The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-09-27
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1t thet aDart, Maitland, Dart & Co."
5 hum So the name stood upon the great
mined rass plate; and in these names had the
ntyha asness of the bank been prudently and
ated I woftablv conducted for as many years
,lea the majority. Of the inhabitants of
It G4 Highborough could recall. ~ : Is<st
tried Trade panics had laid waste many
"Ial mother long established firm; bank
run a nptcV, had swooped unexpectedly on
ht 60 many house where wealth had seemed
afraid limitless as here; but the. bank OF
ry to Messrs. Dart, Maitland, Dart & Co. held
rhonA It's head high above all treacherous
|, "w4 waters, and stood unmoved and utterly
it do secure after the heaviest gales had
one passed.
e agal The name of the firm was passport
Is siA Of trust and reliance, as well as a
man. prompt introduction to the first society
harada Of the country; and the present repre-
with sntatives were these: Maurice Dart the
arneF senior partner, a handsome man of so
1t ALL Years, Who imagined the wishes, the
ms wh4 weaknesses, and the hopes peculiar to
,oys other men, could not move him now;
her ls and Walter Maitland, both in appear
down mce and manner, a strong contrast to
OF IA his senior partner. Though but ten
he yeas younger, he looked nearer thirty
remhI than forty, and the frankness of his blue
vn h1 eyes, and the gay words so prompt upon
his lips, seemed doubly frank and doubly
gay, eontrasted with his seniors reti-
p dat csnce and gravity =. The third partner
child was one in name alone. His fathers
s MAD death had left him rich share in the
went4 bank, but his only intercourse with it
/ Ro was the polite periodical acknowledge
%, W nent of its having swept awaythe debts,
und which were the worst enemies he had
pair had to fight since he entered the army.
ssista About the ssCo." there was of course
The hi that vagueness inseparable from the
ooks cognomen, In the outer world it was
remaf supposed that an unlimited number of
dng people had invested their savings or
that 'aer patrimony on purpose to be con-
eptae1 adered" of the tirm.' But among the
y. asi clerks only one case was known with
ONE certainty. He was neither the Oldest
u fanl nor the most experienced, though the
ught most cheerful, perhaps, and the most
presa INDUSTRIOUS He. had deposited with the
me nfm the sum which his father, through
80 Joy s4o years course of valued and profit
al ehs sole managership, had accumulated to
Try III oequeath to him; and so, being enabled
adhel % draw what doubled his salary as
unnna uerk, Tom Leslie looked upon himself
cafHi partner of NO mean order, and built
haI WI @l1y castles for time when his name
!. Mould stand upon the brass plate other
Sew WISE than AS q Co ''@s Cheerfully aand
assoc constantly he erected these edifices; but
In cnaN attempt to lay their foundations on
Wea' ie.! n1is 1rinas either by saving or sspecu
anu isuhg, never entered Toms head. With
IND y Il MS mother-a little old lady as hopeful
ana eaaerfpl andtrustf,l as he. was him
Sh,lom lived in a pretty, white cot
it at beyond the town; and here he haG
,ore Il aoWers all the year round, and birds
,eg ID aa. sang in the gloomiest weather, ane
city. aplano On which he was no mean per
~ oa Ormer, And as regularly as SATURDAY
e, is morning came around, Tom, taking hi
day as'Would say, in the most natural man
ID me- as. as.; " think we should like couple
short - he younger fellows out to dinner to
hs saaSIlrow-shouldn't ~ we, niother?- Thei
IAN ,~eS @aa5leS are not like mine; and thing
3 Wa W aear, you say
me fof Irues their salaries were not like his
d was sal ,aen he would not have the small
short ~ ynt house, nor the small bright moth
eaten !. aaenled any comfort he could think of
al ges ~ there WAS never one penny O
man 'aass n aaary left when theyeai, was up
i shsa ,n once or twice Mrs Leslie would in
H. da.s e ruefully where her son picked II
alhmhherless clerks whom he delighte,
land w,sa wO,ilg home to superior, as he al
aaaeE bsr bs's called It, I" to a little music" Blu
leb. anssa GENIAL hospitality was, after all, a
ieh h. teuipt as his, and so, though she KEEP
cole ~ accounts, there was, as l said, neve