The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-01

home, and exonerated from all in
tent to appropriate the funds
1t created great excitement to find
that he had been suffering from a
loss of personality; but more than a
dozen journals professed to have heard
of cases resembling 1t, and conjec-
lures were rife regarding his acts dur
ing the interval between his loss of
memory and it's recovery. In one such
case, it was reported, man had mar
ried again, all unaware that his first
wife was living, or, indeed, that he
had ever been married before But
when he returned to himself he left
No. 2 to return to No l. There were
some unpleasant filings at the convent
ence of such lapses from honesty and
respectability or rather. at the plea
of unaccountability.
"A man who could court and marry
woman and support her afterwards
by his own labor did not differ so
much from ordinary bigamists. Even
though he preferred to have forgot
ten that another wife existed, such
forgetfulness was not without parallel.
Men often forgot the existence of their
wives for hours or days, at least, if
not for years." said one caustic jour
nal. Then, too, to alter a note so
| that it becomes ten times as valuable,
and to get the money on it and spend
it, Is nothing new in a bank cashier.
But to forget all about it, and i'm
press others with a sense of that for
getfulness, is certainly a new depar-
| ture, ingenious and convenient We
only hope the plan will not come to
be universally recognized and adopted:
for our banking institutions are suff1-
GENTLY insecure at the present time
without innovations of this sort"
This notice drove Mr.. Carter flu
| rious.
Don't they know, Vane, you paid
the money back, and wouldn't be cash
Ter again if you could, and never han
die the mill funds if you can help it?"
Probably not; but even if they did,
that journal is credited with it's full
| quota of forgetfulness 1t forgets
whatever it is convenient to remem-
Der. An article like that calls atten-
tion to newspaper where a just one
would not"
well, 1 must say you bear it well,
Vane."
81 really care very little about it.
| ConstanCe's manner toward me is of
far more account
"Oh, that will right itself In time, -
said Mr.. Carter. carelessly.
One of the widening circles caused
by the local disturbance extended to
was
cashier. The directors. awakening to
the fact that deposits were being with
drawn with alarming rapidity, called a
meeting, and unanimously decided that
| the interests of the bank called for the
resignation" of Simon Low. There
fore he resigned, but with the united
expressions of good will and respect
from the officers, who felt assured OF
his perfect honesty and reliability.
On the other hand, Tony Osborn, who
had himself withdrawn, was asked tC
! resume his place in the Grovedale
bank, which he did. much gratified by
the renewed confidence thus manifest
ed. If there had been any feeling OF
suspicion In regard to a completely be-
| tween the cashier, when supposed tC
! have abSconded. and Tony, it had dis
| appeared. Indeed, the bank officials saw
! plainly now that there was little friend
! ship between the two; for, though Mr.
Hamilton was affable when they
CHANGED to meet, Tony had little to say
to him, and never went near the house
However, he was as respectful as ever
| toward Mrs. Hamilton.
All this time her attitude toward Mr.
Hamilton did not swerve from its cold
ness and reserve. He was treated as &
| guest, every attention shown him re
| garding his comfort and convenience
| but the distance was maintained be
tween them always. She palpabl.
shrank from being alone with him. o
having any private conversation. AnC
he never seemed to resent her attitude
Instead, he grew to love her better anC
more tenderly every day, and if sh'
seemed for a time to relax her chilling
demeanor he was conscious of such {
| feeling of happiness as seldom falls t
! the lot of man. But for the most par
| he was very miserable, and considered
himself the most unhappy of mortals.
He was often conscious that Con
1 stance was submitting him to tests as
if she still doubted that he was indeed
! her husband, and one day he said to
| her:
Look at me. Constance: my hands
| my hight, features, gait; consider me
spect, taking into account the trifling
changes my mental disturbance pro-
duced, from the husband of a few
months ago? Tell me. Constance, and
tell me truly"
"Why do you question me?' she ask
| ed II have never said you were not
my husband"
NO. Constance. and in your heart
you know that 1 am. though you af-
feet to ignore my claims and to act as
IL you doubted me. even though you do
not say so to me-"
He had never spoken to her so plain