Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-09-24

dent of the Bankers Protective Asso-
citation. AZ Poe stepped into his private
room, unannounced, the second day
after his return from Mexico.
4 was just on the point Of calling
you up" continued Mitchell.
Saved you nickel, them" drawled
Christopher Poe, dropping into
chair, and beginning to fan himself
slowly with his hat Whats new?
You look as though you'd just side
stepped bomb"
Something interesting" Mitchell
announced, glRncing uneasily at the
door, q trifie open. Rising abruptly.
he stepped over, and shut 1t securely.
Coming back. he reached out mechan-
acally, as though he had made the
same motion q hundred times that
day, and drew from a pigeonlhole a
handful OF crisp flve-dollar bills, thrust
ing them into Poe's fingers with merry
Gus Quickness.
Is this hush money, or q donation
to the head office boy OF the Bankers
Protective, which capacity 80 hum
bly, fll?" asked Poe, lifting q highly
arched eyebrow, and holding 1t CULVER
ering for questioning moment.
Look It over" said Mitchell, turn
ing sidewise, and drumming nervously
ON magnifyfng glass he had dropped
at Poe's entrance.
Christopher Poe separated one of
the bills from the package, held 1t first
20 the light. started slightly. and then
quickly turned the bill face up. and
smoOthed 1t over his knee, bending
close to examine 1t. Quick as thought
he snatched the magnifying-lens from
Mitchell's fingers, and studied the bill
for a full minute. Then he looked up
and smiled.
why, it's at least a mfllimeter
out. Nobody's ever been able to get
old General Jackson's jaw just right,
except the man who made the genuine
plate. It's been tried often, hasn't it7''
There are two other counterfeits
OF that BILL" answered Mitchell.
Neither of them any good at all. But
this IL different. They found out the
bill was bad by that lengthy jaw. But
that bills been slipping through sew
eral banks for week or more. Think
of It'll Just discovered today Good
looking bill. isn't it? Paper fine, print
has the proper snap; everything right
but that Jaw; It's just a hair less than
q millimeter too long, as yon noticed.
knew 1t wouldn't escape YOU"
How much Of the stun Is .outg''
Nearly twenty thousand Is inf'
cried Mitchell. It's fine mess! God
knows how much ia out! Think OF IL!
Think of New York banks being fooled
on punches OF this stun; they've
taken In twenty thousand dollars. and
the roll you have there contains aam.
PIES Of 1t an"
+But it's the best paper I've ever
seem" exclaimed Christopher Poe,
slightly flushed. having turned again
to the bill. THE counterfeiter hasn't
missed on a thing but that jaw, and
how any man could duplicate that Ia
more than can tell. President Jack
sons jaw was lucky thought On thai
'07 note: nobody could ever copy hiE
head exactly as It's reproduced on the
bill. It's lantern Jaw, 10 shaped that
Il can stand the extra mizlimeter and
escape notice. But that paper is what
worries me, It looks just like the real
thing. That fellow must have got
hold OF q batch OF the real stun some
where. Measurements are exactly
right The two scatter-silk lines run
ming through the bill are correct. By
George, here's O mystery worth q
mans troubled"
sIt'g a remarkable hill" rauEgaf
Mitchell. do you notice the web
stitching ON the back ia exactly right
too7"
Poe turned the certificate over.
Remarkable" he exclaimed. hav
ing examined the green and Wait.
webbing, put on with the effect q
fan-tracery in the cathedrals, in In
tFicate design, difficult to initiate.
There's nothing else out Of proper
ton but Jackson's jawT queries
Christopher Poe, glancing at the I'm,
printing on the green back of tn,
note. which begins: This note Is
legal tender at its face value"
mo. they didn't report anything
else. and haven't found : thing"
Poe paid no attention to the reply
he seemed deeply interested in tn
printing. reading 1t carefully throug
the magnifler. Suddenly, right at tn
end, he stopped. and looked at Mitchell
quizzically.
Handing Mitchell the bill and poinl
ing to the printing. he queried:
Have you read this?"
No, dare say that's all right. TIL
fellow wouldn't likely be such
shrewd engraver and make any mil
take on the plain printing"
Suppose you read it. then" Pc
handed him the bin and picked a
another, holding 1t far from his eve
and staring at It absently.
Meanwhile Mitchell read the follow
ing usual form, printed on the BAG
of the 1907 five-dollar note:
This note is Legal tender at II
face. value for all debts public an
private. except duties on Imports an
Interest on the Public Debt, cour
terfeitihg or altering this note or pas,
ing any Counterfeit or alteration of 1
OF having In possession any false G
eohnterfeit plate or impression of /
OF any paper made In imitation Of III
Paper on which 1t Is printed is Fe
Ony. and is punishable BY Five Tho
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