"If there are any safes out here that are worth cracking, I'd say look out for the gentleman.

The Foreign Office knew that, for they supply all the safes to the Consulates abroad, in order that the precious ciphers shall be kept from the prying eyes of foreign spies.

At Dinant, safes were opened with oxy-hydrogen blow-pipes, brought expressly for that purpose.

They have a partiality for safes, and in this connection the story of Lunéville deserves recording.

I've never seen yours, but I know something about safes, and I'll undertake to open it without the combination within ten minutes.

"My father was a manufacturer of safes," he answered.

In that office there are several great safes; and when we had grown quite happy and gay together, I made Raoul tell me which was the most important of allwhere the really sacred and valuable things were kept.

At last they spied the harbour of Lochiern, and Col cried, 'Thank GOD, we are safe!'

Bring him to his audience, and, be they who they may, coarse or refined, pleased or displeased, sulky or savage, with their opinions in the keeping of a confessor, or with their opinions in their bank-safes,he will have them pleased and humored as he chooses; and they shall carry and execute that which he bids them.

Say, don't you know you don't open safes with keys?

They've got combinations, safes have.

I know you're quite safe; no one can possibly recognize you; but I'm frightened all the samehorribly frightened.

It was plainly furnished, there were bars across the window, and three immense safes let into the wall.

I now, in lieu of paines so gracious, Am tost in th'ayre with everie windie blast: Thou, safe delivered from sad decay, 335 Thy careles limbs in loose sleep dost display.

If he have done his task he is safe, it matters not with what affection.

Guillaume de Saint-Yon had generally in his storehouses 300 ox-hides, worth 24 francs each at least; 800 measures of fat, worth 3-1/2 sols each; in his sheds, he had 800 sheep worth 100 sols each; in his safes 500 or 600 silver florins of ready money (the florin was worth 12 francs, which must be multiplied five times to estimate its value in present currency), and his household furniture was valued at 12,000 florins.

The roof had fallen in, there were burglars downstairs, the safes had been blown open.

The law created four "receivers general" (one each at Boston, New York, Charleston, and St. Louis), to whom all money collected by the United States officials should be turned over, and directed that "rooms, vaults, and safes" should be provided for the safe keeping of the money.

So many safes have been stolen from business premises in London that one enterprising man has hit upon the novel idea of putting a notice on his safe, "Not to be Taken Away."

There seemed to be no errors, and the contents of the safes were proved.

It was their intention to take some of us back to the bank this morning to open the vault and the safes.

*** On account of the large number of robberies of safes that have taken place in London during the last few weeks it is possible that an effort will shortly be made to do away with these cumbersome articles in order to stamp out the epidemic.

In all the offices there were iron safes, which gave one a notion of limitless wealth stored away in the shape of bonds and bills, if not actual gold and bank-notes; and upon all the walls there were coloured and uncoloured engravings of ships framed and glazed, and catalogues of merchandise that had been sold, or was to be sold, hanging loosely one on the other.

Two large modern safes stood at one side, behind a long show case spread with ancient coins.

The doors of the safes were locked.