The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-01-10
A Queer Bank.

In the alley running from Fourteenth
street to Fifteenth. between the City Hall
and ruhl e Library. may bc seen dis
mounted cannon. Many persons have
PASSED through this thoroughfarc and
have undoubtedly gazcd at the useless
piece of artillery. which lies partially
inthrddcd in the ground with its muzzle
pointed mcnaringly toward Fourteenth
street. Had any of these passing or
lettering pa>>cTs-by obcycd an iuspira-
ton and prohcd the interior Of this old
cannon for days prior To Monday even
ing last. n rich WELD would have re-
suited from the act.
en- the evening stated, about nine
O'Clock. an old man was observed IN
his knees ut the cannon mouth. One
arm rested upon the muzzlc. the othCrwaS
thris. far into the throat Of the antique
weapon. The night was dark, hut few
footballs were heard in the distance. and
thu old man doubtless imagined his pO-
sitiun and actions were not seen bv
mortal man. lie suddenly withdrew
from the interior of the cannon some.
thing that jiuglcd u it tOIchcd the
ground. Muttcring to himself, he made
motion a. ii to arise, ut the same time
graspin@ the article extracted from the
cannon.
Tie person spying the old mans
movements WIS pcrplcNcd 10 account
tnr what he saw. Was il lunatic
busted in some fantastic caprice. mag
ming. for instance. Il hoard of broken
class Wa gold2 Or was il Il thief draw
inr from concralment his ill-gotton
gan>2 Actuated by an impulse he
could net master. the watcher took sew
cal steps forward. At the noise made
H. >3ueakiug shoes the old man hastily
gathered himself up and started to flee
down the lane. \ renewal of the iing-
linz sound followed. Hold on, old
fellow was called after him. But the
words onIv ,Ujck,scd his pace, The
owner a. tie voice pursued him, cat h
in@ IN to i.im on Fifteenth street, near
the Health Office.
What have You got there IN yom
haud?' was the first qu, Sion Tut to
him. The old man attempted to thrust
the object into his bosom, but his hand
Wa stayed. who are YOU. and what
do You want of me-" he tr"mblingly
exclaimed, II was light enough to >can
the old fellow form and face. HcwaS
short and bent. about sixty Years old.
and very poorly dressed. He appeared
toothie>s. and his withcrcd cheeks and
hollow eve, bc.okcnrd tlaf want a. we'll
as are had worked torethn. ON him for
many wears ..Nbat vera Won rnnninu
fer, and what have You rot in your
hand. was demanded of HIM. He re-
nlier. Are Won an ofi.rra., An an
tvtl. was ofyru that contained tL. in.
ference that the uunstinnrr was an
officer
The old man s,id. .Gnld. money
thou~hf Won were = r,bbrr 50 | ran y
Wh-ip he srol.n in inrEs h, bum,rd to
hi, broa>t the b9r o} com To fIn in,
tcrfooatien. ..Di Won find that Log Of
money IN Thai cannonD,' Ln romT nJ
..No'%' and continued. .I h,vn saved
money many vr.rs nut If in hanks
cast Two nanl,s / 1aft NV monn,, in
fefrauded me- | lad some nrnnrrty
loft mo in tb;s citv ,-n,rs oro tor,o
bn.e TO live. NM money in dit}rrnnt
hands 70 he u.rd for me / was swim.
died robbnd lost foith in ovn,,LnJ,
Some time apo | saw that old co,nnn
I,,inr tbrrn The roxt rvorin, wo.
lrninT homr had money w.tb mo
That I had ont tbot DIV fn, . Int .nlJ
Two bCOlmmS luokpI rs if they were
following me | was about to ,ro into
the poIire OIL O for protection SuI-
denly thourht Of the old cannon.
went I'M the civ hall stems onI v,itod
mi the bo ,dlums had Uonc hack Then
. | went down The stems and ont into the
lane Nobodv vas aronnI I nnt nv
monc, far hail INTO the cannon Tho
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