The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-01-10

want the Specie" d-is ss.s s~... +
Certainly. Mr.. Clark. What amour.
have you ?" y F.7leg. - ''s 20
.'Well, perhaps I have more than you
anticipate" = ., ,f..-.... ID ~, 3. ' I.
Why, what is it t?',a p
"Very much larger than you usually
have presented, I presume.
This catches the cor of the President,
who recalls "Old Nick's" letter of IN
structions. Mr.. President, with bland
smile, remarks: = sd ' t--.. ,'
We shall be most happy to give you
the specie, whatever the amount, Mr..
Clark" Ilt
1t is Mr.. Clark's turn, now, to indulge
in soft inward smile. How little does
the President dream of the crushing
bundle Of Savannah notes now impend-
ing over his doomed bank! With non
c1talanee which only q broker can put
on, Mr.. Clark finally replies to Mr.. Presi-
dents inquiry: - iaas a,7
One hundred and seventy-three
thousand dollars" ..'. -.
Strange to Mr.. Clark, the President
never WINGED. With look of some sur
prise, he said: ,s... ....s-.A -ef
That is very extraordinary snm Of
our notes for even broker to have. How
came you in possession of such an
amount Of Savannah notes, Mr.. Clark?''
"Idont know that need to make
any explanation, sir. All ask is the
specie" fi l st ss. d1a.r -.E
81 hope, Mr.. Clark, that this does not
cover any malicious attempt to injure
our bank" ri aa - '1eTs
"Irepeat, Mr.. President, I came for
the specie for these notes, and would be
obliged if You would let me have it.
"Oh, certainly. Cashierl'' sgTE
The Cashier presents himself, pen on
ear. ftEt
/" This gentleman says he has SITS, 900
of our notes, for which he wants the
specie. Please count his money and
give him the specie. 1 suppose, however,
you will prefer drafts for most of this,
Mr.. Clark How will you have them
on New York or Philadelphia? Or are
you wanting to place funds in New
| Orleans" ?" -.'-'
81 want the specie az
Every weIl. Drafts on New York will
be specie to you, of course. What
amount of draft viii you have, and how
much specie ?"
1T want no drafts at all-only specie,
SIR"
"But so much specie will cost you q
very large sum for insurance and trans
porta.ion."
"That is my lookout, SIR"
"Oh, very well. beg your pardon.
Give him the specie, Mr.. Cashier"
Smilingly the polite cashier receives
Mr.. Clark's pile of notes,-counts them
Announces the amonnt correct, and
returning to the back room, calls one ol
two clerks to the vaults, and attacks the
specie kegs. And now they roll out
the memorandum clerk calling ont in {
clear voice, Give thousand" ter
thousand" fifteen thousand" "twen
ty-fve thousand" and yet steadily thu
kegs rolled out, and the clerk callet
aloud the aecumulating specie. : 8
At first, Mr.. Clark, broker from New
York, admired the cool and easy way il
which the President played his "bluff,
for, in his heart, Mr.. Clark was sure j
was sheer bluff There could not b.
fifteen thousand dollars specie in tina
bank, by an possibility. And so, whel
the President, after his directions to tn
cashier, commenced a social chat on gen
eral topics, Mr.. Clark responded. N
sign was made by either, which indicates
the real thoughts of each.
Clark was sure he had Mr.. Presiden
foul,-and Mr.. President kneW MI
Clark was hopelessly his victim.
Twenty-Five thousand" called til
memorandum clerk.
Mr.. Clark talked-but he was greatl
surprised, inwardly.
"Forty-fve Thousand !"
Mr.. Clark's talk was not so easy. H
; was little-or, rather, good deal
disturbed. Perhaps those kegs did nc
. hold specie. He didn't believe they did
1t was ruse of some kind But ther
, was an astonishing air Of matter-of-fse
business in the way those kegs role
out, and in the ominous voice that NJ
nounced, "Sixty-fve Thousand" An
it was provoking to see the sweet 81
! renity which sat upon the face of til
, chatty President. He paid no more a
tention to those kegs than if they ha
! been paving g-stones.
Seventy-five thousand p" eight
thousandI'- "eighty-fiye thousand"
, and the stream of crushing kegs vi
still rolling out. Clark, broker frol
New York, could hold in no longe
Those kegs might not contain speci
g but then they might-and he wanted
] break the bank-not specie And IL
, kegs looked and rolled and behaved ju
t as though they were honest kegs.
"Ninety-fve thousand!'-and there
: another keg in sight and coming.
: "Mr. President. CLARK broke
a upon that officials opinion of the prob