The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-29
A MONEY ORDER.
NJ. QUAD RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE
t.. WITH A POSTOFFlCE CLERK.


WITH A POSTOFFlCE CLERK.
A Nice, Easy Way to Send Noney-Rad
TO be Identified-Identifcat OF the
Idcutifier-Heroic Attempt to Cut the
Gorlian Knot.
One OF the reasons that induced mo to have
remittance sert to Atlantic City in the way
of Il poStofiice money order was the fact that
the express company or bank Would de-
,naud personal Identification. Almost every
bo;:v i> certain OF his own identity, but when
II comes 10 some one else being certain the
c:S,. assumes a different aspect, especially II
s-ia OF money IS concerned. However. TINS
great :ii., glorious government, III It's praise
WORTH ,.,S:I.- to help stranger in a strange
land o.,t of bad box, will permit friend to
Gcro>il money in one postoftice and let you
draw ii ou5 ut another The man at the desk
vii! ask v.,;l who sent il, providing you are
:, stranger. II him, and when you have re-
,li,.l that the sender was John Smith. Your
bro;har-in law, and Il good fellow generally,
an,! ilat vou have been expecting the order
ro. ;H.n days. and that the folks around the
lpfel can 10 longer look upon You without
Silsicui. lie will hand it over without q doubt
thai Won az" the person for whom 1t was III
tended It's a nice, easy way, You see, and
the han! tcllerS and express agents are aw-
fully put oat because they can no longer
blulr strapped strangers
=! have a little order said to the money
order clerk as | went back into his den.
'.Y-o- he grudgingly replied, as he re-
ceived L. is this your name"
Yes"
Who was it sent by.
John Doe, Of Detroit
sNes-um. You'll have to be identified"
"Whv so, Haven't I told you who it was
sent by. and didn't receive it in this letter
directed to me and deposited in a box which
rent here:7
"fcS. but---"
~; this isn't my name how do get the
letter addressed to it: If am somebody
else what right have You to hand me another
person. mail
i know, but You must be identified.
;.But there isn't person here who knows
me ae,i am dead broke and far from home" J"
Can't help that.
And ,yo,: wont pay
Not lml"SS you are identified.
wen; back TO the hotel and asked the
clerl; if he would identify me.
We'll don't know You. You see.
BIZ; amt registered and haven't been
herr several darS:
Oh Iss. but You might have assumed this
mans ranl.. You see. People often do that" :"
"v:"Ii cc:ac up and look over my trunk.
I.o.,;: nj these half dozen envelopes. Go ask
mr. wife w!io I am.
80. l.ut :ou .luist excuse me. It'sageinst
or,;..l:s. ,.oa i;now.
"n!1ici, hc haigei | owe You $50: here's
az order for SO Either help me to set it
cns':c~ or I'll walk Off with your bill unpaid.
u, concluded TO identify me. He wrote
not" t. the postmaster to the effect that he
hn:",.-! hat The bearer was the person
nai::c,l III The order. and I returned to the
,,os: a.;ico. slowed the note through the Win
doI. ana asked:
We'll what do YOU think of that." The
clerk looked ut the signature, scratched his
head. and rnu<ed:
'.5n@2sS of the Gilsey house: VINO in Hall
fax is BoG@S:'
Perhaps You want him identified l
asked
y do" Ec cooIly replied as he handed the
not" back Cant say that ever heard OF
BocgS.
Something was said about some one getting
licked il he would come out of doors, but he
wouldn't conc Iwent hack and told Boggs
the result. and lie looked at me in a vacant
way and replied:
Ne not BoSGs: Well, he may be right.
We can't take 10 chances here"
Next day went down for the mail, having
determined TO let the order cash itself. There
was :. card in the box asking me to call at the
money order Office, and when showed up the
clerk said:
WHO sent You that order"
"iohn Doe
Where does he iive:'
Detroit"
"Oh-ah. guess its all right, but you'll
have TO get your money at the bank across
th- way"
Are You sure I'm the mans"
..No,l may or may not be, but we'll cash it.
IL. gave NE an order on the bank, and
skipped across and handed it to the paying
teller.
"H-c-s." he said as lie seized it, you'll have
TO be identified.
What
Have 80 be identified :"
III! be burned if do. just got that order
from the money clerk, who kept me out Of it
three days. and don't propose to fool away
any more time"
Cent help 1t.
VIII YOU come out doors?'
No sin
VIII You let ME III there?"
NO. sir
was going ont. leaving the order in his
hands, when BoggS came i'll. told him Of
the difficulty. and he said to the cashier:
Its all right know him.
But don't know you!" replied the teller
Eoggs then offered to fight him inside or
outside the railing. and after we had got the
bo&r;i Of directors out and crowd around
tic door some one came III who identified
BogS< BoggS identified me, the teller handed
ovei. Tie money. and the postmaster. whom I
met at the door, paralyZed everybody by call
ing out:
"Hcllo. Mr. King did you get that money
all right"
Boggs almost tainted away, and the teller
shouted for me to return, but I slipped Ento
the crowd and got safely away.-M. Quad in
Detroit Free Press
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