The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1915-05-15
STARE SHARP RAID ON c. 80
Hundreds Sacrificing Ho,a'.l
Raid On

TI0I0lbs.
Raid On.
YES ne could make out evs,,
.hat speit mis- ruin. He even snr "a
he refused to purchase =, smiled
from the lad. A'"'pa,s
he reached back to feel til. ,,,,
the automatic In his pocket ua4
not forgotten. He had nsr. M
make q thorough cleanup IN a.
partment. even finishing wifi, IL M ~
volver that belonged to ,hs @sA
ton. 'Ne ln'tn
In the morning the examine,
go over his cash books A0sa
Carefully, methodicallv
not to disarray any of his wiis yst ,.S'
articles, he placed the uslv ,n, .sls
tic among the delicate piecss s4 :.
then rummaged piece Of nsns, 'a a
the drawer and began his pots ' =, ,'''
PLANTATION. VI "
Dearest Flo, eood-By. rb.,. W.
No Other Way to w
He halted. How silly and ,r,,.
that sounded! He cudpeloa -' :,
brains for the proper words IA eo,t ~
the real meaning of such n. ,.,s
The tinkle of the phone in ,bs l,4,
room brought sharp exclama,i0,
lmpatience from him as it lnss,s,,s
obtruded upon his mental effort ~
luctantly he picked it I'D hi, vol..
cool and collected. A slight ,mI'
parted his lips as Field annourA,
himself.
Yes, 1 know" his lips moved
Il have Just closed your C D ky
with one hundred thousand doll,r
profit. Mr.. Drum. Is that correctv
Quite correct" the teller uus,,
answered then: Just send IT 10 n,
apartment by messenger-immedlrs
ly. One hundred and seventyav.
thousand dollars, | believe"
Coolly he replaced the receiver "a
the hook. then moving to Flos bA
chamber. Methodically he tore up d.
note he had begun and dropped a,
automatic into his pocket The mi,
take OF John Field in buying the wrou
stock did not even strike him u
strange. The whole transscta
seemed commonplace.
Then, like a flash it came; cam
with the click Of the key in the lst
of the door; came with the scent d
vioIets his wife affected Through Iii.
portieres he could see her brother ~
companied her. Their voices sen
lifted in angry controversy but NJ
paid no attention to the words,
fresh panic had seized him as hl
rowing problem presented HOW TO
GET THE MONEY INTO THE Vault
BEFORE MORNING?
Where his ruin had meant nOthl9
to him, had left him cold and ps
sionless, this problem presented itsA
bristlingly. His hands grasped ths
portieres and he would have 1uH
himself into the living room when h
halted abruptly, Distinguishing
Il tell you, Flo, you've got to Gu
1t. He's a decent guy, this husband
Of yours, and Pm strong for him.
wouldn't say word If | didn't know
you were kidding yourself along
tell you it's getting loosely talfa
about when a gambler like me bean
it. l tell you it amt possible for
bank teller to live the way Dr0H
lives and support you the way youH
supported and be on the up and w
He may have got by up 10 now
amt saying. But he can't gel
long with this stuff. | tell you, am
l know. | tell you straight your
making, you have made, or yoan
going to make thief outta Drum
you don't cut out the merry'he'H
and beat it to the bushes quick
"a theft" Flo's voice rose hyseh
cally You've got nerve lalNl
about thieves, you have You've ~
nerve talking-a reformed wv
glar-"
The eavesdropper felt someau
catching in his throat something w.
racked his entire body. lie 'na'D
the portieres apart, finging hiu'"
between the angry pair. ~.
Il am a thief" lie shouted 'A'
at his wifes Mortified EXCLAMATION
protest; over and over again he
peated it: II am thiet-a ''l'''
thief" !.
What's the limit, joe Ito
manded quietly. ..,u,
1T isn't a limit" choked the ''''
I've got 1t all-in the next f0v, ~,
won, Fred, at the last minute
1t all back. It's in the next r''-
Then what's the kick -,
"J CONT cot the money DhCh 80