The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-12-24
CHANCE MADE
A MILLIONAIRE
Luck Came to a Farmer Lad
In a Strange Way.

to some trifIins incident that change
the whole course Of his lIfe7 II A haA
not happened to meet on q stxuse
corner on a certain day twenty yeass
ago. B would not now be AS soa-h-
law. II C. had not seen q certain -
vertisement for partner with q H.
sand dollars, he would not now -
the multimiIlionaire owner of q 81
producing patent II d had ben .
6ne penman he would now doubtluD
have been a bookkeeper instead ef
managing partner Of his firm, s. =
goes We think we know what shapsu
our end, but we don't. In not one -
the cases referred to would the pefssa
affected for a moment consider -
cause given the correct one.
One day Jim Beverly, a countrynaa
who had been long hunting for q -
In the city, becoming discoWaQa.
made up his mind to 60 home bs1aD
biz funds were completely exhaus6sA
Jim had come to town with . txWk
that had to be held together by q ruDaI
He had got rid Of the country CLOTHS
In It and thought he would like to tn1Es
back one of those suit cases which -
saw SO much used Going to q shsp.
he bought a secondhand one at q r.
duced price Besides being secooA-
hand. 1t had the letters "v. T." painted
on the end. He was told that a red
headed man wearing glasses and q
striped waistcoat had turned It In ~
part payment for a new one That was
q lie The man bought new one and
left his old one to be put In the cellar.
Beverly got It cheap. took 1t to h1s
room, put his belongings in II md
went to the train A man took seat
beside him who kept glancing out Of
the corner of his eye at him
"How are y. Torbert?- he said pres
| entity In a low voice.
How did you know my name WAS
TorbertT asked Jim. suspecting CO.
ndence game
by several things-initials on SUIT
case, red head"
"well. suppose am Torbert What.
Them
| "Got the st1n In the caseT
Suppose have?"
| ~TIl be on hand at N. to take II OF
your hands Three days. Better not
hurry. Say Friday. ii at night"
"WhereT
"Why. at the Northfeld House, yoa
know. as arranged"
The man got up and left the car 1t
the first STOP While the train was roll
ing through the city limits a couple Of
/ men came down the aisle. looking here
and there at passengers Beveriy's
suit case was on end before him One
of the men looked at the letters on the
suit case. then at him suspiciousIy.
TN trouble you to open that case"
said one of the men.
Beverly demurred at first, then open
ed the case. There was nothing In II
but the remnants of a few undef.
clothes. The man looked disappointed
you've got a red head" he said, and
the letters on your case are v. T.. but
] you're not the man"
| "Of course he isn't the man" said lii
companion Il know the man we want
That's not him"
| Now, it was on the tip Of inns
tongue to tell the whole story 80 far -
| It has been told here, but 1t may -
judged from his dialogue with the man
who had sat beside him that he was
better adapted to receive than to give
information. SO he held his peace. Ths
men went on, and Jim got out whaa
| the train reached his station.
Jim took into his confidence coQDao
Of detectives. and they all went to n
three days later. Jim entered IL
Northfield House half an hour be6hEs
IL O'Clock, but he was not Jim Besor-
| "; he was q man with white hair an1
beard He sat down in one of the e.
| fice chairs. 1t was not long before ~
saw the man who had sat beside lin
ON the train come In. He, too, sat down
| and, taking up a newspaper. read Z
| till q man with q red head. glasses an6
q striped waistcoat entered. carrying
brand new suit case. The latter went
to the desk and called for q room
| A little later the other man aruoa.
| yawned and, going to the desk. Looked
| at the register and went upstA1fA
Beverly went to the door. called in his
men, and, noting the number Of the
room assigned the newcomer, the three
went upstairs Five minutes later thy
knocked at his door and. receiving NO
response. kicked it open They found
him taking S15O.OOO out of his suit casa
They arrested him. and he turned out
to be Vincent Torbert, absconding cash
Ter of the -th National bank Of o.
Jim Beverly pocketed $4,000 reward
by the transaction and. going back to
the city, thought he would see IL Il
would be easier to get on there with
money in his pocket than without. He
| got position in the bank to which he
had restored its lost funds. the presi-
dent promising to advance him Jim
proved capable and became cashier
He married the daughter OF one Of the
directors. She inherited her fathers