New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-24
Il MONEY ORDER.
ApYENTunEs ~ cAsu1ae: rr

ADVENTURES IN CASTING IT.
went TO the postofhce the other day To got 3
small money order casbed. man wearing blue shre
directed to the proper neghborhood BY pointing with
long stick went up TO o small neW-moon window,
and, looking through It with eye. tsd To attract
the momentaxy attention Of the financial within.
1t is very hard work to mako much.of temonsaaton
with one eye, but the man saw me at last bis al
ention being drawn by tho fact that my eye haA shut
of the ventilation which usually takes place through
the window. and the temperature being raised IN hi
room he began to look around for the cause.
After waiting reasonable length Of time and ind
ing that did not go away, and probably thinking
that wore glass eye and had wandered up agsisst
the window and gone to sleep, he came over to In
vestfsate ! told hun that had blue money ordse
wanted to get cashed, st the same hrne producing
H. He took It and it appeared TO be revelation to
him, he read 10 both sides and hummcd some OF
the more Stirring passages under his breath. Hs
then asked me II knew who sending me The
money, and told him did, and mentioned the mama
He then looked through pile Of OTTER blue pspsu
till he came TO one which seemed TO bear some TO
laton to mne at which he looked for several minutes
HIS movements an this time were deliberats. He
works. suppose, By the day.
After this he over TO the perforation and said
would have to be identified In some way. I sug-
gested letters and he said they might do. pro-
duced half dozen from different persons from my
Inside pocket and dropped them IN the slot. He sst
down on Of those revolving stools which screw
up and down and put bis feet on the desk. no
glanced the superscrptions and finding thai they
ccrresponded no drew Of the letters cut OF US en-
veope and began read It. was hardly the Letter
which would have selected to show to strange
even II he was In M Official position, but II 1t was
necessary for identification tslt that could stand
it. Ii was quits a long letter. largely on psrsona
matters and give the substance Of 1t below; %s
Two Looks, Dakota Feb. 15.-Desr sr: Yor
ss that e 80 n N to have . Sssn oa
when our agreement called for twenty Seem:
g % sss lad may Ss ne s Ss' oss
dOws when nothing was SAID about them and sas,t y
sna soap You WIN also recOiect trust that
FURNISHED butter snyes though lost t5s custom ~ q
qSeS ysspO e sa Sa at Sased P1sn Foster
the Arrow Head Ranch. With an old iron pump hnnd,e
trail Hotel hadn't good reputation ths butter
ssHes,a quite 1sT doSs 10 n Gaad hss
you claim. Pizen Foster used 70 complain because
bread The pastering OF the ceiling fol- your bed
once, but It was most morning and you would have
uR 10 ss s01T or r % e ~
| you 1 always made him tsse on bis spars oesone
q scss, .sp w S sos s e
course, bsye drunk up your Ssts o. nns .. ws asS
sss sou s s1 him. an ssd q yoa e
finished It himself Tho idea that doat know how
good hotel seems preRosssrous to use 1ss oss
years and my father and grandfather were suocsssfl
| hotel men before me, and Snow when san't pss
expenses twenty five cent butter and or them
ming quiet, honslIke hotcl, and Il you dsdn't MN
s n we was cove ~os goa ns
to stsrvs at the Grand Central When the raa f,on,
write me any more about that % 90 Tsnso Is :
| health EbAFt. Who stole hoss. YOUTH
/ truly, JAKE ENDicoH'
| When ho had finished this no folded it mp caro-
fully placed &c IN the envelope, laid 1t to one sios
| and took up. another
he read three or four this way, smiling when he
struck good point and occasionally looking up 1T me
10 see that did not go away. 10 got through with
them all at last and handed them back TO mo. asking
| II had any further means CT identification pulled
ont an old railroad pass that bad my photograph on
| and passed 10 In. He took IL and requested mo "
/ move my face about rs to bring the rest OK my
! c0untenance other than my right eye into range.
gave him panoramic view of my face, and tAoagh ne
admitted that It brought before him rather TOO muen
In detail and he supposed no lost some OF the general
cfect stu he recognized t, he thought as the Original
| Of tho photo graph, and ne gave me smah WHO
| piece of paper, with order on some ono ior the
! amount my document called for. Another man ana
| stick showed me where to go.
| This window was somewhat larger than the other
|
| and the man seemed surprised, and after reading
carefully strung IL sharp WIRE He then seiecsed
BILL which he examined with great deal Of stsen'
| ton, and then took one end Of u in each hand ana
began 20 dive Il short spssnodlc jerks ana ioosed
from 1t 10 the paper had gwen him and back to the
bill and then at the paper again. could not imasins
what his idea was In thus testing the strength or tho
| hill. though have seen other men use money thss
way I watched him some time and then told hlm
that ne need not trouble himself about Il further az
| always jerked my own money. He paa
| NO attention TO this and I thea suggested
| .ha. was very fond Of getting
bill BY each end and tearing 10 b. two ana
would attend 10 that after ros home II ne wou'd
ave It to me, He only glanced up and bsgsrtesans
| the bill again was strongly addicted, TOLD nm,
10 putting one foot the end of ten-donar b ana
catching tho other with both hands and wrencnins
| apart and scattering the fragments about me room
Maay time, told him, he might see me IN the eale'
privacy Of my home leaping up and down and wnov
toarnc bill after bill into fragments above my hesa
and filing the ar with the flying fragments ! lnia
him had machine at home that yanked apart wv
bills minute and to pass that one right out pecanse
It's doom was settled anyhow. At last he did 50.
Giving It final Jerk. and then loond ct the psper
| see Il he hadn't made mistake after all