The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-10-27

IN sTRIPEs.

money of the bank. / paid II back in due
time. Nobody knew anything about it,
l was perfectly satisfied that, though /
had been unwise, l certainly was not dis
honest. / had paid the bills as they were
presented and then had paid back the
bank the money that l had taken. You
see, 1t was just transfer of creditors. l
thought IL was better to owe the bank
than to owe tradespeople.
"Wcll, when l wanted money again, l
took it from the bank. That went along
for Years. l suppose was clear with the
bank two or three times after the first
time that took money from it, Then tho
amount gradually got bigger and bigger
and bigger, and of course it was plain to
me that l never would be able to pay it
back, so just kept ON taking more and
more as l needed it. or wanted it, rather,
for certainly didn't need it. to pay my
current expenses and live in the style that
liked
"All the money that / took from the
bank has gone for my ordinary expenses.
The exact course that 1t took l can't tell
never kept any personal expense account,
and l really do not know in detail how
spent so much money as l did spend. Ny
salary, of course, was not $l75 during all
this time. Take my salary and add to it
the amount that l took, but did not earn,
and it makes an average of about 81, 400 a
year. That means nearly $500 a month.
For my life l could not tell you how
spent so much. l have figured in my mind
AS well as could what my expenses were,
and l can't account for anywhere near
that sum.
Figure up my average expenses for the
past few years. My room rent was $40 a
month. l boarded at the Cosmos club.
My cards from the club amounted to about
800 month. l belong to the Olympic
club. That cost SO month. / was a
member of two yachting clubs, the Pacific
and the Corinthian, hut they are inexpen-
sive My club dues altogether did not
amount to $40 month. Now, all that
figures up $40 u month. l suppose my
cigar bill was about $40 a month That
makes $780, You see, that Is So moro than
my salary already. For many years
have been accustomed to contribute to the
support OF my mother. gave her some
times 500, sometimes $50, sometimes even
MS much as 500 month. suppose the
average would be about $50 month. You
add that to the other $3.50, and that makes
| $500. Where the rest went l cannot tell
1t just drifted away.
Il was never extravagant In my cloth
ing, though l wanted to dress we'll Of
course, as any young man would. Soma
times after hard exercises at the Olvmnic
club wanted good, hearty dinner. and
l would get It, The cost might Bowel
81, and this would not happen more than
once week There Is nothing very ex-
travagant In that. A man on my salary,
might reasonably have afforded one 81
dinner week. But all these things count-
cd up TO make the total of nearly three
/ times my salary.
Il never gambled. don't moan nv
that that never touched cards for money
but am sure that $500 would cover the
entire amount OF my losses. l lost n fcvc
dollars, perhaps So or $40, not morn than
that at time. never lost any money
specializing in stocks.
Il never took from the bank any larra
sum at one time except Just before ran
away. l should say 5000 was PERTAINS the
largest amount, and whenever / took anv
IL was merely for current expenses ar m
pay some bill that was presented.
No one can understand the torh,re
that have endurd during these last fo,y
years. could not stay away from tho
BANK Tor one day, because detection would
have been ccItain. never tool m, ,' .'''o
ton that Is always given TO the clerk. civ.
ing some EXCUSE for not going.
Every morning when 1 went =, a..
old bank dad not know what mich, '' nc
poet when )cntercd Morning nfter 49,, -
ing had t9 grit my teeth ms tool ,,,,, 49,.
key TO opolk tho door and force n,s',,, =.
turn the lopk and enter the bank - "
day at noe IN when / was rcturnln, ~.