Argosy, Volume XXIII — Index Page, 1897 — page 161: what you’re looking at

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THE BUNKEL MYSTERY. 731 - ' Where is the poor boy now ?’’ sobbed the afflicted mother. ‘‘ He can’t have gone a great way yet. Have him brought back, Percival.’’ “We must find him first; and I shall have to put the officers on his track,’’ added the father sadly. ‘* Officers!’ . ‘“ There is no other way. With so much money he may take the next steamer for Europe ; and I must telegraph to New York City for the police to stop him.”’ The poor mother had nearly fainted, and her husband called Di, who was soon weeping over her brother. Mr. Singerlay went to the bank. He sent for the policemen, and he telegraphed to several points. One of the officers soon appeared. ‘I want all three of you,’’ said the president, when the man presented himself. ‘The other men are busy at the Onongo Bank,’’ replied the officer, whose name was Leffwing. ‘‘ What are they doing there ?’’ asked the magnate impatiently. ‘The Onongo has been robbed of all the money there was in it. Mar- mon and Rynon are at work on the case,’’ answered Leffwing. 7 “The Onongo also !’’ exclaimed Mr. Singerlay in amazement. CHAPTER XXV.—OnrE Fact anp PLENTY OF THEORIES. STRANGE as it may seem, Mr. Singerlay manifested no satisfaction when he learned that the Onongo Bank had been as thoroughly cleaned out as the Montoban. If there was anything of gladness or triumph in his heart, he concealed it so effectually that no one could see it. ‘It seems very strange that both banks should have been robbed in the same night,’’ said Mr. Singerlay, when Leffwing had stated the fact. ‘Is there any clue to the robbers? ”’ ‘‘ Not the slightest, sir. Nota bit of wood or glass is broken, and it looks as though the men that did it had the keys of the doors and the vault,’’ replied the officer. ‘‘ What does the cashier say about it?”’ He says he carried a set of duplicate keys to Mr. Barkpool’s house last night, and he opened the bank and the vault this morning with his own keys.”’ ‘Then the robbers had the keys of both banks p22 ‘It looks so. Rynon has gone to Mr. Barkpool’s house with Mr. Pullerton, to ascertain if the duplicate keys are still there. They will be back soon.’’ Lefitwing examined the premises at the Montoban Bank. It looked as though the window in the rear room had been opened with a jimmy; and this was all the opinion he was able to give. The vault and the floor was searched very carefully, but there was not a thing of any kind found which could be used as a clue to the robbers. Nothing had been disturbed at the Onongo except the money in the vault. COMME OO KS = (E(0)