"I v THE REVIEW CURTIS CALL By HENRY WINTHROP c.riihl. IWI. k T. C McClr . ... tf LtTTrrr" ll''l-l"'ii Hil"l'll'l'im''l" Thl! Institution was too new to Scar- jti . . ...lilt mirflif nnrn i1 - .mi. imt tlicro was rnoro Slfcnc wl'" trea Bt.Kseat that Da 5 iwcott Im.l erred in ranking hla M . . . i..ri,.n uw nnvinir toller. Not Kriuil "not milted to tbo lui 11,1,1 i Siwonimi teller wns unuaunl. rammcnt did not worry Proacott XloWW I" ' tank amounted to (wi n..r cent of tho capital Snrifll. ninl at tho directors' meeting pvtsi".. ,l. ni.nliui ' .. . i..,t miircest Any ono bet- ' ... iin. .i iiirmiifli nrdiinlntnnco or Lrtnw.'f nt figures. Tlmt settled tho titter oiiiuiiNjt ....... timt- niilrn oncned It was Ma- pretty blond licnd which was wa turougn me ihhiu ium mjuum rvi i t'iif Inc Toller." B(rt Howard was tlio receiving tell- f mil tins was runner cnusc iur uum- mm mm miiiu, iiavi: ti oivi: You homk ooliv till) UA1U0N HWUKTLT. to for Ilcrt lind been n willing olavo u Marlon ever slneo tho days when Wcvxl to drng her to nchool on bU W. Utey roiniuvnU hnd been mndo In at postoillco and nround tbo atovo In Tu font's grocery, but after Ned Da. till J been Noundly thraHhcd by I low. ltd for suggesting (hot If tho pnlr of Kurt livid their ponltlotm long enough bj would bnvo no troublu starting nrroiterly tlicro wna nn abrupt eta k&o of thla sort of gonlp, and tho fast otlk-um were accepted without ctbrr cotntuvnt. hi It wnri not plcnsunt aalllng for krtiad Marlon. Ho had been given ka position not becnuso Prvacott ap plied of hi Ntilt for Murlon'a hand, Wttwnue, llko Marlon, ho hnd been at cost available person for tho po fica l'rcseott. In hla hard, dttn JS&M volco, bad assured tho young tu that If ho over caught a gllinpse ikt making In bualuce hour there V1 bo un Imported teller In the tot wltuln twenty-four hours. h It woa that man and maid were Kforce content with audi satisfaction hiouM como from tho kuowlodgo of fcrtber's propinquity, aud even Tony tTtctit, who would Imvo been ulad to w bU rival disposed of, could find we for talc bearing. Dlut, with Prcscott, Bert and Ma constituted tho clerical force of Flnt National, and, oddly enough, nwcott, UBually nn excellent Judge of "wner, ravorcd Tony's aspiration w Uartou'a hand. Tho ono unpleas at ffaturo of her position waa the fact t ibo had frequently to conault ikj ti bookkeeper, and ho nover let Niu opportunity to proas hla suit Ia tho agfnt of the Choator Dank Kit COnipanv camo to BnrmMt una hoar, driving over from the near t railroad town boblnd a pair of jutlng bays. Curtis was the name wrncr of tho cord he presented PmCOtt OS hl Htmltnil nnannniltiuX ? the president's ofllce. COt eelllnc bnnlc vnnltn nram nnt ha Jpil business, for after awhile tt catno out of his office. "Here check for which Mr. Curtis wants cub," ho Bajdi thrusting the slip Mper tlirOriL'll in wlntnnr n tm. " iou havo a package of tboa- dollar bills In the comer of toe 7 ,a. There are twenty-flve of QIle will tako the other half la Virion lrviiiwi hce, white and drawn. j jqu sure U all rlgntr iJ"1 Pushed lightly. ion aro not going to dishonor your rrr own check, are your he sai4 fashion. "Mr. Prescott wUl you that it Is all right" m movul closer to the bank pre w, and Prescott. with the ornate et l?Tc4verpros . m rm0. coole) only nod fits aseenC Curtis had as sured him that at the first sign of at tempted communication with any of tha two clerks all would be shot and he would be safe la tho country before tho crime waa discovered. Prescott waa a brave man, but he agreed with Curtis' argument that the money would. ao mm uttio gooa u no were to De snot for refusing It Marlon gave one more curious glance at the pair and turned toward the. vault. In a