everyone in town and wins the heart of Annabel. Jimmy writes a letter to an old friend, planning to meet up with him and give him his prized safe-cracking tools. Ben Price arrives in Elmore and identifies Ralph Spencer as Jimmy Valentine and plans on catching him. The next morning Spencer/Valentine plans on meeting up with his friend to give him the tools, in another town. Before leaving, he goes with Annabel, her father, her sister and her two nieces to the bank. Annabel's father shows off his new safe and is very proud. Ben Price is there at the bank, waiting for Spencer/Valentine. While everyone discusses the new vault and it's safety features, the two little girls are playing with the vault and one get locked inside the small safe. Annabel's father exclaims that the combination had not been set and there was no way to open the vault. Annabel turns to Ralph and asks him to do something. Jimmy resurfaces as Ralph disappears and Jimmy pulls out his tools. He sets to work on the vault and rescues the little girl. After opening the vault Jimmy turns around with his tools and leaves. He sees Ben and turns himself in but Ben pretends he does not know him as Jimmy, only Ralph Spencer. The story ends with Ben Price walking away from the scene and down the street.

We are not told what Jimmy does after this, nor do we really know what the reaction of the Adams family.

On the day Jimmy Valentine is to hand over the tools of his former trade to an acquaintance, the reformed thief finds himself in a quandary.

While everyone is admiring the bank's new vault, little Agatha is playfully locked into the safe by her older sister, May. Agatha is only five years old, and she is terrified of being locked in the dark. Furthermore, with limited oxygen, Agatha's life is in danger. For security purposes, the vault will only open at a time set by a special clock, and since Mr. Adams has not yet set the clock, opening the door of the bank vault will not prove an easy task.

Jimmy Valentine has a hard choice to make: he either saves his future niece by marriage and risks unmasking his true identity to the plainclothes officer at the bank or lets little Agatha die a painful death. Eventually, his love for Annabel wins out, and he resolves to once more use the tools he has vowed to give up, this time for a different purpose than what they were designed for. Jimmy's skill with safe-cracking is evident because it only takes him about ten minutes to free Agatha. Satisfied that he has been able to do a good deed with his old tools, Jimmy turns to surrender himself to Ben Price, the police officer. However, Ben mysteriously pretends that he does not know who Jimmy is.

The story ends with Ben leaving the bank without having apprehended the elusive, former thief. It is possible that Ben refuses to arrest Jimmy because Jimmy's actions prove that he has changed. The once sly and dishonest thief no longer seems to be solely concerned with increasing his material gains at the expense of his unsuspecting victims. The fact that Jimmy chooses to expose his true identity in order to save the life of an innocent little girl speaks volumes about the change in his character. Satisfied with everything he has observed, Ben Price chooses to leave Jimmy to his new life.