The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-01-02
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hea'8 HH 600 @Hi"iAEtAt MthH 2 NAAh AAAt't
uugiag iHto lhe bank with a bag OF
money iu bis hand
AMI Iu timer he cried. shook my
head.
pcnce take it' be said and I'm OF "a
Liverpool br tie Bezt train aad then "a
America.
sorry for 30. .aid bat we can't take
ihc morcy.
Well then, what is lo be doncf Here.
twenty-five tbousaud pounds in thjs bag
aud those drafts of mine come due ia q
couple Of days Well yoHH have tg
take 'cm uF, be ssid; caut, unless YOU
ta6e Tie money ia tonight
knew that those drafts were comlug
dae, aud that eur manager was O little
anxious about them, for they were rather
heavy, and the other names on them were
not very good Black. too,-ihat was the
man with mouey-bag Black was a capt..
al leuslomcr bimself, bul he brought good
accounts with INN, aud we were young
branch aud ON our mettle.
Well. here was the money 10 meet the
drafts, anyhow, and | should have been a
great fool 10 send It away just because il
was afer-heurs So counted II an over
there was about nineteen thousand IN
check and notes. and three thousand in
gold.
Come aud have q glass ofbeer with me,
said Black. on the way to the station.
put the bag Of money ia my dcsf, aud
locked it up. would come back present
~, aud have il placed IA the safe,
walked TO the station with Black
we had some beer together, and
then he went OF Amciicaward.
and on the way 10 Nemophilar
Villas. You see ! was rather in the hab.
il Of calling Tor glass Of beer AL went
home, and then went on; and conse.
quently, from the force OF habit, I'd al,
most got home before | remembered the
bag of money. 1t was vexing, too, be.
cause we had tea-party that night, the
first since our marriage, and 1t began at
six o'apck, and I'd promised TO be home
an hour earlier to draw The .corks and
help 10 get things ready. And here II
was six O'Clock, and | had to 90 all the
way back to the bank
An 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. Tell Mr.. Cousins--our manag.
er, you know said TO the servant who'd
let me in, that want the key Of the safe
But you had il in your pocket, say you;
which shows that you are not acquainted
with tie rules aud regulations Of the
North and South Of England Bank, which
| say that the accountant o. chief cashier
shall be responsible for the due custody
of the cash whilst il is Ia his possession il
the daytime, aud that at night all moneys
and securities shall be carefully secured
within the Office safe, which shall be Sc
cured by two keys, one of which shall be
in the custody Of the manager, and the
second in that Of the accountant or cash
/ ier. But, you say again, as long as you
bad one key, what did You want with
/ two2 There, own, the regulations arc
! obscure. They were drawn up by some
body without any literary skill, if they'C
consulted me about EN-, could have sug
gested a good many improvements -
/ What they meant to say was, that tn,
. safe was TO be secured by two locks, anC
( that hey of each, not interchangeable
the one with the other, was to be in th,
custody, &c. Now you understand why
! | wanted Mr.. Cousins key.
Eh, my said the servant, opening hcl
month wide, aud what might YOU wan
Mr. Consius' key for2
! Just as stupid as you, YOU see. ! WA
mad with the girl. own j always gc
, ont Of temper with those Yorkshire peo
pic, lryou ask EN- the simplest question
ufrt thth open lheF NOUNS aha cape n
you. When you've repeated the ques
lion twice, they shut their mouths anc
th'nh Tor OIt. linen the idea seems Il
reach the lhl"g mat does aa'y win en-
for brains aud eAcI'es Il 'orto' feheE ac
iion' for by Jngo! instead OF answering
your question, they 20 aud ask goa one
/ Aud that makes me so mad ob' they r.
very dense race those Yorkshire peo
, p@-
Why to open the safe you stupid sal'
!. Where Is he:
Don't ye Emo" says She
Know cried IN rage What shou''
asE yo" for, 81 dld know
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