The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-04-01

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- go Waa now. inevinhle. drew !
cneck next morning tor our fnll balance.
1nea ! vent awax. leayine the check
ne ne ooseQuies In. the hands a the
niue woman. II the amount v,e NJ
quite enough she was to make It mn
out Of her weekly purse. II It WA too
mech she vas to keep the change.
6y some Quirk Of fortune It Wa too
mucn-- 1t was several dollars too mucb
Ine little woman was elated until the
of,ver resarded the check rather doubt
ioily and decided that he couldn't Give
money for it He would give the goods
Freely enough. The amount or them vas
fuliy ten times as much as the change
coming. but they were only soods
Money was different matter. He had
PROBABLY heard Of bogus checks. This
might be one Of them. He couldn't ex-
change good money. however little. for
= bogus check. Perhaps he was . new
driver. hope 30, for his sake.
The little woman's argument was Of
no avail. He was good-natured. but he
was hrm- He was also ingenious. He
suggested that another check for the
correct amount would set everything
straight II the missus only had another
check now, she could write It to 1t the
figures Of the bill.
The little woman hesitated. She had
never been allowed to perform this espe-
cfal and sacred rite. though she had
signed almost every other kind OF paper,
from receipt for load Of coal to a first
mortgage. with coupons. A check
seemed Of less Importance than these.
Besides, new check would leave bal
ance Is . starting-point Of . new &C
count We were As one. Why not?
She told me about 1t when got home.
It seems she had certain misgivings by
that Unexpectedly the promptings Of
subconscious memory Of banking mat
tiers and cashiers arbitrary require
ments In the matter Of characteristic
signatures. 1t was too late to do any
thing that night The bank was closed
long ago. and did not think 1t wise t.
spend the night In looking up the presi-
dent or even the cashier, to explain.
Besides. such explanations rs I could
invent quickly did not suit me. WANTED
to sleep on the mstter and take It ur
fresh In the morning. Then, maybe,
could make up something that would
keep the little woman In the back.
ground.
don't think she slept great deal
She had some idea that an ofIicer woult
be whiting downstairs m the morning
and that she would never look on oul
precious ones or her silk waist again
consoled her with the suggestion that
while ignorance OF the law was regard
Cd q no excuse. there were certain ex
tenuating circumstances - that
thought the precious ones would hard
" be grown. and that the silk vais
might be IN fashion again by the tim,
she returned to gladden. our hearts ono
more. Still. there was IN uncertaint.
about the outcome that made the brigh
morning, the new waist, and our gen
eral assortment Of furnishing goods q
ashes to the little woman. She was sor
r. now. She wished abe had let me bu,
the chair. We had IN early breakfast.
The banker regarded me rather doubt
fully when had finished my statement
He had known me on both sides q tn
ledger for some time. but this was nev
phase
'sYou ray your-eh. housekeeper mad
. check, without = full knowledge Of tn
seriousness attaching to the signing Q
names in that promiscuous way?
.Eyes, that's about Il"
was covering the little woman
Identity and ! lack Of knowledge. NO
Altogether unnatural to the sex. bu
:, which | felt that he, - banker. nigh
regard with seorn.
"Of course" be proceeded. - on
| not directly related to ron the mai
Ter appears somewhat moro serious
Had It been really one Of your famil
noW-your sister. for instance.
yourt-
'tOh. but its just the same. you know.
II mt In. II mean. u course. that she
Il that shes really one OF the family -tAa
| Il. q course. it's All right. mean"
i had not explained my plan to Il