The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-01-17
A Bank Clerks Story.
NmY worst fears realizedg' I muir

M W Y worst fears realiZedv' / muir
JNWJl INJURED as, on breaking the seal
- of the packet which l had found
on my breakfast table, my letters to
Eva fell out. Her influence over Mr..
Hall is not great enough to cause him
to overlook my presumption"
took up Evas letter:
My Dearest Cecil have told uncle of
our engagement, but l am afraid that we
shall never gain his consent. He behaved
so wildly that l am really afraid of him
i have never before seen him so angry.
He vowed that he would never agree to
OR marriage, and ordered me to send
back all your letters and presents, and
insisted on seeing me do it. So l am
writing this at his study table, and l do
not even know whether he will not insist
on reading my letter; but l promise You,
dearest Cecil, that, if you are willing to
wait for two years, l will marry you as
soon as l am of age and the law allows
me to be my own mistress.
A sigh escaped me. Two years APP
pears a lifetime to young man Of five
and-twenty. And if Mr.. Hall were in
long two years. Whilst | was turning
over the letters Eva had sent back
came upon a sheet that had evidently
been put in by mistake. 1t was so brief
that | read the words before | had
realized that the note was not meant
for me. There was no address or date:
Morgan has gone to Barton-on-Sea for
week, and / am free. Perhaps Friday
would suit you? Yours faithfully,
w. CARRUTHERS.
placed this note in my pocket, in
tending to return it to Mr.. Hall, al
though it did not seem to be of any Sc
riOus Importance.
One of the remaining letters on the
table was from that gentleman himself.
In no gentle language he rated me for
the impertinence of aspiring to the
hand of his niece" delcately limiting
that "beggarly bank clerk on one hun
dred and fifty pounds a year would be
making a first-class investment" by
marrying lady who might possess at
some future date Il handsome fortune
delaying 80 satisfactory a financial ar
rangement," reminded me that his word
was law for another two years, and
that even when Eva attained her ma
jority she would have to depend on him
for a dOwry.
When l had finished reading this
pleasant letter l decided to wait until
l had returned from the bank and had
more leisure. Then l could answer his
letter as it deserved and at the same
time return the note that had been in
advertently inclosed in Eva's parcel.
At the bank it was difficult to keeI
my thoughts from wandering. My fel
/ low clerks rallied me on my unwonted
gloominess.
1t was about II when a young man
whom l knew very well by sight, step
ped into the bank and approached one
of the cashiers.
"Good-mOrning," he said pleasantly
1--WE got rather a larger check than
usual. l don't know what the old man
wants it for, but he told me to take a
cab and draw out the money in gold
suppose the banks all right?"
Yes, the banks right enough" the
cashier answered, with laugh, land
don't think that even four thousand
pounds will break u.s."
Having nothing at that moment tC
do, l idly looked over Freeman's shout
der and read the check.
1t was drawn for four thousand
pounds to bearer and was signed u. e
Morgan" one of our largest customers
The name struck me as being one
had seen in writing very recently
Whilst Freeman had gone to the man
ager l worried my brains to think of the
connection in which had last seen the
name.
"Eurekaw l exclaimed, and with
drawing from the view of the young
man, who was patiently waiting for his
gold, l pulled out the paper which hat
been accidentally inclOsed in Eva's let
ter. Sure enough, the name of the gen
tleman who had gone to Barton-on-Ses
was Morgan. A curious coincidence
perhaps, but not very uncommon one
! Nevertheless, remembering how the
Mayfair and SOUTHEASTERN Counties
Bank had been swindled less than {
month ago, my mind conceived a little
doubt as to the genuineness of the
check.
what is your name?" l inquired
taking a piece of paper as though
We're going to write.
To my surprise the man quietly re
piled:
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