THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
i THE "PRICE
L By FRANCIS LYNDE Illustrations by C. D. RHODES
CHAPTER I.
At Chaudlere's.
It was at Chaudloro's that Grlswold
had eaten his first breakfast In the
CroHCont city, and It was at Chau
dloro's again that ho was sharing a
farowcll Buppcr with Halnbrldgo of tho
Loulalanlan. Six weeks lay between
that and this; forty-odd days of dis
couragement and failure superadded
upon other similar days and weeks
and months.
Without meaning to, Halnbrldgo had
been strowlng the pnth with fresh
thorns for tho defeated one. He had
Just boon billeted to write up the ba
nana trndo for his paper Boyishly ju
bilant over the assignment, ho had
dragged tho Now Yorkor around to
Chaudloro's to a small parting feast.
Not that It had roaulrod much por
fluaBlon. Grlswold had fasted for 24
hours, and If Halnbrldgo wore not a
friend In a purist's definition of the
term, ho was at least a friendly ac
quaintance. Tho burden of tho tablo talk fell
upon Halnbrldgo, and it occurred to
tho host that ills guest was less than
usually responsive, a fault not to bo
lightly condoned undor tho Joyoua cir
cumstances. Wherefore ho protested.
"What's tho matter with you to
night, Kenneth, old man? You're moro
than commonly grumpy, it scorns to
mo; and that's nocdloss."
Grlswold looked up with a smllo
that was almost 111-naturod, and quot
ed cynically: " 'Unto everyone thnt
hath shall bo given, and ho shall havo
nbundnnco; but from him that hath
not, shall bo taken away oven that
which ho hath.' "
Dalnbrldgo's laugh was tolerant
onough to tako tho edgo from his ro
tort.
"That'B a pretty thing to fling nt a
man who never knifed you or pistoled
you or tried to poison youl An Inno
cent bystander might say you envied
me."
"I do," rejoined Grlswold gravoly.
"I envy any man who can earn onough
monoy to pay for thr'eo meals a day
and a place to sleep In." 1
"Oh, cat's footl anybody can do
that," asserted Halnbrldgo; with tho
nlr of ono to whom tho strugglo for
oxlstcnce 1Mb beon a mcro athlete's
practlco run.
"I know; thnt Is your theory. Hut
tho facts dlsprovo It. I can't, for ono."
Grlswold was a fair man, with red
dish hair and beard and tho quick and
acnsltivo Bkln of tho typo. A red flush
of nngor crept up undor the closely
cropped beard, and his eyos wero
bright.
Dainbridgo scoff od openly; but he"
was good-natured onough to make
amends when ho saw that Grlswold
was moved.
"I tako it all back," ho said. "I sup
pose tho book-chicken has como home
again to roost, and a returned manu
script accounts for nnythlng. Hut,
soriously, Kenneth, you ought to get
down to bed-rock facts. Nobody but
a crazy phenomenon can find a pub
lisher for IiIb first book, nowndnys,
unless ho has had some sort of an
Introduction in tho magnzlnos or tho
nowspapors. You haven't had thnt;
bo far as 1 know, you haven't tried
it."
"Oh, yes, 1 havo tried and fallod
It Isn't In mo to do tho salublo thing,
and there Isn't a mngazlno editor in
tho country who doosn't know it by
this time. I tell you. Halnbrldgo. tho
conditions nro all wrong when a man
with a vital message to his kind can't
,KOt to deliver It to tho pcoplo whn
-want to henr It."
Halnbrldgo ordorod tho small cof
:fees nnd found his cigar caso.
"That 1b about what I suspected."
the commented Impatiently. "You
couldn't kcop your peculiar views
muzzled ovon when you woro writing
a bit of n Kt bdllcr on sugar plant
ing. You drop your fool socialistic
fad nnd write a book thnt a reputablo
. publisher cn-n bring out without com
mitting commercial suicide, and you'll
Btand some show."
"Call It what you ploaso; nnmos
don't chango facts. Listen" Grlswold
leaned upon tho table; his eyos grow
hard and the bluo In them became me
tallicTor moro than a month 1
havo tramped tho streets of this
cursed city bogging yes, that Is the
word bogging for work of nny kind
that would sufllco to keep body and
eoul together, nnd for moro than half
of that tlmo I havo lived on ono menl
a day. That Is what wo have como
to; wo of tho submerged majority.
