Evening star., 1917-09-23
CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAYS
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CHAPTER VI.

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CHAPTER VI
The paying teller of the Seventy
third National Bank looked swiftly but
eomprehensively at the check and then
glanced through his cage at Conybear
How'll you have it, Mr.. Conybear ~
he asked.
Hundreds" grunted the hnancier
The teller reached beneath him
=, twenty-five thousand dollars in hun
dfed-dollar bills was more than he had
on the counters at either side of him
He showed several packages through
the little opening in the cage. Coay-
bear swept them into an open bag
locked 1t, glanced at his companion,
shrugged his shoulders and started for
the bank door.
A tall. handsome man. in the early
thtrties, accosted him.
Il see you're in town. Mr. Conybear,'
he said. He nodded curtly to Cony-
bears companion, who returned the
nod in the same casual way Cony-
bear did not notice the exchange
We'll. what II I am? ." he growled
You ought to have attended ANAL
gamated Generals meeting today"
snapped the tall man.
80? Just because you're president
Of this bank. Malcolm. and I keep an
account here. don't mean you got any
license to advise me-"
have a right to speak my mind"
retufned the banker. When your
staying away almost precipitated a
ConybeaFs companion touched the
enancter gently on the elbow. Malcolm
I'D not see the movement. Conybear
was tense. rigid: he relaxed
Il was directin' trusts Malcolm" he
eafd, when you were in long dresses
You tend TO your bank and let me
'ssnd to my business"
But it's the publics business, too
The public can go TO grass, You
too. snapped Conybear
The young banker flushed and stood
aside Conybear and his companion
walked to the door. past the uniformed
porter. down the bank steps. and into
Q waiting automobile. Two men. an
parently busted at different customers
desks. making out checks sinnulrane-
eusiy seemed to decide not to Withdraw
any money today; they sauntered out
ot tns osnk. Two other men. lounging
On the sidewalk, exchanged glances
with the couple descending the steps
A. the automobile started off the four
men merged in the crowd.
inside the automobile Conybear puffed
Q cigar.
Well. you put it across. Mr.. Carvs-
tad he said. Suppose you take your
hAnd on that popgun in your pocket
nov: II kinda gets me nervous"
.oIhats odd, replied his companion
1T soothes me"
Conybear started at the younp NAV
DO you know. Mr. Carvajal if YOU
wasn't q Frenchmap Id say you was
. nigh and handsome kidder''
Thank you
Maring forced smiIe-with diff
Guilty; his inclination was 10 screap,
fseterday he had been Philip Waring
victim OF Simon Bergson; today he
was Raoul Carvajal, aid to Sinn,
Bergson. He wondered if it would ''b, he
SAFE 10 explain everything to old C.opv-
bear. and together leap from the ma
cnineIhe knew it would not stop
and take their chances
But he had noticed the two men an
the sidewalk as he had entered rbe
bank with Conybear; he had seen tbe
two men in the bank; he knew that
oehino MIN followed an automobile
with at least four men in il: he knau
that the driver OF this car in which he
rode was prepared to die rather than
let Conybear escape. And if waring
And Conybear was too old a man to
leap from flying automobiles 1t would
not do even to let Conybear know that
his companion was not the despera te
criminal ne seemed. but was an Amer
fcan gentleman. playing a part forced
upon him. For Conybear might drop
sons unguarded word He
locked at the old man: the grim lines
of deaant dereat were about the anan-
cieY's mouth.
Waring felt tremendous admiration
fer his companion. The best loser he
hal sver seen! Conybear might be ali
that the yellow journals termed him. A
grader Of the poor. a rapacious forager
upon the common property of all, but
he was q high class fighting man for
all that. Waring knew how close
Conyesar had been to telling Malcolm,
p1esSdent Of the bank they had just
ie9S that he was Withdrawing this