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There he disging upon the ground, while he re it inside his shirt, walked back to the street on which the building stood, and so made his way past the sentry and to his room

Here he pushed back the bed which he had drawn over the hole in the floor, dropped his two sacks through into the bank, and tying the brace to one end of the lariat lowered it through after the sacks

Looping the rasped both strands firh the aperture into the room beneath He made no more noise in his descent than he had made upon other sientle art of porch-cli gained the floor he pulled upon one end of the lariat until he had drawn it free of the bedpost above, when it fell into his waiting hands Coiling it carefully Billy placed it around his neck and under one ar as a professional, was a careful and methodical man He always saw that every little detail was properly attended to before he went on to the next phase of his endeavors Because of this ingrained caution Billy had long since secured the tops of the two sacks together, leaving only a sufficient opening to per filled without delay or inconvenience

Now he turned his attention to the rear door The bar and bolts were easily shot from their seats from the inside, and Billy saw to it that this was attended to before he went further with his labors It ell to have one's retreat assured at the earliest possible ht not be surprised by an intruder; but first he had tested it and discovered that it could be draith ease

These matters satisfactorily attended to Billy assaulted the combination knob of the safe with theit into the bank

The as hard and progressed slowly It was necessary to withdraw the bit often and lubricate it with a piece of soap which Billy had brought along in his pocket for the purpose; but eventually a hole was bored through into the tumblers of the combination lock

Fro back and forth within fifty feet of hi looted almost beneath his eyes Once a corporal came with another soldier and relieved the sentry After that Billy heard the footfalls no longer, for the new sentry was barefoot