Show EO f I FORGOTTEN NOTE THAT TEAT PASSED BROTHERS BRO S t I Thirty Years Later th Nan Man Who Wino Signed it Paid For 35 Note r H 1 i City ty Star Ster Bread east st upon pon thus the water tor often re returns returns returns turns increased mauj maits fold but it Is la seldom that a good d sl ia is by b the recipient at th of 1000 for I 1 Yet this happened a abort time ime ago agoto agoto to a well weil known business man of Kan Nan Kansas Kansas sas sits City whose Is ia not DOt far fr m 1 the corner of i and Walnut streets Thirty years ago Ilo the business s man and his brother living In St Louis lAUta They were young men and were struggling gling Industriously indu trio io to gain a footing in the commercial world w ild rfd The Th business businessman man loaned his brother broth r 35 3 to buy huy cloth clothing loth lothing ing in and received aS an evidence of the debt deb a note for 15 1 36 The note was laid aside and in ill liP busy buny years that S followed was forgotten The Th brothers separated The one who lent I nt the money came caine to ti Kansas City crt and Theother brother remained in St t Lows Louis and fortune too loo smiled upon him He e is now no vice sico president and general man manager manager manages ager ages of one of the largest trust ann oom panties in New York City and ha lute ha habig a abig abig big private fortune Some time ago the Kansas City brother was asked ased aE ed to bunt hunt up some old family fatally papers and aud bring them to his brother in St Louis Louie lie He ransack ransacked k ked ed ott chests chestR and drawers rs gad and S found them At the bottom of an un unused Unused used trunk ha ho discovered an old red rd pocketbook p Inside was the 3 35 note given thirty years before The rite paper p was discolored by ag a athe the writing was faded but hut was wac still sUII The ex I ence of the note had been forgotten by b both brothers When Wheat the Kansas City man went to St SL Laute iuis with the family papers he lie took the note with Him After a pleasant chat with his lie he said Id to laughl laughingly ly Charlie why dont you pay your debts What do you moan m Walter Waiter Well Veil heres a note you gave me thirty years ago and you paid either principal or Interest The brother took look the little piece pter of paper and looked at It in a perplexed manner munner for a few Then lu h laughed cud and nd said It had slipped DIY twy at mory Vet Toi gave me use that thal money mon to buy loe Til tell you what Ill pay that thai note right now non no and pay pa you 1000 for far farone forone forone one He turned to nIB lila desk and wr wrote wreta out a check for 3 and handed it to the astounded Ka 8 0 City man His Ills Hist t protests protest were in vain lie He was forced I to accept the tue money and he h marked the note nole paid The following night the Kansas City man returned home with of the in cash in his big hi pocket His sleep that night was haunted by b fear of or train robbers and he did not breathe freely until the mone mon mona t was wu In the vault of the First National N bank He had drawn the money from the bank the day he left leIt St Louis LoUra to use it in iR a prospective real estate deal It was in the form form of 1000 bills The deal deel was not mad made and as the banks were w re closed the Kansas Kans City roan man decided to take a chance and bring the money home with him At thiO Sf St Louis union depot some one stole his umbrella and visions of thieves following him caused him to keep his hand d to his breast pocket where tine the motsey was waa concealed Just before the steeping sleeping cat car the Kansas City maui man met Ed Hickman secretary to John Jobu Hayes chief of police pollee Hickman wa traveling on the same train tool Kansas City man told him about the money and asked his assistance in guarding it By arrangement Hickman occupied the lower birth and anil the Kan Kansas sas in the same section Each had 3 t revolver under his pillow Th owner of the money pinned it inside his pa pajamas pajamas jamas just over hs heart He dreamed of train robbers and fought with them for the money all nIhL Towards S morning when the train was wan at a lonely spot east of Independence two shots rang out Trains lied Had ben been robbed there before and all the passengers were svere ready for a holdup The ate air brakes were put on and the train came cameto cameto to a stop Hickman and the Kansas City mart man jumped from their berths bertha with their revolvers in lii their hands bands Its train robbers said Hickman HickmanS S Lets get some seine of them Both men ran to the door of the car naIl jumped to the ground and looked around fur for forthe the robbers A short distance ahead they saw in the early morning light a wrecked freight train The supposed shots were the of torpedoes placed on the track to prevent tao pas train front from running into the wreck Both men laughed and shook hands The had n saved |