The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-03

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,rustyorthiness, his right TO the stu
alton is .aci,ly admitted. He Is al
old soldier. and has served with dis
tinction in many glorious battles, a
he numerous medals which be proud
" displays, bear witness. He has
been q sergeant msjor, and comport;
himself with suitable dignity. Upon
MANY occasions, on busy days, he
bss been entrusted with missions Of
5elicacv and responsibility, and al
WAYS fulfilled them with tact AID ex'
actitude-
Ore merning ! was waiting al my
desk for the arrival of al early Gus
toner. when / s4w Copp advancing
to me with bis military step, and
with ever more than his customary
dignity. He held in his hand 9
dirty W bag, which be placed
on my desk.
wei, Copp," said |, whose &C.
count is this for!'
He stood al attention. and said,
after saluting me:
This bag, sir, was placed Ia my
bands sn hour ago by a MAI who
asked me to lake care Of it till be
came back. Thinking perhaps be
was q customer Of the bank, l toek
charge Of il, and as be has not come
back, | thought ! had better bring il
TO you, cir, as it seems TO contaia
money"
/ opened the bag and found that
it contained seven hundred and fifty
pounds in bank notes and gold, bui
there was no indication Of the persos
to whom it belonged, either written
upon a paper, as is usual, or upon
the back Of the notes. Copp, seeing
my surprise, added:
Il beg pardon, SIR, | may as well
tell you that the party who handed
me tie bag vas decidedly inebristed
in fact, sir, / may say drunk. He
could scarcely stand and didn't seen
hardly able to speak,
Very well" | replied, you may
leave j. with me, and when the mar
comes, bring him in here"
Yes, sir" said Copp, who saluieC
and retired.
/ put the bag on one side, falll
expecting that the owner would sooI
call and claim it. At the end Of th.
day, however, nobody had called, 81
though Copp had kept q sharp look
out at the door. | was much So!
prised at this, and put By the money
The next day, and the mex passe
by and still NJ claimant appeared
Intercepted Copp as TO the deseriE
ton Of the man. He said be was
short, thick-set man, with dark hal
and whiskers, but no mustache. II
wore a black coat, very seedy lool
ing, and his face, hands and shin
were very dirty; looked as if he ha
been on a loose, sir, be added.
AT the expiration Of another wee
/ inserted advertisements in the priI
cipal daily papers, stating that q ba
containing q sum OF money had bee
found, and inviting the owner
claim it and specify the contents. y
satisfactory answers were receive
10 the advertisement, and the cues
ton remained, what was to be don
with the money We could nc
place it 10 any account in the banl
and we could not, of course, open a
account in an unknown name. Th
manager was of the opinion that, a
the money had been left IN the hand
of Sergeant Copp, who was not a
official in the bank, there was no e1
idence Of it having been intended /
be lodged in the bank, and tia
therefore, it should be handed owe
to the eommissionaire.
Upon nv telling Copp this, how
ever, be stoutly refused to have an,
thing to do with it. ut was NJ
his" be said, "anG be had only take
charge Of it upon the suppositio
that it belonged to n Of the Gu.
toners Of the bank The matte
was finally settled by opening a d,
post account in the joint names
Copp and myself.
Two years rolled by. and nothin
further was heard OF the mysterior
depositor, and We began to thin
that the amount would uliimatel
fall into the hands of the worth
Sergeant Copp or his family,
whom it would be q small FORUM
At length, however, one mornin
Sergt. Copp came upto my desk wit
an expression Of great pleasure o
bis honest face.
BEG your pardon, sir" be con
menced, "can / speak to you for
few minutes ?"
Certainly said /; What
it?n
We'll, sir, do you remember thi
bag Of money-two years agog'
"0f course / do" / replied Wit
interest, "who could forget il ?"
well, sir, l think I've got a ..cle.
TO the man who left it with me"
1t appeared that the sergeant's SO
was ~spprenticed 10 an upholster
the city. Among the Norkmen
the establishment who had recent
joined, was a French polisher. Ga
day, 10 the course Of c~onrersatior
he told his fellow workmen the fc
lowing facts concerning the forema
of the firm ofSmith and Jones, wbei
be had formerly worked.
The foreman whose name W,
Thompson had been with the firm
great many years be was entruste
by his employers from time to tin
with the collection OF large sums
money, and had always been fouu
honest and upright. Upon m o
c%asion, about two years before,
shipping order had come 10 the hr
for q quantity Of furniture from
new foreign house, OF (which they ha
suspicious. The goods were orderC
to be shipped on a certain day, an
it was agreed that they were to b
paid in money before being place
on beard. As the order came to Sc
en- hundred and Fifty pounds, Ii
foreman went down himself
charge Of the goods, with stri,
iDjunctions from bis employers eitl
er to bring them back or the monel
The goods were placed on board II
ship from the lighter in the docks
so much was Gscertsined bat Il
foreman, who had received the moi
ey and had given a recent for !