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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-11-29
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Ttauen. I

seit mebr als 5ipei Sabren leben
Niaioncn Gurer Sdipcitern in Ser.
alten 9eimatb in beltdnbiser Mnglt
I'm, ibre Gutten, lire gritoer nno,
IsDbne: 0iit bansem @er5flopfcn ie-
ben lie ieoen Sag bem gotcn e,,tz
gegen, her Bic furdtbnre Nad5ridt
brtnsen mag: @efallen ali Sem SCI
DC Ser gbrel
&Dnnt Sbr es fiiblen, 1peldJ grau<.
lanes sdidlal Da5 ilt2 Mbnt SIR,
lpie cs ausieben mag I'M Ser5en Der
Irmen, Die Sag nnb Madt 5ittern
n,iiiien INN oieienigen, Sic ibnen bas
2iebite li,lb auf grben?,
8ie miibt SIR bantbar fem, SIR.
Srauens bic SIR fern ieib bon all
oeW San,mer unb 2eibl 9ran0eu
lid glld nidt sic 1btanen in Sic
Iusen, 5branen seq @liids n1b ser
2anfbarfcit, ipenn Sir Cure Gatten'
iebt. bie feline feinolihe ausel be-
brobt; Cure SDbne, bie nidbt babinz
iterben miiiIen in sen giiimpfen:
8ublanos; sic nidJt berbluten inter
Dem @ci1er Der idlpar5en Soroen,
Die alf Geutidlanbs NaSairner gebeet
iuerben?
1tnb tpollt SIR nidt Elm fleinesi
Gpfer bringen, SIR beutlden Sra,en.
fir bicies @liid? @olt Sbr nidt elm
lSdcrflein ba5u beitrasen. oab guren
Sdtpeltcrn i'm liebeA 9cutI6Ianb. in
Selterreih bie tapferen Mllnner er-
tbalten bleiben, bie fin Mutter uno.
l@attin, fri sbtpeiter unb 8raut fdiu,z
pfen unb bllten, I'M Den grallamen
Seimb fern8ubalten bonn beimiiden
Serb, BON 9ellti6lanbs Srauen u1b
NinSern?
gs eibt feline paifenoere @eleser>
|beit, Cure 9anfbarfeit 51 bepeiieu,
aIs Den Ganfiaeun9stag, ser por Ser
E6ir itebt. 9aulenbe beutider Manz
ner iuerocn in Sen ieds 9rpben
&ricgsboipitdlcrn. bic ons MmeriIa<
nilbc Ner5te@g Expeditions : Committee
IN Geutldlano uno Geiterreid einee~
ridtet bat uno u%nterbdlt. Dem 2es
ben erbalten uib ibren Srauen. if
rem ainbern ,tuiebereegeben, Die baz
bcim ban9cnb anf gaadridt bon ben
Gcripur,beten barren. Sic beutIden
linb Sic oiterreidiihen 8eborben ba@
i,o,,A@ f,,,fo- efnchnfn., Sic cnSr;fHIs, L;2
gum gnbc bes arieges su erbalten,
nno, ipcnn. irgenS m6glid). nod mebr
aer5te Z ggpebitionen biniiber5uf6iz
den. Gas lit Der offi5ielle geipeis
bafrii, mic orineeno n0fbis oieIe Mers<
tc mi, 9fleserinnen briibcn sebraudt
perben.
8ir. Der Srauen Z Silfss gusidnB
bcs ger3te : expeditions Committees ;,
ipenben uns OH alfe unierc Sdtpes
tern int weiten 2anb. an ale oeutz
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-11-29

in ibren Jabri'en Die lie beimli9 be-
treiben, uno pertaufen IS nit 2eids
tigteit dis refine 8utter.
