Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-09-21

and | was scared TO turn around for
fear he'd shoot me- After . while.
when he stin didn't speak. I hooked
around"
Vernon was talking swiftly ard his
face was t~witching with excitenent
He was lying all huddIed mp In the
bottom Of the car and the nrst thing
| saw was 4 lot Of blood I knew he
was unconscious and that I was safe
was so scared that l suppose / acted
more braveiy than I would have done
otherwise I went to the hack Of the
car and took his gun. which wns lying
on the floor of the car. and l saw that
be was dead
The boy ceased speaking abruptly
His cheeks were white. and occasional
ly he closed his eyes N though to
shut out the grisly picture
There wasn't any question that he
was dead. I got more courage felt
for his pulse and II had stopped Then
a new Idea hit me al Of 4 sudden +
wondered what would happen II SOME
body found me parked In the woods
with the dead body Of = man
Il opened the safcheA. IT WIS
crammed and tammed with money
Paper money. l don't know why I
ever thought Of such 4 thing. Mr..
Harvey but right then I did
What. S0nf
"Of keeping that money 1 WA
broke and worried
II don't think I'm bad. Mr. Han
vey. I've never In my life done .
crooked thing. and / thought I never
would But 1t seemed n though this
money WIS Just mir1cuIouxiy given t.
me-. | should have returned t. ths
bank and told them anyway.
I'm telling the truth. and The truth b
that I didn't He paused. then went
on bravely- Il kept the money I IN
tended to keep II alw1y1 The man II
the back Of the chr Was dead He had
been killed robbing = hank i WI
afraid OF being found with hin. any
way II weighted his badly With
some towing rope I had In tie chr and
two big stones and threw II IN ths
river. The floor rug WI stained With
blood l threw that In. too The
clothes ! had intended to tnke + ths
tailor were also covered with blood.
and they were thrown In the river
Il hardly knew what I felt like
then, Mr.. Harvey 1 wns scared ard
nerv0us-and JET ! w1s eAafed II
seemed like my troubles had ended I
didn't like to remember xhaf / had
done with the body hut / CON
soled myself with the fact that he
was merely 4 robber- 1 knew / had
done wrong. but II didn't seem N
though 1t raj very wrong told my
self that | had taken the money from
a dead body that Ia. | tried To
think that II wasn't the banks money
anyway. They had already kst f.
And | even remembered that hanks
are insured against that sort OF thing
4They are" said Harvey 4 sort
OF represent the inxurerx
Il guess you know the rest 4 got to
Steel City and looked MT 4 new czr. /
felt as though I'd be nervous driving
my old one. on account Of what had
happened. Then the next morning /
bought the car and paid the difference
In cash / kept a few hundred dol
lars In my pocket and then hired 4
safe deposit box In the name OF VIII
liam T. Aragon- | figured the mon<y
would be safe there Thes / came
back to Marland-and they arrested
me-"
His voice trailed OF That's the
TRUTH be said with \ note Of des-
perate appeal In his voice Il swear
to God It is
JIm's bulb0us head inclined SLOWLY.
1You had \ pretty tough tfme. didn't
you, Sonf How much did Jon take
out OF the stolen money!
About sixteen hundred dollars. In
Guiding what / paid on the car.
-And all the rest Ii In the Arzgon
box?~
"Yes. sir. Every cent
How much is II altogether
Il don't know. SIR. I wxs scared to
count ~it--eyen In the hotea- / thought
somebody might be looking through
a keyhole. or something like that
Sure.
Jim detached his golden toothpErk
from the hawser which held IT, He
eyes 1t sp~eculAtiveIy and seemed to
speak to 1t rather than to MAX Vernon.
aSon," he said, II sort u think
you've talked mighty straight with me
I'm NOT a regular dick. you know rm
down mere on this hank business and
Il sure makes me feel good tn get thai
sort Of Strengthened out Nos I'll
make q deal with you. Suppose We
nay that I'm to return to the Marfand
bank all the money that's left They'll
take your note for the missing sixteen
h~undred-and you're to get = Job and
work hard to pay 1t hack Maybe
they'll take your new car and can 1t
square And In return for that. Max
Vernon I'll turn ron Ioose- What
sayr
Mr.. Hanveyi You mean .
The lads face Vas radiant with hap
piness- John Reasan's voace broke
In c0idly.
lust 4 minute, Hanvey. That's NIL