The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-01-04
Burglariously and Feloniously.

W Z n6u Juet lONASo Wy thS SOW 49,
/ had put the key in my pocket am
the accountant of the North and South
of England Bank At ito Psdsey Branch,
W. r. Yorks.-I had got my hat on
and had taken up my umbrella, when
q man came running into the bank
with 8 bag of money in his hand.
Am in timer he cried. shook
my head.
Deuce take it - be said; "apd I'm
of 10 Liverpool BY the next train, and
then to America"
"Sorry, torit," said; "but we can t
take the money"
"well, then, what is to be done?
Here's twenty two thousand pounds in
this bag, and those drafts of mine come
due iu q couple Of DAYS. Well you'H
have to take 'em up" be said; l csnt.
unless YOU take the money in tonight.
knew that those drafts we're coming
due, 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-Black was capital customer /;
and not only 8 good customer himsel I,
but he brought good accounts with
him. and we were young branch and
on our me:tle.
Well, here was the money to meet
the drafts, anyhow, and should have
been q great tool 10 send it away just
because it was after hours. So ] counted
il all over there was about nineteen
thousand in cheeks and notes. and three
thousand in gold.
Come and nave 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; We had some
beer together, and then be went of
Americswsrds, and ] on the way TO
Metropolitan Villas You see, l was
rather in the habit of calling for glass
OF beer as l went home, and then going
on and consequently. from the force OF
habit, Id almost got home before | re-
membered the bag OF money. 1t was
vexiug, too, because we had tes party
that night, the first since our marriage,
and it began at six o'clock, and Id
promised 10 he home an hour earlier,
10 draw the cords and help to get things
ready. And here it was six o'clock,
and l had 10 60 all the way back 10
the bank.
All the way back went as hard ss !
could pelt. However, the money was
al right in my desk, and now Id put
i, in the safe. Tell Mr.. Cousins
our manager, you know said to the
servant who'd let me in, that ] want
the KEY of the safe" But you had i,
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 cay
that the accountant or chief cashier
shall be responsible for the due custody
Of the cash whilst it Is in his possession
in the DAYTIME, and that al night all
moneys and securities shall be care
fully secured within 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 tWo2 There,
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 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 interchange.
able the one with the other, was to be
in the custody, &c. Now you under
stand Why wsnted Mr.. Cousins key.
"Eb, N.Y. said the servant, opening
her mouth vice, ''sud Whist mig bit you
want Mr.. Cousins key forT
Just ss stupid as you, you see. Twas
mad with the girl. l own I always get
out of temper with those Yorkshire
people. If you ask EN- the simplest
oues ion, first they open their mouths
and cape AT you. When you've repeat
ed the question twice, they shut their
mouths and think for q bit Then the
idea seems to reach the thing that does
duty with 'em Tor brains, and e1cites q
sort Of reflex action, for, by jngo! in
stead OF answering your question, they
90 and ask you one. And that makes
me 30 mad Oh, they re a very dense
race, those Yorkshire people.
why, TO opeo the safe, you stupid
said l. Where lie be ?"
Don't We know SAYS she.
Know l cried in q rage. What
should l ask you for, If did know
Didn't thsu know be we're at thai
house?'
Alb 30 he was. Id nearly forgotten
that be was one OF the guests at my
wifes party. Clearly, l couldn't get
the cate open, and / didn't like to leave
the money IN nv desk, 20 put il in
nv pocket and took il home, thinking
Id give it to Cousrns With my kew, TO
put It in the safe when be returned.
A nice mess got into when | reached
home; for you see it had been ar
ranged that was TO 60 up stairs and
dress before anybody came; and that
then our room was to be made ready
for the ladies to take their bonpets of
+'or they were not all carriage people.
Well, you never saw such thing
When got home and crept up stairs
to dress-tbe people had all come, so
the servan, ssid-tbere were six mufs,
and four bonnets, and FIVE pork pie hats
and half a dozen sbawls on the bed ;
and one lady bad LET, her EVERYDAY
curls hanging over the looking glass
Upon my word. / really didn't Ike to
p.,sorm nav toilet AMONG all these fem.