Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-12
Banker Lingar'S SOn-In-LaW.
ME@~s
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BY JAMES osHAUGHNESsY

Upon the promotion of William
Tarnley Faldis to the position of re-
ceiving teller of tie Thirteenth Ma
tional Bank he began to show signs OF
the widening OF his horizon. He spell
ed out his middle name in full and ac-
quired the art of appearing at ease
In a dress suit. He narrowed his SO
cial orbit until he felt juStifed in
classifying himself as exclusive,
and then he discreetly fell in love with
be daughter of Abel Lingar, the presi-
Ant Of the bank.
Fortunately for him Miss Linsar
was not beautiful of face, and there
was neither symmetry nor grace in her
figure. These gaps in her structural
charms made his love course easy.
In visiting her fathers bank her
keen eye fell on Faldis. He was rather
pleasing in appearance, with light
blue eyes, a blonde mustache and a
pink and white complexion. He could
sing all of the popular and sentimen-
tai songs. He sang the sentimental
ones for her and before the end Of the
season he was calling her Ethyl when
no one else was IN nearing.
When he asked her to marry him,
she gave him her hand and their Sc
oret troth was plighted. All that re-
NAMED to be done was to obtain the
consent of Abel Lingar. Here Faldis
training was hindrance and not a
help to him. He could not disassociate
Ethyl's father from the president OF
the Thirteenth National Bank, and he
could not summon sufficient courage
to ask President Lingar for the hand
of his daughter in marriage.
7 When he arose in the morning his
resolution was fixed, but at night he
returned fretfully to his couch with
the dreaded task still ahead of him.
Whenever he would put himself in the
presence OF Ethyls father it was only
to discover the great president Of the
Thirteenth National Bank and he
would retire in deferential confusion
One evening when closing his ac-
counts he found they were wrong
There, in his own handwriting, was a
false entry of $4,000. Over and oveS
the books he went, but the studied
examination only confirmed the awful
evidence that he was short $4,000.
At the sight of President Lingar
stalking majestically through the
counting room of the bank to his pri-
vate office, Faldis shook with terror.
1t suddenly occurred to his over
wrought mind that perhaps the bank
had an unexplained overplus of $780,
900. With the impulse of this vagary
ha off IN hn
IL beg your pardon, Mr.. Lingar." he
faltered, "but-er-has-is there az
overplus of $4,000
"What?"
Has anyone made an error?"
AN error? An error of 500, ,000?"
thundered Lingar
The cold, accusing manner of Lingar
sounded the depths of Faldis' abjec-
tion. The reaction was instantaneous.
The pale blue eyes of the teller ceased
to waver in their glances and became
as fixed and steely as those of the
president. No longer cringing, he
Strengthened up defantly.
did you say there was an error of
$20,000?" said Lingar in slightly soft
oned tones.
Il did not, but there Is an item OF
that amount in my books which am
unable to explain"
you are Ill, Faldis. Take a rest of
a day or so. Johnson will take your
place"
Faldis went back to his cage. A few
minutes later Johnson, the assistant
cashier, entered 1t. Faldis had on his