Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

Speaking Of bank failures reminds
me OF Jim Kelley-Black Jim, we called
him. He failed in the lumber business
In the fiftieS up on the Nimmycoggin,
but in Is years he had managed to pay
up everything bus a claim Of SIS due to
Lo Bartlett. One day he met Lo on
the street and gave him a check for the
amount, for he had deposited 1t for
that very purpose, Lo being out on the
Trimbelle buying stove bolts.
The bank is long since sunk In obli-
WON, having gone into that business
about half an hour after Black Jim put
his money in there. Running ACROSS
Lo a little while after, he gave him q
check for the amount.
why, that won't CO." says Lo. "The
bank has closed It's doors"
What" says Jim, getting a shade or
two darker.
why, she's a wreck" says 10. "No-
tice on the door says she may go into
liquidation, but at present IL is deemed
advisable. owing to a s~trlngency OF the
panic, to close.
Jim went over TO the presidents room
and knocked sort of gentle as he could,
considering that he had a fist thatcould
have knocked down a weeks receipts
here at the fair II he'd OF been that kind
Of a man.
"Who's thereP" was tho statement Of
a voice inside.
''It's me-" said jim, "Jlm Kelly
Black Jim Kelly Of the Nimmycoggin-
and I'm in something OF a hurry"
'Well, we're very busy now, Kelly.
Can't you come again this EVENING"" eI-
claimed tho demonetlzed but silYery
voice.
That will be too remote; ! an very
busy myself" said James the brunette,
Jerking an iron hitching post ont OF the
sidewalk and sanding bis hands, like
the man at the bat. "Now Is the ac-
cepted time. Will you open the door,
or shall / open itP"
The president with the bullion voice
opened il, for II was q good door and
belonged to him personally. 1t was not
bank sssets.
Black Jim turned the key In the door
after he came In and began killing flies
on the counter with his iron hitchinR
post.
What do you want OF me?" eX-
claimed the President. taking a large
sight draft out Of a tall bottle marked
"Mucllage," but smelling more like the
matriculating room OF q bichloride In
stitute. what are you %intrudlng here
for?"
81 wanted to see you with regards to
q certificate Of deposit I've got here
calling for SIS"
ave cannot pay II. Everything is
gene. We have taken cash on deposit
and loaned on approved security, but
we cannot realize at once upon our Sc
curltles. All We want Is confidence"
$50 you are one OF these here conf
dence men I've heard. tell OF. are you?'
mo, no; not that; not that. Oh. me
| Gawd. that I should be called . conf
dence man by a low, brutal man with q
r~etreating forward and whiskers on bis
handsr" With that the %presideBt put
the end Of his nose on a new blotter TO
hide a massive tear.
"Well, I'm here" said Kelley the
black, "tO get them SIS or leave you
looking like q Hamburg steak. Eighteen
dollars is not much 10 you. You give
more than that every little while toward
making the heather . free moral agent,
bat / have been twenty years paying up
my debts acquired by reason OF q rise 10
the river which took my logs TO Corpus
Christi when / had agreed 70 deliver
same to parties at Saltwater. Eighteen
dollars will relieve this mental strain.
Otherwise 1 shall psper this room with
your DOR psrishing body and very
likely ssphyxizte the cat with your
soul.
The president hesitsted . moment,
and thenwlth a sigh took . roll from
his bootleg aid paid Jim bis little old
SIS.
..You will not mention this on the
street, OF course" said the president,
with 3 bright. wan smile, slapping Jim
on the s -oulder and raising . cloud Of
dust.
.sNo," said Jim, giving the president
q hearty slap on the back that thook a
lang loose and made IL fall the whpls
length Of the poor mans chest, mot till
T get there" Add he left the Eo-
hitching post on the presidents
AID came away. When the
In they found It The