The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
ABLE cHEcK.KITlNC.
Finally Gained the TImo He Wanted by
Drawing ON the sultan of Turkey.

Drhwlhg ON the sultan OF Iur1cys
1T was in 80 that my story will be
aid, and in the good old town of
triple Creek will be. the scene" be-
yan Hugh, I'm those days a thou
sand to-day might mean ten the next
day and the cash was far more es-
sential to the closing Of a deal than
any certified check that could be pro-
duced. was in position like this
one day the first week in September
that year, and it was a case Of my
getting $4,000 in cash In one hour or
lose deal that meant 100000 to me.
The mine was there, the lode had been
struck; pay ore had been taken out
and the mine was mine for S25,O00,
as the tenderfoot that owned 1t had
TO go back to the East that night. He
was a game lad and knew he had a
good thing but had TO give it up. He
also knew that if he did not get the
money then he never would. The fact
of the matter was, he thought he was
! doing some one and like many an
other tenderfoot believed that he was
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knew what was there. l had tried to
get hold Of the mine for some time,
but could not, so as soon as the deal
came up l saw my chance and have
that mine, l would.
But where to get the money? Ev-
cry banker in the town knew me.
had 100000 buried in different mines
and l could realize on many of the
claims any day. But had to have it
that day. Well l went down to the
old City Bank, you all remember it,
and saw there my old friend, Jim
Adams, one of the best souls that ever
drew a breath. Jim,' 1 said L want
S25, 900 right away. VIII you cash a
sight draft for that amount on Jim
Grow in New York? He is friend of
mine / said, repressing a smile that
came over my face at my own au-
dacity.
Jim looked up at me over the top
of his glasses and without a smile an
swered, We'll, 1 guess so, this time.
My heart gave a leap. Jim surely
knew that Crow never existed, but
never mind, it was the money
wanted, 1 got it, paid the tenderfoot,
had the deeds made over and owned
the Little Giant. / got $1,000,000 out
Of it the next year, but that is not the
story.
Il was unable to raise that $4,000
the next week or the week after. Ev-
cry day looked for the notice that
the check had come back protested
and at last the unlucky day appeared
and Jim called me in as / passed the
bank. Say, Hugh, that friend of
yours, Grow, must be poor kind Of a
stick he said without q smile, for
he failed to make good on that check
"'All right l answered, nothing
daunted, 1 had acquired nerve while
waiting for the confounded thing to
show up L will get the amount in a
few minutes
II ran over to the First National
and rushing up to the counter called
out to Sam Williams the President,
another good fellow Sam will you
cash a sight draft on John Brown Of
Boston for meY
Sure answered Sam, anything to
please you and l got the money, paid
Jim with the protest fees and started
to wait another two weeks until that
draft would come back. To make a
long story short l kept UP this ex-
changing protest fees which amount
] "a AA I
six times, until one day in November
after 1 had tried to sell one of my
claims and the thing had fallen
through, l thought that l was surely
up against 1t.
MY last draft on one John Doe
come in when l stepped into the City
Bank when old Jim saw me coming
Who is your friend this time, Hugh|
1 saw in a moment that he was onto
me, in great shape, but nothing
daunted, blurted out: Guess it will
have to be the Sultan of Turkey this
time
That's a good idea, it will be so
long coming back answered Jim to
my amaZement.
"Well, l made out the check to the
Sultan, got my money, paid the First
National and felt relieved, for knew
that 1t would take at least three
months for it to get back, and thanked
my lucky star for the inspiration. The
check went to New York, from there
to London, where the Barings passed
it, from there to Paris, where the
Rothschilds indorsed II, then to the
Barngs again in Rome and then to
Constantinople."
How do you know that 1t went
through all those houses handsY
asked the president Of the club.
Because l got It back with letter
saying that while the Sultan did not
know who Hugh Mcdonald was, that
his colossal nerve had excited the
rulers admiration and that he had"
Paid it?' said the club in chorus.
'NO, returned it to me."-Cleveland
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