The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13

as stke replies came.
 Verify" were his final words: F. S9S, ,7oI, Series of 1906.' Very well" and hung up the receiver and arose tn bis feet. Come with me" he add ed simply, and I knew that the great head of the United Bankers Protec- 9ivs association was started on an other ease"
 eE. I9o6,'" I observed with sud den shock of memory as we reached ehe street-'if that applies to a one hundred dollar treasury note
 I'll does" vouchsafed Marvel terse- Is
 Then you probably have the man"
 H instructions have been followed. yes" replied my friend.
 Who is it?"
 The Central National"
 That makes ten"
 You keep good tab" complimented Marxel-"exactly ten. What an opti- mist this original shower of the queer muzt bel"
 Briefly. within a week ten counter felt s1e0 notes had been passed upon the city banks. On certain Monday morning a spruce, sprightly young man of about twenty-five had come into our institution and had presented himself at the paying teller's window with five S100 treasury notes. He asked to have them changed into bills of smaller denominations and was readily accommodated. The teller had noted they were comparatively new. that their serial numbers were consecutive. An expert glance satis- aed him, however, that they were all right They were placed with other hundreds to make up a package or twenty, or s1,000. and nothing more was thought of it.
 Four mornings later Resilius Mar vel came into the bank with No. 296, S9S of the same series. Across it's face was stamped the word Counter feff" in broad red letters taking in the full front surface of the note.
 Have you any of those?" he in- 4sairee. placing the bill before me.
 T will find out" replied, and then rather wonderingly scanned the note. It would have passed muster with me, and I counted myself something of a ge2ialist in my line.
 SE IL took half an hour to go the Inas of the cages. It is almost sec
 1 nature for a teller to remember
 bill he has handled. especially sX&e\ of large denomination. The n.s1Nwho had changed the treasury notes for e>stranger soon had the five n question & evidence.
 Two more Sthe s10o notes turned sup twenty-four Aurs later at another institution. Thenwo other banks each contributed hkA pills. h each case smiling, easy-nAEnered young fellow had passed the nNs Marvel had named progress to ma& 1t cui- rrsuzted. Now a tenth no. hao turned up. accompanied him$ the Central National.
 The floor officer was waiting for Marvel, and knew him. There was nutter Of importance and excitement Fn his manner at being concerned ln a professional transaction with the great head of the United Bankers Protective association. He took us ta the paying teller, saying nothing but looking the part of an humble instrument of justice who had coop erz4ed in capturing a crook The teller. looking wise and keen and In suppressed way exultant, beckoned to us. and we went beyond the railing and around into an anteroom, where he joined us-
 1F 10 hundred VOlI 4sxsxed for us, MT. Marvel" he said, and handed s100 bill to my friend
 Resiuus Marvel nodded, gave the hlH a close scrutiny, and returned 1t .fr, the teller with the words: Cancel n and preserve 1t for evidence. Where is the man?"
 The teller slipped the note into his .enat pocket and took out key.
 ~This way" he directed. and we foEiowed him down a narrow corridor As he started to open a steel-studded door Marvel halted him.
 One moment" he said-"teI me ehe circumstances of the matter"
 Why, your warning had prepared us al;, of course," explained the bank man. When the fellow with his note presented it. I pretended to be called by my assistant in the next cage. I quietly pressed the call button, sig aalIng what 1 wanted to the chief cferk's desk. He and the floor officer came up quietly. The man at the window looked amazed and indignant 4s the officer seized his arm. He de- ,x1auded to know what his arrest meant When I told him that the bill u1s counterfeit, 1t seemed to me as if all of sudden some frightful sug- xestion drove his face colorless. He nearly fell to the floor. Now7 Yes, FIT. Marvel. and the speaker un- lacked the door. He started back as he opened it, and stared blankly at s