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1T WAS ALL RIGHT.
The Haughty Bank Teller Convinced by
Second Look at the Check.
lie had small brown eyes and u brist-
ling red mustache. His check bones
were prominent and his temples formed
little holloWs in the sides OF his head.
Moreover, he was receiving teller in
n Dearborn street bank In his po-
sition, where he handled sums of money
ranging in value from tens of thou
sands of dollars to as many cents, he
had ample opportunities to bestow his
personal favors upon whatever patrons
of the bank were most deserving and
to literally wipe less fortunate deposit
ors out of existence with one scornful
look of his deep-set eyes. 1t was only
one tone harmonious with the rest
of his nature that prompted him to
seize such II chance by the forelock and
work it to 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 n special mark
for his aversion. 1t was "a recently or
z
with a very modest capital, and the
first time the woman who had been
employed as maid-of-all-work around
the office went over to the banking
house to make deposit she carried
three checks, amounting to S4T.25. The
receiving teller noted the smallness of
the sum, and his brown eyes sunk
little further back in his head, his
eyelids perceptibly tightened, and his
red mustache bristled u little more than
Usual. When he returned the bank
hook he threw it down before her with
little whack that gave her to under
stand, without any pretense of quib-
bling, that he had given her a chal-
lenge of war to the end.
The business of the new firm dragged
miserably along in the very lowest
stratum, and for months the ability to
deposit more than 500 made red
letter day in their history. Week
after week the receiving teller grew
more suspicious of the woman, who
quailed visibly before the outspoken
contempt in his dark eyes and bristling
mustache, and at last he reached the
point where he doubted what little
money she did have was gotten hon,
estly. A check given by a firm in the
city had to be certified before he would
have aught to do with it; if it came
from another town it was considered
worthless until he had communicated
with the issuing bank, and he gave or
ders to the paying teller to cash no
order she might present without con-
sulting him.
The woman's soul grew faint and sick
from persecution and her dreams were
haunted by a pair of deep-set eyes, a
bristling red mustache and piles of
spurious checks. One day a 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 re-
ceiving teller's window. She had
check for $500. He looked at it once
carelessIy, and said in that piercing
tone which was insignia of his dis
pleasure: "You must get that certi-
fed"
The woman was strong in the knowl-
edge that she was bolstered up by n
$500 check, and she decided to take
firm stand.
Ills Is BOOu, Sne Sdlu, TSSOlutelJ.
'fIt is now 1880. 1t will take an hour
to get it certified. We have 20 make |
500 good here within few minutes.
Please credit US with that amount"
The receiving teller's face flushed at |
her defiance, and he watched her as |
she started away. She stopped at the !
pa ying teller's window. He tapped |
ON the wire netting separating the two
and called out loudly: |
Cash nothing. This check cannot be |
drawn against"
The woman's eyes blazed, and she
stalked back to his desk.
Sir" she said, do you see whose
name is signed to that check?"
He Strengthened up haughtily.
~ don't know the name," he said,
"It is some one we have never
heard Of"
please look at it again." she re-
turned.
Reluctantly he took it from the spin
die and studied the signature.
"Will it be all right?" she asked,
softly.
He nodded. The name was that of the
president of the hank.@Chicago News.