The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-01-23
BURGLARI0UsLY AND FELONIOUsLY.

We had just locked up the safe
and had put the key in my pocket
I am the accountant of the North
and South of England Bank, and It's
Padsey branch, w. r. Yorks. had
got my hat on and had taken up my
umbrella, when a nan came running
into the bank with bag of mouey
in his hand.
cam I in timer" he cried.
I shook my head.
"Deuce take it," L said; "but we
can't take the money
"WelI, then, what is to be done?
Here's 922, 900 in this bag, and those
drafts of mine come due in a couple
of days. Well, you'll have to take
'em up" he said. ~ can't, unless
you take the money in tonight
1 knew that those drafts were COM
ing due, and that our manager was a
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 bag-was capital Gus
toner; 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
the drafts, anyhow, and I should
have been great fool to send it away
because it was after hours. So
counted it all over; there was about
$4,000 in checks and notes and
$4,000 in gold.
"Come and have a 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. l would come
back presently and have it put in the
safe. l walked to the station with
Black; we had some beer together,
and then he went off America wards,
and l on my way to Nemophillar
Villas. You see 1 was rather in the
habit of calling for glass of beer as
| went home, and then going on, and
consequently, from the force of habit,
I'd almost got home before I remem
bered the bag of money. 1t was
vexing, too, because we had a tea
party that night, the first since our
marriage, and it began at o'clock,
and I'd promised to be home an hour
earlier to draw the corks and help
get things ready. And here it was
o'clock, and l had to go back to the
bank.
All the way back I went as hard
as l could pelt.
Howouop tho rnopay xuoo a II p,r,h 4
in my desk, and now I'd put it in the
safe. 'Tell Mr.. Cousins our man.
ager, you know-I said to the SER
want who had let me in, "that want
the key of the safe" But you had
it in your pocket, you say, which
shows that you are not acquainted
with the rules and regulations of the
North and South Of England Bank,
which say that the accountant or chief
cashier shall be responsible tor the
due custody of the cash while it is in
his possession in the daytime, and at
night all moneys and securities shall
be carefully secured within the office
safe, which shall be secured by two
keys, one of which shall be in the
custody of the manager, and the Sec
ond in that of the accountant or cash
ier But you say again, us long as
you had one key, what did you want
of two? There, own, the regula-
tions are obscure. They were drawn
up by somebody without any literary
skill; if they'd consulted me about
them, l could have suggested good
MANY improvements. What thew
meant to say was that the safe was
secured by two locks, and that key
of each, not interchangeable the one
with the other, was to be in the Gus
tody, etc. Now you understand why
/ wanted Mr.. Cousins key.
"Eh, myi" said. the servant, open
ing her mouth wide, aand what
might you want Mr.. Cousins key
for?"