And that Isn't all. Tho wago worker
himself, when ho Is fortunnto enough
to And a chanco to earn his crust, Is
hut u serf; a chattel nmong tho other
possessions of somo fallow man who
hao ncqulred him In tho plutocratic
redistribution of tho earth and tho
fullness thereof."
Halnbrldgo glanced at his watch.
"I must bo going," ho said. "Tho
Adolantado drops down tho river at
cloven. How nro you flxed for tho
present, and what are you going to do
for tho futuro?
Grlswold'B Binllo was not pleasant
to look nt
"I am 'flxed' to run twenty-four
hours longer, thanks to your hospital
ity. For that length of tlmo I pro-
sumo I tilml I continue to conform to
what we have beon taught to bellovo
is tho Immutable ordor of things.
After thnt"
Ho paused, and Halnbrldgo put tho
question. "Well, after that; what
then?"
"Then, If tho chanco to cam 1b still
denied me, and I am sufficiently hun
gry, I shall stretch forth my hand and
take what 1 need."
Halnbrldgo Ashed in his pocket nnd
took out a ten-dollar banknote "Do
that first," ho Bald, offering GrlBwold
tho money.
Tho proletary smiled and shook his
head.
The fruit steamer Adelnntndo, out
ward bound, was shuddering to tho
first Blow revolutions of her propeller
when Halnbrldgo turned tho key In
tho door of tho stuffy little Btntcroom
to which ho had been directed, and
went on deck.
"Why, hello, Hroflln! How are you,
old man? Whero the dickens did you
drop from?"
It was tho Inevitable steamer nc
qualntanco who Is always at hand to
provo the trlto narrowness of tho
"You Couldn't Keep Your Pecutlar
Views Muzzled."
world, and Halnbrldgo kicked a chair
into comradely place for him.
UrotHn, heavy browed and clean
shaven savo for n thick mustacho that
hid the hard-blttcd mouth, replaced
tho chair to suit himself and sat down
In appearur.co ho was a ctobs between
a steamboat captain on a vacation and
an uprlvor plantation overseer rocov
orlng from his nnnunl ploasuro trip
to tho city. Hut his reply to Bain
bridge's quory proved that ho was nel
thor.
'1 didn't drop; I walked. Moro than
that, I kept step with you all tho way
from Chaudloro's to tho loveo. You'd
bo dead easy gamo for an amatour."
"You'll got yourself disliked, tho
first thing you know," said Halnbrldgo,
lnughlng. "Can't you ovor forgot that
you nro In tho man-hunting business?
Whoro nro you headed for, Hrollln?"
The man who might havo passed for
a Btuunboat captain or a plantation
overBeur, and wub neither, chuckled
dryly.
"You don't oxpoct mo to glvo It away
to you, and you a nowspapor man, do
you? Hut 1 .will seeing you can't get
it on tho wires. I'm goln down to
Guatemala after Mortserilii
"Tho Crescent bank defaulter? By
Jove! you've found him nt last, havo
you?'
Tho detectlvo nodded. "I'vo boon
two years, off and on, trying to locnto
ortsen; and now thnt I'vo found him,
ho Is whoro he can't bo extradited
All tho samo, I'll bet you live to ono
ho goes back with mo In tho uext
steamer what?"
CHAPTER II.
Tho Riant of Might.
Two days after tho supper at Chnu-
dtcro's tho uulmpotuous routino of tho
business quarter of Now Orleans was
rudely disturbed by tho shock of a
gonulno Bensntlon.
To shatter &t a single blow tho most
venorublo of tho routino precedents,
tho sensational thing choso for Us col
liding point with ordorly system ono
of tho oldest nnd most conservative
of tho city's banks tho Bayou State
Security. At ton o'clock, following
the preclso habit of halt a lifetime
Mr. Andrew Gnlbrnlth, prcsldont of
tho Hayou State, entered his prlvato
room In tho rear of tho main banking
apartment, oponed his desk, and ad
dressees himself to tho business of tho
day. At halt-past tho hour tho presi
dent wns loft alono to read his cor
respondence.
Being' a man whoso mental proo
(UopjrnuM tiy Cnarlei Scncuwr's born)
esses were all scrlouB, and whoso
hobby was method, Mr. Galbralth had
established a custom of giving himself
a quiet half-hour of Inviolable seclu
sion in which to read and consider
Ills mall. During this sacred Interval
tho stenographer, standing guard in
tho outer office, had Instructions to
deny his chief to callers of nny und
every degree. Wherefore, when, at
20 minutes to 11, tho door of tho pri
vate ofllco oponed to admit n stranger,
tho president wns Justly annoyed.
