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CHAPTER IX—Continued
—17—
He came down with a crash. His
head struck the desk and ills pistol
fell from his hand and went bounding
along the floor toward the closet. The
man lay stunned and still. Sir
George, as the bank manager turned,
put his finger to his lips and indi¬
cated that he was to sit on the fallen
bandit and tie him up.
Still keeping himself below the
glaas of the partition and away from
the doorway, Sir George picked up the
pittel and crawled on the desk nearest
the main office. Again thanking his
stars for his height he stood erect and
peered over the partition.
Paralyzed by the sudden appear¬
ance of three men without warning,
the clerks had been backed up against
the wall by one robber, while the
second thief, who also bad a pistol,
was rapidly sweeping the money,
Stacked near the teller’s window, into
his pocket.
This man turned swiftly as though
he had eyes in the back of his head.
As he turned he fired The shot struck
the partition a very little to one side,
as Sir George ducked and fired. His
bullet hit the man’s pistol hand and
aa the pistol dropped and the man
reached for it, Sir George winged him
again, this time in the leg. The third
man near the door swung his pistol
away from the clerks and clients he
was holding at bay, but Sir George
fired first. The fellow yelled and
dashed outside to a waiting machine.
Sir George Jumped down from the
desk, ran through the doorway into
the main bank and hurried toward the
doorway. But the men in the car had
started, and as he emerged, one of them
fired. The bullet went through Sir
George’s coat sleeve.
The car started across the bridge,
racing dangerously, despite the shouts
of the few people on the street. From
the back of the car came a succession
of shots that discouraged pursuit.
Sir George hurried back into the
bank. The manager and the assistants
were still dazed—hardly able to be¬
lieve that what happened had hap¬
pened—despite the wounded men and
the blood on the floor.
He managed to caution the man¬
ager: “Not a work to the police or
anyone else about the payroll,” before
a small crowd came in. Presently the
wounded men, still unconscious, were
in a heavily guarded motor, going to
the nearest hospital, while Sir George
was making his wuy up the river road
Rt top speed.
Once across the bridge, he whistled,
and as arranged, August, Maclietli’s
efiauffeur, came and took the car.
“I’m not coming in yet, I’m going for
a walk up the towpath. Tell Mr.
MacBeth that,"
“Yes, Sir George,” said August, and
gazed after him so intently that Sir
George had to check his Inclination to
feel his waist and see whether the
belt was bulging. What was wrong
with August? He could not possibly
guess his errand.
August, who had been instructed
early that morning by MacBeth that
he was to take the car at once, and
gay and do nothing to delay Sir
George, was too awestruck to tell him
that a wild tale of adventure had come
over the telephone. An excited neigh¬
bor, who had been down at the drug
store and had seen the police arrive,
had called up to assure Lady Sandi
aon that her stepson was all right and
described the fight as reported in the
Tillage. As it lost nothing in the re¬
porting and nothing from Aggy’s in¬
dignant recital, Robert MacBeth had
listened with some anxiety and Roberta
with open amusement.
“Think shame, Roberta,” said her
aunt, indignantly. “The lad might
have been killed."
“But he wasn’t,” Roberta reminded
her, “and if you think I believe any¬
thing like that happened in this sleepy
place, you’re mistaken. Somebody’s
•having’ you. There isn’t the slightest
doubt of that, Aunt Aggy. Sounds like
oDe of Roger’s romances, and we’ll
have ‘Beauty’ Sandison himself saun¬
tering in to join in the laugh.”
Her aunt glared at her. “It passes
me, Roberta,” she said, with a sudden
sweetness that made her brother ob¬
serve her carefully, “Why you go so
far out of your way to belittle the
lad. It’s my private belief that you’re
as fonu of him—as the rest of the
lassies.”
Roberta flushed, an ugly dull flush,
but she looked steadily at her aunt.
“No auntie, you can take your long
legged laddie safely back to bonnie
Scotland as soon as you like for
all of me.”
