Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-02-07
THH nEJECTHD HANK NOTE.


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ssWllat is the price of this dressing gown,
SIR asked l.Ncet-faced girl, entering all
elegant store in the ci!y which shall be
3llamelsss. ma 4@
Z 1t wasa cloudy day. the clerks loungad
over the counter ami yawned. The man to
whom Alice Locke addressed herseM was
jaunty and mi,ldie aged. He was head
clerk of the extensive establishment and
extremely consequential.
!, sThis dressing gown we yaine at six dol
. lars-yo1 shall have 1t at five. "i7 s1e
1 sFive doliars.'' Alice looked at TIT:
dressing gowu' lovingly, aiia s,the clerk
looked at her. He saw that her clothes.
. though made and worn gcfteelly, were
common enough in texture, and that her
Z face was very much out Of tile common
line. How it.chahged! now shadowed, now
f fIlishted by tile varied play OF her emotions.
The clerk could almost have sworn that she
4 fad no more than that sum, AYc' dollars, in
her possession. .ssa3 39s 9Ziiaa ss
/ ~ Think" she hcsitated d ,noirent, II
think I'll take it, she said; then seeing in
I the face before her an expression she did
not like, she blushed as she handed ont the
bill the clerk had made up his mind to not
/, take.
"Jcnnis!'' cried Torrent, the head clerk. in
a quick, pompous tone, pass up the bank
note dctcctor.' -
Up ran the boy with the deteotor. and
down ran the clerks eye from column to
column. Then he looked oYer with a. sharp
glance, and exclaimed: rs ,.a,4t,, ..,,fs fsi,.
That's counterfeit bill, Miss ~ a.t.s
! Counterfeit. Oh, no--it, cannot be! the
man who, sent it could not have been so
careless; you most be mistaken, sirs'" g.....,
81 am not mistaksn: / am never, ihalsaken,
Miss. This bill is counterfeit, must pre-
sumo, Of course, that you dit, not know il,
!, although SO much bad money has been
offered ns of late, that We intend to secure
such persons as pass it. Who did You say
sent ii?
:. 9"Mr. C C, sir, o. New York. He
could lot send me bad money said the
. trembling, frightened girl. ~. ''-.
..Humplir' said the clerk. .'Well there's
no doubt about this, yeu can look fsr your
SELF Now, don't let lne see you here again
I until you can bring good money; for we al
/ ways suspect such persons es you That come
on dark days witt, well made story s.'9
iue-gown, don't Try to pass your coun.e'., ~, =,
s !, and as he handed it, the bill lie fei
/ from his hands. aa.,
: Al,ca c,uoht it from the foo. and rusnee lsn
+ Il b
It into the street. Il,
s s,cb shock the girl had never recelseu
: shs- hurried Ito "a banking estapiishnleein tnei
+ | eon,,d, her way in, and presented the ho.e
ar nohlc-looking man NTH gray hair' ll'e an.
f. in1 out - g9sfo 4ataat E.4sf
Of SIS this billa bad one, sirs Aoes4 y 81.
a. us,a cashier a.ad his son happened 70
he |the only persons present.e.lBoth no1lGeo u .
a.. extreme youth, bcantyand agitation -,
,ts rhe cashier looked closely ana hanueYu 'leY-
,,oor as with polite bow and solnewha'p p'
M ,onoed look. he saidl: siifa stsltista -" {
Get It's a gooodIhillsiy oung lady,. ! Ia.
,nt q knew it wis, ,,cried Alice, with a guy
for alir-sa,sd he dared isfit sdi 20
mo 's,.a could 90 no further, but sentirely oF
zen tcome. she, bent her head, and Tue iios = :.
lrd- had their way. lt.4st,4s zta4fi"F4ta =. :.
In i heo Vonr pardon, have you nau
ele trouble with it n asked the cashier. ...
ally .oh, sir sir, you viii excuse use me iof sis
lest r.v v to nv feelings, but you spoke SO .h'''
inc sn5 felt so sure that it was gooa. a
had think. sir, such men as one @ q sns o1s.> =
lhe Hunter and Warner ought 20 Pc fe'ia'
the n told ne it was coa counter fe't' ana = =
that somethine am glad my father diu nol T
,wn Z rnow the publisher would not send t h'e
con- money" 4g... III d 9..5.l 40 d, q,
ceed s.Who is your father, ttita ; young 's'n isus
t,,a cashier. bccom ng interested. nter'es'1esl .4 IS
!. his ..Mr. benjamin Loke, sir, IL ts,a $. 8
rnish ..Beniamin--Ben Bliifn Isoke--W"as W" he sv $. ],
cam clerk clerk il tae Navy Department AZ 's3'
ieant ton?" a54 .,o y "a
will eyes. sir. we removed from there" re
He .,;oa ..since then',-she hesitated-
! per -. not been well--and we arr semeWi' !
one snaad ph.. WHY. do tell these things 7
only s.Ben Lokc reduced = murmafea .ne .'e
ceom-- lar, ..The man who was the makihe = =
calcu- Give me his street and number, my en-
of the your father was the best, perhaps lnse
.io,iY IA e.;ona had. and hare not forgotteh
NJ Iiherty street. will call TINS es
s.. Meantime, let me have the billet me
r.-To ri give you another. Since ! come y, 70
active haven't got five, here's ten, Wc 7 7
d anu it all right. Z .s-'. .,..hh
princi- THAT evening, the inmates OF sl'aon
rou are tea, house received the Cashier OF the
nal re- Rank. Mr.. Loke. a man of gray
led al though numbering but fifty years. ros
to his his chair, and much affected greeted
re half. ni,;ar face. The son of the cashier Y. i
,ipation .sanied him, and while the eldest IA
tent toiither Alice and tile young man gre
enleilcs trienuly. i4.ato
author .sYes. sir. / have been unfortuisse 's'1
usually Mr.. I,oke in low tone. u nave '7 1as !.
g with cred as you see. from rheuma'l
linking oaused by undue exertion,s and ma
been for that sweet daughter OF NINE q
not what 1 should have done Sne'
inc lessoas ii Music and French, q
ing for periodicals, has kept me- So !
- tarsl want.ss s 4 ssa es, !, 80 ..;.,,
save ior ..you shall not vsnt,. my old frler
n,oer. = = .t,,e cashier. II was kind Prosla'
VIII s,.s sent your daughter to ne There : !,
'eh' h.n ',, cy in the bank. jast'.n made W ths :
lress VIII yaluable clerk, and it Is at your u'sl
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