The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-10
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BY MARK TWAIN.

BY Mark TWAIN.
Samuel McFaddva was Waterman
10 bank. He was poor, but hone>t,
aud his life was without reproach. The
trouble With him Was that he felt tina,
he vas not appreciated. y Hin salary
was only four dollars week, and when
he asked to have his salary raised, the
President, Cashier and Board Ut D,rec.
tors glarsd At him through their spec
. taelss, and frowned on him, aud told
him a ssats md stop. his iaselonee,
whom he knew business was dull, and
the bank could not meet ito expenses
now, let alone slAviahing enc dollar on
such miserable worm a. Samuel Nc
Faddep. And then Samuel MoFaddeu
felt depressed, sad, aud the naughty
soorn of the President aud Cashier cut
him to the soul. he would often go
into the side.ysrd aud bow his twenty.
tour inch head, aud weep gallons aud
gallons Of teas over his iusigoi6cauce,
and pray that be might be made worthy
Of the Cashiers and Presidents polite
attsstioo.j / :. j
One oight q happy thought struck
him . CLEAN Of light burst upon him T.;
gazing down the dim vista Of years
with his eyes oil blinded with joyous
tears, he say himself rich and respeu-
ed. So Samuel McFadden toYled
around aod got jimmy, monkey
wrench orOsscot saw, cold ohisel, q
drill, asd about ton OF gunpowder
and ni.ro.gll ceriue, and those thiags.
Then, in the dead Of night, be went to
tho 6rs-proof safe, aud after working q.
it for : long Wills, burst the door and
brick into an immortal smash, with
such perfect success, that there was
not enough Of that safe left to make q
carpet tack Mr.. MsFadien then pr..
ceeded to load up with coupons, green.
backs, currency and specie, and to sail
al the odd change that was lying any.
where, so that he prapced out of the
bank with over Z m lion dollars on
bim. He then retired to an uaas
sumiug residence out OF town, and
sent word to the detectives where he
was.
A. detective called on him the next
day With soothing pote from the
Cashier. McFadden treated it With
lofty scorn. Detectives called on him
every day with humble notes from the
President, Cashier aud Board of Direc.
tors. At last the bank officers got up
. magnificent private supper, to whie
NJ. McFaddsn was invited. He came,
and As the bank officers bowed down 10
the dust before him, no pondered we'll
over the bitter past, ADD bis soul was
filed with exultation.
Before he drove away in his carriage
that night, it was fixed that MIR. Nc.
Fadden was to keep. halt a million CT
that money, and to be uDmolested, if
be returned the other half. He ful.
filed his contract like an honest man,
but refused With naughty disdain the
offer Of the Cashier to marry his dsugh-
ter.
Mac is Low honored and respected.
he moves 10 the best society, be brows.
es around in purple md 6ns l,oeu and
othe' good cloth, and enjoys himself
first rate And often nov he takes bis
infant sou on his koee- and tells him
Of bis early life, and instialls holy prin-
clples into the chlld's mind, and sho vs.
him how, by Industry and persever.
ance, and frugality, and nitro slycer-
Inc, and monkey. vreuches, aud cross.
cut saws, aud familiarity with the de-
tect:ve system, even tI,s poor may rise
to am ueLce and resp visibility.