The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND FELONl0uSLY


We had lust locked up the safe, and had
mt the key In my pocket am the account
ant Of the North and South Of England BANK
ut Its Padsey branch, W. II. Yorks. had got
my hat on and had taken UP my umbrella,
when man came running into the bank with
u bag of money In his hand.
aAm / Ia timer" he cried. ! shook my
head.
.Deuce take I'll" he said; "and I'm off to
Liverpool by the next train, and then TO
America"
"sorry for IT, said; "but we emit take
the money"
aWell, then, what Is to be done2 Here's
E22,00O In this bag. and those drafts OF mine
come due In a couple OF days. Well. you'll
have to take EN- up" he said; u can't, unless
you take the money In tonight
knew that those drafts were coming due,
and that our manager was little anxious
about them, for they were rather heavy, and
the other names on them were not very good.
Black, too--that was the man with the money
baR-Black was capital customer; and not
only good customer himself. but he brought
good accounts with him, and we were young
branch and on our mettle.
Well, here was the money TO meet tho drafts,
ANYHOW, and / should have been great fool
to send II away because 1t was after hours So
I counted 1t all over there was about ft90oo
in checks and notes, and G3o00 IN gold.
sCome and have glass OF beer with me, =
said Black, "on the way to the station"
put the bag OF money In my desk and
locked it up. | would come back presently
md have 1t placed In the safe walked to
the station with Black; we had some beer TO-
Qether, and then he went off Amertcawards,
and on my way to Metropolitan Villas. You
see was rather In the habit Of calling for
Riass Of beer as | went home, and then going
on. and consequently. from the force OF habit,
I'd almost got home before remembered the
bag OF money It was vexinR, too, because
we had tea-party that night, the first since
naar marriage, and II began ut O'clock and
I'd promised to be home an hour earlier to
draw The corks and help to get things ready.
And here 1t was o'clock, and had 70 60 all
the way back to The bank.
All the way back went as hard rs | could
peIt. However. the money was nll right In
my desk, aud now ID put y In the safe Tell
Mr.. GGoli s.nre our manager. you Know
said to the servant who'd let me In, "tiat
your pocket you say, which shows that you
are not acquainted with tho rules and regula-,
lions OF the North and South Of England
Bank, which say that the accountant or chief
cashier shall be responsible for the due GUS
tody OF the cash while It Is IN his possession
In the daytime, and that at night all moneys
md securities shall be carefully secured
within the office safe, which shall be secured
by two keys, one 81 which shall DC Ia the Gus
tody OF the manager, ana the second in that
again, as long as you had one key, what did
YOU want with two? There, | own, the regu-
iations are obscure They were drawn up by
sombody without any literary skill; II thcy'd
consulted me about em, could have suR-
gested good many improvements. What
they meant to say was that the safe was to
be secured BY two locks. and that u key of
each not interchangeable the one with the
other, was to be In the custody, etc. Now YOU
understand why ] wanted Mr.. Cousins's key.
sch, MY" said the servant opening her
mouth wide, "and what might you want Mr..
Cousins key for?'
Just as stupid as you, you see. was mad
with the girl. | own ! always get q ouI oI
ask EN- the simplest question, first they
open their mouths and cape at you. When
you've repeated the question twice they shut
their mouths and think for O bit. Then the
idea seems to reach the thing that does duty
with 'em for brains. and eXctes sort OF re-
flex action, for, by lingo! instead OK answer
ing your question they 80 and ask You one
And that makes me 50 mad. On, they're q
very dense race, those Yorkshire people.
"Why to open the safe you stupid" said l.
.Where Is he2"
Don't We know" says she.
s'Know?" cried In q rage; what should !
ask you for, II l did know
t.Didn't thou know he were at thai houseg'
All! 50 he was. I'd nearly forgotten that
he was one Of the guests at my Wlte's party
Clearly, couldn't get the safe open, and !
didn't like to leave the money IN my desk, So
put II In my pocket aid took 1t home, think
"a "a tn m to
put 1t In the safe when he returned.
nice mess / got into when | reached
home; for you see it had been arranged that
was to go upstairs and dress before any
body came; and that thenour room WAS to Dc
made ready for the ladies to take their bon,
nets off--for they were not all carriage peo
pie. WE'LL you never saw such thing
When got home and crept up stairs to dress
the people had all come, SO the servant
said-there were six mulfs. and four bonnets
and five pork-pie hats, and half dozel
shawls on the bed, and one lady had left hel
everyday curls hanging over. the looking
glass Up on my word, really didn't Ike
to perform my toilet among all these femin
inc gear; and there was no lock to the door
and my dress clothes were all smothered w
among thes muffs and things. But 60
through pretty we'll. and had just got one 2
my legs into my trousers, when bang atrop
dop-dop, such i rattle at the Anocker, ant
heard my wife scuttling away into the nall
They were the Markbys, our trump card
who kept their own carriage, and everything
grand.
$50 kind Of you, my dear." said my wife
kissing Mrs. Markby most aTeetionately.
could hear the reports whete stood
$50 delighted. Really how nicely. hoy
beautifully you arrange everything | can
have things SO nice, with all my servants
and
.Run up stairs, dear, DO" said my wife
ssYou know the room my room, right hand
at the top of the stairs.
I heard the hutter of female wings on til
stairs. What was to DO Z u could hay
managed the ether leg, WoudE' have mind
ed. but couldn't hadn't worn these dres
things for good while, and don get A.
thinner Is grow Older NO o 10 or 10 a l'f1
short notica What could | DO? j could oul
rush to the door, and set my back against J
Did 1 tell you this was our house warmth az
party? think not, Did tel you ou ~ iaa y.
lord had altered the house for us, MAKING gu
bedroom larger By adding 2 slip that ha u
formed O separate room2 think not: AZ @