Her father, who had—and it was
unusual for him—let them have their
say yvithout interruption, now came
back from some far-off place in his
mind and said, “I’m sorry to say it’s
very apt to be true. I gave the lad a
Job at the bank this morning. But no
on* could guess this would happen.
By the Lord I wish I knew where the
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leak was! When I find out there will
be trouble.”
Roberta stared at him. “Do you
mean to say. Father, that you believe
all this impossible story about him
bolding one robber by the feet, while
he shot the other from over the parti¬
tion? And leaving them lying where
they fell, ran out and single-handed
stopped a car full of desperadoes who
were shooting right and left?”
Her father turned a wary eye on
her. “Well, Roberta, I dare say that
there has been some little exaggera¬
tion, but as he’s a very tall man, with
a very long reach, and better than all,
as he has a good Scots head on top
of his shoulders, it’s possible."
“Were you expecting him to come
right back to you, Robert, or what?”
demanded his sister.
“I left that," Robert MacBeth said
rather sullenly, “to his discretion."
Roberta laughed again, “Oh, he'*
discreet enough. Father. You're safe
in trusting his discretion, as far as
his own skin or interests are con¬
cerned.”
Lady Sandison fixed her niece with
a steely eye, “I’m no so sure. It’s no
discretion the Sandison family have
been famed for. Far, far from it.
Where is he now. Rob MacBeth?”
“How should I know?" MacBeth
countered irritatedly. “He can, as you
say, look after himself."
But in his own mind he was think¬
ing with an anxiety that amazed him,
Why doesn’t he come home, since bis
program has been cut to pieces?
Sir George went slowly up the tow
path. He was not easy in his mind.
He had not allowed for an open attack
on the bank this morning, concentrat¬
ing the attention of the public and the
police on him.
Some one had undoubtedly given (tie
other side a hint, and it had evidently
been their aim to get the money before
it left the bank. The question was,
since that attempt had failed, did they
know he was scheduled to collect the
payroll money from the hank today?
It was a difficult problem, for if the
desperate gang really knew ids errand
he would be doing a very foolhardy
thing in walking up the towpath nlone.
He found it hard to believe that they
could know positively and was fully
persuaded that the chances were
against their conceiving that he would
venture alone with such a sum of
money on his person. Anyway, Ray
Browne was on the lookout. He was
not really alone.
He was exceedingly troubled by the
fact that his mind continually swung
round to the thought that Roberta
might be tangled up in this. Why it
should he did not quite understand,
except that his suspicion of this man
who had been lurking about her con¬
tinued to worry him. Her attitude of
distrust and some of her hints as to
ids owh bad reputation made him sure
that some one was slandering him.
but who would take the trouble, and
why, he could not comprehend.
All the way up from the bank to
the bridge and after August had taken
the car, as agreed, and his walk up
the towpath had begun, he had been
wondering whether he was a wise
man, or a tool persevering in his
folly. His doubts returned to him
now strongly. Suppose he was not
met by Ray Browne, as they had
planned?
He decided that his Imagination was
working overtime because he was hun¬
gry. He took out a package of sand¬
wiches, which Lady Sandison had had
the cook prepare for him, and un¬
wrapped one. Slowly walking along,
one hand in his pocket, resting against
a pistol, he began to munch it.
There was something like Joy In
his heart, for here in this quiet place,
where he had least looked for it, ad¬
venture had come, and might even
now be lurking round the next corner.
He looked ahead sharply and then
behind him.
In front nothing, but behind him a
canoe was coming along the canal,
propelled by swift strokes. He
marched steadily on until he came to
Movement to Preserve Forests Traced to 1873
Following the Civil war settlements
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In greater and greater quantities was
needed and louder than before the
note of alarm was sounded. We were
using up and burning up our timber
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In a committee of forestry of
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a< little bridge which spanned the
canal. He walked under it, close to
the stone wall of the embankment on
which it rested. He could see both
up and down now. lie took out an¬
other sandwich and began eating it.
