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5.?New?Applications? After?Chandlee?Stokes???Miriam?Storley?left?the?bank?at?4:15?exactly.?People?along?Division?Street?said?you?could?set?your?watch?by?Miriam;?she?always?left?her?job?at?eh?First?State?Bank?of?Cannon?Falls?at?this?hour,?Monday?through?Friday,?except?on?holidays.?On?Fridays?she?returned?to?work?the?six-to-eight?P.M.?shift.?One?this?particular?day,?a?Monday,?she?stopped?after?closing?the?front?door?to?the?bank?in?order?to?look?at?the?window?display.??Miriam?had?spent?the?better?part?of?the?afternoon?arranging?gift?items?in?the?bank’s?window.?First?State,?which?is?how?everyone?in?town?referred?to?the?bank,?was?having?a?promotion?in?order?to?attract?new?business.?They?were?offering?gifts?which?ranged?in?value?all?the?way?from?a?pocket?calulator?to?a?color?TV.?The?value?of?a?new?depositor’s?gift?depended?on?how?much?was?initially?deposited.???The?display?in?the?window?was?attractive,?but?Miriam?wondered?where?the?new?business?was?going?to?come?from.?Cannon?Falls?wasn’t?a?one-stoplight?town,?but?it?wasn’t?a?great?metropolis?either.?There?just?weren’t?that?many?people?to?warrant?an?extravagant?new?business?promotion?such?as?this.?The?bank?manager,?Al?Gropin,?had?even?invested?in?some?full?advertisements?in?the?local?paper?and?had?hired?some?clowns?to?perform?on?the?street?in?from?of?the?bankall?to?try?to?attract?new?customers.??But?Miriam?didn’t?linger?long?in?front?of?the?window,?and?she?didn’t?waste?much?time?on?her?thoughts?of?Al’s?grand?schemes.?Her?mission?today?was?the?same?as?it?had?been?every?weekday?for?the?past?several?weeks.??She?nodded?at?passers-by,?shopkeepers,?and?neighbors?as?she?walked?purposefully?along?the?wide?sidewalk?toward?The?Computer?Shack.?There?was?a?pleasant?expression?on?her?face?as?she?smiled?and?said?her?“hellos”?and?“good?afternoons”?and?“how?are?yous”?to?the?people?she?saw?almost?every?day?of?her?life.?Her?daily?meeting?with?Officer?Quanbeck?never?failed?to?amuse?her.?She?smiled?to?herself?as?they?exchanged?greetings?and?w