The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-02-19
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"Oh, never mind him, Frank he wont
hurt you; go right in"
ooh, yes, said I, cts all well enough
for you to say never mind him, but, by
George, he looks as if he would bear
good deal of minding."
"Nonsense," said Alick, laughing, 81
tell you the dog will not touch you; but
if you will not believe me, wait a moment
and III go with you"
/ certainly was afraid to go into the
room alone, and think You, my reader,
wouldhave thought discretion the better
part of valor, had you been in my place.
Alick was talking to his agent as 1 came
to the hall door, and had walked tow
ard his library to await his leisure; but
when L opened the door a large black
dog that had evidently been lying on the
floor, started to his feet with q growl,
and exhibited row of teeth that would
have made good stock in trade for a
first class dentist He was a villainous
looking brute, and 1 declined trusting
myself to his mercy, as told above.
Alick finished his business, then took
me by the arm and led me into the room.
The dog slowly dropped upon its haun-
ches when be saw his master, and paid
no more attention to him until had fin
ished the business had in hand.
"What in the world do you want of
such a vicious brute2" inquired as lit
the cigar my friend gave me.
81 don't think much of your judgment
if you call him a vicious looking dog,
was the answer.
"What breed is hel"
"He is a cross of several breeds"
eyes; 1 should think from the way he
showed his teeth he was all cross"
"Come, come; youmust not run down
my Nap He has been too good airiend
for me to listen to anything but praise of
him."
"What did he ever do that was partic-
ulurly friendly" inquired.
'!Nap} I'll tell you what he did; he
saved me fifty thousand dollars during
the war times.
was about to give an unbelieving
chuckle, but glance at Alexis face told
me he was in earnest, so begged for the
story.
"'It was about the middle of the war,
when was treasurer of Grafton Drilling
Company Our office was as unsafe as
pine box would have been, and I dis
liked to leave dollar in it. There were
several burglaries about the place, all OF
which had been skillfully planned and
executed
Gone night our Office was visited, the
safe pried open with wedges, and the
contents carried off. The burglars found
but few hundred dollars, butthe 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 a large cash payment the day
before, but instead of trusting it to our
old safe had taken it home with me.
eve wondered if the burglars had any
knowledge of the payment. If they had
then they must have extraordinary 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 1
did not trust the safel The question was
very perplexing one, and L had an an
cry debate over it with some of our di-
rectors. was in favor of getting a re-
liable safe, and employing a night watch
man, but / was out-voted.
"Old Evans, indeed, went so far MS to
say that, as 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 to be
against their wishes to have any of the
company's funds kept anywhere except
in the company's safe.
"Of course the effects of this was that
if carried the money home and lost it,
the loss would fall heavily upon me indi-
vidually, and not on the company.
81 was angry enough to have resigned
my place; nay interest in the concern was
too large to be trihed with, though de-
termined there would be change in the
board of directors another year.
"AbOut a week after this our secretary
returned from Boston on the evening
train, and brought fifty thousand dollars
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 themoney. l
knew the Office safe was no protection
whatever, and yet if 1 carried the money
home, 1 was assuming a great responsi.