Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-09
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Singular serIrsCE hCcafsltB Tuat E8.ul 40
lEtJaECu BIIGo Happy.
4 man living not for from AIiddletown,
y. Y, wrote 20 . friend there, about four
weeks AGO. 70 by thirty shares OF the
Niddletown national bank, which has
since flilsd, TIE money 20 DO thus in
vested was q trust IN lis hands for q niece,
who IVES sCOl . bg married The money
had previously been Invested upon bond
and mortgage, whi0h hal m8tured ard
had been paid The Nlddletovn friend
did not know of ghiVty shares for sale in n
| lump, but be know where about two
thirds OF the required amount could be
| picked M, and he had no doubt that the
entire number Of shares could be pro
cured az an early date, The amount of
the trust fund Yves 50, 7j9--an0ush TO buy
| thirty shares al 30, az whiCl the stock
| was quoted before the failure.
4 certified CHECK was procured from the
bank whore tho money rad been deposited
for the iul amount, and duly endorsed il
| q letter directed to the MiddletGwn man
| who Was to negotiate the purchase, On
the way TO the pDstDitigc, which was two
miles distant from his house, the writer OF
| the letter lost l5 out Of his pocket, having
pulled it out with his handkerchief. 1.
fell into tho bottom OF fha buggy. when
he arrived at the post ii1a It was closed
for the night, and putting h.s Pl9ysd hand
into his pocket and drew ont what he sup
posed was the envelope COn-aiUing the
check and deposited it. Ia the 0utor box
The envelope Sd deposited was Ia reality
an uUdireC5ed one that had been han led
to him Ia the Btrees in New York only q
few days PseviOus, and contained an ad.
yertising circular, H3 drove home, pat
the buggy away, md won't 10 bed, feeling
that he had done his work well.
He waited a fall wssE. aud hoarin,
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vrots D second laater inqutriug of his
frieud as to his Success in getting all OF
the stock, ard g= sIn', rs a uatt0r OF form,
If he had receive. t42 certified check. he
was soon lnip.mal 5h.- 40 such check had
GONE to hand. Hg " W-Gt TO the Pg8lofli5g,
bat there nothing was known OF is.
"Are you 6ule y.u mailed it ?' asked
the poStm2syer.
He rendered it Distinctly and gave the
night and tho gims In.g calI7d to the
tho supposed mailing Of ths letter the
box on the dor atn'a1ai only en- undi-
reclel circular Wh.sh ss easily found in
the Cifise, Tho genI7-an guessed out
this mater and drove GDillg homo. In
the boot oi On bus y he luUll tue miss.
Ing lstt0r safo aid SQUAD. 10 put the
letter safely ia al iaseU pocket, and vent
about doing his reZu a. chores, intending
to write 4 second letter and mail IL that
evening. Becoming heated bY vigorous
work, he took OF his coat aud hung it up
in the wagon house. Soon nfJeEward
some friends drove up % spend the r.
maiuder Of tue day vi.h him, and he
went TO the house with them, leaving the
the coat with the letter ia It in the wagon
house. He did not 60 to the village that
night as he intended, and the coat and it's
contents were for time forgotten. The
next morning be wrote his second letter,
after which no sought the coat containing
the first letter and tho certified check,
which, to his surprise, had disappeared,
A careful search for it proved fruitless.
None of the family ar hired help could
throw any light upon II, and he vas com,
PEELED to come to tho conclusion that
some tramp had stolen b. As IL has not
since been heard o., thai was probably
its fate,
Steps to stop payment on the check
were successful, and in the course Of q
few weeks duplicate was Issued by the
bank. With this in his possession the
gentleman started esrly ono morning, a
day or two afteTwaTd, 10 drive to Middle
town and deliver the check in person.
When on the way he was taken suddenly
sick, and was obliged 10 return home, and
for over week he vas confined to his
room. On the day after Thanksgiving he
again started for MjLll5t0wa Wigb the
check in his pocket, intending to secure
the stock, His surprise may DO imagined
on reaching there to learn that tde bank
in which he had b3on about to invest his
wards little fortune, which was TamiliaTly
known as old rcliahls,n aud which he
believed TO be 20 solid az tho everlasting
hills, WAS hopolessly bankrupt.