Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-29

IN. psrs. correspondent os the Nex
y.y~k yso~f furnishes saszs paper WITH . r.
rsew a i new resonance uf American lsse
srs rx.snnt-~. Esnhssisa1sd - M. Psalm
Nfasgxg. slf slse fnraaer CITY. The Aern ot
ssse ssszsy i wang Frenchman EsAEntsa
Maurice IsurAnA. who Esesss with ssTsrsl
r.uriesus assansarv- shiir - the Infscd
Ssxse< TIE auffsor of this Frnnray sswy
gives Enany iisfse plssuTxS 81 American
If sssaiiar Ia cssnr Be- the fnssnwtbg hast
stx-ty1rsiasrn bit relative % visit TO-
New York hank
VITA Preach customs sssh In hts
rniad Maurice evidently expcrssd. - he
entered fE1e great banking -hous<, thai -sEns
F,rse woala ask hina f~easE times what be
wanted. who he was. whercc he came and
Ii, u tsssgn be wished 10 sgsesk. But no one
Maid SIR attention 50 hiias time - money,
and the three or four c0sorrd servants In
III vessiayuIe were zoo busy doing nothing
10 take any notice Of has presence
He finally decided. however. 10 venture
into large room where there were nuner
ssus clerks IN their shirtsleeves las il was
very warnal. the aforesaid clerks appear
frg absorbed In contemplation Of the cigar
smoke which curied Ia capricious circles
al,gYe their heads, and be held Out his let
ter Of credit 10 one Of them. The clerk
took II without saying anything. examined
II. turned II over. felt of IL carefully, and,
after q short silence, handed 1t back, utter
ing this single and memorable sentence:
Mr.. CLARK
Maurice was no better off than before,
NOT knowing Mr. Clark nor what might
Es the duties Of that functionary In the
banking house Of James Taylor * Go.
He therefore went TO second employe,
who was reading the New York Herald
and who was almost entirely concealed
behind that yoluIuin journal, but who
did 10; even deign 10 disturb himself TO
look al the letter u credit. Taking the
matter pleasantly, and even finding il
original, Maurice passed on. A third
clerk was busy with his pen. lie was
writing a. little as possible, but he was al
least writing Such an active person Ger.
tainly ought 10 comprehend the value Of
information, and Maurice hoped for some
assistance.
MIR, CIarklr repeated this faithful EN-.
ploye, and returned % his calligraphy.
80 The deueel'' thought Maurice. This
is getting complicated, ! wonder how IL
would do To go and ask Mr.. Taylor who
this Mr.. Clark happens TO bcY
(" As he reflected thus his eye fell on the
banker himself, in his shirt-slecves, seated
in handsome private Office and very busy,
Just nj that moment, polishing an apple
before proceeding 10 ear IT, All the world
knows that the Americans are the greatest
consumers OF apples under the heaven. II
they lived In Normandy there never would
be any cider to drink there, and II they
had ever inhabited the terrestrial paradise
they would have shaken all the apple
trees so thoroughly that poor mother Eve
would never have been able to commit her
sin. not even with the assistance OF the
devil.
"a man who eats apples thought
Maurice, ought 10 have first-rate char
acter.'
$50 he went resolutely to ask for
" Mr.. Clark
Mr.. Clark repeated the large man.
THE reader remembers that Mr.. James
Taylor was large) Ali, you wish 10 see
himy'
"' Certainly, SIR said Maurice, with IA
little warmth, very muchp
MIR Taylor said nothing, but put his
finger on bell A clerk, the same who
At first had pronounced Mr.. Clark's name,
came In.
- Mr.. Clark said the banker
"The employe raised his head and
looked round In every direction.
"' Mr.. Clark cried he, In sonorous,
though somewhat nasal, voice.
Mr.. Clark was transmitted success.
lively In the same tone and with the same
nasal drawl, from one TO another by all
the employees In the bank.
H Al last one of the negroes in the ante
chamber decided 10 arouse himself
"'Mr. Clark, he said, has gone out 10
take drink. >"