The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15

the Bankers Protective asso-
clation, Poe stepped into his private
room. unannounced, the second day after
his return from Mexico.
II was just on the point Of calling you
up.' continued Mitchell.
Saved you a nickel them" drawled
Christopher Poe, dropping Into a chair.
and beginning to fan himself slowly with
his hat. What's new7 You look as
though you'd just sidestepped a bomb"
Something interesting" Mitchell an
nounced. Elanclng uneasIly at the door, a
trifle open. Rising abruptly. he stepped
over. and shut 1t securely, Coming back,
he reached out mechanically. as though
he had made the same motion a hundred
times that day, and drew from pigeon
hole a handful OF crisp S. bills. thrusting
them into Poe's fingers with nervous
quickness.
rs this hush money, or a donation TO
the head office boy of the Bankers Pro-
tectivc which capacity / SO :aunlbly fill?"
asked Poe. lifting a highly arched eye
brow, and holding 1t qulvering for
questioning moment.
Look IT over said Mitchell, turning
sidewise. and drumming nervously on
maenifying glass he had dropped at Poe's
entrance.
Christopher Poe separated one of the
bills from the package, held it first TO
the light. started slightly. and then
quickly turned the bill face up. and
smoothed it over mis- knee. bending close
10 examine IL. Quick as thought he
snatohea the ;naynifyIng lens from Mitch
els fingers. and studied the bill Tor
full minute Then be looked up anu
smiled. o,,t
Nobody's ever been able To get old Cen
eral Jackson's jaw Just right. except
the man who made TIE genuine pate'
LIS been tried often. hasn ltI,, =,
There are two othee counterfeit, OF
that bill.'r answered Mitchell: Neither
OF them any good al all. But lnis is
different. They found out the oiii Wa Wa
been slipping through several banks for
a week or more Think Of IL Just
discovered TO-DAY. Good looking bill, ism I
It? Paper fine, print mas the m propee
Just a hair less than millimeter 700
long, as you noticed. I knew IT wouldn
escape you. .,.
Nearly twenty thousand is m, crleo
Mitchell TITS a fine mess. God knows
how much is out, Think OF It. Tlnnk
OF New York banks being iooLea wsn on 3n
$4,000. and the roll you have there con-
tains sa amples of It all" -.
But it's the best paper I've ever seen!
s,,d Schristo1her Poe slightly flushed,
having @urned again TO the bill, The
counterfeltcr hasn't missed on th,ng
but that jaw. and how any man could
duplicate that is more than ] can tell
President Jaekson's jaw vas a lucky
thought on that '01 note; nobody could
ever copy his head exactly as it's repro
duced on the bill, It's lantern Jaw. so
sha ped that II can stand the extra MILL
meter and escape notice. But that paper
Is what worries me. II looks just like the
real thing. That fellow must have got
hold OF batch of the real stun some
where. Measurements are exactly right.
The tNo scatter-sik lines running through
the bill are correct. BY George. here's a
mystery worth mans trouble"
'It's remarkable bill" declared Mitch
ell do YOU notice the web stitching on
The back is exactly right. too?"
Poe turned the certificate over
"Remarkable," he exclaimed, having
eJn6A 0fhoA. green and white webbing
Ar01ekect Of fam ntracery in
iE,aa'e design diff