"Well, sir; what now?" ho demand
ed, Impatlontly, taking tho Intruder's
mensuro In n swift glance shot from
beneath his bushy white eyebrows.
Tho unannounced visitor was a
young man of rather prepossessing np
penranco, n trifle tall for his breadth
of shoulder, fair, with bluo eyes and a
curling, reddish benrd and mustache,
tho former trimmed to a point. So
much the president was able to note
In tho nppralslvo glance and to ro
mcmber nfterward.
Tho caller made no reply to the curt
question. Ho had turned and was
closing tho door. There was a qulot
Insistence In tho act that was llko the
flick of a whip to Mr. Galbralth's lrrlr
tatlou.
"If you havo business with mo,
you'll havo to excuse mo for a few
minutes," ho protested, still moro Im
patiently. "Bo good enough to tako a
seat in the anteroom until I ring.
MacFarland should have told you."
Tho young man drew up a chair and
sat down, Ignoring tho request as If
ho had fallod to hear It Ordinarily
Mr. Andrew Gnlbralth's temper wns
equable enough; tho ago-cooled torn-
por of a methodical gentleman whoso
long upper Hp was In itself an adver
tisement of solf-control. Dut such a
dollberato infraction of his rules.
coupled with tho stony lmpudenco of
tho visitor, made him spring up an
grily to ring for tho watchman.
Tho Intruder was too quick for him.
When his hand sought tho bell push
ho found himself looking Into the
muzzlo of a rovolver, and bo was fain
to fall back Into his chair, gasping.
"Ah-h-hl" ho fltnmmored. And when
tho words could bo managed: "So
that's It, Is It? you'ro a robber!"
"No," said tho Invader of tho presi
dential privacy calmly, Bpcaklng for
tho first time since his Incoming. "I
am not a robbor, save In your own
very limited definition of tho word. I
am merely a poor man, Mr. Gal
bralth ono of tho uncounted thou
sands and I wnnt monoy. If you call
for help, I shall shoot you. It Is
merely n question of monoy, and If
you aro nmennblo to reason "
"If I'm but I'm not amonablo to
your reasons!" blustered tho presi
dent, recovering a little from tho first
shock of terrified astoundmont "I re-
fuso to listen to thom. I'll not havo
anything to do with you. Go away!"
Tho young man's smllo showed his
teeth, but It also proved that ho was
not wholly devoid of the sense of
humor.
"Kcop your temper, Mr. Galbralth,
ho advised coolly. "Tho momont Is
mine, and I say you shall listen first
nnd oboy afterward. Otherwlso you
dlo. Which Is It to bo? Choose
quickly tlmo Is precious."
Tho president yielded tho first
point, that of tho receptlvo ear; but
grudgingly and as ono undor strict
compulsion.
"Well, well, then; out with It. What
havo you to say for yourself?"
"This: You aro rich; you represent
tho oxlstlng ordor of things. I am
poor, and I stand for my necessity. '
which is higher than any mnn-mado j
law or custom. You havo moro monoy
than you can possibly uso,ln any lo j
gltlmato porsonnl channels; I havo
not tho prlco of tho noxt meal, already
twenty-four hours overdue. I came
horo this morning with my Ufo In my
hand to Invito you to share with mo
a portion of thnt which Is yours chiefly I
by tho right of possession. ' If you do I
It, well and good; If not, thoro will
bo n now prcsldont of tho Bayou State '
Security. Do I mnko mysolf sulllclcnt
ly explicit?"
Andrpw Gnlbralth glanced furtively
at tho paper-weight clock on his dosk
It wns nearly cloven, nnd MacFarland
would Burely como In on tho stroke
of tho hour. If ho could only fend
off tho catnstropho for a few minutes,
until help should como. Ho searched
in his pockots and drew forth a hand
ful of coins.
Tho Invader of privacies glanced at
tho clock In his turn and shook his
head.
"You aro merely trying to gain time,
and you know It, Mr. Galbralth. My
stako In thlsnmo Is much moro than
a handful of charity ollvor; and I
don't do you tho lnjustlca to bellovo
thatyou hold your llfo so cheaply;
you "who havo bo much monoy and,
at best, bo few years to llvo."
