The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-29
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IL was nearly = o'clock on hot sum-
mers day the long polished counters of
our bank, the ROYAL domestic bank, were
crowded with customers-money was flow
ing in and running out in the usual bust
ness-like manner From q raised desk in
my private room, |, the manager of the
Royal domestic bank, looked out on the
busy scene with certain pride and pleas
ure. The Royal domestic is not long-es-
tabished institution, and. without vanity, |
may say that much of its prosperity and
success is attributable to the zeal and ex-
perence of its manager. In corroboration
of this statement, might refer to the last
printed report of the directors laid before
the shareholders at their annual meeting in
which they are pleased to say But after
ALL perhaps 1 may be thought guilty of
undue egotism and conceit, if | repeat the
tiattering terms in which they speak of
me.
A clerk put his head inside my door
MIR. Thrapstow, sir, to speak to you.
''Send him in, Roberts" ] said.
Charles Thrapstow l had known from
boyhood we had both been reared in the
same country town. The fact that his
parents were of considerably higher social
status than mine perhaps made our subse-
quent intimacy all the pleasantcr to me,
and caused me to set value upon his good
opinion greater than its intrinsic worth
Thrapstow was stock-broker, very
clever, pushing fellow, who had the repu-
taton of possessing an excellent judgment
H ii 80. SoI ~; iuon, ~ my request he
,,,os ,,"6d o ,,S h ~ oui pa,'h IL
$3.50, "Jo soou n. LOU ne always KEPT I'ir
,"riaa ~, Gnu NV ouSi''i ''''u ncNeI 10 iooN
Cho al n'9 III; Hne ms,
ooca";a,,oi,' my uous oiSI III business
Have nIrn,yoo "n, -, ',.i MONEY mao let nm
om,.iv nn,or,J ,''' ''o ~, vi oou'sp
MIN ,,ora ai, us seouii.lcs, advances
,hn sno,,r;,;,,s ",m pi"nipuy repaid, anu
Ind tive ,to,,sn,d ~, n' 'n,s 'i',lc' III
'' 'u , ',iJusan'' pVuhus vi ours 10 Sc
v ,..,o "n'un We heiu Guy Oh Damascus
,'i"a Vfc',p""S uolos 10 tne nolllinal
az " WI 'aousaLu. NY directors
l"'i'ei uo,iiulio.i ~ 'iieSc ppnus; as peihS
s"nom ,,ao sP ,,,, ,1 III nutuIe put as
iePIescn,tu tnai ,ne company was hiShiy
, a,n' , ,ts SIidies WI WI quo.eu III
.le ,'"lnu'' anu Una, iihu luil cohli9ehec
III oui ous'1''iel, oui peoPie sanctioned uic
advance. l HaV perhaps niue uneasy
ieclihg i'yscil apo9t lnose Donos' Tor they
were no. everybody money, ana theic
n,'9n. nav oeen soiie It'ie oililcuity IN
"n'''iS " customer ioi 'nchi III case Oh inc
NECESSITY lor sudGeh sac.
hraps'ow came III iadiaht. lie was
soou-l1ohlns lelioW' win Il talr beard and
, u'us'a .'i. oiiSnt eyes OF Dluish fray, IL
ipsc 'ii'e" uP"aiu' giving MN saucy, re-
soiuie AR he was always well dressed, the
snin!es. ~ pUo,S, 'iie most deIicate shade OF
c0Ior Ill MS ilght trousers and gloves, the
SIors'cs' VI DUO irock-coals, neat little
GUS. coy over II: blle blrds-eye scarf
rouhu Ills throat, IN which was thrust a
massive pm containing fine topaz, full
oi iuSter' ana yellow as beaten gold
ell, I've got a customer for those
damascus bonds waiting at my Office sold
en- wen, TOTO Billings Brothers, who
want .neH ior an Arap iirm. one premi-
''i ,,, anu Dough1 at one discount.
III sIIF eldu Oh IT, Sharlie, | SAID,
S a,,u 1 ielt really pleased, not only for
i,nlaps'om sahe, put because ! should be
glad 10 get rid OF the bonds, and the direc-
'" .s1S snrags whenever ,hey were mentioned
:. manu- en- over oid 1ellow, SAID Char
ie' ana IL Drlhg you Billings check up
~ I'VE minutes. lou wont nave closed
uy .nen or II you nave III come in at
'"I Plna'c uo0r'
".n' " INC saie, anu put my hanu
"p % ,ne ponus s
Nharne stoou tlcre looking SO frank and
,h ho.' nD,u,nS ~. hls manu- lor inc bonds
'nat . iaun 'h1 ncart 10 say 10 nm, as
T T 10 nave zone, bring your customer
. noIe' anu ict nm setlle 1or the bonds, and
ai:' WI na'i,, tlehi over; should nave
s oa,iS W., W any pouy eise, Out somehow
o o,In Nv say 10 oiarlie; lhere would
w ,o ri NV i III, rish' ana surely II
va NJ, Nv , i,HM a. al.
o,rr;oa 'n,nS was o1 ;r, III moment was
mannor ~ 1od apa'oN hreSistioie
Thari;n WOW, mfr iii. o'Ii '"c ooil'is' ana
wotch;nr tha hail. 20 ,,eS ~ ., anu sa'
, %auon,ns .nu naius Oh lhG CLOCK IN little
ThronS,o w. h,,. ,iy iui confluence III
tnowIeJro Of 81" ali l" tiao ndu 30 th0rough
that T coSidn,t hoi,, foo,; iuioH " paIhihs,
wronr fou, I,;,',,tnn5 .i'a. 1 nau uoiie
sot II r;cb, Chori;a," ',.i; n1M.'ci' "oulu
ter;no tonoy Ill ooo' "i.i.. nal anu gi-
onan ''P"N "o'iu e"oi put Ill IN appear
any. ~
ot .i d liih,.c 10 me cashier brought
't t .iiiee c'Tchs, WIN ilttle slip OF paper
S Se. a., my were lhTapstow checks,
,pr hi,eeh n9hurea-tweivc hundred and
, ,.ieo nul.'icu ouu respectively, ana his
t,,rr md' U ,i.a NV WI i'''a n,1 ou Hc
turned WINE ana cold "Ot course
you iiu'' io'usc 'iieii'' saiu 10 the cash
Ter;
,.,,;,n n s,i, 'c VIM ou,, / sat IN my char
H , s,iii ioI rev lnihutes, Dewildcrcd at
.no suuu1, ms, misfortune 5r, ,hat had happened
w. W me; onaries lnrapslow was clearly a
ho ,',;,,ht h ~. .huio Was thls one chahcc-
n nJ nilSn' hayu gwen .he checKs IN the con
,r,n h VI seiliilg those Dohds, ana placing
NV u"iaiice W ms account In que course,
t tnese CHECKS Which were crossed, would
nav peeh drought 10 the Clearinghouse,
4hu nave Deen presented on the morrow
Dut II seemed mat his creditors had some
li,isuus. Oh MN, ana mad caused the
ch 9 10 DC demanded out OF due course.
me cioch Iau struck 8: Charles had
no. come pack; me bank doors closed
WIN ciahg, 4 couid endure the suspense
no longer. leilihg the bank porter that,
II MI, lhIapsloW came he was to be adj
' in,a; ~ lhe private a0oT' ana was to be