Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-09-25
A Clever Trick.

\ queer story Is tolu OF LlNerpooi
bank officer who recently received
private letter from his friend, mem
Der of a London banking firm. Ii
said that one OF their employees, the
son of their highly esteemed cashier
"A man who was probity itsslf-La~
gone away with several tho@,al Id
pounds of securities. II the son
I should be arrested and placed la the
prisons dock. the old man would
never lift his head again. The firm
was. therefore. resolved 10 do all that
lay in it, power 10 save its aged and
valued servant from the misery and
shame which would certainly over
take him il his sons sin became
known.
The writer thought that in all prob
4 ability the young man would call with
his securities at the Liverpool bank,
and. on the strength OF his connection
with the London bank, try TO negoti
ate them. II so, the London banker
wanted the Liverpool banker To seize
the property and keep 1t until he
/ heard from the London banker
again; 10 lecture the young man
soundly, buy him ticket 10 New
+ York and give him $1,000 with which
to begin the world again The Lon
don banker was going TO Paris for n
( fortnight, so that the Liverpool
/ banker didn't need 10 write 10 him
about the affair until that time. He
also wanted the secret kept from
everybody, as far as possible. both for
/ the sake Of the London bank, the
/ yoGug mans father and the young
man himself
The Liverpool banker, knowing
/ that many n young man had gone
wrong who might have been saved at
proper moment. decided to comply
with his friends request.
/ Soon after a nice, frank looking
young man OF the name referred to
was ushered into him and. saying
/ that he desired to travel, explained in
constrained and nervous manner
that he had some securities on which
he would like to realize. He said he
didn't understand business. and per
haps was going awkwardly to work,
but the ship for New York was To sail
that day and he was In a hurry
l.. I
handed him the letter he had just re-
ceived As he read Il his breast
heaved with emotion, tears came into
his eyes, and he finally burst into
fit OF weeping. He made n full con
fession, and the banker, after point
ing out the Nervousness OF his crime.
offered TO do what the letter request
ed The young man kissed the bank
er's hand in token OF his gratitude,
said that he had been both foolish
and wicked, and would gladly 20 Ia
another country nnd redeem himself.
The banker then gave him the
$1,000, bought him first clas.
pagne dinner at the restaurant. But
nothing he could do or say seemed to
raise the young mans spirits. lie was
so sad and broken-down that the
banker really pitied him. A. me bade
him goodbye from the ships side,
the hard old man could not restrain
his tear. az he thought Of the young
and repentant sinner he had saved
from life OF crime.
At the end Of the fortnight, when
he supposed the London banker
would have got back from Paris, the
Liverpool banker wrote to him Ia
great glee Of his success in carrying
out his wishes, and OF the contrite
youth who had set sail for new scenes
with the bankers blessing.
He got the following reply FROM
! London:
"You must he mad Our cashier
never had n son. No securities are
missing. Perhaps you have been
] sold"
! IL was true. He had. The letter
was forged. The securities were
worthless. He had thrown away
! 81. 900. n passage TO New York. bot
tie OF champagne, n good dinner and
a good deal OF advice upon an ingen-
! ious swindler