The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-14
stories Showing That 1t May BE More De-
sirabie in the East Than in Montana.

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| sirabie in the East Than in Montana,
| 1T is a puzzle to me that gold bricks
/ are Sold said one 81 the men In the
j group. Il am Of the opinion that IN
! 4 general way the first inclination or
thu human mind is 10 say No | nave
always had io make an argument or
draw d diagram. or furnish reference
| In order to be understood, or remove
myself from suspicion. A rev Gays
ago | went TO n German shopkeepei'
where / have traded for nearly year.
I had a check for 81. my purchase
came to so cents. and | handed the
check to the shopman in payment. lie
looked at the face of the check as q
child looks at a stranger. Then he
| asked:
s.What is it?'
when / said 1t was a check he look
ed at me and then again at the paper.
".yVhat | do nit it?' was the next
.sThen | suggested that he could pay
ii out to any man from whom ne mace
purchases, or To his landlord.
But | pays cash for everything,
he said in a protesting way.
Il told him that it was the same az
cash. that / had received II as cash.
Your he asked. It Is not your
check: no?' he inquired.
THAT required another explanation
about my business. how | came by
inc 1AEGkt MIiftE II AaAlt1 iA1Attt
locked at 1t again: then another sus-
picion obscure1 his mentality
1T is from Buffalo, he said.
1T was. And | explained TO him
why. / told him his bank would take
il as deposit.
~ hat no pank, he said
| put down my package and relieved
him of the check. AS ] did so my
name flashed up and / said to the
shcl Il, as last appeal
There's my name on the check
isn't that all right; doesn't that make IL
good?'
..He took the check and looked at the
name-my indorsement-and then he
said. as II his doubt were doubled:
But / dea't know it yos your name
you never tole me your name
well. that was SO. Then | told
him my name. the same as the one
which was written
".Tt nos vaur name9' he asked.
II Numbered Dutch affirmative.
Der sheck vos all right. mebbe, he
finally consented, but, he added, dey
don't know Of you vos all right
Who doesn't know? | asked,
Dose mans vot ! gif der sheck to
ven y0u vos gene. How dey Know
YOU
Il took the check. rammed il into my
pocket and left the bundle. and walked
cut Jumped out would probably have
described by action better
Al third man who had heard the re-
cital OF woe apclogized for breaking III
and said:
Il had postal order for 1920. My
butcher my baker, my grocer, my cigai
4 man uptown, all refused to cash IT, VI
4 course, they did not offer the same ex-
+ cuse. Most Of them evaded il by say
ing they had no cash. The butcher
/ however, said In his bloody way thai
/ he didn't want to be bothered witt
/ it: said he would have to take il L
| the bank To get the money. and lie nae
no time. | have no bank account, ana
| do you know, / carried that eonfound'
4 cd postal order for nearly Il week. e%'
pecting to meet some one | knew, bui
| 1t seemed as If all my friends had sud
/ denly departed. / tell Won, your Dutcf
grocer was right, Cash Is the neees
/ sary article When YOU have Il yot
don't have 70 maxi any diagrams
1T was not always so, said the new
conner In the game. He had Western
! al a he related the following In an
] swer to the remarks of the last speaker
Il Was taken ffcm "A stage in Mon
i tana one night 50 years ago by com
mittee of night riders. The captain o
the gang said | had 10000 ! told hin
/ ne was mistaken. The arguments OF
such occasions are limited. The com
mittee did not ask me To explain. The,
| took me to Il trce--i reckon ii was til
| first tree they came to-and ] was rni
up and then lowered. The captain
| asked me If ] Was ready 10 tell wher
| the cash was. He said the next string
| up would be Of character that Woul'
not allow of any subsequent cNplana
lions. Then | told them where II was
But the captain said he wanted dia
gram OF The exact place where tn
money was, and by Zueks, gentlemen
IL / dida't have to draw II for tina
rang while one Of them burned matche
10 make q light while | did. ] had III
cash; | had To explain; ] had 10 draw
dinrrnn1 pa .rdnar what Nnl got -