The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-09-18
Strange RecoYerIes of Lost Money.

StranSe kec0YerleS OF LOSC money.
The following incidents are certainly
interesting, as they concerned very large
amounts of money.
The paymaster of railroad company,
having its headquarters in Boston, went
out on one occasion with 100000 to pay
off its employees. The money was carried
under his arm, wrapped up in an old
newspaper. He stopped at little way
side eating house for dinner, and on go
ing away in fit of absent-mindedne
left the money lying on chair. He had
not gone many miles from the place be-
fore he missed it, and his dismay on dis.
covering its loss can we'll be imagined.
Almost despairing of recovering the
package left in go public place, he hur.
ried back, and, with trembling voice,
asked the woman in charge if she had
seen the parcel. "There's bit of paper
on the chair beyant," said she; perhaps
that's it," which it proved to be, and the
gentleman returned happier and wi
ser man.
A man in the same city lost q roll of
bills amounting to $1,000, which also
was wrapped up in a newspaper. He told
friend of his loss, and the friend made
him describe all the ground he had been
oyer since he had the money. The last
place mentioned was the postoAice. The
night was wet overheard and slushy un.
der foot. They visited the postofice. and
going to the spot where the man had been
standing they found two or three bits of
torn newspaper. 1t was the same. They
looked further, and at last fouad the lost
treasure. 1t had been kicked in turn by
every one who came into the Office, and
when found was united and completely
soaked with water. 1t was all, there,
however, and the friends returned to the
hotel and spent several hours in cleaning
and drying it. The gentleman was SO
grateful for the sensible advice which had
saved him from a serious loss that he took
out his friend and bought him the hand
soonest gold watch chain that he could find
in the city.
A still more remarkable incident is re-
lated of the finding of s19o,OOO, 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 small package
wrapped in a newspaper. They kicked it
along before them for some distance, and
when Ezelos was getting into the train,
going home on short leave, one of his
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 little pleasantly.
Arriving at Neuilly, where his parents
lived, EzeloHs mother, emptying the for
age bag, discovered the bundle, but,
thinking it a roll of. old newspapers, put
it on table in the kitchen. There it
remained for four or FIVE days, till mar
ried sister, calling in, and seeing the
package, was moved by an unwonted Gu
riosity. Opening it she discovered docu.
ments representing 426,ooO, the loss Of
which M. Pages had advertised through
out Europe. The soldier and his parents,
however, had not seen the advertisement,
and not knowing what else to do, had re-
course to the maire. That functionary,
communicating with Paris, speedily
brought down NJ. Pages, who, gladly
paying the promised reward of $1,000,
went off with his oddly-recovered treas.
ure. :.
II would be an interesting supplement
to the narrative, if we could have record
of the feelings of the soldier who thrust
this unexpected good fortune upon
Ezelot, when he heard the sequel of his
little joke.