternoon about four weeks
later he was delighted to hear that he
was TO be sent on a more important
Grand He was TO carry about half
million dollars in South American Sc
curities to the branch in London. His
heart beat faster at the thought that
here was the long. looked for chance
7 shall 20 straight to Brussels, sell
the papers to Meikstein and skip. The
old rascal will give me at least $25O,O0O
for the papers, and DIV wont have to do
At half past five he entered Mr..
Dummond's office
the cashier said. 7 have teIephoned
for a cab and you viii just have time
to catch the London boat"
You may depend on me, sir"
With greedy eyes he watched the
cashier counting the bonds and placing
them in strong leather satchel.
Now YOU must be very careful. Gil
bert. There are bonds. to the value OF
S4S5.0OO and you must not give them
ger, william Briscoe. I suppose I need
not warn you to tell nobody Of your
mission"
Well you must be off No. just
moment. Please sign this receipt IT
is a mere formalitv, Of course. but II
He filled up q blank and handed It
to ChevrOn. whose heart was beating
fountain pen and quickly signed the
The q cashier took it half mechanic
ally. glanced at It. and was ABOUT 20
send him away when he suddenly
s..yYait a moment" he said.
His face was so stern and MS voice
so changed that Chevron trembled-
Ct will have to hurry to eaten the
train" he stammered-
Perhaps it won't be necessary Tor
you to catch it, the cashier replied
The speaker rang bell, wrote some
thing on a telegraph form, and handed
il to the clerk who entered Then ne
calmly locked the door and put the key
into his pocket.
ChevrOn sat down and waited. He
felt that somehow the game was lost
After a while there was a knock at
the door and the clerk was admitted
He handed the cashier a telegram
Mr. DummOnd broke it and read:
Gilbert died five weeks ago, buried.
Jeanne DuVa1.
eco and get a policeman. Raymond"
Dummond ordered the clerk.
A moment later a policeman entered
ny Arrest rest this man. said Dummond,
che has posed as another man IN order
to rob the bank.
Cbevron smiled and said verv calmly:
at submit to the arrest on one con-
dftion Tell me how you discovered
that am not Gilbert"
with pleasure. Just look at this re-
ceipt signed by yourself half an hour
Schevron looked at the receipt and
struck his forehead with his fist
. srVThat a fool I am he exclaimed.
The paper was signed, Henry Chew
ron"