St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
ST. 4uhnsburp Galrdunian.
From Chambers Journal
Burglariously and Feloniously.


of England Bank at its PadScy Branch
w. Il. lorks- | had got my hat on. an'
had taken up my umbrella. when Il maj
came running into the bank with la:
of money in his hand. Am i'll time ,
he cried shook my head.
"Deuce take it :" he said land In
off to Liverpool 10y the next train. an,
then to America"
take the money"
well, then. what is to he done
Here's twenty two thousand pounds in
this bag. and those drafts of mine come
due in couple of days. Well. yOHH
have to take 'em up he said Il can't.
unless YOU take the money in Tonight
| knew that these drafts were coming
due, and that our manager was Il little
anxious about them. for they were rath-
er heavy. and the other names on them
were not very good. Black. too, Chat
was the man with the moncy-bag)
Black was Il capital customer: and not
only good customer himself but he
brought good accounts with him. and
were Il Young branch and on our mcttlc.
Well, here was the money to meet
the drafts. anyhow. and should have
because it was aftcr-hours. So | count
ed it all over; there was about nineteen
thousand i'll cheques and notes. and
three thousand in gold.
''Come and have ii glass of beer with
me- said Black, Ion the way to the
station"
| put the bag of money in my desk
and locked it up. | would come back
presently, and have it placed in the
safe. | walked to the station with
Black; we had some beer together, and
then he went off AmcricawardS. and
on the way to Nemophillar Villas You
see, ! WAS rather in the habit of calling
for glass of beer as | went home. and
then going ON: and. consequently. from
the force of habit, Td almost got home
before remembered the bag of money.
1t WAS vcXiug. too. bccaIIsc we had Il
tea-party that night. the first since our
marriage. and it began ut six o'clock.
and I'd promised to he home AN hour
earlier, To draw the cork> and help to
get things ready. And here il WIS six
o'clock, and had To go all the way
back to the bank.
All the way back | went rs hard aS
could pelt. However. the money walls
all right i'll my desk. and NOW Td put it
i'll the safe. ''Tcll Mr.. Cousins" our
manager. you know said to the ser
want who'd let me in. THAT want the
key of the safe" 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 chief cashier
shall be responsible for the due custody
of the cash Wills, il * in his possession
III the day time. and that ut night all
moneys and securities shall he careful
ly secured within the office safe, which
shall he secured 10y two keys. one of
which shall Ice 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 kew what
did ynu want with two! There. own.
the regulations are obscure. They were
drawn up 10y Somcb0dN without any lit
crary skill; if they'd consulted me
about 'em, | could have suggested Il
good many Improvements. What they
meant to say was, that the safe was Sc
cured by two IOchS. and that IL KEY of
each, not Interchangeable the one with .
the other, was to he in the custody. etc. .
Now You understand why wanted Mr.. /
Cousins key.
''Eh, my - said the servant, opening
her mouth wide. and what might vou .
want Mr.. Cousins key for -
just rs stupid rs You. You see. | was
mad with the giIl. | own | always yet
out of temper with those luIk> shire PEG
pie. If You ask 'em the simplest qlIcS-
ton. first they open their mouths and
cape at Y"u. When y"u'Nc repeated
the question twice. they shut their
mouths and think for Il bit Then the
idea seems to reach the thing that does
duty with EN- for brains. and cNcitcs Il
sort of reflex action. for. 10y iing", in
stead of answering Nour question. they
90 and ask go" one. And that makes
me =" mad. Oh, they re Il very dense
race, those Yorkshire people.
''Why, to open the safe, You stupid"
SAID |. ''Whcrc is he -
"Don't We know ," SAWS She.
"know ," cried in Il rage. '.What
should ask goW for. if did know ,"
"Didnt than know he were at thai
house ?"
All :" he WIS. Id nearly forgotten
that he was one of the guests at my
wlte'S party. Clearly. | couldn't get
the safe open, and didn't like To leave,
the money III my desk. 81 put it i'm my
pocket. and took it home, thinking rd
give it t" Cousins with my key. to put
III the safe when he returned
y nice mess | got into when reach
ed home for you see that it had been
arranged that was to 90 upstairs and
dress before amy body came: and thai
then our room WAS To he made ready for
the ladies t" take their homnctS of for
they were not all carriage people. Well.
you never s;tw such Il thing, When |
got home and rrcpt upstairs to dress
the people had all come. 50 the servant
SAID there were six mutiS. and four
honnets. and five pork pie hats. and .
hal: dozen shawl> on the bed and
one lady had left her every -dav curls
hanging over the looking glass. Tpon
my word. | really didn't like to per ;
form. my toilet among all these feminine
gear; and there WAS no lock to tLc
door; and my dress clothes were all
smothered up amongst these muffS and
things. But got through pretty well.
and had just got one of my legs into my
trousers. when bang atrnp-,lop- don, =
such rattle ut the knockcr. and heard
my wife scutling away into the hall. ,
They were the MmkhN>. our TRUMP
cards. VIII" kept their own carriage and
everything grand.
$50 KIND of You. dear" said nv wife.
kissing Mrs. Mark>hN most affection
ately; could hear the reports where
stood.
-" delighrcd Really. how nicely.
how beautifully y"u arrange every
tnlhS. can have things 81 nice. with :
IL