The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
TIEWS OF THE Anu OF CASH.
Stories Showing That NJ May ne More Desir-
able In New York Than in Montana.

ctoH ~ hhat ~ NAHy ~ WITTY DtHII
able In New York Than in Montana.
ut Is a puzzle to me that gold bricks arc
sold." said one of the men in the group. 1T
am of opinion that in a general way the first in.
| c~lination Of tho human mind is to say No. I
have always had TO make an argument or draw O
diagram, or furnish reference in order to be un-
d%erstood, or remove myself from suspicion. A
few days ago I went to a German shopkeeper
where l have traded for nearly a year. 1 had
a check for %, my purchase came to 30 cents,
and handed the check to the shop man in pay.
child looks at a stranger. Then no asked:
when I said 1t was n check, he looked at
me and then again a. the paper.
What 1 do NIT III was his next.
Then ! suggested that he could pay 1t out to
any, man from whom he made purchases, or to
But 1 pays cash for everything he said. in a
Il told him 1t was the Same as cash. That I
h.. I,.YoTl, he asked. 1T is not your check, nor
my business; how 1 came by the check; whore is
other suspicion obscured his mentality.
1T is from Buffalof he said.
told him his bank would take it as a deposit.
" al hat no pank', he said.
t, 81 put down my package and relieved him Of
Ihe check:, AS l did so my name flashed up and
There's my name on the check. Isn't that
He took the check again and looked at tho
pnme-my indorsement-and then he said, as IL
"'Bu don't know 1t yos your name. You
neffer tole mo your name
We'll, that was SO. Then told him my
81 Numbered a Dutch affirmative.
son sos al r ,Sg,i' he added 'dey don'd know Of
Who doesn't known / asked.
p" Dose mans vot I gf der sheck to Won you
vos gone. How dey know your
left the bundle I.t and waiRed o o. tn'o Jn mg pSco oss,
A third man who, had heard the recital of WOO
Ap Sf Saa 8 postal pSs Sf'a o4aes for ,n; s ana s'is Ny butcher,
my baker. my grocer, my ciearman uptown,
al Fe e. ; same aS f sseu It; 9 Mo ssu # shs she yv d,S III Il
by saying they had no cash. The butcher, how.
s Ssnii s 70 be II bothered hts sI0S %iyb WAY ia! , ,hst b he didn't didn't
have to take it to the bank to get the money,
and he had no time. l have no bank account,
postal order for nearly a week, expecting to
meet some one l knew, but it seemed as il all
necessary article. When you have It YOU don't
h maze to sDv e31tRiain anything. You don't have to
1T was not always so" said a newcomer IN
he following In answer to the remark Of the last
speaker:
was taken from a stage in Montana one
night thirty years ago by q mmitt OF night
riders: The captain Of the gang said had
100000. l told him he was mistaken. The
arguments on such occasions are limited. Tine
committee did not ask. me to explain. They
took me to a tree,,I reckon it was the first tree
cred. Tho captain asked me il / was ready TO
tell where the cash was, He said the next
string-mp would be OF a character that would
Then | told them where II was. But the cap
tain said he wanted a diagram OF the exact
pace Where the money was, and by Xucks, gen
tlemen, If l didn't have to draw it for that gang
while one of them burned matches to make n
plain; l had to draw a diagram. Pawdner,
what you goti'