directors was well founded, and the result so much desired was achieved,
the sequel will show.




CHAPTER II.

The Investigation Begun--John Manning's Visit to Geneva--Eugene
Pearson's Story--The Detective's Incredulity--A Miraculous Deliverance
With a Ten-Cent Coin.


On the evening of the same day on which this daring robbery occurred,
and as I was preparing to leave my agency for the day, a telegram was
handed to me by the superintendent of my Chicago office, Mr. Frank
Warner. The message read as follows:


"GENEVA, August --, 18--.

"Bank robbed to-day. Twenty thousand
dollars taken. Please send or come at once.

"(Signed,) HENRY SILBY, President."


This was all. There was no detail of particulars, no statement of the
means employed, only a simple, concise and urgent appeal for my
services. As for myself, realizing the importance of promptness and