Die @ehetmfabrifen mDsen arz
senbpo unter Der Groe lein, nit
llntersruno= @dn9en gum @atflieben,
ober in enlightenment MaBe in elmer
9interftube, ober lonitpp. @e1tdnbig
nerfuGen Jdl1aer uno Spiel, einz
ancer tn 2ilteniimliefsit gu iibsrz
bieten; uno mandmal gebt e5 in
.oieIem ariese 10 aufreseno FER, ipie
in benz 5pii4en Sdnaps-D tonbz
ldeinlern unb 5teuerzgeamtesl, ob-
laon Der S9auplab eetpDmliG nilt
in Der lreien Atatur it. 9o9 bat Is
lpenigltenS nod teine Sofen babel
geseben. @iele Der 6dlider uber
Ilnp gang DELIBERATE 8erle.
Be1tanotge 8aafamteit lit bier
Der Yrets fir bic 9ei9iibung aes
Yupl1tums, leBt mepr aIs jemaIs GU
Dor, Do Die Ausiidt ouf groBe PRO-
fite 10 perlodeno seporoen lit; uno
lcioer 1T Bel alleDem oie1e Yelaiit=
sung nod INNER cine redt unoonz
tom1nene. ManGe Der Jalider fte:aen
Saufenbe pprt 9pllars in lire
unsefeslihen 8etriebs zMnlaee1,, unb
Der @rfinoungsseiit rest ii9 au9 aui
biefsm @ebiete beftdnoig. Die 8ut=
ter-pantf6er i'm 9interitub9en uhsr
benuBen metitens nur Ma1dteiel
gong gepobnliher Mrt, BON 3inn.
gum gini6mel5en, uno ou1 10 mag
bus GefAaft reat ~eintraslih lein.
Gs pirb ipobl nod LANCE bauern.
Bis bieier 8erbredersalaife Die, Yu1t;
asm &riegfIbren ausgeeangen lit.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-11-29
Scr ariea segell 8utterialiacr.
ellugd,s Gin. &apitel snr leieiac,t. aeaeus.
,tlrtitteltcucruIa.

Sum 5teissnr5 Der prei{e bon @rot,
Milherei NYittDblftten utlo fonitieen
Mahrunss mitteln geiell: 1ia nou7 enc
8e0robuns 0es trniuniereraen Yn=
blitums: ndn1lih cine Sunebn1enoe
@erfdlfaung folaer Grssuguiiie.
Dass tann .nidt Number nehmen;
benn eben Die boben YreiIe reisen3
gewifienloie Jabritanten lno Sanbz
Ter baau ap,a iolGe 8erfdli9uasen.
nod iflpungbufter gu betreiben, dis
es iaon erpor ge16eben lit, troB al.
Ter Ntabrunesmittels @efese.
@ntel Cant flbrt siren beitanei<
gen ariee namentlid geselr bte yut<
ter vMonbfdeinler", meld1e Der 3abz.
lung Der Gteuer auf ibre proeutte
entgebeu unb~ biefelben fir etras
anberes nertaufen nellen, als pus
lie iinb. @s tit iapn mandet, bisfer.
@e{eBesbreder our @trede sebrud,t
tpprben; ober es lpdre uobl mini
fbensmert, bab Elm grDberes Seer
fir Die1en &arnpf iRs Jelb gefannt
tpiirbe. @tna so tunpise Spiel
sfibren ben 8ries insben oerl9iebsnen
t2anbesteilen; lie .baben ollie 9dnoe
boil gu tun unp t0i'nrten nod mebr
.-96noe" sebrauden, 5umol lie iid
sauA Der Mufipiigllng pe5 unseissii-
den 8ertaufes mrtptiIAer Mittel
ftptbmer miiifen.
