The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-24
IDENTIFIED THE CASHIER


Detroit Free Press; The old farmers
fingers were full OF knots and fence rail
splinters, and he had to look oveE his
spectacles for some time before he saw
the paying teller at his window, and he
managed TO hand In the check he had
been carrying wrapped in his red hand
kerchief, and stood waiting for his
money.
"You win have TO be identified before
| We can pay this" said the teller.
The farmed stopped a little, stuck his
head against the window grating, and
said e~xplosively;
"Hey?"
The teller repeated his statement.
The old farmer took the check, folded
It carefully with his long fingers, and
then rubbed his gray chin whlskers
thoughttully.
Have TO be Unidentified, do II" he
said thoughtfully. "Lemme see; who
knoAs me? Thar's Jim Patterson, but
he lives way up town. Why, say, this
here's Carrin'ton's bank, amt lit"
This is the First National bank"
said the teller, "and Mr.. Darlington is
the cashier"
'Whar is he?"
Second window to your right"
The old man stepped over TO the cash
ier's window and raped on 1t with his
whipstock. The cashier, smooth, cool,
distant, gray side-whiskered, confront-
ed him.
II want TO git the money on this here
check, and that slick young fellow in
| the other pen said / would have to be
UNIDENTIFIED"
THAT is the rule" said the cashier.
you will have to bring n in
who knows you to vouch for your iden-
Couldn't you do it," asked the old
man.
"CertaInly not; unless I were ac-
quainted with you"
The old farmer laughed so loudly that
everybody in the bank looked around
and listened.
why, smash all potato bugs! don't
you remember 'ias Crowder? / went
to school with We; lived next door to ye
when you vas plain Pete C~arrin'ton,
stead OF P. iElllnton Carrin'ton, es-
/ quire. I kin Indemnify you II ye can't
indemnify me. Member that day when
they had you pa up for stealiR wood,
and me and you and Sam Piper
| chunked the constable with seed perta-
ters? Member how yer ma used to
lock you up on Saturdays when she
used to go out to do the section gangs
washin' and you
tits all right, Mr.. Crowder," said the
cashier, turning a little red on his
smoothly shaven cheeks; 81 did not
recognize you at first. 1t has been a
good many years since I have seen you.
Step over to the teller's window, and
your check viii be paid"
I'm a minute" said the old farmer,
beamlng with pleasure as he recalled
the scenes of his youth, why, ! could
ov Unidentified you II I'd a met We in
Atriky. You never could look q Teller
straight in the face, and you've got that
scar on your a that old man Phipps
gave we when he caught ye tryin 10
steal his best turkey"
Eyes, yes" said the cashier h%urriedly,
as he stirred things about on his desk
and frowned deeply at some old envel-
opes: those old times-yes, certainly
boyhood's days, childish sports. and all
that sort of thing, 10 be suTe-qu!te so,
irdeed. The teller is waiting to pay
your check"
I'm goln' In a minute. Why, talk
about indemnifyin', Pete Carrin'ton,
you want to hear me do 1t. Now, l bet
you don't member that day when"
you'll have to excuse me, Mr.. Crow
| der" said the cashier, prancfng up and
down in his cage. and pretending to be
looking for something, II am very busy
to-day" -.
"Yes, I'll excuse you" said the old
farmer, leaning his elbows on the win
dow. II lest wanted to see how good
/ could indemnity you II ! tried. Guess
you find this kind Of work easier than
peddlln' fertilizer in an OK cart, hke
you did the year your Uncle Dick got
mixed up in that train robbery, don't
you?"
The cashier left his desk suddenly
with an important looking batch OF pa
pers in his hand, and walked back into
The private office. The old man stump
ed over to the teller again and handed
his check between the bars.
pete says we n pay It," he said.
'Mr. P. Clinton Carrin'ton's indemnl-
fled me, and I've Unidentified Pete. 1
could go on indemnifyin' him for two
hours and a half II 1 wanted to, clean
on down TO the time he left Cedar Creek
with that Punch and Judy show. Gln-
me five ov It In silver"