American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-18
BURGLARIOUS AND FELONIOUs.

accountant of the North and South Of
England Bank at its Padsey Branch, W.
X. Yorks.-I had got my hat on. and had
taken up my umbrella, when a man came
running into the bank with bag OF mo-
my in his hand.
lam in time 80 he cried. | shook my
head, .....
ssDeuce take it!'' he said; 80 and am of
to LIVERPOOL by the next train, and then
to America"
Sorry for it, 1 said; but we can't
take the money!"
Here's twenty-five thousand pOundDin
this bag, and those drafts of mine come
due I'm . couple of DAYS. Well, you'll
have to take ZEN up," he said 81 can't
unless you take the money in tonight -
knew that those drafts were coming
due, and that our manager was 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-Black was 4
capital customer; and not only good
customer himself but he brought good
accounts with him, and we were young
branch and on our mettle.
Well, here was the money to meet the
drafts. anyhow, and [ should have been
a great fool to send it away just because
it was after hours. So l counted it all
over; there was about nineteen thousand
in checks and notes, and three thousand
in gold; how. . a,..s IS hoo. ,,.,
me-" said Black ION the way to the sta
tion." II 7s- .l. -.
put the bag of money in my desk, and
lockedit up. would come back presently,
and have it placed in the safe. l walked
to the station with Black had some beer
together. and then he went off America
wards, and on the way to NemophiI,r
L roll in, 1,a hob
it of calling for glass of beer as L went
home, and then going on; and conse-
quently, from the force of habit. I'd al
most got home before l remembered the
bag of money. 1t was vexing. too, be-
cause we had tea-party that night, the
six O'Clock, and I'd promised to be home
an hour earlier, to draw the eorks and
help to get things ready. And here it
was six O'Clock, and L had to go all the
way back to the bank.
All the way back Invent as hard as
could pelt. However, the money was all
right in my desk, and now I'd put it in the
safe. ssTeil Mt. Cousins''-our manager,
you know-I said to the servant who let
me in, ''that want the key of the SAFE"
But you had it in your pocket say you !;
which shows You are not acquainted with
the rules and regulations of the North
and South of England Bank, which say
be- Ia he or d Geiea Ct the
cash whilst it is in his possession in the
daytime, and that at night all moneys
and securities shall be carefully secured
within the office safe, which shall be care
fully 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, 1 own, the regulations
are obscure. They were drawn up by
somebody without any literary skill; if
they'd consulted me about 'em, / could
have suggested a good many improve
ments. What they meant to say was. that
the safe was to be secured by two locks,
and that a key of each, not interchangea-
BILE the one with the other, was to be in
the custody, &c. Now you understand
why wanted Mr.. Cousins key. ll
NEh, my y, said the servant, opening
her mouth wide, sand what might you
want Mr.. Cousins key for?'
just as stupid as you, you see. was
mad with the girl. 1 own l always get
get out of temper with those Yorkshire
people. If 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
to reach the thing that does duty with
'em for brains, and excites sort of ;Pflex
action, for, by lingo instead of answer
ing your question, they go and ask you
one. And that makes me SO mad. Oh,
they re very dense race, those Y yorkshire
people.
"Why, to open the safe. you stupid -
said L. Where is heI''
..Dont We know:' says she.
ssKnow ?'' cried in rage. ssWhat
should 1 ask you for, if did know?''
. Didn't thau know he were ct thai
houser'
AM so he was: I'd nearly forgotten
that he was one of the guests at my wife's
party. Clearly, 1 couldn't get the safe
open, and didn'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 Cous-
ms with nv key, to put it in the safe when
he returned. t-..
A nice mess got into when 1 reached
home; for you see it bad been arranged
anybody came and that then our room
was to be made ready for the ladies to
take their bonnets off-for they were not
all carriage-people. Well, you never saw
such thing! When 1 got home and
crept upstairs to dress-the people had
all come, so the servant said-there were
six muffs, and four bonnets, and five pork
pie hats, and half-a-dozen shawls on the
bed and one lady had left her everyday
curls hanging over the looking glass
Upon my word, really didn't like to per
form 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 muffs and things. But
l got through pretty well, and had just
got one OF my legs into my trousers, when
bang-atrop-dOp-dop! such a rattle at the
and L heard my wife scuttline
sxay into the hall. ! hey were the Mark
bys, our trumpcards, who kept their own
carriage. and everything grand.
. So kind of you, dear - said my wife
kissing Mrs. Markby most affectiOnitely
could hear the reports where l stood.
so delighted. Really. how nicely
how beautifully you arrange everything
can't have things so nice, with al! my
servants and''-
.'Run up stairs, dear, dol" said my
wife; ''yOu know the roOm-my room
right-hand, at the top of the stairs
1 heard flutter OF female wings on thu
stairs. What was / to do? If coult
have managed the other leg, / wouldn't
have minded, but / couldn't. / hadn'
worn those dress things for a good while
and 1 don't get any thinner as l grow
older. No, for the life of me, couldn'
dispose of that other leg at such shor
notice. What could do? could onl,
rush to the door. and set my back agains
it. Did l tell you this was our house
warming party? think not. Did tel
YOU our landlord had altered the hous
for us, making our bedroom larger b,
adding slip that had furnished sepa
rate room? l think not. And yet
ought to have told you all these circum
stances. to enable you to understand tn
catastrophe that followed. In word
the door open, d Outwards. I'd forgot
ten that pecuiarity-never having had
room 81 consfructeI before-anI ueye