Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-12-20
NO. Sol
Mistetta,leous.
From Chambers journal.
BuRGLARIOUSLY AND FELONIOTGLY.


We had Just locked up the safe. and |
had put the key in my pocket am the
accountant OF the North and South of Eng
iand Bank at its Padsey Branch, w. r.
I orks-1 had got my hat on, and had ta-
Ken up my umbrella, when man came
running into the bank with a bag of mon.
ey in his hand.
Am in time 9' he cried. shook nv
head.
Deuce take it. he said "and I'm of to
Liverpool by the next train. and then to
America"
Sorry lor it, I said; '.but we can't
take the money"
"Well, then, what is to be done Here's
twenty-five thousand pounds in this bag.
anu those drafts Of mine come due in a
couple OF days. Well, you'll have to
take EN- up" he said; II Can't, unless
You take the money in tonight. p ..e ~
l knew that those drafts were coming
aue. and that our manager was q little
anxious about them, for they were rather
heavy, and the other names on them were
not very good Black, too, (that was the
man with the money-bag g)-Black was Il
capital customer; and not only good
customer himself, but he brought good
accounts with him, and we were Young
| branch and on our mettle. a3ffse
Wen, here was the money to meet the
drafts, anyhow, and should have been =
great fool to send it away Just because it
was aftcrhours. So Icounted it an over
there was about nineteen thousand in
cheques and notes. and three thousand in
gold. .,.s.
Come and have glass of beer with
me, said Black, on the way to the sta
ton tsqes
/ put the bag of money in my desk, and
locked it up. would come back present
ly, and have it placed in the safe. !
walked to the station with Black; We had
some beer together. and then he wen. OH
Amerieawards. and l on the way to
Metropolitan Villas. You see, was rath-
er in the habit Of calling for glass OF
beer as went home, and then going on
and, consequently, from the force Of hab-
it, Id almost got home before / remem-
oered the bag of money 1t was vexing,
too, because we had tea-party that
night, the first since our marriage. and it
began at six o'clock, and I'd promised to
be home an hour earlier, to draw the
corks and help to get things ready. And
here 1t was six O'Clock, and had to 90 all
the way back to the bank
All the way back went as hard as
could pelt. However. the money was all
right in my desk, and now I'd put it in the
safe. ! said to the servant who'd let me
in, THAT want the key of the safe.h But
you had it in your pocket, say you:
which shows that you are not acquainted
with the rules and regulations of the North
and South Of England Bank, which say
that the accountant or chfefcashier shall
be responsible for the due custody of the
cash whilst it is in his possession i'm the
daytime. and that at night all moneys and
securities shall be carefully secured with
in the Office safe, which shall be secured
by two keys, one of which shall be in the
custody OF the manager, and the second
in that OF the accountant or cashier. But,
you say again, as long as you had one
key, what did you want with two There
own, the regulations are obscure.
They were drawn up by somebody with
out any literary skill: if they'd consultd
me about 'em, could have suggested
good many Improvements. What they
meant to say was, that the safe was to be
secured by two locks and that key of
each, not interchangeable the one with
the other, was to be in the custody, &c.
Now you understand why wanted Mr..
Cousins key
''Eh, myr' said the servant, opening
her mouth wide, land what might you
want Mr.. Cousins key for? ?n
just as stupid as you, you see. was
mad with the girl. | own / always get
out of temper with those Yorkshire people.
Ii you ask 'em the simplest question, first
they open their mouths and cape at you
When you've repeated the question twice,
they shut their mouths and think for bit.
Then the idea seems to reach the thing
that does duty with 'em for brains, and
excites sort of reflex action, for, by
jingo instead of answering your question,
they go and ask you one. And that makes
me so mad. Oh, they're very dense
race, those Yorkshire people.
"Why, to open the safe, you stupid"
said L. "Where is he9
Don't We know ?" says she.
"Know? ?'' cried in rage. "What
should ask you for, if did knowPn
Didn't thau know he were at thai
house ?"
All SO he was. Id nearly forgotten
that he was one of the guests at my wife's
party. Clearly, couldn't get the safe
open, and ddn't like to leave the money
in my desk. so put it in my pocket, and
took it home, thinking I'd give it to
Cousins with my key, to put it the safe
when he returned.
nice mess got into when | reached
home; for you see it had been arranged
that | was to go mp stairs and dress before
anybody came; and that then our room
was to be made ready for the ladies TO
take their bonnets oif-for they were not
all carriage people. Well, you never saw
sach thing When got home and crept
upstairs to dress--the people had all come,
so the servant said-there were six muifs,
aud four bonnets, and five pork-pie hats.
and hali-a-dozen shawls on the bed; and
one lady had left her everyday eurls
hanging over the looking-gass. Upon
my word, really didn't like TO perform
my toilet among all these feminine gear;
and there was no lock to the door; and
my dress-clothes were all smothered up
amongst these NUTS and things. But Igot
through pretty well, and had just got one
Of my legs into my trowers, when bang
,atrop-dop-dop such rattle at the knock