At the Geneva bank the hours for business vary with the requirements of the occasion, and very frequently the hour of six arrives ere their customers have all received attention and their wants have been supplied.

This had been the case upon this day in August, and breathing a sigh of relief as the last customer took his leave, the front door was locked and the work of balancing up the accounts was begun.
Suddenly, a knock is heard at the outer door, and Mr.Pearson, the assistant cashier, being busily engaged, requested the young lady with him to answer the summons.

As she did so, two men, roughly dressed, and with unshaved faces, burst into the room.

Closing the door quickly behind them, one of the men seized the young lady from behind and placed his hand upon her mouth.

Uttering a piercing scream, the young lady attempted to escape from the grasp upon her, and with her teeth she inflicted several severe wounds upon the ruffianly hand that attempted to smother her cries.