The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-02

whispered in his ear; that S1.16 will
burn a hole in the pocket of your new
diagonal English Melton pants; there is
a mistake somewhere; find it out; find it
out at once; find it out tonight before
you lay your head on your pillow, or
there will be trouble. The young man
was so wrought upon by this that at last
he rose and resolved Qhough it was long
after dark to go to the bank and 90
over his books again. He went down,
and was just about lighting the Gas
and getting to work when he heard a
sound from the direction of the Presi-
dents room. It's burglars" said the
young man, in a voice trembling with
suppressed bravery; "it's burglars,
sure. Now, what'n thunder m | to do?
l guess I'll slip under this desk, and if
there is only one burglar, and he is
smaller than am, will act an heroic
part; if the word burglars is noun
of multitude signifying many, or the
fellow is bigger n | am, guess I'll see
if self-preservation is not the first law
of safety. Great Jupiterr' added the
young man, as the intruder after mo-
ment's pause swung open the great
doors of the vault; he knows the ropes,
whoever he is. Levanting Spencer!
but he amt half my size. I'll fix him.
Die, villain" he yelled, and bounded
upon the robber. 1t was but moment
till he had the rObber down, and, hold
ing him firmly by the throat, lit a
match. 1t was the President of the
bank! The young clerks tongue Glove
to the roof of his mouth as he let the
President up. Il thought it was a
burglar, sir" he stammered; " | found
a mistake in my accounts" he went on,
"and came down to see if | could
straighten them out'' "Was that your
only motive?" said the President, who
seemed about as much agitated as was
the clerk. g 1t was, sir; | am prepared
to take my oath to that effect upon the
deposit ledger-the notary's Bible s
beenlost, " said the youngman. Then,
young man." said the President, heav-
ing sigh of relief, g in the name of the
bank let me thank you for your atten-
ton to duty. So rarely do we meet a
young man who is thoroughly devoted
to the interests of his employers that
when we do we should be ungrateful in
deed did we fail to signalize and reward
it, Here, young man, are ten 800
notes happen to have in my pocket;
take them and be happy. | will, at the
next meeting of the Directors, myself
propose increasing your salary to 81, 800
a year, and whenever there is a vacancy
in the Cashiership you may rest secure
that will press your name for it with
what vigor | may. Only it is not nee
essary for you to say anything about
this accidental meeting of ours. l had
just slipped down here to go over the
cash and securities of the institution,
and see that everything was all right
not that l have the slightest doubt con-
corning the integrity of our Cashier,
butwe cannot be too cautious, you know,
in these times of depression and defalca-
ton The young man gave the desired
pledge, then went his way, pinching
himself to be sure he was quite awake,
while the President chewed up q
steamer-ticket (taken in another mans
name) for Europe, and dropped the
pieces down the register, took his carpet
bag and went home, dropping pair OF
false whiskers as he went, and wonder,
ing how he would be able to explain
next day to his brother financiers the
reason for dyeing his hair and shaving
off his mustache and whiskers.- CHICAGO
| Tribune.