Tho president put tho little heap
of coins on tho dosk, but ho did not
abandon tho strugglo for delay.
"What's your prlco, thon?" ho de
manded, ns ono who may possibly
consldor a compromise.
"Ono hundred thousand dollars In
cash."
"But man! ye'ro clean daft! Do ye
think I have"
In tho midst of his vehement pro
tests tho stranger sprang out of his
chair, stepped back a pace and rnlsed
his weapon.
"Mr. Galbralth, you aro Juggling
with your life! Write a check while
there Is yet tlmo!"
Tho hammer of tho leveled pistol
clicked. Andrew Galbralth Bhut his
eyes and made a blind grasp for pen
and checkbook. His hands were shak
ing as with a palsy, but tho fear of
death steadied them suddenly when he
enmo to write.
' lndorso It!" wns tho noxt com
mand. The voIccb had ceased beyond
the partition, and tho dead Bllenco was
relieved only by the labored strokes
of tho president's pen and tho tap-tap
of the typewriter In tho adjacent
nntoroom.
The check was written and indorsed,
and under tho menace of tho rovolver
Androw Galbralth was- trying to give
it to tho robber. But tho robber would
not take It.
"No, I don't want your paper; como
with me to your paying teller and get
me tho money. Make what explana
tion you seo fit; but remember If ho
hesitates, you die."
They left the prlvato ofllco together,
tho younger man a short half-step In
tho rear, with his pistol-bearing hand
thrust under his coat. Tho president
did not despair. In tho public lobby
there would bo eyes to seo, and per
haps somo that would understand. Mr.
Galbralth took a firmer hold upon his
self-possession and trusted that some
happy chanco might yet intervene to
save him.
But chanco did not Intervene. There
was a goodly number of customers in
tho public space, but not ono of the
half-dozon or more who nodded to tho
president or passed tho tlmo of day
with him saw tho eye-appeal which
was tho only ono ho dared to make.
On tho short walk around to tho pay
ing toller's window, tho robbor kept
oven stop with his victim, and try as
he would, Andrew Galbralth could not
summon tho i rago to forget the
pistol muzzlo menacing him in its
coat-covered ambush.
At tho paying wicket thero was
only ono customer, instead of tho
group tho president had hoped to find;
a sweet-faced young woman In a mod
est travoltng hat and a gray coat. She
was getting a draft cashed, and when
sho saw thom sho would havo stood
aside. It was tho robber who antici
pated her intention and forbado it
with a courteous gesturo; whereat she
turned again to tho window to con
cludo her small transaction with the
teller.
Tho few moments which followed
wero terribly trying ones for tho gray
haired president of tho Dayou State
Security. Nono tho less, his brain
was busy with tho chanceful possi
bilities. Falling nil elso, ho was deter
mined to glvo tho teller a warning
signal, como what might. It was a
duty owed to society no less than to
tho bank and to himself. Hut on tho
"How will you havo H?" he asked;
and It was tho stranger at Mr. Gal
bralth's elbow who anBwored,
"Ono thousand In fives, tens and
twenties, loose, if you plenso; tho re
mainder In tho largest denominations,
put up In a package."
Tho tellor counted out tho ono thou
sand In small notes quickly; but ho
had to leavo tho cago and go to tho
vault for tho hugo remalndor. This
was tho crucial momont of peril for
tho robber, and tho president, Bteallng
a glnnco nt tho faco of his persecutor,
saw tho bluo eyes blazing with ex
citement. "It Is your tlmo to pray, Mr. Gal
bralth," said the spoiler in low tones.
"If you havo given your man tho sig
nal" But tho signal had not been given.
Tho toller was re-entering tho cage
with a bulky packet of money paper.
"You needn't open it," said tho
young man at tho president's elbow.
"Tho bank'B count is good enough for
mo." And when tho window wicket
had been unlatched and the money
passed out, ho stuffed tho looso bills
carelessly into his pocket, put the
package containing tho ninety-nine
thousand dollars under his arm, nod
ded to tho president, backed swiftly
to tho street door and vanished.
Then it wns that Mr. Andrew Gal
bralth suddenly found speech, opening
his thin Hps and pouring forth a tor
rent of Incoherence which presently
got Itself translated Into a vengeful
huo and cry; and New Orleans tho un-
impetuous had Its sensation ready
made.
