Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-11-08

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u ne iEtsxier Csauess city. where sss
stoppIEsg ons seaaneT. tso thF4f1y young
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ing rubber stamps They A1d as q
toOls for 2aksns the stamps Ons czn-
sNssed wails TIE ether ala ne work
IhSy we're making sosr u The slol,e.
supporting tkszasslEes n thas Esyel nlAa-
ner wklle GA the rad They hsa deRs
the ports u JspSn. sBa reached Shanghai
BEFORE met them Tie travellers came
up tie lsng-tse 10 kiphikng. and IN .
population q about thirty foreigners and
tie few Cnineso merchants he had basi-
ness relations with them secured orders
for over 800 worth q slAsaps For =
slngls line nane they gotts, Snd fer Of
Zee STAMPS they charged Ia preportaon.
During his canvass thsre the agent was
taken III, and he returned u Shanghai
70 have the stamps InAae ] agreed 70
deliver them for him and collect the
money.
! sent him about 500 IN silver and
returned few STAMPS 10 be corrected.
and sent a few orders for additional
ones. The agent sent the second lot.
with instructions 70 send the money by
return steamer. as they were soon 70
leave for India. | pat the money. some
SO ia silver, IN the bottom Of an old tin
biscuit box. and stuffed the box full Of
waste paper, and tied card 10 the can.
containing the name only Of the stamp
agent, and gave 1t in charge Of one of
the officers CA Chinese steamer. and
told him that the owner would call at
the vessel for the box
1t transpired, however. that he had left
before the steamer reached Shanghai.
and no one claiming the box it was left
of the vessel AID set in shed with other
rubbish at the wharf at Shanghai. After
about SIX weeks got a letter from Hong
Kong. asking about The money. replied
that | had sent il on the steamer 70
Shanghai, as instructed. Bat there being
no express company on the river vessels
had no receipt for the box, simply hay
ing handed it 70 the purser and asked
him TO deliver 10 the gentleman who
would call for il. Four months after
this was at Shanghai, and one day con-
cluded 10 go to the wharf Of the Chinese
Navigation company TO inquire about
the box.
/ entered the Office, bet there hap
pened to be no one on duty at the
moment. While sauntering about the
premises waiting the arrival OF clerk
saw among a lot Of rubbish in one cor
ner what resembled the treasure box.
brushed away the dust, and, sure
enough, there was the old biscuit box
had used in storing the silver several
months before. picked it up and shook
it and heard the rattle of the dollars.
/ pulled out the paper packing and
found at the bottom Of the box the silver
just as l had placed it. That box had
been walked over by the Chinese freight
handlers for four months, but it looked
80 unlike treasure box that no one had
examined it to see what it contained.
put the money in my pocket and stuffed
the paper back into the tin and left, not
having been seen by any one IN the
place. presume that old can stood
there unclaimed, and was finally thrown
away as rubbish.
l sent the money on to Bombay to find
its owner, but whether il ever reached
him never learned.
w. @. BENTON.