Die S%arsfrau. ipe!Ge beim Sirb-
Ter Elm pfunb 8u5Ier tauFt. Gat ar=
Der Der perl6nlid}en .GlrIi1tcit oes<
felben urlo Der Wuhlamteit isner
Notwithstanding renieen r@sbsimen"
teine @etpd9r baIiis, bab fc refine
Butter erbalt, unb nidd ettua ses
4falidte Butter nit 6~remeltoffsn ODER
minbetens mebr, @affsr, als oas
,iGe{eB erlaubt, ober .er,,suerte" But=
ter, bic, nadbem lie gebrau6sunids
Fig ~setporben 1T, aelamoIsen uno ee=
Hart lpirb, ober gefdrbtes Dleomar>
garin aug 9ierz Getten, et.pus But
Ter, mila. 8aumiuan iaapensGsl uuo
onitigen s5ubfanasn. IatfadNid
fDnnen nlir bic belten Gadberitin=
,bisen CUTE @ptter BON f'dIedter bura
sbiobe 8eiidttSunq antsri6eiosn; unb
tnur lpenise perrn0sen pissi burG tios
BtsS Soften Der roben Bptter.
5abritanten ,rno 9anblern in IL
genbmelGer anberen, nl5 rei1,er Butt
ter, miro eiae 1dmantenbe '2i5el,sr
iteuer bon einisen bunoert Collars
pro Sobr oufsrlest, unp nod BEN
geiese biirfen Dleomarsarin unb se=
fdlfdte Butter nur aus se}tempelten
8ebinben ucrtauft iperben, nit benz
oeutlid auffallenpen Ra1uen bes Yro=
butts. 9ie Sleomnrsarim= 5abriten
itfben unter Nesierunss= Snipett;rn,
fopeit nan bie5elbem ndmtid)
tennt. Wiele TdIider taufen uIss-
farbtes Sleomargarin, pos stwa Is
Gents PRO pfunb toitet, farben es
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-11-29

l6eu Srauen. 8ir unb Sbr, cine jcbc.
bon ms; noIlen aIe cine &leinigfeit
beiltcltcrr 81 Dem berrliben @erf, bas
10 biele Don Seutldlanbs sDbnen ret
let, 10 piclcn Sraucn Sen Oatten. 10
5ablloIen 8inbcrn Sen Batter erbalt.
@irr ipiollen jcSc ci1cm Spaar am
9anfiasnnsstasc auf bem Mtar
ppfern, in pellen Slamraeu unfere 2iee
be 5u llnlcren S6me1tern in Scr alter
6eimatb 9liibt.
2abt n nihte ber9ebens 9ebeten
.babetl. beutide Sranen! 9elft uns,
Dab Bic Srauen Collar : spel,be fir
Sic Mer5te : Expedition grob .iperbe.
gs Gilt Menld)enleben gu retten.
.Gen6et @uren Solar au 9anflas
gungstage an sen Sdabmeilter, 9errn
$. Met, so. 1872 @uo}on StraBe,
3glep Dorf, sc. g., Scr iiber jeben cin=
gebenoen Collar offentli6 quittireu
tpirb. l1nb lperbt lulter guren Sreuus
.Dinlen nnb 8cfanntcl1. bamit ale bon
benz berrliden @erf crfabren lunb alle
belfen.
Ser Sraueu =@i1fsansidui. hes M,ne=
rifaniidem Merstc : Ggpcnitions=
Committees,
i. o.: Srau Erof. @. 81. sbepbero.
Sic &enattion bcs Ser 9emotrat"
lit aud -bereit, geitra9e ent9egeu5uz
nebmen nrb an Germ Ntes in Stem
Oorf su bef6rbern.
Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1916-11-29
Ntnts aug Moline.

Hetcr Hortapdppas, Ser an ser To-
Mpelu,e, Slt Msoline, Gin &affee-@aus
betreibt, mllroe Weltern burh @oli5ei-
;maailtrat g. y. Wiles 81 elmer .@el6s.
itrdfc boft $50 llllb sen Soften bes'
geriabrens pcrltrtbeilt, rnd)oen1 er'
idutlbia beflmoen moroen NOR, gel.
ltige @etranfe obne @isens perfouff
81 6obcll. Iie Goli5ei iiibrte lebtell
Soflltag cine v95aib" allf oas bon
Gortapappas eeiii6rte 2ofal aus llrlo'
lie .fan0 m1geblih cine Wenge geiiti=
ger @etrallfe. Nortapappas lon err
flart ba6en, DOB CT aegen bas ltrtbeil
gcrllfltltg einlcgeft miro.
