The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
from homo he had suspended payment Said


passing by to whom the announcement meant
the loss OF every penny OF thoir savings com
fortiug knowledge to digest after tlfn. In
I.onfon. OF course the failure would not mean
so much: there are many banks in the city.
and leoplo would have had warning. Here
banks urc icw people are dependent on them.
and this news camo out OF the sea unheralded
an evSl born with all it's TOOTH
After tIe or ush Of n bursting shell every ono
who can picks himself UP. brushes tho dirt of
his unifognl. and tries to make n Joke of It.
Thon some one whips handkerchief round
his hand q splinter has torn 1t. and another
finds warm strenks running down his fore
head. Then a man. overlooked till now and
past help. groans to the DEATH Every ody pcr-
ceives with "a start that this il no time for
laughter. and the dcal and wounded are at
tended to.
Even so ut the Overseas Club when the men
got ost OF Office Tho brokers had told them
the news. In filed tho English anl Americans
and German and French. and Here pretty
mess" they sail ono and all Many Of them
were hit. but like goo men. they did not any
how ievcrely.
"Ahp sail littlo p. md o. on ,ial. was-
Ring rds head sagaciously The had lost
thousand dollars since noonL It's all right
now. They' 70 trying to make the best OF ii.
In three or four days we shall hear moro
about It, l meant 10 draw my monej lust boz
fore 1 ,tent down coast. but" Curiouslv
enough. II was the same story throughout the
club. Everybody had intended to withdraw.
and nearly everybody had-not done so. Tho
manager Of u bank which had not failed was
s0plainn e how, IN his opinion. the crash had
come about. This also was very human. 1t
helped none. Entered lean American.
the,wing back his waterproof all dripping
vw ha raj II, hi fao cali and cpful.
Boy. whiskey and soda" he said.
"Iiow much hat you losd I" said the Teuton.
bluntly.
"Eght-Ify." replied tho son OF George
Wash hgton. sweetly. Don't ace how that
prevents me having a drink. My glass. sir.'
He con tlnuei an interrupted whistling OF Il
Owe Ten Dollars to O'Grady' (which he very
probably did. and his oountenance departed
not from its serenity.
Ifthere is snything that one loves an Amerl-
can for it is tho way In which he stands certain
kinds OF punt shmen:. An Englishman OF many
dollars and u heavy loser was being chaffed By
q Scotchman whose account at the Japan end
OF tho line had been trlHe overdrawn. True.
he would lose in England. but the thought OF
the few dollars saved here cheered him.
More men ontared sat down by tables. stood
In groups. or remained apart by themselves
thinking with knit brows One must think
quickly whom bill o. are falling due. The muir
muir OF voices thicksned. and there was no
rumbling In the skittle alley to interrupt 1t.
Everybody knows everybody else at tho Over
sens Club. and everybody sympathizes. Aman
passed stffly and some ono Of group turned
to ask lightly. Hit old manr" Like hell"
he said. and went on biting his unlit cigar
Another man was telling. slowly and some
what bitterly. how hs had expected one OF his
hjldren to join him out here. and how the
passage hal Just been paid with draft
on the o. B. G. Butt now There. ladies'
and gentlemen. Is where 1t hurts. this
little suspension out here. 1t destroys plans.
pretty ones hoped for and prayed over may
be for years: 1t knocks pleasant domestic ar
rangements galley ives tover aud above all the
nero ruin thahit causes. The curious thing
in the talk was that thete was no abuse Of the
bank. The men were in the Eastern trade
themselves and they knew. 1t was the Yoko-
hama manager and the clerks thrown out Of
employment connection with broken bank.
by the way. goes fur to ruin a young mans
prospectsi for whom they were sorry. We're
doing ourselves we'll this year." said q wit
Rrimy. "One free-shooting case. ono thun-
derinR libel case. and q bank smash. Showing
of pretty before the globe trotters. aren't p
Cad. think Of the chaps at sea now with
letters OF credit. En-? They'll land and get
the DeSC rooms at the uOL6lS anu HnQ tn0y'r0
penniless." said another.
Never mind the globe trotters." said q
third Look nearer home. This does for So
and-so and so-andso and so-and-so. all old
men and every penny goes Poor devis!"
THAT reminds me Of some one else" said
yet another voice. His wlfe's at home too.
Whew!" and he whistlsd drearily. So did the
tide Of voices run on till mon got to talking
over the chances OF a dividend. They went
to the Bank OF England" drawled an Amer
lean. land the Bank Of England lot them
down; said their securities weren't good
enough"
Great Scott!" A hand came down on .
table to empha the remark. Z" I sailed halt
way up tha Mediterranean once with Bank Of
England director. Wish I'd tipped him over
the rail and lowered him q boat on his own
security-if 1t was good enough"
Baring's goes The O. b. G. don't" replied
the American. blowing smoke through his
nose. This business looks de-ci-ded-ly prob
le-mat-i -cal. Wha-at?"
"Oh. they'll pay he depositors In full don't
you fret" said man who had lost nothing aud
was anxious to console.
I'm a shar Older" said the American. and
smoked on.
The rain continued to fall and the umbrellas
drpped in the racks and the wet mon came
and went. circlln. round the central fact That
it was bai business till the day. as was M st
fit shut down In drizzling darkness. There
was refreshing sense Of brotherhood in mis-
fortune in tho little com immunity that had Just
been eectrocuted and did not want any moro
shocks. All tbs pain that In England would
be taken homo to be borne In silence and
alone was here bulked. as 1t wore. and faced
In line OF companies. Surely the Christians
OF old must have fought much better than that