The Hammer of the Leveled Pistol
Clicked.
plnnaclo of resolution, at tho Instant
when, with tho robber nt his elbow
ho stopped to tho window and pre
sented tho chock, Androw Galbralth
folt tho gontlo pressuro of tho pistol
muzzlo against his side; nny, moro
hofnncled ho could fool tho cold chill
of tho motal strike through and
through him.
So It enmo about that tho flno rcso
lutlon had quite evaporated when ho
said, with what composuro thoro was
In him: "You'll pleaso glvo mo cur
rency for that, Johnson,"
Tho tollor glnnccd nt tho check and
thon nt his superior; not too Inquisi
tively, slnco it wns not his business
to question tho president's commands.
through the old French quarter toward
tho French market. In a narrow alloy
giving upon tho loveo ho flnnlly found
what he was looking for; a dingy Bail
ors' barber's shop. Tho barber was
a negro, fat, unctuous and sleepy look
ing, and ho was alone.
"Yes, sah; shavo, boss?" naked tho
negro, bowing and scraping a foot
when Grlswold entered.
"No; a hair cut." Tho customer
produced a sliver half-dollar. "Go
somewhere and get mo a cigar to
smoke whtlo you aro doing it Get a
good one, if you have to go to Canal
streot," he added, climbing Into tht
rickety chair.
Tho fat negro shuffled out, scenting
tips. Tho moment ho was out of
sight Grlswold took up tho scissors
and began to hack awkwardly at his
beard and mustache; awkwardly, but
swiftly and with well-considered pur
pose. The result was a fairly com
plete metamorphosis easily wrought
In placo of tho trim beard and curling
mustacho thoro was a rough stubblo,
stiff and uneven, llko that on the faco
of a man who had neglocted to shav
for a we ok or two.
"There, I think that will nnswer,"
he told himself, standing back before
tho cracked looking-glass to get the
goneral effect. "And It Is decently
original. Tho professional cracksman
would probably havo shaved, where
upon the first amateur detective ha
CHAPTER III.
lo Trlumphe!
Once safely in tho street, Kenneth
Grlswold, with a thousand dollars In
his pocket and tho packet of bank
notes under his nrro, was seized by an
Impulse to do somo extravagant thing
to celebrate his success. It had proved
to bo such a simple matter, after all
ono bold stroko; a tussle, happily
bloodless, with tho plutocratic dragon
whoso hold upon his treasure was so
easily broken; and presto! tho hungry
proletary had become himself a power
In tho world, strong to do good or
evil, as the gods might dlreci.
This was tho prompting to exulta
tion as It might have been pot in
wordB; but in Griswold's thought It
wns but a swift suggestion, followed
Instantly by another which was much
moro to tho Immediate purpose. Uo
was hungry; there was a restaurant
next door to tho bank. Without think
ing overmuch of the risk ho ran, and
perhaps not at all of tho audacious
subtlety of such an expodlent at such
a critical moment, ho went in, sat
down at ono of the Bmall marble-
topped tables, and calmly ordered
breakfast.
Slnco hunger Is a lusty special
pleader, making itself heard above
any pulpit drum of tho higher facul
ties, it is quite probable that Grls
wold dwelt less upon what he had
dono than upon what ho was about to
cat, until the hue and cry in tho
street reminded him that the chase
was begun. But at this, not to appear
suspiciously incurious, he put on tho
mask of Indifferent interest and asked
tho waiter concerning tho uproar
Tho serving man did not know what
had happened, but he would go and
And out If M'sieu' bo desired. "M'sleu "
Bald breakfast first, by all means, and
Information afterward. Both camo In
duo season, and thq hungry ono nte
while ho listened.
Transmuted into the broken English
of tho Gascon serving man, tho story
of tho robbery lost nothing In its sen
sational features.
It was very evident tnat tho pluto
cratic dragon did not Intend to accept
defeat without a strugglo, and Grls
wold set his wits at work upon the
problem of escape.
"It's a little queer that I hadn't
thought of thnt part of it before," he
mused, sipping his coffeo as ono who
need not hasten until the race is actu
ally begun. "I suppose tho other fel
low, the real robber, would havo fig
ured himself safely out of It or would
havo thought ho had before ho made
tho break. Slnco I did not, I've got to
do it now, and thoro isn't much tlmo
to throw away. Let mo seo " he shut
his eyes and went Into tho inventive
tranco of tho literary craftsman "tho
keynote must bo originality; I must
do that which tho other fellow would
nover think of doing."
