The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-27
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We've got q bank clerk MP in our
neck, o.. woods who some day viii give
Jay Gould cards and spades in the game
of financiering and beat him to a stand
still, ;. says Mortz Curren. Hes only
nineteen years old but is a hummer.
4, Two or three months ago. while the
president Of the bank was away, the
cashier was taken sick and in a few.
hours was in q delirious state The
young Napoleon was left in full charge
of the bank, Some evil disposed person
started the story one afternoon that the
institution was in bad way, and init
mated that the president had skipped the
country and that the cashiers illness was
only bluff. Before night it was evident
there would he a run on. the institution
the next morning. The young clerk
knew there was scarcely money enough
to last an hour He had no one to ad-
wise him, but he acted promptly.
''He called on the leading hardware
merchant and held brief conference
Then this young Napoleon went, home,
where he found a committee from the
depositors awaiting him. He did not
wait for them to speak. but made this
bluff: I refuse to discuss business with
you. There win be Sc, 900 in gold here
in the morning, and there is a Like
amount in the safe. You may draw out
every dollar you have deposited, and
we'll be glad to get rid OF your small ac-
counts b Then he turned On his heel
and left the committee. Bright and
early there assembled at the bank the
creditors ~ ~
sJust before time for opening the
doors an express wagon was driven up,
in which were seated two heavily armed
men, one of them the watchman of the
bank. A pathway through the crowd
i was made, and the watchman began
carrying into the bank canvas bags con-
/ tanning gold coin, as indicated by the
/ prominent marks. Some of the bags
were marked $5,00o,' and one or two
/ 100000 The people saw these bags,
! heard. the chink of the metal, and be,
heving the bank was 20 e" were about
to moye. away. ..,,i. @ $50
"Just as the last bag of gold was
handed into the door the young fnan.
cier threw the bank open. The crowd
! did not make. any effort to reach the
paying teller's window Come on, now,
every one of you,' shouted the clerk. No
one responding he made another bluff
You must come and get your money
We don't want. your d - account.
! any more, Here. Jim BARLEY, take thi.
and sign this receipt in full. Here, Bill
Wyman, come and get your dust HI
insisted on, their taking the money. JUS
at this juncture the committee came il
and begged the clerk to stop, for God'i
sake They almost got down on theil
knees to ask the bank to keep theil
money. The young Napoleon finally
consented. but declared if there was evei
ANY more nonsense he would throw
\ every depositor's money into the street.
1.-The crowd departed happy, and con
fident that the bank was one of thl
strongest institutions of its kind ii
America. Their confidence might hav,
! been shaken had they known the canvas
bags marked .5, ,Oo0 gold etc., and be
Z danbed with red sealing wax, containet
nothing more nor less than iron washers
I which the young clerk had purchased
I from the hardware man, who had other
wise assisted in the deception, he being
conyinced of the soundness of the bank
The two men the young Napoleon in
sisted on paying in full the, bank ha,
= long wished to get rid of. -Cheyenn
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