Bob Younger's Fate — page 54: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE, 45 With a groan the janitor sank unconscious upon the floor. A sandbag had descended upon his head just as he was about to light the match, and rendered him harmless for the time. When consciousness returned, the unlucky Irish- man found himself blindfolded and tied hand and foot, so that either sight or movement was an utter impossibility. And thus, during the slow watches of the night, he was forced to lie in that position, fearful every moment of the return of the burglar or burglars, and racked with rheumatic pains. His thoughts, however, could not be bound, and it is almost needless to say hat his doleful utterances would have made a most interesting book of lamen- tations. The next morning, about nine o’clock, the poor fellow was discovered and relieved from his un- — pleasant situation, when at the same time the fact of the bank robbery was made apparent. Ten thousand in money and an equal amount in bonds were stolen, but the greatest excitement was caused by the report that the cashier was missing. . Evidences of a terrific struggle were seen in his office, and even blood was noticed on the furniture; but the belief that Theo Howard was an accomplice in the burglary became general, and gained ground each succeeding’ hour. Finally, after a lapse of two days, a workman, in excavating near the opening of a sewer, discovered the body of a man wedged in the man-hole. His excited cries attracted other persons to the locality, and, as the corpse was brought to light, the (E(@ cComicbooks