The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-07-26
Odd Bank Visitors.

| Many are the uses aud the schemes that
are devised for The porpo" OF be.,ios the
paying tsllsrs 10 banks. and the cranks
are as much TO be feared a. the crooks.
That old man ~h1 b. last left the
bank, ,sid the teller ~ he ran his hnsers
quickly over the nsv bills. hes been oom
ing TO tbi, place every day for the pest Two
years calling Tor money, He comes In
every money exactly at II o'clock and ssks
quietly II his check has arrived, slwsys
have to tell him no. and he thanks me
graeiously snd goes away. Iwas new at
the bank when he came in tho hrh time
bat saw at . glance that be had some
thing the mst,er With his headgesr, When
be asked about bis money, told him that
we had nothing, aud ha looked greatly
surprised and worried. He asked many
other questions aud then LETT He return
ed the next morning and tho next, and he
has been coming ever since One day he
failed to show himself, and thought he
had given mp the huntss bad thing, For
month be kept away. bat by and by he
bobbed mp serenely again.
I've been sick, he said. and ] hope ]
have not csused you any inconvenience 10
holding my money. No money herei
Whst2 That is strange.
With this he thanked me and went away
He will be here again 10 the morning, and
he'll keep coming day after day until death
sends him to bigger bank. The man is
Just u sample OF what we get every day,
although he is the most regular chap OF
the kind have ever seen, The boys
around the bank feel rather euperstitious
now IL he fails to come in, and I'll gamble
that that black porter yonder will quit his
Job the very first time that old man fails
TO make bis daily visit
The teller leaned on the counter. Yes,
be went on. il would surprise you to know
how many people come here day after
day to get money when they have absolu-
tely no reason for coming They have no
papers on which money can be securi d,
but they just come right along, hoping.
guess, that some day they will hit the
bank. Now, last week big fellow who
had evidently been drinking rushed in
and ysllod 10 mo that he wanted 81, 900, |
| had never seen him before. and he made
no pretense OF handing up any papers. He
said he was in q big rush. l realized st
once tnat be was crsay. aud acted quick
ly. Reaching back to my drawer, put
my hand on my revolver and waited. He
did not see the weapon. The vault is clos
cd, said, aud You cannot get any money
today. With that he reached his hand to
bis hip pocket, but l did not move.
looked him squsrsly 10 the eye and wait.
cd. He stood thers for 20 seconds, with
his hand on his hip and bis eyss on me,
and then be cowed. Without = word he
turned his back to me and walked out |
tried to find out who the man was, but
failed, and he never came bsok TO repest
the demand.
Another time l had . really danger Gus
crazy man to handle, but ! acted like
fash and possibly saved my skin. II was
about o'clock one summer day when the
weather was sitting. The front and side
doors we're propped open TO lot in the
breeze, and | was looking over the books
when big fellow ran 10 the front door
looked up and saw him, -four
ishing butcher knife. which. fairly glis
tened in the light; Where did be 60 with
that money! hs called st the top OF bic
voice as be halted and looked st me. Right
ont that door. said quickly, and In
moment the man had dashed through the
door and went sailing down the alley. A
policeman was called, but the man was
not seen afterwsrd. / an sure / would
have felt the edge Of bis dangerous knife
i had not sent him out that door.
Another strange thing happened once
Wullc WAS WOIkiuB Nv ciefk ~ suotht'
bank. / WAS standing by the teller's couD
ter when nicely dressed young man came
10. walking rather swkwsrdly. He man
.ged to reach the teller and presented .
paper. viii you please cash this for mel
be said. The teller took the psper mechsn
cally and looked At the stranger. Why,
this Is no good. he said. Tlis is only
piece Of white paper What kind OF
game are you trying to work. The nsn
gssped. Why, 1t is q check, be called
quickly. Not much. said the teller, hsnd
ng it back. The man looked st II. Good
1odl be cried, Then ! sm blind! They
took bin away. and be died 81 the hospi
sl before he had . chance TO explain. The
doctors said 1t wss = mystery. snd the
nsn's body was kept for siI months. Flu
lily IL Was sent 10 Kansas on the order Of
woman who wired description and said
1 Was her sons.