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Show MISTAKE OF THE CASHIER Bank Robber Hypnotized Him. but He Forgot That Detectives Have Some Bad Habits. I tell you wlnt ' snld the long lank man with the wan li ring ie, ml lress-lug lress-lug III. thiee men slttlu? near him on tlm upper ilnk of thu Htnten lslind ferryboat ' Ibis hjpnotlxlng lunlneea H Kitting tn bi a meat thing. Iin t It?" ".Not pnrtli nlarl " leplle.l tho three men, who wanted to bo nlonu with their thoughts. "es, Hlr-ee n grint thing, for a fail ' wint nn the long lank nun dls-i, dls-i, (Milling their la.k r eniouraginient ' li je 1 1 ml about the ipinr rnae uf tint bink caahhr out lu lown?" tp niiBwircil th thiee In chorui. Imping thus to slop Ihe long link mini B lluw nf inmrraatinn nut ho wiisn t tn bo stopiHil It aim wiib mlil wnsnt ll? he proceeded pro-ceeded ' Hut the papers got tho do-liilN do-liilN nil mixed up 11 li ippened lu my Ihiiiip town out tli lown Ilia eishler if the bank mid he wiib hypnotised you know, and rnhl ed whllo ho wna that wa " ."lire thing" said the other three Rhuiinlly Hut ho might lmo had a bun on at that " N ipt In wiihii t a drinking man nt all ' sal. I the lung lank until INo known him for llility yens nnd he nmr wiib n diliikliiK man 'Iho way Ihi thing happiii. .1 nrnirdlng to his way r tilling II was this j lie was BtaiidlUK nt the piylng till- , era window at the noon luiui. Utile ill Iho i,t of tin bank folks weio out tilting A tnnn with a long hhuk hoard mid a phnlng t.la.k eye-he pirtUu-liuly pirtUu-liuly lutlnil the pi. n lug blfl. K eye. he snl.f walk.d In lie said that that minis eye woeined to h.iin u hole do in thiouKh hla head to Hit luuk uf his skull and the Idea mu.le lilm nor mm Iook n let. ho snld in the strnllg ei at the Biiute time fedlug ni mnd with his h mil for the gun that be knew win In tin. paying teller's drawir, wh.t o ihi want here nnvhnw ' Who iiu " .aid the man with th,i black beaid and lh. piercing blink eyo. ' 'Why I in a iiiofraaluiuil nuiney utiiulr-er, utiiulr-er, an.l he audilenly slui k hla hell tliinugh the paying tiller a window and I began to muko lertnln qiur pnssts ' with hla hands In flout of Hie c.mliloi a tyoa Now you nlthniivh you have only known me for tthnut seven tnln-i tnln-i utes are al-eady so pleased with tny I petaonullty that you arc nbnut to bestow be-stow upuii m. all of the paper mom In this bank nn know yon n,re. Now, i tell me nln t you'" ' lint vi ib the i ashlers story Ho ' said tint that n is the last be iitnrm-t iitnrm-t beied of the whole huslne 11. ii.n - fnuu 1 Iving In a Btupoi nn I lit hitik ' lion wlun tin list m lh. Link t.lK tn mi la k until th. li luiitli ul iho H.i iin In i ip r ni. n. twin eh iti t, m rrom nut the sate which wi open as It hid been shut tin. bogitinlng of hus-lii hus-lii bb In the morning lh. rfish.tt i wan nrrtiteil n n mnt-tir mnt-tir of rnrni and uihips becanso there win n't nny brulsi s or such like found on him, Indlcntlng tint hod been nt-tickttl nt-tickttl Hi was III n dnxe tor two or tluee houiB arter Ills mini and then ho came to with a annp. llko n man etneiglng from u ulghtniaro Wlun nm I? sill he You re In Jill slid one of the skeptltnl lunk illrictors Hood pl.iy-uitlng pl.iy-uitlng stunt you re putting up too' The (iiahici looked nl the nkepilcnl bulk dliictor In a gilevcil Mrt nf wny, and prtsirvtd silence until lit was questioned when he told his story Ho snld tint he undoubtedly had been hypnotized hyp-notized It sure was as qucei a case of mentnl suggestion as ever I heart about nnd I wouldn t havo believed 1t If 1 hadn t been i Ight In my old homo town ut the time 'Ihe lot g lank mm with the wandering wand-ering evt piiustil and gased rellectlvely at the l.lbuty Biutue Will the enshltr wasn't held nf couise? ' ml I one of the three to whom the long lank man had aildtcastd htm-b, htm-b, If The latter looked meditatively over Ihe mil heroin n ply lug ou inn Just hot your gum hoots he was Inld" he and thin ' Hi Id tlkhtet li a nun l,n el in n ph kllng bar-til bar-til ou aee lint that was tho cashiers name ov ei looked n tew Utile things I Mlnm his wife slipped dw n tn the lunk ' during that liim.li hour nut! got the wmio he toll her to hustle home nnd aptiiid the hills whlih wire all of big ih mm, Illation, nut un linn nth tho lag uirpet In the dining-room Now theio w isn t much Sonne in that sthenic Jim dldn t happen tn lo aware of tho fact though that one of the Hi st places these dettcllve slurps look for hlildin money In country towns Is mult month rag tarpets Tho ileiutlvi of the American llanki rs ns- I sm Iiitlnn got down tn the town rrom I I hluigo on the next day, and he walked ti light tn the raahler's home nnd pulh.il up the tag caiit In the dlnlng-looni dlnlng-looni us It he knew tho moiuy wis Hit re all the time Jim got eighteen Jems lies ir the prlBim laundty nnd ho s gained twen-ty-seviu pounds nlnte ho vvns sen-tint sen-tint eil Theie sure Is something monstrous ijutir about this hypnotising huslness, and no mistlike and n musing grin niiBBcl ihe ftnluroH of the long link mm ii hi got up mil wnlketl liver no i , ii . th lid lh i mil hupiBt w ill wlul Iin thu llst.ners r i, i t I t.m nn thei llulllly -Ntw I niK m |