5unt Yortedas, melber ebenfalls
an Ser 10. Mpel,lle elm &aifee-Sm1s
belitt l1no Ser ii6 lt11ter ser gleidJen
geldnloiaung 81 perantmorten bette,
lmlroe freigelprod)el, ga niht gerii-
gen1 gepeismaterial gegell i'm por-
acbrad)t lperoen fon1te.
SSobn 2aripl1, Ser @%alls0tener 1T
eilleln @ebG1,be ser lmteren Stabt
iein ioll, befannte lid, geitern Dor So
li5eiridter @ultaflon nidtldmlois,
nad)bem CT be5idtigt lpprben NOR, Ell
neu jungen. 3eitlngsperfanfer ge-
id)lagen 5l1 boben. Ser Sail gegen
i'm ml1roe saraufbin beri6oben.
2arlon NOR an Ser is. StraBe l1110
5. sMpemle perbaftet 1porben, nadp<
Dem ein 3eitltnasiunee .cinem Noli-
siiten meineno er5ablt batte, baB bers
ielbe i'm geihlagen babe.
Moofpb 6. Mnoerio,l Ser als Glerf
III ser Mpotbefe bon g. @. sp6rbed
OH ser is. Strabe IN Moline a11ge<
ileat lit, ent9ins NIT fnapper Motb
idnperen @erlebumge,1, OILS elm Iabr=
rus, al1f Dem ct 1ih beiano, an ser
Is. StraBe l,no Is. 4peale bon eli
1,e1n Mlltoll1otil angeiabren iplr6e,
oas 9. 81. Mabonep, sa,periptenbent
Ser Sdl,len, lellfte. gines ser M1-
Ser oes Mtltol1obils fl,br iiber feline
Sdel1fel 1eOod) erl1tt er MIR ll11be-
bentenoe Observation-Disclosures. Der
gerlebte 1pllrOe bon einen in bpr
Na6e mobnen0en ar5t 6ebanoelt ll,1o
1ipdter III iei1,eT Bobnung gebradt,.
Nad @erid)ten bon M,,gei15eltgeti
befono lih. Mnberlon oireft Dor Dem
Ml1tpnlobil Mabonen's unb er per-
llldte an9eblid, 5lpiid)en Sic em ssll,s
to11lobil nHb einem anberen, 1peld)cs
Dem letteren boralls NOR, borbei5u-
fabrcn. Sir oieiem Mllsenblif poi
I. 1irte Ser ~llltfal, Der llnpermeiolib ge.
mcien iein i.a.
Mls CAMEL 5tanot, geo. 734 "a.
Strabe. <sSit Moline tpobnbaft, mil
ieinel, M~l,geborigem aeltern Morqen
ami Triibifiidstiid) iab, brad IN lei.
ner @oInltng 5eller aus, Dos mil
ioerartieer sdnelliafeit I'M iid griff
6aB oas aan5e @obnballs balh eiu
Ma,1b Ser 5lanulell mar. Ser o,lge'
ridtetc Sdaoen miro auf $1,000 &c.
iddsi.
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08
THE AGENT NEAR THE COMPTON HOME

he worked, made several deposits, and,
upon one pretext and another, sent to
the assistant cashier of the bank for
the record of them in the absence of
Compton. They did not show on the
account of the grocery store and the
matter was passed over as misun-
derstanding. But so was second ave-
nue. of misappropriation discovered.
