Show the F tao IRK FOX sy I 1 C richard ricard H wilk wilkinson so C orner ivov CANT FOOL an old fox you like terry oakes anse aitelli was saying not even lf it youre the smartest bank robber and gangster in the country he chuckled reflecting on the story he was about to tell glenville w was s p pretty r le t t y well ala wrought up th that summer in june government agents came Ah through rough warning all the small town banks inthe in the countryside to beon be on the lookout and advising what to do duke In sabato and a couple of his henchmen driven from t their h e I 1 r haunts in the qa fiction large cities by a concentrated effort of local and federal agents who were dead sit set ai on bringing fin an end to the current wave of crime were hiding out in thea the sticks and whiling the time away by staging spectacular daylight holdups hold ups of small town banks the trouble was that no one knew ew where the he varmints var mints would strike next duke In sabato was smart ile he understood small towns because he was brought up in one and he chose as the object of his pilfering fering banks that were pretty will well isolated and unprotected june passed and part of july G gradually ia dually the fear of glenville citizens began to subside only one other small town bank had been held up and that more then than miles away the depositors who had withdrawn their accounts reestablished them terry oakes the trust company president gloat he was an old timer at the game and he understood der stood human nature early in june hed had some signs printed and hung around the lobby of the bank such things as save for your old age deposit with ui Us and your money will be sate safe the citizens smiled a little terry was trying to reassure them one other sign was printed and inserted behind the glass in the front door this too amused thern them b but ut it annoy them any on july 15 the quietude of glen vines main street was as abruptly and harshly interrupted A high pow ered black sedan suddenly appeared at the towns south entrance roared down on the bank and came to an abrupt halt loungers in front of the general store jerked erect three men had leaped from the car two of them one ohe carrying a machine gun ran toward the bank the thard third stayed on oil the curb a second machine gun gui nestling in his arm the loungers popeyed pop eyed and frightened watched in stupid fascination to theli their utter titter astonishment ment ent they saw the two bandits turri turn at the bank bank door without entering rush back to the carcile car pile into tt it and drive away at ftfe ALL happened within sec A ands for a moment or two the loungers sat transfixed then oi of one accord they leaped up raced across the street and entered the bank terry oakes was talking on the telephone he hung up and smiled at them two to one he said calmly sheriff irons picks up duke and his galgat gangat gang at jepson corners I 1 just phoned him ile he looked from one popeyed pop eyed citizen to another no harm done dond boys they even get in i but why they wh a ta happened terry grinned broadly duke In sabato known small towns hea he was a small town boy himself 1 why he picked this hour to do his hold upping right bight after lunch where I 1 11 fooled min him terry paused to chuckle and glance toward the tha front door its lucky duke knows small towns others othera wise he might not have hava taken any stock in my sign the bewildered citizens turned toward it and read they were a little dazed and not quick to under under i stand the sign read tank bank closed out to lunch return in one hour |