Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-09
1T MAS ALL RIGHT.
The Naughty Bank Teller Convinced by q
Second Look at the Check.

The Naughty Bank Teller Convinced by q
Second Look at the Check.
He had small brown eyes and Q bristling
red mustache. His cheekbones were prom
inent, and his temples formed little hol'
lows In the sides Of his head. Moreover,
he wns receiving teller in a Dearborn
street bank. In his position, where he
handled sums Of money ranging in value
from tens Of thousands of dollars to as
many cents, he had ample opportunity to
bestow his personal favors upon whatever
patrons of the bank were most deserving
and to literally wipe less fortunate depos-
itors out of existence with one scornful
look of his deep set eyes. 1t was only one
tone harmonious with the rest of his ma
ture that prompted him to seize such e
chance by the forelook and work it 10 his
complete satisfaction.
OF all the lesser lights in the CONNER
cial world that transacted business through
the medium of the receiving teller's bank,
there was one firm which he had singled
out as q special mark for his aversion. It
was recently organized concern that had
started out with very modest capital, and
the first time the woman who had been
employed as maid of oil work around the
office went over to the banking house to
make q deposit she carried three checks
amounting to S47.e5. The receiving teller
noted the smailness Of the sum, and his
brown eyes sunk little farther back in
his head, his eyelids peroeptibly frightened,
and his red mustaohe bristled little more
than usual. When he returned the bank
book he threw it down before her with
little whack that gave her to understand,
without any pretense of quibbling, that he
had given her q challenge of war to the
end.
The business of the new firm dragged
miserab,y along in the very lowest stra-
tum, and for months the ability to deposit
more than 800 made rcd letter day in
their history. Week after week the reoeiv-
ing teller grew more suspicious of the
woman, who quailed visibly before the
|. outspoken contempt In his dark eyes and
bristling mustaohe, and OF last he reached
the point where he doubted what little
money she did have was gotten honestly.
A check given by firm in the city had
to be certified before ha would have aught
to do with 1t; II it came from another
town, 1t was considered worthless until he
had communicated with the issuing bank,
and he gave orders to the paying teller to
cash no order she might present without
consulting him.
The woman's soul grew faint and sick
from persecution and her dreams were
haunted by pair of deep set eyes, bris.
tling red mustache and piles of spurious
checks. One day streak of good luck
blew up hard against the new firm and
the woman's step was light and her heart
was exultant with victory when she
marched up to the receiving teller's win
dow. She had check for $500. He looked
at it onoe carelessly and said in that pierc-
ing tone which was the insignia of his dts
| pleasure, "You must get that certified"
The woman was strong In the knowledge
that she was bolstered up by a $500 check,
and she decided to take firm stand.
"That is good. she said resolutely. "It
is now 1890 1t will take an hour to get
| 1t certified. We have to make 500 good
here within few minutes. Please credit
| us with that amount"
The receiving teller's face flushed at hel
| defiance, and he watched her as she start
| cd away. She stopped at the paying tell
! er's window. he tanped on the wire net