Thus was the special agent able
from the outside to get very good
leads into the condition of the bank
and to determine the manner of it's
looting when the facts might not have
been obtainable by an expert working
from the inside.
Cards case was about completed
and the department was ready to act
when the dramatic denouement came.
Arson, suicide and fight are the three
events most to be expected when the
funds of a bank have been misappro-
priated. The young special agent was
watching for any of these at the time
of the anniversary party given by the
lUdAhSIs IL Was III preparation LOE
either that he watched so late on that
occasion.
On the afternoon which preceded
the entertainment Gard was working
over his books at the store and at the
same time keeping an eye on the
bank. An hour after closing time at
the bank he saw Compton come out
of the side door with two books of the
institution under his arm. He could
make out that one was loans and dis
counts. He surmised that they might
be records that were to be destroyed
probably the books that showed his
guilt.
When from the hillside Gard that
night saw the silent car stop back Of
the bank and the flames subsequently
break out, he knew what had hap
pened. These were accomplices of the
cashier who had probably looted the
bank OF any remaining funds and, &C.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08
AN ODD ITEM OF SLANG
Why Is a Person of Dubious Men
tally Referred To as a
"Nut?"

Who can expound the philosophy of
slang? Why, for instance, is a person
of dubious mentality referred to as a
'nut?" Nuts are good. There is moth
ing, probably, more enjoyable than nut
ting. 1t is the autumns one greatest
happiness.
Hereabouts there are two chief nuts,
and two lesser nuts and one least nut,
observes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The chief nuts are the hickory nut and
the chestnut. The hickory nut is COM
monest and It is good nut, despite its
rugged exterior and its propensity to
hide it's sweetness in difficult woody
crannies and labyrinths. The house
wife desires hickory nuts for her cakes.
The small boy likes hickory nuts for
the pleasure of calculating their mys-
teries with hammer and flatiron. They
are worth gathering.
The chestnut is of more apparent
virtue. 1t is all meat. 1t may be used
for turkey dressing and it is used
abundantly by dark-skinned Syrian
genii who preside over magic braziers
in the odd crannies of our busiest
streets. Everyone probably more or
less likes the chestnut. 1t is easy to
eat and 90 per cent nourishment.
The lesser nuts are the walnut and
the butternut. These are fewer in
number than the chief nuts and they
have horrific rinds which must be pene-
trated with caution. The reward, too,
is meager, scarcely worth the peril of
stained and smashed fingers.
The least nut is the beechnut. 1t is
a pretty little nut, and there are beech
nut brands of this or that comesdble,
but no one ever seriously goes out to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08

the methods OF the sleuths Of the de-
uartment OF justice. Gard had come
IN New Beaufort with but a suspicion
that torrance, the assistant cashier,
was playing the market on the funds
of the bank. torrance was known to
be placing orders with Wall street
broker.
At the boarding house Gard learned
that torrance lived modestly in cot
tage with his wife and babies, had not
been seen to make any display of
money, was of sturdy farmer stock. On
the other hand the investigator imme-
diately picked up the facts that the
cashier, Compton, maintained an ex-
pensIve establishment, entertained Law
ishly, was often absent from town,
was nervous, highstrung, in bad
health.
All these facts led him to watch the
cashier rather than his assistant. They
led him, also, to some experimental
testing of the condition of the banks
accounts. He knew that a dishonest
employee of a bank, in appropriating
money, had to charge it to some ac-
count to make the books balance. The
large, inactive accounts offer a most
tempting opportunity of this sort; but
these were found to be intact by his
ruse of inducing the depositors to call
for their balances.
1t was to get a better line on the
business of the community. and par
ticularly upon the accounts Of Comp
ton, that the special agent secured a
position as bookkeeper in joys
grocery store. Here he found, in the
first place, that the buying for the
Compton home was most profiigate
and evidently wasteful. He found,
further, that the bills were always
paid without question and by check.
