The Clifton clarion., 1885-12-16
q Emart Trick.

! oN tbC VII, Oi lIOoICh anu thN Every Other Saturday newspaper comes queer story of a Liver 1 pool bank official who recently re- ceived private letter from his friend, a member of a London banking firm. It said that one of their employees, the son of their highly esteemed cashier-a man who is probity itself-had gone away with several thousand pounds in securities. If the son should be arrested and placed in prison CTS dock, the old man would never lift bis head again. The firm was, therefore, resolved to do all that lay in its power to save its aged and valued servant from the mis- cry and shame which would cer- tainly overtake him ii his sons s1n became known.
 The writer thought that in all probability the young man would call with his securities at the Liv- erpool bank, and on the strength of his connection with the London bank, try to negotiate them. Ii so, the London banker wanted the Liverpool banker to seize the prop erty and keep it until he heard from the London banker again: to lecture the young man soundly, buy him ticket to New York, and give him S1,000 with hic, to be gin the world again. The London banker was going to Paris for d fortnight, 80 the Liverpool banker didn't uced 10 write him about the affair until that time. He also wanted the secret kept from every body, as far as possible, both for the sake of the London bank, iha young mans father, and the young man himself.
 The Liverpool banker. knowing that many a young man had gone wrong who might have been saved at the proper moment, decided to comply with his friends request.
 Soon after a nice, frank looking young man of tie name referred to was ushered in to hin, and say ing that he desired to travel ex- plained in a constrained and ner-. yous manner that he had some securities on which he would like to realize. He said he didn't m derstand business, and perhaps was going awkwardly to work, but the ship for New York was to sail that day and he was in hurrx
 Tn reply the Liverpool banker handed him tue letter ho had just received. As he read 1t his breast heaved with emotion, tears came into his eyes, he finally burst into fit of weeping. He made T full confession, and then the banker, after pointing out the heiuousness of his crime, offered to do as the letter requested. The young man kissed the bankers hand in token of his gratitude, said he had been both foolish and wicked, and would gladly go to another coun- try and redeem hlmself.
 The banker gave him the S1 ,000, bought him a first class steamer ticket, and gave him a champagne dinner at the restaurant. But nothing he could say or do seemed to raise the young mans spirits. He was so sad and broken down that the banker really pitied him, As he bade him good by from the ships side the hard old man could not restrain his tears as he thought of the young and repentant sinner he had saved from life of crime.
 At the end of the fortnight, when he supposed the London banker would have got back from Paris, the Liverpool banker wrote to him in great glee of bis success in carrying out hls wishes, and of the contrite youth who had set sail for new scenes with the bankers blessing.
 lie got the following reply from London:
 You must be mad, Our cash fer never had son. No securities missing. Perhaps you have been sold"
 It was true. He had. The let ter was forged. The securities were worthless. He had thrown away S1,000, a passage to New York, a bottle of champagne, a good dinner, and good deal of aivice upon an ingenious swind- Ter.
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