The Republican journal., 1873-11-20
From Chambers journal.
Al UNLIMITED Guest.

II was nearly ) O'Clock on "A hot sum
lner3 day; the long polished luntcrs o
our bank, the Royal Domestic Bank. Wer,
crowded with cuStomcrs-moncy was flow
lng IN and running out ii the usual bust
neSs-lIkc manner From 4 raised desk il
my private room, |, the Manager Of the
Royal Domestic Bank, looked ont on ths
busy scene with certain pride and pleas
ura. 4 he Royal Domestic is not long-es
I3bIshed institution, and, without vanity
may say that much Of its prosperity anC
success is attributable 70 the zeal and cX
perence OF its manager. In Confederation
II this statement, might refer to the la,
printed report of the Directors laid before
the shareholders ut the annual meeting
n which They are pleased to say-But, after
I'LL, perhaps may be thought guilty of un-
iue egotism and conceit. iflrcpeatthe fiat
tcring terms in which they speak OF me
a clerk put his head inside my door
MIR. Ihrap,toW. sir, TO speak to yo}l
Send him in. Roberts, I said
Charlie, Thrapstow had known from
hovhOod; Wc had both been reared in the
Sa1ne country town. The fact that his pa
rents were OF considerably higher social sta
tbs than mine perhaps made our subse-
Quent intimacy ali the pleasanter 10 me,
-no caused me 10 SET 4 value upon his good
opinion greater than intrinsic worth
Ihraps1oW was a ,tochbroker very cleN-
n, pushing fellow, Who had the reputation
Vi possessing IN excellent Judgment and
crest good luck At my request he had
brought his account to our bank Ii was
good account he always kept 4 fair bal
:4nce. and the cashier had never 10 look
twice 1t his checks.
Charlie, like everybody else III business,
occasionally wanted money, have let him
nave advances at various times, of course
amply covered by securities. advances
which were always promptly repaid. and
the securities redeemed Al this time he
had five thousand pounds Of ours. to secure
which we held CITY Of Damascus, Water
cOmpany's bonds TO the nominal value Of
ten thousand Nv Directors rather demur-
redto these bonds, as being somewhat spec
ulativc in nature; but as | represented
hat the Company was highly respectable.
ana its shares we'll quoted in the market,
and that had full confidence in our Gus
toner, our people sanctioned the advance.
| had perhaps / little uneasy feeling my
eli about those bonds, for they Were not
everybody's money, and there might have
been some little difficulty in finding 4 Gus
romer for them in the case of the necessity
Tor sudden sale
ThrapstoW came III radiant He was L
good looking fellow. with fair beard and
moustache, bright eyes Of blush gray, 4
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KIo" 5Gogt 81 ''A clle fu1es OF Dahhlflg tha'
NouI0" "c1p eellilo 'hal Hdu zone
wrong. ~" minutes, however, Wohlc
~eI i li99HI. marine "ill!e nat ana gutter
~ Vopa@ "oulu 9ooii Pul III ia appearance
ou3t a. 4 iililille ~ . lilg cashier prouSn
lne IIee cl1tchS' WIN Il sup Oh paper at
=
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tHLee nulu'eu ooci Ie9Ptc,NtlE, ana M
oIl4nee was ohlS hge n,ili''re,' oou'
tUAcu "iiltc anu coin ~ course YOU
H'uaI refuse tHelii' aa!u ~ liie caslllef.
"hen ne Went Out l sal III my chal
4ulte sIiil ioI 4 Jew minutes 9e"lluerel
~ c s"otStl l1lsi9 rt lnal il'o ilaPpehe'
10 tle; oH l. 1nial'9lo" was clearly
"eiaulter' pu. mere was one chahce-n
lhlgh' HaVe gwen 'te ehec6s IN the conn
fence o. SelIlns nose ponGs, ana placins
me paiallce 70 ms aGcoonl' IN oue course
Lnese checkS' "hich We're crossed Woulf
nave peeh ofouSht 10 the ciearlng-nouse
ana presented on the MORO" But !
'eened that ms creators had some dlstrus
p MN; ana hao caused the checks to b'
denahdeo out OF que course;
~ ciocA St a1 Illee; ohafies mao no
ONE plcA Inc oahh doors closed Wit
= Gang -, Gooid endure the suspense NJ
,ongeT, 1ellln9 the oank porter that
M lnLapssom ca ara nc was TO De adlnit
leu Ill lUc private uOOl, ttilu WAS TO ne dc