Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-30

have Tho choice of drawing IL ont as eltncr
A a. or Capadian money. had 2
Eli 90 nav TO a Detroit merchant tnhs
s,nornted TO $50. OF course there was no
usa OF giving him check on Cana n.sar
bank so thought would draw the n pan
myself and take it over TO hir. Inc oa .na
had n number OF mottos hung arounLi Cd,
wall which gave good and beauti.ui ~
vice. not to the employees OF the DahA' 'N'
There is no friendship in business,
soid ono motto, "Do not spit on ,no
f,oor - said another. Do not ask lor ls-
yors and be offended when they are r.
fnsed.p But there was no motto wnion
said 10 the cashier. Treat your cust9inel'
a. il YOU were q mortal yoursem. R
sented my check for $50 10 tne o'.sntJ;i
and said wanted the amount ,a,ou ~ so 5iii
and placed another $50 bill on top sJa
II and then n 500 gold piece and taree @lo
bills. and. looking at the check, salu'
- dollar and a half, please.
"What for?" asked.
"There is per cent. charged Tor paying
in American currency" ,o.,oe;tod
Yes. but" ] expostulated, deposi'eo
this in American money"
THAT doesn't matter" sand tre CASHIER,
"vou can take it or leave it. Just rs yo,u,
cash it in CANADIAN money" r.u
"WelI ~ / said. II will see about that.
So took the check and went to the mana
ger Of the bank, courtly gentleman, VINO,
ON having the matter explained 10 nln' az
once rrro1e across the face of the cheek,
:" Paw in American money" | TOOK tuis
back to tho cashier. he looked at It ior a
moment or two. and when reached IoI
the pile of money he withdre" IL anu ~
draw an immense greasy pile OF Diils,
he proceeded to count out slowly anu
leieurelv $50 in one-dollar bills. IL
was Saturday and | was In hurry,
end If it were not for the fact that the law
i'm Canada is TO hang man Tor muruer /
think | would have nassacred that CASHIER
where he stood. Unfortunately, however,
We were not III Michigan. ana so anoiheI +
desperate outrage was not recordeu'
waited with what patience could muster
until the $50 was counted Cut IN dlrty'
torn 81 American bills. BY this time there
were several people waiting To oe servo ~ az
the cashiers desk. but / was MAD al t Tx,
way through, and so when the pile Oh pms
was handed to me / began to count tnem
upon the cashiers desk.
;" Don't block up the passage here, sald
the cashier. Ii you want TO count tnat
money take il to another desk"
"fl do nothing OF the sOrt, SAUL
"One of the Legends on the wall ls that
all mistakes must lie rectifed before
leaving the cashiers desk therefore shalI
have t. count every dollar Of this" Ana l
did. III 1t had not been in Canada ! pre-
sumo that long line OF customers who were
waiting might have murdered me, but as II
was, although / richly deserved II, was
allowed to escape.
Now. Of course it doesn't matter N the
| sligltc5t TO III young man that ne 1857
| the bank yer a small customer. but !
| cannot rcsis. tho temptation Ct telnng MN
| how his vengeance miscarred. felt
ashamed o myself for h2yint 10 pay Si5O
| 10 n merchant on Saturday. which Is gene
rally busy dav, all in $ bills. 50 when l
CAME to the store / told the gentleman,
who was a good friend OF mine, Just how IL
| happened that had 10 pay HIM IN sucn
| greasy lot OF stuff.
Nv dea- bow" he said, that man
builded better thon he knew. Our great
| trouble on Saturdays is to get bills OF smaI
! amounts with which TO pay our men. We
would willingly have paid you per cent.
! this particular Saturday for TINS particular
| pile OF bills. Bless you, nv boy, bless
| YOU"
but all the same. I never met the cashier
| of that bank without wishing 70 have his
| blood. and if there were many OF them IN
existence there would be an international
tragedy. II IL, however. only just to other
cashiers 10 say that he was the only one OIL
that stamp that | have ever met.