The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-15

"Ycs."
"What Mrs. Dot is she
Mrs. Y. u. Dot"
Like a comet he disappeared into what
seemed one of a set of catacombs; the
next instant reappeared.
"This check, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. look
more unutterable than before-'is upon
the housekeeping bank. Why then"
Fair Lane of our fathers. Did he expect
me 10 eXplain,i in the presence of the bank,
n the crowd my shoulders knew was
gathering behind them, that Dot and |
were one; that she was more than inn
mersed in literary work, and i had offered
10 run the practical part of the house this
winter: thai, being methodical as she was
literary, she had placed n housekeeping
allowance in the Everlasting Hills" i'm
troduced me there, and had put her and
MY private funds in the "High-Stepping"
by themselves; that, being telegraphed
away, she had sent me back this check.
forgetting that could not take il there?
Was there any law of morals or financ
that demanded this:
l glanced at the paying-tsller. His face,
! turned ~sorrowfuily in profile, wore a
mournful hush; il seemed to me that the
! backs Of the other bank men wore the
same. and mine felt il breathing from the
crowd behind.
But "why then''-the examining justice
was shafting at me once more.
told you, have been introduced
only here"
"But this check. madam
My flame" was white heat now, and
again, without malice prepense ! cut him
of
ADO you mean to say that this bank
never cashes the draft OF any other house
than its own"
"No, but" and then out IL came. The
secret climax that IL seems he had been
making a momentary effort 10 restrain.
mo, but / do not know hat Mrs. Dot has
any money in the housekeeping Bank"
did not know? He suspected she had
not? Then that meant-that meant Dot
and ! were putting up a fraud? A felony?
We were-what do they call ~it-conspira-
tors? And a conspiracy thin" enough
for idiots. at that? The banking men.
the caging. the crowd. all began to seem
misty. but | felt sparks flashing from my
eyes into the mist. ! reached out my
hand.
II will not trouble you," | said.
He tossed me the paper and then disap-
peared.
"Where is the housekeeping Bank ." ]
asked of the teller, who had not stirred.
His lips parted as IL a statue of Tragedy
could speak. Half a block away" he
said.
Once on the street, .~'white-heat" had to
come down To asking, "What next"
Give the housekeeping men their oppor-
tunity next2 Never, il ! died.
And yet-if | were tclegraphcd? A tel
egraph boy brushed past me going toward
our street! In "A flash ] was mp the steps,
and at the hated wires. The paying-telier
stood there. Wa his blood frozen To ici-
cles, each sharper than a serpent's tooth?
l thrust in the check. and sparks flying
as | did SO.
the money on this" I said biting every
word; "Tm not introduced here.n
He lifted "a handsome, pleasant face. at
* not customary" he said.
I'm quite aware. But ] went to the
Everlasting, where I'm known, and they
made eyes at me till / was hot, and asked
to leave my photograph"
A low ripple of amusement broke from
under his mustache.
''But they would not do il then! What
do you think? Perhaps Mrs. Dot had no
money here at all! That would be felony,
wouldn't il? l was furious then. II you're
not going to give IL to me, be careful how
you tell me please: that's ALL"
The ripple broke into a little peal this
time. Evidently il was very droll to him.
.but-" and his eyes lifted a swift glance.
That one glance. i felt, was first at my
bonnet and then ut me, and knew that
was saved!
There are few unlucky persons who do
not once in life make a fortunate invest
Ilftlhs dIih ttiit u IhtN bffu I1iiifts Il
have had bonnets that belied me,and Don
nets that ! could only carry of. but that
one on more than once n oil my own sex
has even risen in the street car To give me
up her seat! That bonnet once on the
blood of the C's DIS aud Els that | feel al.
ways tingling at my finger tips, seems
commanded To the front with a leap, and
people who can see AT all know In one
instant that no membe of our family
though possibly left in infancy to chop a
cherry tree. could ever. ever do il by the
Ratchet Of "A fraudulent check! And IN
later life. as soon ask Juno III she hat
. been thinning the ranhs in a chicken
, house, as suspect n of ms OF even prick
t ing a cherry tree with a pin.
. "But-" the teller TOOK pursuing
with a smile half hidden where the rippl,
I had b.en-''but i shall do it,"
/ He would do il. ] vas not a thief o
a criminal once more! l could not liz
!, myself, for | had been standing like ia,
tallest pine tree in the forest all the tim,
E i could only bow my bonnie low towar,
I him..
; II thank you very much! Let me q
and tell the Everlastings that you did!
e / began hastily.
The low. quiet laugh was merrier tina
: ever now.
e "They would say | didn't know m
business he said.
n The telegraph boy had not been al IA
house when ] cache there, but he cam
later. Ali was well and Dot was comm
o home. | gave her five minutes To- %
u seated. aud began.
dot. how much money have yoli in IA
Everlasting Hills