The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-02-18
HOYT & CO., Proprietors.
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HOW A DOG SAVED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

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HOW A DOG SAVED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
seLie down, lie down, sir "a - - :.
'sOh, never mind him, Frank, he won't hurt
yonr; you 60 right in"
".0h, YES" sasasl az well enough fcr
you to say never mind him, but ne looks as Ii
he would BEAR great asa1 M Of sg mlnsang'a a, +o,,
you the dog will not touch you; but, i You
viii not believe me, wait moment and will
go in with you" .-4..,....q..5
certainly was afraid to go in the room
alone, and I think you, my reader, would nave
thought discretion the better part had you been
AlicE was talking with his agent as | came
to the hall door, and. ]; had walked toward his
library to await his leisure; but when; I opened
the door, q large black dog that had evidently
been laying on the floor, started to his feet with
= growi. and exhibited a row of. teeth that
would have made first-class stock for a dentist.
He was. villaaous looking brute, and de-
clined trusting myself to- his mercy, as haze
told above -. ... = !.
Aiick finished his business then, took me
by the arm and led me into the room, the dog
slowly dropping on his launches when he saw
his master, and I paid no more attention to
him until had finished the business I had in
hand. ~, ...
stWhat in the new world do you want with
such vicious dog?" inquired, as lit the
cigar my friend gave me. ....i 49,, % =.
"71 don't think much of your Judgment. if
you call him vicious looking dog, " was his
answer ..c: .......
sssWhat breed is he?" ... .......
s'He is a cross of several breeds" src
eyes, 1 should think from the way he showed
me his teeth that he was all cross"
"Come, come, you must not run down my
Nap He has been too good friend for me
to listen to anything but praises OF him.
"What did he ever do that was particularly
friendIy%' inquired. ,;...'.,-. ....-.
aWeli, ltteiil you what Nap did; he saved
nae fifty thousand dollars during the. var
times..' ,.;.t
L was about to give an unbelieving chuckle,
but a glance at Alexis face told me that he
was IN earnest, so begged for the story.
cit was about the middle of the war" said
Alck, when I was Treasurer of the Grafton
safe as pine boz would have. been, and dis
liked to leave dollar in it. There were sew
eral burglaries about the place, all of which
skilffuliy planned and executed. ..
"One night our Office was visited, the safe
pried open with wedges, andethe contents car
ried off, The burglars found but q few hum
dred dollars, but the, worst. of it was that they
had hit upon 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. ......, ..,..,
eve wondered if the burglars had any
knowledge of this payment. If they had then
they must have extraordinary means of gaining
intelligence, and would know whenever we re-
ceived 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 perplexiug one, and had
an angry debate over it with some of our Di-
rectors. / was in favor Of getting a,reliable
safe and employing night watchman, but
was out-voted
2, ttOld Evans, indeed; went so far as 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 more safe if left in the
Office than if carried to my residence. And
he talked so many Of the others into his way
of believing that, resolution was passed de-:
claring it against their wishes to. have any Of
the Company's funds kept anywhere except in
the Office safe!- 81
,'sfOf course, the effect of this was that, if
carried the money home and lost it the money
would fall on me individually, and not upon
the Company. -.
"I was angry enough to have resigned my
place, but my interest in the concern was too
large to be trihed with, though I determined
there should be a change in the Board of Di-
rectors' another year.
"About O. week after this our Secretary re-
turned from Boston on the evening train and
brought with him fifty Thousand dollars and all
in greenbacks; proceeds of our monthly
bills receivable He brought the money in
bills because the day following was our pay
day, day,...,..,--,.......oen,ua ,ua
when he handed me the money: l knew the
Office safe was no protection whatever, andyet
if carried the money home with mel was
assuming g great responsibility: Without say
ing word to any one determined not to keep
the money in the Office, and carried it home
and put it in that ottoman.
s'You may be assured that I did not feel
very comfortable that evening. I thought of
every nook and corner in the house, and Won
dered where would be the safest At last
determined upon dividing it, leaving half here
and the rest in my room: l had aforementioned
the matter at home, not even to my wife, but
plead a headache when reminded OF my pre-
occupied air.
ri came in here and placed twenty-five thou
sand dollars 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
Nap The balance carried to my room and
put in the stove, thinking it would be the last
place where any one would look for it. went
to bed, but it was nearly midnight before fell
asleep.
"I was awakened by mans hand on my
mouth, and to be informed that he did not in.
tend to harm me if kept quiet. My hands
were then tied behind me; and the muzzle of
the pistol placed against my head. Another
man was treating my wife in a similar manner
They had dark lantern and wore masks:
"After securing us they began to search the
room. First my clothes, then the bureau
drawers, under the bed-everywhere but where
the money was. began to think had out