motnentshe reappeared. ' Oh, BerC'nnieTuinSi; "ivTiry&il please ,.orr j hero and help mo to move this box? Howard went to her nld, whllo Cur tis fldgoted about, urging Prescott to make haste. There was small danger of Interruption from a customer or from Tony, who lunched at that hour; but, being n skilled workman, he liked to Bco n Job dono expeditiously. In a couple of minutes the pair re turned. Marlon carried n packago of bills, while Howard awwig a bag cov ered with wax seals. "I shall havo to give you eomo gold," said Marlon awcetly as sho tumbled tho bills on tho shelf beneath tho win dow of her cago and prepared to count "You see, wo keep most of our reserve on deposit in town, and for local uao wo havo mostly small bills." "Gold will do," responded Curtis ami nbly. "I am not particular, though, of course, tho largo bills are easier to ban die." Howard came around tho corner with tbo gold, but before Curtis could grasp the bog of coins It descended up on hla head with force sufficient to knock his heavy hat over hla eyes and stun him before tho ready pistol In hla coat pocket could bo fired. Ten minutes later, under tbo revlv Ing Influence of lco water applied ex ternally and brandy In Internal appll cations, Curtis woke up. Howard stood over him, completing tho work of se curing htm with rope. "You will pardon mo, Mr. Curtis," ho Raid blandly, "for not recognising you more quickly; but you see, the slip sent out by the Dank of Tacoma gave your namo as Peters, aline Mauvel and other names. In fact Miss Prescott was tho first ono to ace your game. No, I wouldn't bang Miss Prescott" ho con tlnued as ho caught tho muttered ex clamation. "You know the proverb about curses and chickens roosting homo. Tlicro Is that llttlo matter of killing tho president and cashier of the First National of Caswell"- He turn cd to greet tho solo pcaco officer of which tbo town boasted. "That's hi in I" shouted Tony from the rear. "X aaw htm walk up and hit him over tho bead." Conatablo Post looked about awk wardly. "I'm afraid there's some mis take," ho growled. "You didn't tell mo It waa Mr. Howard you wanted arrested." "Arrest Howardt" ahouted Prescott "Why, bo's Just knocked out ono of the slickest bank thlovee In tho country and saved aay life as well. Dwlght you get out of here, you mlterablo lit tle sneak. Bert, I'll doublo the reward the Dank of Tacoma offers, and If you and Marlon can't worry along on that and your salary you don't deserve to get married. Post you take this fel low over to tke lockup and give him a headache powder. I gueea he needs It after that clip nert gave him.. I'm go ing to the telegraph oalce. Drt you and Marios stay here and fix things up." From Ida glance one could not tell whether be meant the disordered office or more Important matters, but Ikrt and Marlon knew or at least thsy used their own Judgment Tk Mat AscUat Stelaa. The oldest architectural ruins In the world are believed to bo the rock cut temples at IpaambooL on tlio left bank of the Nile, la Nubia. The largest of these sBdeat temples contains fourteen anartaaents hewa out of solid atose. The largest single stone used la this work Is one which forms a veranda-llke projection sloag one aids of the mala teeaple. It to Ifty-sevea feet long, if-ty-twe broad aad sereateea (one ac count says ataeteea) feet thick. This colossal stone to supported by two rows of massive sasare pillars, four la each row aad each thirty feet sigh. To each of these pillars to attached a colossal igare of a huama bUg, rsaca big from loor ta reef. Ia frost of tke mala teeaple are seated still ether co lossi, fear la cumber, the two largest being each sUty-Ivs Jeet high. 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