The canoe came nearer and he could
see the young man in it twist around,
looking about him. He realized then
that, where he was, he was well hid¬
den and the canoeist must come cloaer
to see under the bridge. The man
stopped paddling. Up and down he
looked, shading his eyes with his hand.
Sir George had a strong feeling that
this was a scout looking for him. He
determined to find out. He walked
from under the bridge to ttie middle
of the towpath. He could have sworn
that his movements were without
noise, yet something was overheard or
seen by the man in the canoe, for
looking back Sir George saw he was
gazing directly at him. Quickly the
canoe began to turn about to go bnck
down the canal.
Sir George had also used his eyes
and he felt confident that the man
was the same dark-haired fellow he
had seen with Roberta that night on
the towpath. Unless lie was verj
much mistaken he was also the youth
who had fled in tli* canoe the night
of the party and If he was, then some¬
where, at some time, Sir George had
known him.
It was decidedly odd and suspicious
that he should turn up here and at the
first glimpse of Sir George scurry
away. It might, of course, be that
finding him here, the fellow was sim¬
ply hurrying back to find Roberta
alone. Time would tell, but as time
counted in this game and Sir George
had a good stiff walk to the trysting
place, he hurried on.
As he turned his back on the canoe
and its occupant he knew in a flash,
and positively, who the man was. His
mind’s eye pictured the deck of the
steamer he had taken from Central
America. Jack Navarro! Why had
he been so stupid all this time? That
oily , snake would be the very man to
poison a girl’s mind against him.
Halfway between the Island and
the construction camp another quaint
little bridge crosses the canal. Here
Ray Browne waited.
Browne sat near the bridge beside
his car smoking a cigarette, and rising
every few minutes to survey both tow
path and canal. After each survey
he sank back impatiently, keeping an
eye on the road. Presently he saw
Sir George running along the towpath.
Instantly he started tils engine running.
Sir George flung himself into the
car witli hardly a word of greeting.
“Get on with it, and don't stop to talk.
I’m hot and bothered. I think I’ve
been followed. There's a fellow In a
canoe who could easily land anywhere
on the bank near the road and inform
a waiting motor.”
Ray started the ear, mid once out
on the road, he began to show what he
knew about speed, and it was riot until
they had passed several miles in their
Journey that Ray asked:
“Safe now, isn’t It?”
“Nothing’s safe until the workmen
have the money in their pockets. The
bank was Held up this morning.”
“What!”
Sir George nodded. “Once around
tliis point and I'll tell yon.” But when
they were round the point there was
a motor car, obviously placed so as to
block the road, while out on the canal
bank, looking up and down the tow
path, were three men. Without hesita¬
tion Ray, who knew the road well,
ran up on the bank, passed around
safely and went on at full speed.
They glanced back and saw the men
running toward the car.
Ray and Sir George looked at each
other.
“That ,lad I saw In the canoe has
spread the news that I’m headed up
the river. It doesn’t look healthy
here to me."
“Say no more.”
The road seemed comparatively safe
going, and Ray took curves and cor¬
ners in a highly exciting manner. Sir
George did nothing to discourage him.
They caught the sound of • motor
boat on the canal. There was nothing.
Sir George told himself, frightfully
unusual In a motor boat coming along
the canal, but when a shot came from
the motor boat and by the narrowest
margin missed their rear lire, he
Judged it to be an unusual motor boat.
“Zigzag!" he shouted. “Where do
your guards begin?”
"Round the next curve.”
Luck held—at least long enough to
allow them to rock around the nexi
curve.
A car was waiting there, with one
of the workmen seated in it. Sir
George waved a hand, and as they
went by, the car followed and Ray
called, “Don’t start anything, Luigi,
but if they do shoot at their tires.”
A cheerful "Alia righta!” followed
them.
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