Sharp County record., 1891-10-15
q SMART lick.
Trying tn save a BANK CLERK. BEt Really
HsIpingz suindieT.

Helping srindier.
A queer story Is. told of q liverpool
bank official vino Recently received o
private letter from ais frieuL- @ uem-
Der Of a London banking firm To- is
said that one OF -leIr employees. tIe son
Of their ligniv esteemed elshier--a
man VINO is Dr0hitv .tseit-aId -0Hc
AWAY with several THOUSAND pounds Of
securities Il the son should be arrest
ed ana placed in a prison dock the Old
man would never tit his head again.
The firm. was. eHeretora, resolved tOd0
all that lay III its power 20 save It's
aged and vaiued serrant from tlle mis-
err aud shame which would certaInIT
0vHrruixe hiuI # lis son sin became
known
The writer thought that in all 1ro1a-
bilirv the v1unr man would call with
his securities az the liverpool bank.
and on the strength Of his connection
with the Loud0u bank. try TO negotiate
them. If So the London banker want
"a the Liverpool banker 20 seize the
property and keen 10 until he heard
from the LoEdon banker again, Co -ect-
ure the Young man sOuudlv buy D
ticket 70 New York and give him one
thousand dollars with which -J 1eTIn
the world araiu- The London banker
was going % Paris for q fortnight 50
that the Liverpool banker didn't need
70 write him abOut the affair until that
time. He also wanted the secret kent
from everybody, as faras possible, both
for the sake of the London bank. the
Young mans father, and the Young man
himself
The Liverpool banker, knowing that
many a Young man had gone wrong
who might have been saved at the
proper moment, decided 10 comply with
his friend request
Soon after a nice. frHnk-iooSinr
Young man Of the name referred TO was
usherpd into him. and saying that he
desired TO travel. explained in a con-
strained and nervous manner that he
had some securities on which he would
like 10 realize. He said he didn't un-
derstand business. and perhaps was 90
ing awkwardiv to work hut the ship
for New yori, was TO sail that day and
he was in a hurry.
In reply the Liverpool banker handed
him the letter he had Just received AS
he read It his breast heaved with emo
tion, tears came into bis eyes and he
finally burst into a tit Of weeping. He
made a full confession, and then the
banker, after pointing out the heinous-
ness Of his crime, offered to do what
the letter requested The Young man
kissed the bankers hand in token Of
his gratitude, said he had been both
foolish and wicked and would gladly
20 TO another country and redeem him
self
The banker then gave him the one
thousand dollars bought him a drst-
class steamer ticket, and. gave him a
chau.ha$T7- at the restafrant
But nothing he could do or say seemed
to raise the Young mans spirits. He
was so sad and broken down that the
banker really pitiedrhim. As he babe
him good-bv from the ships side the
hard old man could not restrain his
tears as he thought Of the young ana
repeutant sinner he had saved from a
life Of crime.
AZ the end OF the fortnight. when he
supposed the London banker would
have rot back from Paris, the Liver
pool banker wrote 20 him in great glee
OF his succcss in carrying ont his wishes,
and OF the coutritc youth who had set
sail for new scenes with the banker s
blessing
He got the following reply from Lon.
don.
you must be mad our cashier
never had son No securities are
missing. Perhaps You have been sold. 90
II was true. lie had. The letter
was forged The securities were worth
less. lie had thrown away one thou
sand dollars passage 10 New York, a
bottle Of champagne, good dinner,
and a good deal OF advice upou an in
geniouS swindler Every other Satur
dav