On the strength of that decision ho
ventured to ordor a third cup of cof
fee, and heforo It had cooled ho had
outlined a plan, bnslng It upon a cross
questioning of tho Gascon waiter
Thero had been but ono man con
corned in tho robbery, and the sldo
walk gossip wns beginning to doscrlbo
him with discomforting accuracy.
Grlswold paid his score and went
out boldly and with studied noncha
lanco. Ho reasoned that, notwlth
standing tho growing nccuracy of tho
streot report, ho waa still in no Imme
dlato danger so long as he remained
In such closo proximity to tho bank
It was safe to nssumo that this was
ono of the things tho professional
"stronc-arm man" would not do. But
It was also evident that ho must
spoedlly lose his identity If ho hoped
to escape; and tho lost identity must
leavo no cluo to ItEolt.
Grlswold Bmlled when ho romem
bored how, In fiction of tho folon-catch
Ing sort, and in real life, for that mat
tor, tho law-breaker always did leave
a cluo for tho pursuers. Thoreupon
aroso a determination to domonstrato
practically that it was qulto as pos
slblo to creato an Inerrant fugitive as
to conceive nn lnfnlllblo detectlvo
Joining tho passers-by on the sldo
walk, ho mado his way leisurely to
Canal street, and thenco diagonally
Grlswold Went Out Smiling Between
Hls-Teeth.
met would reconstruct tho beard on
tho sunburned lines. Now for a pawn
broker; and tho more avaricious he
happens to bo, the better ho will servo
tho purpose."
Ho went to the door and looked up
and down tho alley. Tho negro waa
not yot in sight, and Grlswold walked
rapidly away in tho direction opposite
to that taken by tho obliging barber.
A pawnbroker's shop of tho kind re
quired' was not far to seek in that lo
cality, and when it was found, Grls
wold drove a hard bargain with the
Portugueso Jow behind the counter.
The pledgo ho offered was tho suit ho
was wearing, and the bargaining con
cluded in an exchange of tho still serv
iceable business suit for a pair of but
ternut trousers, a second-hand coat too
short in tho sleeves, n flannel shirt, a
cap, and a red handkerchief; thesa
nnd a sum of ready money, the small
ness of which ho deplored plteously
before ho would consent to accent It
Tho effect of the haggling was ex
actly what GrlBwold had prefigured.
Tho Portuguese, most suspicious of
his tribe, Buspccting everything but
tho truth, flatly accused his customer
of having stolen tho pledgo. And
when Grlswold departed without deny
ing tho charge, suspicion became con
viction, and tho pledged clothing,
which might otherwise havo given the
police the needed cluo, was carefully
hidden away against a time when tho
Jew's apprehensions should be quieted.
Having thus disguised himself, Grls
wold mndo the transformation nrtlstl
cally completo by walking a few
squares in tho dust of a loaded cotton
float on tho loveo. Then ho mado a
tramp's bundle of tho manuscript of
tho moribund book, tho pistol, and
tho monoy In tho red handkerchief;
and having surveyed himself with
somo satisfaction in tho bar mirror
of a riverside pot-houso, a daring 1m
pulso to test his disguise by going
back to tho restaurant whero ho had
breakfasted seized and bore him up
town. Tho experiment was an unqualified
success. The proprlotor of tho bank
neighboring cafe not only faf.cd to rec
ognlzo him; ho was driven forth with
revlllngs in idiomatic French and brok
en English.
"Bote! Go back on da loveo w'ore
you belong to go. I'll been kipping dls
cafo for zhentlemcn! Scelerat! Go!"
Grlswold went out, smiling between
his teeth.
"That settles tho question of lden
tlflcatlon nnd present safety," ho as
sured himself exultantly. Then: "I
bellovo I could walk Into tho Hayou
State Security and not bo recognized."
As before, tho daring lmpulso was
irresistible, and ho gave place to it
on the spur of tho momont. Fouling
a flvo-dollar bill In the mud of the gut
ter, ho wont boldly Into tho bank and
asked tho paying teller to give him
slivor for It. Tho teller sniffed at tho
monoy, scowled nt tho man, and turned
back to his cash hook without a word.
Griswold's Biuilo grow to nn Inward
laugh when ho reached tho street
(TO I1E CONTINUKIX)