The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-28
/ RlYme EllHs CHIME.

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cSn1<used fspm srsisses.s aagsxine-
Onoe thess was . man. He VAS a
c3esk N . hank - $s5 . month HIS
name wag John Smith. At . .diree-
toss' meeting one day, after The dis
counts had bsen passed upon and the
port1y directors were Iahorioussy get
Iiug up 70 10, the president. Who had
the abtess and most expansive vest Oh
any a them. stopped them.
by de uay. be remarked, Il have
note from John Smith. one Of our
young men. you know-some 81 you
know hIm-but gnsss | must have
lost Il. Anyhov. he wants his salary
raised. Says the business Of the bank
Il four times what Il used 10 be. and
his work has increased accordingly.
Besides. he says he can scarcely keep
his family on his salary"
"Tei. him he oughtn' to have such
. hig family, 2 suggested one.
Quote the law against embexxie-
snent to him." said another. and 81
tbey went out about their business.
By and by John Smith got note
Ike this. signed by the president:
Mr.. John enifh--I,<ar ssr: In answer
20 youn ef even date am Instruct
ed b. the board OF directors TO
kAy that they eanno. agree with
your view 0f the case. 10 r. true that
yosr work he's largely increased. but Il il
rzSs rHfs<.< than tfxf al tn axa NO
Saofs than We can find osberx % do for the
salary wc uGN pay you. The other phase
of the matter you present--that We shoHit
pay y0a fof the moral wear aud tear incl
dent - resisting temptation 10 steal - well
- ios the physical and mental work yon
do--has no weight Our relations. how
ever PLEASANT personally. are purely u
business a3rsir on both sides.
With your family Affair." Ne have nothing
% Do. but may suggest 30 you that care
fui ecouomy In small household expepdi-
lures viii result In IN annual saving which
WIN. perhaps surprise you. / may say that
In my opinion The prevailing tendency al
yvuog people now adays II % live too high.
Your ffuiy. etc.
The directors hadn't been In session
long The next day when John Smith
opened the door. handed in slip OF
paper and walked back 10 his desk.
There was silence for minute, then
murmuy, and then the door opened and
two or three voices called Smith,
In . moment answered Smith
cheeSfully.
What do you mean By this % they
demanded, when be appeared in the
directors room. Telling us there il
only $D.647-0 OF available cash. and
suggesting that we get some for the
counters
Its so. 2 responded Smith, and
thought yon ought 10 know il before
the money In all checked out. 1.-THE
hank oughtn't to have 20 close its doors
In the middle Of the day."
But acc0riing TO your statement OF
yesterday and your showing Of today's
business there ought TO be t259, Gas.
ion7
I've invested Il. = responded Smith
eoolly, In . safe place $50 90 OF it.
The other - cents | took for street
car money. took a quarter Of a
million away with me last evening"
you what9o
II stole il. in plain English. When
! got this response 10 my note TO the
president i--but, really, must renew
my suggestion about the advisahility
Of getting some cash on the counter
You are very short, and you ought to
attend 10 IL Of once
Then Mr.. Smith leaned up arains,
the carved msntlepieee, read the presi-
dents note refusing his request for An
increase. and went on.
When I got this note it set me 10
thinking whether, as our relations
were . purely business affair. /
couldn't do better than go on as had
been doing. There were $50, 900 in
convenient shape that ! could get my
hand. on. might have skipped TO
Canada with II. but don't Ike the
climate. took the money away with
me and concealed II pausing for a
moment and smiling down into their
eager faces, in place known only 10
myself. i shall give myself up, and
- our relations, IN the lang lage of the
President, have been personally pleas
trial by pleading guilty. The maxi
mum sentence for my offense, under
the iass Of this state. Is ten wears in
the peniientiary. With the commu-
tation Oft for good behavior, that win
he about eight and q half years. II
win be dull, bat shall not be idle. /
have never had leisure 20 cultivate
the graees of the mind. have taste
for music. shalt cultivate
IL shall book myself up in the
polite sciences. shall learn Z modern
language or two. | am 81 wears old
now. When ] have served my term
and arm clear Of the iaw 1 shall come
out OF prison 81 years odd, with cul.
uvsted mind and q comfortable for.
tune Of &s5asp awaiting rue. | can
sssord togo away. To travel In foreign
countries and enjoy life. OF course
VIII lose the interest on my so 600
while am In prison, bat il / we're to
live on air and go naked and save ali
my salary wouldn't have one-flftseth
- much AZ The age Of - On the
whole. think | have made gs,ad
speculation. non't soug*
The opinions OF the dirs~hers were
not very coherent iuss al sAe moment
They male various appeals a. him. ON
the Conscience they had Ia him, on
the good name be h~srv. on shc dis.
honor be woald incur. etc, bat he re-
@t-&sf,tSta t&t%% AL tkSE~& UAl ttfl HstE
10 an Increase la salary. Finally he
SAsst
Il wla make yoa proposition. II
you vtal sign a bend Dot O. prosecute
me saa rnhsish ia the axily PAPERS a
set ct resolutions setting furth that
whereas, year ssinra and trusted etu.
piose, iohn Saith. BY the rscsips ~ a
segsey from a decsssesa relative has
neeia relieved OF the neeessitv ~
tsrtaef service resolved that VOC
part With him wssh extreme scxr~s.
essr--~1 YOU ito this, ~lH essng hack
Nss.uea Aisd eaassnt nayseaf 9Th the
other sisssN The interest will tnsks
UP god part ~ the loss 81 pas.
Ii vas hard To give sp So 80 and
astch so u q set u resolutions sesss.
Taisnsnssne The thief. has IL was a
ehosse eesswen getting hail the leaf az
neshlne. Was the s&tasf xetsuaa Of s~nd.
snx hssa ~ prison for eight AMI q half
years worth tssos1 = year 10 shsra
They Egarest ea u and sxres~i shst il
wAsat fasy &seeptesi has Frns~Nss.
ssos, dFws ar ssse sssssd sm4 signed i,
hea can xws tue resolutions in
share BY tosssugne~ hv sad sn.s
hare shesss ready ~hsa | argax sAe