Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-08

e - 49, : = = q $40
"Excuse me if / pass in first" said
sturgis, entering. II wish to see
something here" ''""H
He~bent lowapver the tiledfa ntrance,
with tthhe magnaifying glass irNh his hand.
1T II too Rad.'' he mutt terfa to him.
self present II. s'"They havN trodden
7ell over The trail here. Ahn5s what is
this?"
"What?" inquired Dunlap.
The reporter Souchsafed- no. reply to-
this question, but asked another.
as Thursday general cleaning
day ~at~the~ b2nk2'. -.-. j, .~,.. ~~.-- -.- --~~
!. : Yea answered the banker.
Every 3: evening" after closing
hour, the floors are swept. Of. course:
, eRd The desks eEe dpated; ion7xt
Eda&sEAnd 1ldiEdaSh 1kel*es a 4lssaS| for,
fSG IN elsw eSdh &ng 8shS:
floors, and:so FORTH" i
"Then it is -luely that 2lFdays
was ThursdEy& baGsed - egist4
this gses, VA gssf u III lllnsi 3Dr. s
Upon entering the bank Sturgis rel,
quested' his eohhphhiod'sto seat him
seh on: psrttc4}er chair (which, he :
designated. He then began q critical
t1amlhatioa ~ the pre4nisk;;. Inch by,
Inch he sc1utinisedl the: walle. tho ,fioor,t
and even the ceiling; sometimes WITH
the naked 4 c; sometimes through the,
e''stsatlyE
brought into play tape measure; andr
severed tims4 hE4a71allalEEzzaa JaaDun lap;
eoFr .asaista4Hs, wheu the distances to!
beSkfpred wera'rtp&9er than his,
reach: :: E EssE II =,
Ths4 Wall street 4france Of; tho
KnicAef booker bank ned directly into.
the space to which the public as adj:
mitted: This space was partitioned of,
as usual, from the bookkeepers':. and
cashiers departments. At the farther
end door led to reception room COM:
municating,-w with the presidents Office.
This Office itself opened into the cash
ier's department on one side, and on
the other into a small room occupied
by the presidents secretary aud type
writer, and into the. vestibule of the
Exchange place: entrance to the bank.
On the right OF the vestibule wasa large
; room in which the bank. employees kept
their street clothing, and to which they
could retire when they were off: duty.
A door from the clerks room led into
: the cashiers d apartment, while anoth-
: int ho
tary's room. :: g -,
After The had=fnished his inspection
Of the space open to the public, zStur-
gis, followed xby Dunlap; passed into
the presidentsireception room, and
thenes j in :ttu turn into the other ROOMS,
and finally into the cashiers and book
keepersssdepartmeAtsa :sss -, E>:.ss
= sasaral$ times shS5stepped, t1etfa4ed
his footsteps to some particular point
and then began his search anew. At
times he crawled about MS his hands
and Inees; at others he Climbed upon
the furniture, the bettsf ia examine
some s#t upon the waN mtbe presi-
dents 4fice:::he stopped toEpiek up a
which Lay haaand arqAinnd the este
basket. These he cafefally Plaza, in
an enveloge.awhich heN%JaM upqnFythe
president taPle. SH'l !: zRHH
On onk s siasof the rod@ therfk n
mahfa lpisee, The artistic beaHfy of
the strqrturez did not. seem to@strike
sturgis, apuita1ie appearedssz4to Asrise
great deal Of satistac aouTTff on I'D in
spectionsvf the large tilRd III. ar th:F Pres.
entity, removing his COLT asnrld,1 :lds5 saffs,
he plunged. his handSinto the .ggrimy
chimney jand removed e handful of
Esypat, which. he examined carefully and
then threw away. Hsrepeated the OPP
feratlo &gaiD and agaln.:uptil at last.
with evident satisfaction, he picked out
small object. which he deposited in
an envelope. Then, after washing his
hands in the clerks room, he passed in
to the cashiers department. In a cor
uer stood the telephonecloset, the door
Of which was open. The receiver Of the
Instrument was down. The reporter
took it up and gazed at it long: and ear
nestly. ;, $3.50.
Sturgis' examination of the bank
must have lasted over two hours. At
Arstt.2R clhxHE{ lial f1a,lnl1p leoked. ON with
||4aailashuriosityg in'iSV]ahiaR amusement
struggled with good-natured skepti-1
cism. But as time wore on the: banker.
began to show signs of Impotence,
and when a t last Sturgis returned to-
the private ot1ice, and carefully depos=.
tied upon a, sheet Of white paper a mis-
cellaneous assortment of tiny scraps
and shreds, the, banksr#co uld: scarcely
conceal his d;ssatisfactfona-z -
VEL, NJ. Sturgis," he said, II hope
SyoU$hsavehsanye6 MPfENdxeur inves-
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