Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-18
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"Lie down, lie down, sir.

but, by George, he looks as though he
would bear good deal of minding."
Nonsense" said Alick, laughing !;
g / tell You the dog viii not touch you !;
but If you viii not believe me, wait mo-
ment and / will go with YOU
L certainly was afraid to go into the
room alone, and l think you, my reader,
would have thought discretion the better
part had You been in my place,
Alick was talking with his agent as /
came to the hall door, and had walked
toward his library to await his pleasure !;
but when / opened the door, large
black dog that had evidently been lying
on the floor, started to his feet with a
growl, and exhibited row of teeth that
would have made good stock In trade
for tirst-class dentist. He was villain
Gus looking brute, and / declined trust
ing myself to his mercy, as 1 told above.
Aick finished his business then took
me by the arm and led me into the room !;
the dog slowly dropped on his launches
when he saw his master, and paid no
more attention to him until had finished
the business III hand.
.'What in the world do you want of
such vicious dogl" 1 inquired, as L lit
the cigar my friend gave me.
81 don't think much of your judg-
ment if you call him vicious looking
dog, was the answer.
what breed Is he.'
''He is a cross of several breeds.
''Yes, / should think from the way he
showed his teeth that he was all cross. J"
Come, come, you must not run
down my Nap He has been too good
friend for me to listen to anything but
praise for him.
What did he ever do that was par
ticJllarly friendly! z" inquired.
NAP. I'll tell you what he did he
saved me $4,000 during the war
times.
1 was about to give an unbelieving
chuckle, but a glance of Alexis face
told me he was in earnest, so / begged
for the story.
at was about the middle of the
war;" said Alick, "when / was Treas
urer of the Grafton Drilling Company.
Our Office was unsafe ss pine box
leave a dollar in it. There were several
burglaries about the place, all of which
were skillfully planned and executed.
"One night our Office was visited, the
safe pried open with wedges and the
contents carried off. The burglars
found but few hundred dollars, but
the worst feature of it was that they
hit upon a night when there ought to
have been a large amount of money
there. We had received large cash
payment the day before, but instead of
trusting it to our old safe / had taken it
home with me.
"We wondered if the burglars had
any knowledge of this payment. If
they had, then they must have extraor-
binary means of gaining intelligence,
and would know whenever we received
any large amounts again, and would they
not come at once to my house now that
they had seen / did not trust the safe
The question was very perplexing one,
and had an angry debate over it with
some of our directors. i was in favor
of getting reliable safe and employing
night-watchman, but / was out-voted.
''Old Evans, indeed, went so far as to
say that lightning never struck twice in
the same place, neither did burglars visit
old safes the second time. And he was
inclined to think our money would be
safer if left in the office than if carried
to my residence. And he talked so many
of the others into his way of thinking
that resolution was passed declaring it
against their wishes to have any of the
company's funds kept anywhere except
in the office safe
"Of course the effect of this was that
If L carried the money home and lost it,
the loss would fall heavily on me indi-
vidually, and not ON the company
Il was angry enough to have resigned
my place, but my interest in the concern
was too large to be trihed with, though /
determined there should be a change in
the board of directors another year.
About a week after tIis our Score
tary returned from Boston on the even
ing train, and brought with him
$50, 900, all In greenbacks, the proceeds
of our monthly bills receivable. He
brought the money In bills because the
following day was our pay day.
81 was in the most perplexing state
of mind when he handed me the money.
/ knew the Office safe was no protection
whatever, and yet if carried the money
home was assuming great response
bility. Without saying a word to any
one, 1 determined not to keep the money
in the Office, and carried it home In that
ottoman.
90 You may be assured that did not
feel very comfortable that evening. l
thought of every nook and corner in the
house, and wondered where it would be
the safest. At last / determined upon
dividing it, leaving half here and the
rest In my ROOM / did not mention the
matter at home, not even to my wife,
but plead headache when reminded of
my preoccupied air.
az came in here and placed S25, 900
in that ottoman at your feet See the
top is ON hinges, and is fastened by this
hook on the side. This ottoman pushed
near s. Nap" The balance Z carried to
my own room and put in the stove,
thinking it to be the last place where
any one would look for it, went to
bed, but it was nearly midnight before
fell asleep.
81 was awakened by mans hand on
nv mouth, and to be informed that he