Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-09

fate that all was well, and that the last
batch of bills was packed safely away
for another three months in the vaults
of the bank.
So Noyes went at once to Jay Cooke
q Co., and as the check had been paid
ct the bank they handed over 500, 600
in bonds to him.
Mac and George were outside. George
took the bonds and gave Moves &c.
900 check, and one minute from his leay-
ing Jay Cooke & Co. Noyes was at the
counter Of the bank. The cashier count
ed out the cash to him. He walked out
OF the bank with lighter heart and
more buoyant step than ever before, for
was not the danger all over and the
long strain on the nerves at an end, the
transaction complete and fortune won?
He had never to go to the bank again.
They had arranged to meet at Cara
ways coffee house in Exchange alley.
This is the Garraway's that became so
famous at the time of the South sea bub-
BILE, and its fame continued down to the
end of the wars of Napoleon. Then its
glory departed as a center of specula-
lions, but its renown as an old fashioned
chophouse remained till 1878. Every
where in contemporary English itera-
ture from Swift and Addison to Gold
smith and johnson one meets reference
to Garraway's.
The dean imnortaliZed it in his we'll
known lines on Change alley:>
There is gulf where thousands fell,
Here all the bold adventures came,
narrow sound, though deep as hell,
Change alley is the dreadful name.
Subscribers here by thousands float
And iostle one another down,
Each padding in his leaky boat,
And here they fish for gold and drown.
Meantime, secure on Garraway's cliffs,
A savage race by shipwreck fed
Lie waiting for the foundered sl,if-s
And strip the bodies of the dead.
Dickens also makes it the scene of the
writing Of the famous chops and tomato
sauce letter from Mr.. Pickwick to Mrs.
Bardell.
One can imagine the citation of my
friends as they sat around that little ia
BILE at Garraway's. 1t was only 10 :35.
Their income that morning had been
$3.50, 900. And many more such days
had gone before. All danger was over !;
wealth was won. They saw themselves
back in America, among the Four Hun
dreds possessors of a fortune, however
wrongfully obtained, yet obtained in a
way that would leave behind no ruined
widows and orphans to Hnger out the
remainder Of their blighted lives in
poverty and misery. That was a point
which added zest to their enjoyment of
the prospect
II am never to go to the bank again.
Come, shake hands Oh that" said Noyes.
And i'll their excitement and wild de-
light they shook hands again and again.
But they would have moderated their
JOY had they known that at the very
moment tho bank porter, pale and
frightened, was rushing past the room
where they sat carrying the news to the
bank that the 60, 900 bill was forgery.
Instantly all was confusion and excite
ment in the bank. kilograms were at
once sent to the detective police, and at
that moment swarms of them We're pour
ing out of the Bow street and Scotland
Yard offices.
Already were rumors of gigantic
frauds multiplied thousandfold by
rumor, and rHmor had it every bank in
London was rictimized. In ten minutes
the story reached the Stock Exchange,
and scene of terrific excitement en-
sued, and through it all our three inno-
cents sat On in that dingy old coffee
house serenely unconscious of the fear
full storm that was rising. Still they
were safe. Everything was confusion in
the bank. The terrified official, frantic
with fear, could only describe tall
young man, an American, who said his
name was Warren.
Upon Mac casually remarking that
they had still balance of So, 900 to
Warren's credit Noyes spoke up and
said: Boys, that is too much money to
leave John Bull. Suppose you make out
a check for 5000. will run over and
get the cash, and it will do for pocket
money" And the two others, trium-