Knowing of an old trick that has
brought many a cashier to ruin, Gard
sought a way to test these personal
checks to determine whether or not
they actually found their way to the
personal account of the cashier.
The cashier Of bank Is usually the
individual who opens the mail, and
many of these have been known to
cash personal checks and destroy them
when they came in for collection,
charging the amount to some account
where it might temporarily be hidden.
To determine whether or not these
personal checks were being juggled by
the cashier Gard, as the grocer's book.
keeper, found pretext to send to the
bank for a record of some personal
checks of Compton's which he had
handled few days earlier. The call
was made while Compton was out to
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08

lunch, and the checks could not be
found. Through another dealer Gard
succeeded in getting a second similar
request made with the same results.
He concluded that Compton was at
least juggling his personal account
and charging the amount OF his per-
sonal checks to some other account,
probably loans and discounts.
In various ways the special agent
found opportunities, even without see
ing the books of the bank. of DEM
onstrating to his satisfaction that the
accounts were being juggled This
was particularly true of new deposits.
When a cashier is particularly hard
pressed he may resort to a manipula.
ton of the accounts of current depos-
itors. The system is the simplest in
the world. When depositor hands in
his money, the cashier enters the
amount in the pass book Of that indi-
vidual as receipt. Then, instead of
entering the money to the depositor's
credit, the cashier puts it in his pocket.
Thus there is nothing to show for the
transaction but the entry in the pass
book, and that may not be presented
for long time. The cashier chooses
for spoliation the accounts that it is
least likely about which Inquiries will
be made. AS far as the books OF the
bank are concerned they are as though
the deposit had never been made, and
the bank examiner, therefore, has no
way of discovering the shortage.
Gard, through the store for which
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08

cording to agreement, had set it on
fire that the discriminating records Of
the cashier might be destroyed. The
willy cashier, however, had made sure
that the books that showed his guilt
would not be found, in case the plan
was not an entire success. He had re.
moved them himself, but had not az
yet destroyed them for he saw no
probability of coming under immediate
suspicion. Likewise had he neglected
to destroy certain correspondence that
later connected him with the parties
found to have committed the arson.
The books taken from the bankers
house were found to be the persOul
ledger wherein should have been en-,
tered deposits, and the loans and dis.
counts ledger iss which account Comp
ton had entered the amounts repre-.
senting all his personal checks. This
latter was the account that had dwelt
in the mind of Newton, the bank ex.
aminer. The letters that Gard had
found in the bankers pockets, though
unsigned and mysteriously phrased,
were later traced to thesDutch SHREDDER
gang. They proved a great aid to Nc
Cord, the plain-clothes man, who had
slept peacefully through all the clamor
incident to the burning of the bank
but who, through them, was able to
trace the burglars.
Compton went to pieces when con.
fronted with the proof that his derelic
lions had been found out When his
townspeople came to know the facts
on the following day, they stormed the
Jail and threatened to lynch him. So
determined was their onslaught that
the sheriff spirited the prisoner away.
In desperation he confessed his crimes
and exonerated torrance, the assistant
cashier, who in playing the market had
only executed the orders of his SUI
perior. Compton lived but six months
after his conviction and sentence to
ten years in the penitentiary at At
lanta.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08
Funny WAYS of loads.

There are few creatures so genera'
~ disliked as the toad. This Is prop
ably because it is so misunderstood
The toad is really a very Interesting
little gentleman. 1t can be easily
tanned. and makes an interesting pei
its intelligence being of high order'
Perhaps the legend that the toad IS
venomous has something to do WIN
its unpopularity. The toad certainly
has a gland which exudes MILKY,
poisonous liquid. 1t is placed behinu
the eye, and is marked on the skin oy
a dark line round its lower edge. II
is believed, however, that the toad ouly
exudes this liquid when hurt in SONS
way, and even then it is not injurious
to human beings, unless it falls upon
some tender or unprotected part Sucn
as the lips or eyes, when it may Gauss
much pain and discomfort.
