The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
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HUMAN NATURE IN A :
BANK.


ing tef8er looked at her questieningiy
Nothing more was said. The proper pa
writing his name with q certain unile-
cessary flosirish, TIE woman heEoing low
over the paper and apparently TeFking
hard on each character.
Sorry we are going to lose your &C
count said the paying teller. p0iitely.
81 guess il wont cut Gown youE balance
+ much. said the man. with pitiIul al
tempt at a jest. The woman looked Gowh
at the floor. The paving teller felt III
, he embarrassed. He counted OFT the pal
anCe que On the account. q matter Of
$3.50. Tie man took # ND vitnout
/ word and walked over TO the depesbors'
! counter az the side Of the main DauKiiig
room. He laid the roll Of bills down on
the counter and turned 70 TAX 70 the
At the start they stood some distance
| apart. The man apparently started 70
/ count the bills out into two piles. Re laid
/ down two tWentles On ene pile aud two on
! another. The second be pushed over %
( the woman. Then he went on with MS
! counting and his dividing. Just then an
other customer called away the attention
Of the paying teller.
I It was fifteen minutes later when he
1 thought Of looking over again at the
I counter, TIE man and the woman were
, still standing there. They We're closer to-
! gether row. The two big piles lay ua-
/ touched before them on the counter, and
neither OF them seemed TO he paving any
/ attention to the money. 1t struck the
/ paying teller that they were extremely
/ careless. lie almost feared that some
/ casual thief might come into the bank
/ ing room and snatch the bills away from
! them. lie started 70 call the bank DO
liceman. with the idea OF sending him
! over to warn them Then he saw some
! thing that cansed hin TO stop.
| The man had been looking down hard
[ at the counter. There was a stack Of de-
post slips lying before him. and on the
with a pencil which he held in his hand.
Suddenly the woman, who was standing
/ close beside him, reached up AID laid her
1 hand en- the mans shoulder. The man
looked up and the paying teller could see
something that rlistened In the man 5
4 eyes, Then the paying teller looked away
he was a wise man. and be decided on
the instant not TO interrupt the progress
Of events.
Presently the man reached over and
picked up both the piles Of bills He
| was smiling through her tears. he
! walked straight to the window OF the
receiving teller. With a deheacy which
did him credit the paving teller stared
not help hearing what the man said.
My wife ana 7 just drew out our joint
| account" the man said, lust a minute
| Here's the money
/ The cashier sat at his desk, wondering
| what he had better do about that Jones
note. He felt sure that Jones was on the
| square, but
Excuse me Is this the eashier2"
It was pretty woman Of g who
| spoke She was wen dressed and there
was that about her which caused the
! cashier to look q second time.
Yes, madam.
an account here. He'll be in pretty soon
10 draw some money. / don't want yo0
! to let him have it.
The cashier looked a third time at his
caller. This time he stared hard and the
/ little woman on the other side OF the rail-
ing looked down at the tessetiated tloor-
But it is his account, madam. II he
/ wants to draw some money 1 can't stop
[ him.
MY husband IS the best man in the
world" the woman said. "for $50 days
In the year he is good ana KIND 10 me
be is always good and kind-but then
once in a long while he gets-that is-ne
isn't-Oh, you know.
Eyes, I guess know" said the cashier
"And I don twant you 10 let him have
any money. I know il is his money. But
IL ne doesn't get the money-if he just
stops to think a minute. he VIII ~
en- see what I can do, madam salo
:sFhank YOU. sir, said the woman. SIM
ply. and went away.
= The cashier walked over TO the cage of
she paving teller and picked up his sheet
on which was written the list Of depos-
{tors After the name of Mr.. Jenkins,
the husband Of the woman who mad
called on him, he wrote;
stop payment on this account until
nv q. X. is secured" Then he signed his
name and called the paying teiler at
tentiOn TO the notation
An hour later Mr., Jenkins came in and
| presented for payment check Tor s5oV,
Jenkins was an old depOsitor and earned
( q COED account.
ing teller. ebut youth have to get the
cashiers o. K. before / can pay this
check"
| whisky on Mr. Jenkins breath.
Jenkins grew angry ard insulted IN a
rs my account overdrawa?' he de-
mo. sir. Your balance is $3.50"
Then what do you mean BY refusing
to honor my check
| that. I am acting under orders"
Jenkins storrned over 10 the cashier 5
desk lie was red in the face and furi-
| | Gus
what do you mean by stopping pay
/ ment on my acc0unt2' he growled.
Tne cashier looked up from bis dess
; and looked the angry depositor straight
in the eyes He looked hard and IN &
moment Jenkins dropped his eyes.
You know what mean" said the
cashier. SLOWLY.
'eWhe told you anything about it?' SAID
Jenkins, presently
The cashier waited a minute. agar
looking jenkins straight in the eyes.
''You knew who ted me, said the
r cashier below hts breath.
Jenkins turned without word and
/ walked straight out Of the bank. Mex
morning ne came back His wife was
with him The couple walked up TO th'
cashiers desk.
II want to pat my bank account in m.
wife's name, said Jenkins. In a pUrel.
b formal and business like way the transfe
was made. No explanations were mad
{ and no questions were asked on eithe
! side. But q S AIR. and Mrs Jenkins Wake
cashier.
I'm used to being called q hard heartc,
/ and cynical old slia1iint and an sorts @
: napes,''- said the cashier, but when
woman locks at me ike she old thi
morning / forget them all 1t makes m
? feel like was really doing some good il
the world"
The telephone bell rang on the desk O
I the assistant cashier.
This is John Brown NV son Tom Ia
] a savings account at your bank. he Ia
! rCn away from home. I expect he WI
be down 20 draw his money this morning
1 don't want you to let him have Il.
2 I'VE can't accept instructions of tina
: | kind ever the telephone. said the assist
ant cashier, You'll have to come owe
= / TO the bank.
Tom isn't bad hoy" said the fathe
/ presently, when be had reached the des
4 / Of the assistant cashier. but he is way
4 ward Last night l seeded him Tor stay
ing out late at night and he left On
n house. saying he #oald never come oaes
He is - years old. don't want II
= money. brt do want him TO come bac
home TO US. I left bis mother at hom
= crying. she has teiephOned me twie
!, since came down town.
: I'm see what I can do said the banF
er. Presently the boy came in. The pas
ing, teller In the savings department n
a feTred him to the assistant cashier
s THE old man treats ne mean. sal
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