The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-07-15
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The Rejected Bank Gotc.

The Rejected Bank Note.
What is the price Of this dressing
gown, sir : asked sweet faced girl
entering The elegant store of lllmtlol
3 Warner, in II city. aud street O
"a city, which shall bo namcless.
II was cloudy day The clcr'.
lounyed over the counter anl y5vn
'od. Tho man to whom AIic, LoctD
addressed herself wps ipuuty and
milllo aged He was head clor,, oI
the extensive establishment ol l!glt
! ley ~ Warner AMI extremely c5,sc-
quoutinl in manncE
This dressing gown we yaluo at
six dollars-you shall have it for five
as trade is dull to-dav'
Five dollars :" Alec l01LcI at
the dressing gown lougmglv AMI the
.clcrk looked at her He saw thut
her clothing though ml 10 mn | worn
IcntcoIy, were common enough ~
tcSturc, and thIt her face was worry
much ont Of the common line. now
it changed now shaded now light
cd, by the varied play 81 her emo.
tions. The clcrl; could almost have
sworn that sho hal no mogc than
that sum, five dollars, in her posses.
sion.
The gown wns n vcrv goDfOn~ for
the price II was OF common sht1".
n tolerablc mc,lno, anl lined With
the same material er.
Il think -sl,e hegitato I o NO.
ment, ;hiukL'll tik6 iC, 'sNo fail,
then seoiag.in the face b-l.ro hes an
expression she did not like, she
blushed us She handed ont the bill
the clerk had made up his mind to
tako.
"Darms,' - cried Torrent, tho head
ciork. in u quick pompous tone,
'pa7s mp Tho hank note dctcctor. "
Up ran tAo .1w ,hnI9l bog with
tho dctcctor, and dowu1 ran the
clori;'s eye from column TO column.
Then he looked over With a slVp
glance, and exclaimed:
That's Il counterfeit bill. Miss "
"Courtegteit! oh, no--it cannot
boz Tho inanwho sent il could not
layo beon SO cupless ,,'ou musthc
SIN mol ms~~<ef I'm never
mistaken, Miss. This bill is u coun
terfeit. l must presume, OF course
that you did not. know it, although
so much bad money has boon offer
I'd us of late that we intend to sccure
such persons as pass it. Who did
you say sent it ?
Mr.. C, sir, Of Now York
He could'not send mo bad money %
said tho the trembling frightened
girl.
"Humph!" said the clerk, "Well,
there's no doubt about this you
can look for yourself. Now don't
let me sec you here again until you
can bring good money, for We always
suspect such persons as You that
come on dark days with II well made
story
"But, sir"
"Nou noGl make no ordinations,
Miss" said the man insultiugly.--
Take your bill, aud next time you
want To buy II dressing gown, don't
.ry to pass your counterfeit money
and MS he banded it, the bill fell
from his hands
Alice caught it from the floor and
hurried into tho street.
Such shock the girl had never
received. She hurried to u banking
found hor way in,
and presented the note to noble |
looking man with gray hair, ialtering
)ut, sis this bill bad one, sir =
The cashier and his son happened
20 be the only persons who werc
present. Both noticed her extreme
youth, beauty and agitation.
Tho cashier looked closely and |
ianding it back, us with polite bow
md somewhat prolonged look, he
aid 4. .
"It's n good I'LL, young lady"
81 knew it wa8,' cried Alice, with
! quivering lip-'and he dared"
She could so no further but
,irely overcome, 6lio bent her head,
nd the hot tears had their way"
Il beg your pardon, have yuu had
my trouble With it!' asked the
asher.
."oh, sir, you will excuse mo for
giving way TO my foelings--but you
poke SO kindly, sin; such men as
me Of ths clerks in iluntley & War
ier's should be removed lie told
ne IL was q counte,fait. and added /,