St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-06-24
AN EVEN EXCHANGE.
The Fortunate Outcome or Z Bank
Messengers Heart-Breakiag
Yl1nder.

Fl was carrying 500, 900 worth Of govern
ment coupon bonds from Washington Il
Cleveland" said the bank messenger, land
the wisest thief couldn't have tod whether
] had bonds or old clothes in the satchel
How the change was effected / could never
figure out, but in leaving the car picked up
the wrong satcnel and had carried it half q
mile before the mistake was discovered
You may guess what my feelings were when
! realized what an awful bunder had been
made, and for ten minutes lost the power
of speech entirely. l was a trusted man, but
there was $i00, gone and the doors Of
state prison yawned for me. When | shook
myself together made tracks for the Wen
dell house, and I'll be hanged if the first man
! ran across wasn't German who was TAX.
ing on at great rate because somebody had
changed satche.s with him. / was the one,
Of course, and the way he went for me was a
caution. He had dress suit in the satchel !,
and was to attend wedding that evening.
had to treat him to four beers before he
would calm down, and as we made the ex.
change he waved his arms about and
shouted:
"'Mein Colt, my friend. but if don't get
mein satchcl back vhas damaged more ash
feefteen dollars in my feelings.
He did not know the contents Of mine, :
laughed the messenger, "or it might not have
bsen so easy to effect an exchange. Chi
cago Evening News.
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all these things make the reader think.
The underlying motive for the crime in
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IT, occasional glimpses Of an exclusive
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