The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-22
CASTING HER FIRST CHECK
bank Experience Of Young Woman
Who Had Been Taught to
Tell the TrEth.

While on a visit TO New York not long
ago a girl had occasion 10 cash a check.
She hadn't had much experience In such
things, and she wasn't quite sure how
it ought to be done, but she thought the
best way was TO present the document
at the bank upon which 1t was drawn.
At nine o'clock, the hour at which su-
burbsn banks open, the girl presented
herself at the portals Of the m%etropol-
itan institution. The ~janitor and two
or three scrubwomen were the only hu-
man beings in sight, and the girl knew
enough TO know that none Of them
could cash the cheek. The %jsnitor, in
deed. looked much shocked al the sight
Of the girl, and in no mild accents told
her to go right away and not to come
around again until-oh, well, not until
II o'clock, at any rate. At that hour
the girl returned, to find the bank In
full working order. She first Endorsed
the check neatly, and with an extra
flourish to the line she always drew be-
meath her autograph; then, after pre-
senting 1t at four wrong windows, she
handed It at what she hoped was the
right one.
Apparently II was the right one, but
Him." said the man at the window,
CHANGING at the signature, 'you-er-
you-ah-have you any way Of identi-
flying yourself, Miss Blank?" "Oh, no,
indeed" replied the girl, sweetly. not
having the least idea what he was talk
ing about. Orwell" went on the
man, You know some one, Of course,
who can assure US that you are Miss
Blank?" mo one at all" answered the
girl In George-W Observation-Disclosures
accents-she had always been told to
speak the truth, and II was a fact that
at that time she knew no one In the big
city, save the editor who had just given
her the check, The girl art student,
whom she was visiting, didn't count.
HIM" said the man at the window;
"oh, well" with a scrutinizing glance
at the girl, you probably do most of
your shopping when you come to town
at Els g. Inches, across the street.
They might Identify you" ave do all
our shopping in Boston," replied the
girl, who comes from a suburb Of the
Hub. l never bought anything in a
New York shop until this week"
The man looked again at the check,
then he looked again at the girl. A
queer look came into his eyes. "Ex-
cuse me one moment, Miss Blank" he
said; "I1l just see" and he vanished.
By this time the girl was worried.
Could 1t be that he wasn't going togive
her the money? Why, there the check
was, made out in her own name, and
with her name, that she had writ
ten herself, right on the back of it. Sud
denly the girl remembered that in her
pocketbOOk she had several visiting
cards; they, Of course, would identify
her, and, with a happy smile, she of.
fered one Of these to the man when he
returned TO the window. "0h, it's all
right, Miss Blank" he said, without
glancing at the proffered card, and in
tones almost Of acknowledgment. "Oi
course, %it'sall right. Here's the money
counting out the notes.-the check wal
for S7S-"so sorry to have given you
any trouble. Anything we can do fol
you. any time, rememher-good morn
ing"
"Humph!" said the girls father wher
he heard the story. THE fellow had nj
right to do IT. 1t was a risky business
/ don't care who By the way, was h,
young?"
"He-he wasn't 80 very DID," an
swered the girl.-N. Y. Sun.