The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
SHE DEPOSITED THE MoyEr.
A Western woman's Experience In Open.
ing q Bank Account i'm New York.

A Western woman'a Experience In Open
ing n Bank Account i'm New York.
Except that 1 know it from personal cxpe-
rlence.h said the woman from the West. "I
should never dream that 1t was such a difficult
thing to obtain the privilege of depositing a
little money in a bank. Last week l received a
check for $500 ON q bank in the city. II was an
excellent bank. but downtown. AS a matter OF
convenience I preferred to deposit the money
with one that was further uptown. / entered
the uptown bank and indicated to the clerk at
the window that such was my desire.
How much 2 he asked.
"'Five hundred dollars / answered.
He pointed to a little room over in one cor
ner. See the gentleman in there about It, he
said. Invent over and saw the gentleman. who
observed me contemplatively over the top Of
his glasses.
"'You want to deposit some money p he
asked with a rising infection.
~ do said /.
How much?
"'Five hundred dollars, 1 Unanswered as before.
"'What is your nameH p he inquired.
"I gave 1t. He hemmed and hawed a while.
Have you one Of your cards about you q he
asked presently.
~ searched diligently in my pocketbook. 1
had a buttonhook. q street-car ticket and q
h8b 1lNhCis UuL ~ Il CdIu.
mo. 1 haven't 1 replied. and I am afraid
my features wore a look that was blank.
Have you your name on a little piece Of
paper or anything p he begged to know.
had not. My face grew hot. knew that
1 was myself. but a few more such questions.
with those serious eyes staring at me over
those spectacles. and I felt, that 1 would begin
to doubt it. Indeed. 1 was already losing my
identity in spite Of myself. No card no name!
With the impression that I was a fraud who
was trying to deposit money under false pre-
fences. I took presently to believing it. Two
clerks entered the room. They were tall and
strong. They stood near the old man. as if to
protect him. and looked hard at me. felt like
a criminal. The cynosure Of three pairs of
convicting eyes. 1 am sure that conscious guilt
oo5ed from the pores OF my countenance. The
0ia awe! %ae s shoHl GGnbi e siaa P &c have you deposit
sS~ao!uoqsly, If only thssgs We're some Ssr means ms
Think again: Haven't you your name about
~ thought again. I ransacked my brain.
thinking, In the first place the laundryman
had marked my collar with my initial only.
that settled the matter of Identification by col
lar; thought another time. l had, a shirt
waist upon which the laundryman had carved
my full name and address. but that was at
home in q drawer of the chiffonier. I had the
hey. 10 tue drawer III my pocket, OUT the cnlt-
fonier was some seven miles away; conse-
quently it was impossible to identify myself
by the name on the shirt waist.
THE old man put up his hand to conceal a
yawn. The two boys raised their four eye
brows about an inch and q half. Evidently
their valuable time was being wasted; and.I, a
criminal without a name, u convict without
even a number. was the one who was wasting
it. At last q happy thought struck me. Ny
diamond pin! Ny name was on the inside OF
that, had had it traced, there, so that il, a
certain to bring II back when he found out
whose pin it was: 1 unfastened it with trem-
bling fingers and handed il .~triumphantly over
large microscope in the other. He looked
through the microscope at the name, which
was exceedingly small. He looked from the
microscope at me, then back at the microscope
again. until began TO have the feeling Of a
squirming insect under q microscope myself.
From watching him repeat these man
nuvres i intuitively came to absorb the sus-