Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-21

But 80 much specie win cost you a very
iarxe sum for insurancs and tr ansportation."
That IL my lockout, SIR"
him the specie, M. cashier. S1' p'0a' "''
Smiiingly tue polite cashier receives Mr..
Clark's pile OF notes-counts them-annoupces
room, calls one or two CLERKS to the vsulss an AMI
ATTACKS the specie Kegs. And now they roll
out-the memor andum clerk calling out in Q
clear voice, Give thousand'-"ten thou
sandn-"hfteen thousand" -sstweuty thou
and'-"twenty i've thousand" yet stead
~ the Kegs rolled out, and the clerk called
aloud the aceunSlasing specie;
admired the cool and easy way in which the
president played his !" blaf,-for, in his heart.
MT. Clark Was sure 1t was . sheer bluff. There
in that bank, by any possibility. And, so,
when the president, after his directions to the
cashier, commenced . social chat on general
topics, MT. CLARK responded. No sign was made
each.
Clark was sure he had Mr. President FOUL
ana Nr, President knew Mr.. Clark was hope
lesely his victim.
"Twenty-hve thousand, called the meme
randum clerk.
Mr.: Clark tslked-but he was greatly sur
prised inwardly.
.Forty- five thousand!,
MI. Clark's talk was not 80 easy. He was a
iittie.or, rather, good deal-distur bed. Per-
hsRs those kegs did not hold specie. He didn't
Q
But there was an astonishing air OF m att er-of-
fact business in the way those kegs rolled out,
ana In the ominous voice that announced,
to see the sweet serenity which sat upon the
race OF the chatty President. He paid no NOR Q
attention to those kegs than if they had been
Seventy-nve thousand,r-" eighty thou
SIND J" = "eighty-five thousand !5-and the
stream of crushing kegs was still rolling ont
CiTk, broker from New York, could hold in
but then they might-and he wanted to break
the bank-not specie. And the kegs looked
and rolled and behaved just as tn ough they
we're honest kegs.
"Ninety-fve tnousandIu and there is another
keg in sight and coming.
'Mr. President Clark broke in upon that
officials opinion Of the probable cotton CROP
Is we'll take draft on New York"
The CLEAN In the Presidents eye told Mr..
Broker Clark that he was victim, beyond per-
"Not now, Mr.. Clark. offered you drafts,
and you declined them. The fact is, 1 am very
much obliged to you for taking 20 much tim g.
20 Siax have
specie. 1t Is just what wanted, and you have
come just in the nick of time to pay for the risk
and insurance of getting that specie to New
where want it. You will have specie. and I
want the notes. The bank is greatly obliged to
you, Mr.. Clark; and will be 70 you, or any of
you ifl0nus, nereattef, Wnen you tecl Inclined
to help us in the same way"
"One hundred and twenty-five thousand, !"
said the voice. And 90 Clark, the New YORK
broker, 80 brave an hour before, now went ali
to pieces. He just begged for terms, ana the
president, retaining only as much specie as he
wanted, giving Clark just much in drafts as
he pleased, sent that defeated fnancier of with
his heavy kegs, and scarcely less heavy heart.
1t is believed that no further efforts were
made to break the United States bank in a like
manner after the return of Clark from Savan.
nah, and that he never boasted over that trip
even to his employers in the dirty work.