The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-06
THEGH0ST In THRBANK
OF ENGLAND.
@APTER v (Continued.)


the practice of the Bank of England
never to reissue note, but to burn every
note that returns to it; visitors to the
bank may have been shown, by way OF
curiosity, charred mass consisting OF
the ashes OF millions OF pounds. Now
Ona certain day note for one thousand
pounds, bearing certain number and
other marks OF identification, had, IN
the usual course ,of pnslnes, Deen re,
tuineu 70 ths pank ana auiy purHeu
WIN otnefs " tnat tnefe coala De no
quesslon, uhiess tnere nea eeeh con.
spnacy among many omclals Ca 70 save IL
Hon tne mrs. :,
Sometime afterwards q, surgeon with
out practice, known ~ all VINO knew
anything OF him to be In state OF des-
titution, and as much without prospects
as means, paid into the bank OF D. 2
note corresponding m every reccraed
particular with the note which had been
destroyed: N.Y. antecedents were very
1ar from pelng IN my 1ayoI, az any raIe
unless Mr.. Mendez could Dc prougns
from Jamaica to confirm, partialiy'
my own account Of some part OF tnem.
! had, till within rev weeks OF paying
IN the note, been wholly iost nght OF py
my own family.
IL Is true could say that nad oeen
nearly dying OF yellow fever In 1amal-
ca; bnt that wound nave 70 0e proveu,
anu PROOF would take lime, ana m1ght W
dlhcult' and would probably DO lmma-
terlai.
"A man may find time during a long
disappearance for other pursuiIs t1an
yeilow leReI, tnough Oh lhg sans colol.
had come pack as poor as went away
apparently, that Is 70 say. ana tnen
sna4eniy l opened 2 panklng acsnuus auLt
WITH phat note;; my own accolnI y i4e
transactlon consisting OF shGa sst1p1es- f1tS
slons OF truth ana OF such OBVIOUS lies
as only 70 prove now compieteiy . rogue
may overfeacn nimseil ne iesyes
nlmsei1 loophole 10 make slngie Dull
ger; :,
~ my own s.owin nsu saiu a no..,
lag OF any receipt OF mchey-.tnOugn
living IN 0he same mouse wioh oroenef- re Nl :
ln-law VINO knew all my clreumstances-I
e4cePt 10 my wiie, VINO was 'aea'effea ny
Ia Law from glvlng evlaence IN my 1ayol.
Inc tetIer IN w9icn 1ns cneck las al a.,
ieged nao reacned me naa noe Pa~eu
tnroegn tne = Pos.-once, put. &C.
ceralng 70 my story naa 1l oeen los. s sgn1 En-
OF Ior montnss anu hau only peen a1s-
covered accidentally. Inc wnoie stofy
was IN i'Seai very sosplciot'sly aaans'' e'en
90 lar. -
But the rest looked-fatal. l was not
content with declaring that l had re.
ceived a re-lssued note from the Bank OF
England. ! declared had received 1t
in payment OF check drawn on the
18th OF September.
4 And, to sumSp all, the bank had been
long ago notltied that It's customer,
MI. julius Mendez, OF Kingston, had
been accldentally drowned In Kingston
Harbor on september llth-the very
day alter had lett him to the ENJOY
ment OF a new lease OK LIE for torty
years tee
And ms eheek-beok, containing the
countertolls, had been lost with him;
and no evidence remained OF his having
drawn any such check save his letter to
me-lt 1t had not been written by me.
The wholesome practice which q torger
learned the other Gay % ais cost) nad
not generally oo'aaneo among ior-
e,gn customers OF Pr,vateiy notlfying
the bank OF checks drawn Dy them; at
any rate IT had not neen observed py Mr..
julius Mende1. -s,.g7;,.
AND 10 m9cn lot MI; Jnilus Mendez'
ans hopes ana MS Iea5s! Inc man VINO
had nothing to dread, save death by
disease on or before certain Saturday,
had perlshed by mlsadyenture on the fol'
LOWING sunday. fernaps no had nissak-
en- his hfty-seventh olrthday; perhaps
not; but VINO can tell? AT any rate
there must nave peen some mistake
somewhere. :,
But his mistake was Q terrible mlsad-
venture tor me- Nothing put the nature
OF MI. Robert Deacons defense Tor me
that no official or expert could detect
the slightest sign or symptom OF forgery
on the face OF the note-warranted nay
admission to pnl upon 50 serious q charge
kn1I0nd