Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-03-29
What Came Of Calling a Genuine
Bill Counterfeit.


the store oE HaataT & AEarasE. III city, snd
tie straet Of a city Rbiih saail be nsnIsless.
Il was a cloudy day. The clerks loungei
over the counters, read papers ami yaWDed.-
The man to whom Alice Locke addressed
herself, was jaunsy and middle aged. lie
was head clerk Of the extensive establishment
Of Hunter s. Warner, aud extremely conse
quentIal in his maa2er.
'.This dressing gown-xe valua il at six
you shall have It foE iFes As trade Is dull to-
day.
Five doiIsrsi Alice looked at the dressing
gown ioneinely, and ths clerk looked al neF.
Hs saw that her clothes, though made aud
worn genteely, we're common enough 10 tex-.
ture, and that her faee was very much Of the
common line. How il changed how shaded
now lighted 81 the varied play of hes emo-
tious. The CLERK eohd almost have sworn
that she bad no more than that sum, Eve dol
lars, in her purse or pocket.
The gown vas a very good one for the
price lt was OF eoBi2on shade, a tulerable
nerino, aud lined with the same material
81 think"-she besitatsd a mome8t-''I
thiak I'll. take it, shs said; then seeing Ia
did not ike, she k4ashsd aa she handed oai
At1 1tAA S4e eAs4A A4@ AA%As W hlS A4tAa "
/ take.
quick, pomPoDs toass '4pAss up the bGak de
teetor"
Up ran tow headed boy With the detector,
and UP and down ran the clerks eyes from
column to column. Then be looked over with
sharp glance aud exclaimed
ssFhat's counterfeit bill, Miss"
0h how paia the sweet face grewl
f'C0anterfeit. Oh, ua--it cannot be! The
man who sent it eou1 B0t have been so care
less; you must be mist kea, sif.'
s'I'm not mistaken, Pm never mistaken,
Miss The bill is counterfeit. / must pre-
sune Of course, that you did no, know il. al
| though 50 Eauch bad money has been oEsred
Us Of late, .hat We intsud 70 secure such per-
sons as pass it Whs did yau say sent isl
.Mr. c., sir, Of New YORK. He eeald
net saGa ne cad asoney, sal5 the tseIahliag.
frightened girl.
"Humph," said the eierk "Well, there's
40 doubt about this; you oAa la9k tor your-
self Aow don't let ule see you haFz again
until you san bring good money, for we always
suspect such persons as you, that come on DARK
days with a well made story
stBat sig--"
'Yoa ueed make ne explanations. Mas
said the man, iHsaltingIy. take your bill,
and tbe ucxt time You want to buT dsessing
gown, don't intend to pass coupterfsf; money,
and, as be handed il, the bill fsll from bis
hands.
Alice caught it from tie floor and bqrried
into The street.
Such a shock the girl had never received is
all Ter life before. /. was the first insult she
had ever knosu, and il burned her cheek and
painod her heart.
StFaightway. indignant and sfisved, she
AurTisd % banking establishment, found her
way 10, aud presented he uote 10 noble look
ing man win grey hair, GaItering outs
tdis bill bad one, sirl''
TIE cashier aod bis son happened to be the
only persons present. Both noticed her ex-
trelne youth. beauty, aud sgitstion. Tue
cashier looked at it closely and handedii back.
as with petite boW, 4Hd somewhat prolonged
look, be sals-
els g07d hisi, you1g lady"
'sI kasW II vas erica Alice, With qaig
ering lip--"and he dared
Sac could 90 no further, bat entirely over
come, shs bent her head, and ,he hot tears
had their way
- beg pardon, have you bad trouble wish
it2n asked tue cashier.
"0a, sir, you viii please excuse me for Civ
ing way to ny tssiings-has you spoke 50
siudly, aud ! felt so sure it was geod,-And
| think, sir, such men as ons Of those clerks
10 HuaEley & Warmers should ba removed.
lie TOLD me that it was counterfeit, snd added
something that am glad my father did not
hear. knew the publisher would not send
me bad money"
'-Wbo Is your father, young ladgiP asked
the cashier, becoming infeFa4ted.
"alr. Benjamin Lecke, sur
ssBeDj j4tain--Bea E6eke-was he ever
clerk IL the Navy Department, at Washing
tsnq''
eyes sic; re removed from there replied
Alice. s'Sinoe thsn''-she hesilated-sshe has
not been well--aud--we are sou,gwi41 reduc-
cd. %, WIS do tell these things, sirl
'.Ben Loeke--ssduce3 - aarnured ihe
cashier; 'stbe man who was The making Of me.
GIVE me bis number and street, my ohild.
Your father was aGe Of the best, perhaps the
onlg friend had h4ve not forgattsn hIm.
No. 4, Liberty street. will call this even
rag. Meantime let me have tae bilI--Ist ue
see, In give you another. Come 20 lcok,
havn't GOT Eve, here il ten, We II make il
all Etgut.
That evening the inmates ef shabby, gen
tsei h9use, received tbe cashier of the NJ
Bank. alr. Locke, man Of gaey hair, tho
numbering bat City years, rose fron his arm
chair, aud much effected, greeted the faruiliar
face. The son Of the cashier accompanied btu,
an4 weIls the eldest talked together, Alice sn1
the young mao grew quite ehAtty.
Yes, sIr, hive been uafortauafe,' said sir-
Loakes IN a k,w tone. 'I have nut just Feeov-
sEsd, AZ yau sss, from rdeusaatIs taver. cans