The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-03-25
The Defaulting
Cashier and the
Keen Detective
How Ramsay Tarnhall Was Tracked Il
Chicago, With the Sequel at
the New York Piers.

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Chicago, With the Sequel at
the New York Piers.
" NTIL q few months ago there
was q bank doing business In
Cardif-tne Imperial Bank OF
Wales. This institution had
q cashier-Ramsey Turnball. One day
Turnball disappeared. This was. curl
ously enough, contemporaneous with
the appearance Of q very capable short
age In the banks assets. The surplus
was found to be q. knocking and irrl.
tating deficit. The capital was just
about sufficient to buy q free lunch.
with the beer left out.
The managing directors Of the I'm
perial Bank felt sorely chagrined ut
Turnball's il-timed departure. They
wished to take. him in hand and talk
with him seriously and earnestly for
little while. They desired to put him
where they could point him out as n
moral to their tale Of woe. Accord.
ingly they hired the services Of Philan.
der Giles, q professional detective. The
bank then retired from the game and
spent much Of its spare time invent
ing terms Of opprobrium to shy to
.TurnbaIi when mex they met.
In Chicago one day. while Turnball
was IN the philanthropic act Of setting
them. up for an enthusiastic circle Of
friends, he felt q chilly presentiment.
He looked around with a little SILVER
and saw a cold, calculating eye fixed
upon him. II was the eye Of Giles, and.
although he was heavily covered with
DISCUSSES, Turnbail i~ntuitively felt that
Il was Giles future destiny to barass
and seriously annoy him. Turnball
thought 30 hard that It hurt him.
Now. extradition processes take time.
and TuTaball was In Chicago. in the
hands Of his friends. Turnball knew
that Giles knew this. Accordingly.
when TurHbal mentioned that he was
going to New York next morning en-
route for London, Giles r%apturously
thanked his lucky stars. BIZ a strange
coincidence he was going to New York
en- route for London himself.
It may be stated, In connection with
this. that a sufpicious man has as
little faith in condolences rs he has
In lending money to his brother-in-
law. and from the fact that Turnball
appeared to suspect nothing. the dis
cerning reader win clearly deduce that
he was on
.
The sea was fun Of trouble and the
earth was swathed in woe. This dark
state Of affairs was faithfully reflected
on the face Of Ramsey Turnball. Turn
bah leaned over the side Of the good
snip Majestic. He peered through the
dense smoking fog that covered the
Nosth River. Occasionally he spat dis.
consolately into the unoifending water.
Things were not coming Turnbalrs
way. Giles was 50 attentive that Turn
ball learned to loathe the very sight Of
the man. He had never before felt
such truth In the saying that familiar
fly breeds contempt. Not that he let
Giles see this. No; that was MOTHS
game.
sdly being unIoaded into the steam
ships bunkefs. It vas two hours past
the scheduled time Of sailing. Aztec
ticnafe persons who had come to see
their dear friends safely away ard
had attuned themselves to q high pitch
OF emotional farewell at 10 O'Clock pre-
ciseiy. did not feel equal to the oil
tinued strain and had long since
speaked away. The only comfort that
the passengers found was that the
81. Paul would be delayed even longer
than themselves. They frightened up
cheerfully when they heard this.
The fog thickened. A deep. full
throated siren sounded dismally and
family from down the river. The of.
deer in charge Of the coaling operations
scowled bitterly.
'Thunderationr' he muttered. or
words to that effect.
whats the matter now?" inquired
Turnball, who was standing by his
side.
.sThat was the st. Paul." responded
the oficer, "and we won't get this con.
founded coal In for another ten min
utes. Good thing the passengers don't
know she got of first" he added.
Turnball cogitated. He cast a knowl.
edgeable eye over to Giles. who was
leaning against the smoking room door,
pretending not to be watching Turn
ball. A gentle smile stole over Turn,
balls face.
Why did Turnball smile? All. that
would be to anticipate.
.
The third act was now on. Turn
ball suddenly felt 1t encumbent upon
him to take the centre Of the stage
and do q few odd tricks.
He did. He shot across the deck ol
the steamship. He upset a stout OLE
gentleman on the gansway. He jumped
into a cab on the pier.
"St. PauTs berth! American line"
ne shouted h~oarsely. and was gone.
Now, Turnbal did his little specially
very well. but It must be confessed
That Giles faithfully duplicated the act