This liquid and the power OF lhllaI
ing itself until lit is twice its norman
size are the toad's sole defenses
against an enemy. The toad's cnie1
enemy is the snake. When the sh"Hs
advances the toad promptly pufrs llsen -
out and becomes so much bigger thal ~
is difficult for the snake to seize anu
swallow him, for the imitation does no'
yield to pressure Of the snakes jaws
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08

partment OF Justice, was one Of the
few men in the town who was awake
except those who had been guests of
the banker and who had fingered to an
hour which was almost unprecedented
in New Beaufort. They would have
gone home at eleven but the banker
insisted that they remain for further
entertainment on the part of his New
York musicians. One song called forth
another and the quality of the music
proved so much more pleasing than
that OF their customary local talent
that they forgot the passing OF time.
The special agent sat on a hill near
the Compton home and smoked a pipe
1t was twelve o'clock before the
party inally broke up. Those of the
townspeople who had come in their au-
tomobiles were being tucked into the
tonneaus, and those who mad walked
up the gray macadam drive were Just
setting out on foot when the clatter as
OF a bunch of giant fire crackers called
their attention to the village below.
From the bank building was seen sud.
denly to burst cloud of smoke while,
a moment later, a skylignt was broken
and tongue of flame leaped forth.
Fire! Fire!" came the shout from
dozen voices.
Gard had seen more than had the
guests OF the banker. AS he smoked
his pipe and watched the village be-
low, the lights in the windows of Stone
Crest, and thes silent cottage of Lor-
ance. the assistant cashier, he had
seen an automobile, with no lamp
showing, creep through the quiet back
street, purr stealthily into the alley
back of the bank and stop behind a
small building that shut off his view
Half an hour passed and the darkened
machine reappeared from behind the
intervening building, turned into the
thoroughfare leading to the southeast
and disappeared in the distance at an
ever increasing rate of speed.
When the exploding cartridges in
the cashiers drawer at the bank gave
the first warning of the fire, the clamor
OF the alarm followed and pande-
monium broke out in the village. OF
the dispensing group on the hill, every
one ran for nearer view of the fire.
The musicians, the servants, the mas
ter of the house himself, all hurried
into the village to make part of the ex-
element that prevailed. Stone Crest,
the lights of it's entertainment still
glowing, was left deserted.
Gard, the special agent, again acted
differently from his fellows by falling
to do the thing which others did. He
crossed over from the hill on which
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he had smoked and hastily entered the
bankers house. Arriving, he seemed
to know exactly what he wanted. He
hurried through the rooms of the
house, swapping on still more lights
until he found that apartment which
seemed to be the personal retreat of
the owner. Here he evidently had
business. Standing in the middle Of the
floor he looked about. Thrown care
lessly into window seat he saw two
heavy books of the appearance of led
gers. These he secured and placed on
table in the middle of the room with
out even examining them. Next he
began further exploration. When he
found the bankers bedroom he seemed
satisfied. On the. back of chair was
coat, evidently that which Compton
had worn until he dressed for the eve
ming. Gard thrust his hand into the
inside pocket Of his coat and pulled
out a batch of letters through which
he ran rapidly. He selected two or
three, thrust them into his pocket, re-
turned for the ledgers, tucked these
under his arm and left the house.
On the way to his lodgings he filed
telegram to the department at Wash
ington which read as follows:
Compton, cashier in First National
bank case, guilty. torrance probably
not implicated. Bank burned tonight
by accomplices Of Compton. Case COM
plete. GARD"
The manner In which these conclu-
sions were reached are but typical of
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collect beechnuts. They are too small
game for the American nutter.
But all the nuts are honorable. They
do not deserve the slang opprobrium
which has been put upon them. There
is some sense in calling an undesirable
person '1emon" or "quince" or even
'persimmon," but never nut
Nut" should be a term of solid honor.