The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-20
NHE 0Rt6uNE.
BURGLARYoULY AND FELONIOUs-
LY.

England BBnk, at its Purdsey Branch,
W. r. Yorks. | had go. my hat on, |
and had taken up my umbrella, when
man came running into the bank with |
bag Of money in his hand.
Am | in time? % he cried. I shook |
my head.
"Deuce take it," ne said. land I'm
off to Liverpool by the next train, and
then to America.
Sorry for it, ] said; 'but we can't
take the money"
well, then. what is to be done?
Here's twenty one thousand pounds In
This bag. and those drafts of mine come
due in a couple of days. Well, you u
have to take EN- mp he said, can't
unless you take the money in tonight
knew that those drafts were coming
due, and that orr manager was 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 mony bag-Back
was capital customer himself, but he
brought good accounts with him, and we
were young branch and on our niettle.
Well here was the money to meet the
drafts anyhow. aud | should have been
a great fool &c send it away because it
was after hours. So [ counted it all
over; there vas about nineteen thou>
AID in checks and notes, and three thous
and in gold.
Come and have a 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 nave it placed in the safe
| walked to the station with Black !;
we had some beer together, and then he
went off Americawards, and ] on the
way to Metropolitan Villas. You see, L
was rather in the habit of calling for a
glass of beer Us | went home, and then
going on; and subsequently. from the
force of habit, I'd almost got home be
fore | remembeted the bag of money
1t was vexing. too, because we had a
tea party that night. the first since our
mar. age, and it began at six O'Clock,
and d promised to be home an hour ear
70 to draw the corks and help to get
things ready. And here it was six o.
clock, and had to 60 all the way back
to the bank.
All the way back | wen. as hard as |
conid pelt However, the money was
all right in my desk, and now I'd put it
in the safe Tell 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 thai;
you are not acquainted with the rules
and regulations Of the North aud South
of England Bonk, which say that the
accom- tant or chief cashiet shall he res
ponsblc for the due custody of the cash
VIII It it is IN his possession in the day
time, and that at night all moneys and
securities shall be carefully secured with
In the office safe, which shall be secured
by two keys, one Of which shall be in
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second in that Of the accountant or cash
Ter. But, you say again, as long as you
had one key. what did you want with
two? TEeIe. | own, the regulations are
obscure. They were drawn up by some
body without any literary skill if they d
consulted me about 'em, | could haze
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 interchangeable
the one with the other, was to be in the
custody. etc. Now you understand why
| wanted Mr. Cousins key.
Eth, my sai! The servant, opening
her mouth wide, 'and what might you
want Mr.. Cousins key for? %
just as stupid as you, you see | was
mad with the girl | own | always get
ont of temper with those Yorkshire peo-
pie. Ii ycu ask EN- the simplest ques-
ton, first they open their mouths and
cape at you. When you We repeated the
question twice they shut their mouths
and think for bit Then the idea seems
to reach the thing that does duty with
'em for brains, and excites sort of re-
fex action, for, by lingo! instead Of ask
gou one. And that makes me so mad
Oh, they re a very dense race, those
Yorkshire people.
why to open the safe, you stupid"
said l. wv here is hep
Don't We know says she.
Know" | cried in rage, What
should I ask you for, if | did know"
Didn't thou know he were at that
house p
All so he was I'd nearly forgotten
that he was one of the guests at my
wife PARTY. Clearly. couldn't get the
safe open. and didn't like to leave the |
money in my desk, so | put it in my
pocket and took it home, thinking I'd !
give it to Cousins with my key, to put it
in the safe when he returned.
\ nice mess / got into when | reached |
home for you see it had been arranged /
that | was to 60 upstairs and dress before
any bndy came and that then our room
was tn be made ready for the ladies to
take their bonnetS off-for they were
not all carriage people. Well you new
er saw such a thing When | got home
and crept upstairs to dress-Ihe people
had all come. so the servant Said-there
were six muffs and four bouuets aud
five pork-rie hats, and half dozen
shawls on the bed and one lady had
left her everyday curls hanging over the
looking glass Upon my word. | really
didn't like to perform nv toilet among
ali these feminine gear; and there was
no lock to the door and my dress clothes
were all smcthered up amongst these
NUTS aud things But | got through
pretty we'll, and had juSt got one of NY
legs into my trousers, when bang atrop
dor u such rattle at the knocker.