The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
Strange Recoveries of Lost Money,

The following incidents are certainly
interesting as they concernFd very
large amounts of money
The paymaster of a railroad COM
pany, having its headquarters in Bos-
ton, went out on one occasion with
O,OOO. to pay off its employees. The
money was carried under his arm,
wrapped up in an old newspaper. He
stopped at a little way-side eating
house for dinner, and on going away
in fit of absent mindedncss, left the
money lying on chair. He had not
gone many miles from the place before
he missed it. and his djsmay on dis
covering its loss can we'll be imagined.
Almost despairing of recovering the
package lett in so public place, he
hurried back, and, with trembling
voice, asked the woman in charge if
she had seen the parcel. "There's a
bit of paper on the chair beyant," !" said
she; "perhaps that's it," which it
proved to be, and the gentleman re-
turned happier and a wiser man.
A man in the same city lost roll Of
bills amounting to $4,000, which also
was wrapped up in a newspaper. He
told a friend of his loss, and the friend
made him describe all the ground he
had been over since he had the money.
The last place mentioned was the post
office. The night was wet overhead
and slushy under foot. They visited
the postotfice, and going to the spot
where the man had been standing they
found two or three bits of torn news
paper. 1t was the same. They looked
further, and at last found the lost
treasure. 1t had been kicked in turn
" every one who came into the office,
and when found was united and COM
pletely soaked with water. 1t was all
there. however, and the friends re-
turned to the hotel and spent several
hours in cleaning and drying it. The
gentleman was so grateful for the sen-
sible advice which had saved him from
serious loss that he took out his friend
and bought him the handsomest gold
watch chain that he could find in the
city.
A still more remarkable incident is
related Of the finding of S130,000, lost
by NJ. Pages in the Northern Railway
station in Paris some ten years ago.
AS one Ezelot, French soldier, was
walking with two comrades through
the station, they noticed on the floor a
small package wrapped in a newspa-
per. They kicked it along before
them for some distance, and when
Ezelot was getting into the train, go
ing home on short leave, one of bis
comrades, picking up the package,
thrust it into the canvas-forage bag
slung at his side, Ezelot going on his
way without having perceived the lit
tie pleasantly. Arriving at Neuilly,
where his parents lived, Ezelot's mo-
ther, emptying the forage bag, discov-
cred the bundle, bat, thinking it a
roll of old newspapers, but in Oh a table
in the kitchen. There it remained for
four or five days, till a married sister,
calling in and seeing the package, was
moved by an unwonted curiosity.
Opening it she discovered documents
e26,C10, the loss Of which
NJ. Pages had advertised throughout
Europe. The soldier and his parents,
however, had not seen the advertise
ment, and not knowing what else to
do, had recourse to the maire. That
communicating with
Paris, speedily brought down NJ.
Pages, who, gladly paying the prom
sed reward of $1,000, went off with
bis oddly recovered treasure.
It would be an interesting supple
nent to the narrative if we could have
a record of the feelings of, the soldier
who thrust this unexpected good for
tune upon Ezelot, when he heard the
sequel Of his little joke.