The Young Bank Messenger
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CHAPTER IX. AN ARMED ESCORT.

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 Luke Robbins entered at once upon his duties as janitor1 of the Emmonsville bank. It was rather difficult, however, to supply him with employment enough to account for his being in constant attendance.
 
He was provided with a broom, and in the morning swept the bank. Sometimes he washed the windows; at other times he sat on a bench in the rear of the bank, ready for any call upon his services. So far as garb2 went, he resembled a Quaker, but his brown face and sharp eyes hardly harmonized with his assumed character. Still less did the revolver which he carried in an inside pocket.
 
Several days passed, and though Luke kept a sharp lookout3 for the Fox brothers, he did not catch a glimpse of anyone who suggested or resembled them.
 
Then one morning Luke went to the bank as usual and put on his Quaker garb.
 
About eleven o'clock an elderly man appeared and presented a check for five hundred dollars. The money was paid him, and then he lingered a moment, ill at ease.
 
"I don't like to have so much money about me," he said, in a tone that betrayed anxiety.
 
"No doubt you will find plenty who would be willing to relieve you of it," rejoined the paying teller4, with a smile.
 
"That's what I am afraid of. They do say that the Fox brothers have been seen not far away."
 
"Is it absolutely necessary that you should have the money in your possession? You could leave it in the bank, or most of it."
 
"I shall want to use some of it to-morrow, and I live ten miles away--in Claremont."
 
"How are you going back?"
 
"I have a buggy outside."
 
"The road to Claremont is rather lonely, I believe."
 
"Yes."
 
"Why don't you get some one to go with you?"
 
"I don't know any one I could get."
 
"I can find you a companion, but he would want to be paid."
 
"I'll pay him if he'll see me through all right."

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1 janitor iaFz7     
n.看门人，管门人
参考例句：
  • The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
  • The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。
2 garb JhYxN     
n.服装，装束
参考例句：
  • He wore the garb of a general.他身着将军的制服。
  • Certain political,social,and legal forms reappear in seemingly different garb.一些政治、社会和法律的形式在表面不同的外衣下重复出现。
3 lookout w0sxT     
n.注意，前途，瞭望台
参考例句：
  • You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
  • It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。
4 teller yggzeP     
n.银行出纳员；(选举)计票员
参考例句：
  • The bank started her as a teller.银行起用她当出纳员。
  • The teller tried to remain aloof and calm.出纳员力图保持冷漠和镇静。
5 outlaws 7eb8a8faa85063e1e8425968c2a222fe     
歹徒，亡命之徒( outlaw的名词复数 )； 逃犯
参考例句：
  • During his year in the forest, Robin met many other outlaws. 在森林里的一年，罗宾遇见其他许多绿林大盗。
  • I didn't have to leave the country or fight outlaws. 我不必离开自己的国家，也不必与不法分子斗争。
6 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
8 abruptly iINyJ     
adv.突然地，出其不意地
参考例句：
  • He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
  • I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
9 thoroughly sgmz0J     
adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地
参考例句：
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

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