The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-28

wanted to take Mamie Remington to
| the pie social of the Baptist Church,
and drew out a whole half dollar, to
| the vast admiration of the other boys.
But banking had its drawbacks. 1t
was rather annoying to take Lizzie
| Carter into Smiths drug store for
ice cream soda and then have to take
| the plain sort because a depositor hap
pened to be in there and wanted all
| but Is cents of the ready cash. Harry
| had learned from his father that the
| solvency of a bank is it's chief asset
and that it was better to pretend that
he did not care for ice cream than
to compel a depositor to take cents
| off his check.
These experiences were worth more
| to the boy than he realized. They
gave him training against the time he
| should be called upon to take a place
| in his fathers bank, and eventually
/ take his fathers place in the little
room in the rear of the clerks cage.
For five months he worked hard to
make the bank a success, and then
| came his Waterloo.
Lizzie Carter was the belle or the
place, and happy was the boy who OBJ
tanned her company to the various
| entertainments.
The ladies of the NJ e. Church gave
| a fair, and Harry and Jimmie Tice
both had requested the honor of Miss
| Carriers company. Harry had won
and James scowled viciously in cor
ner, while Harry. in blissful uncon-
| seriousness, treated Lizzie to ice cream
and cake three times, and in other
ways made inroads on the 81 bill his
| father had given him as spending
money.
Jimmie had tried vainly that after
noon to raise So from the Hamilton
Bank on sled. The sled at first hand
| had cost only $3.50, and the offer had
not appealed to Harry as SOUND
/ financial transaction.
This refusal created a financial
| stringency in Jimmie's vicinity, and
reused in him a vengeful spirit. lie
had never been a depositor in the bank.
| On the contrary, he had been a heaVy
| borrower.
Possibly he considered that this
gave him an interest IN us ailairs, az. ~
| any rate, he quietly circulated among
| the boys and intimated that Harry
| Hamilton was having a very nice time
| with their capital.
That settled the matter. The next
morning there was run on the bank,
| and its President hung on the outer
| door this eloquent sign: Gone up
| town to see pa. Back in half an hour. :"
While the mob clamored about the
| door, Harry was having an interview
with the President of the older institu-
| ton.
what collateral have your" asked
| the senior.
| Harry enumerated a list in which
roller skates, jack knives, ana an ar
rifle figured prominently.
81 think, Harry" said his father
| gravely, "we would better shut down
| the bank to reorganize. If this has
| taught you that real estate is the best
| collateral a bank can have, we will
refund to the depositors and trust to
getting what we can out of the secu-
| rites"
When Harry raced up to his own
| bank on the dead run, most of the de-
positors were willing to continue the
| deposits, but Harry tore down the oil
cloth sign, and the boys took their
revenge by letting Master James lice
know what they thought of him for
getting them into trouble.
And the worst of it was Master Tice
was not able to negotiate loan for
the purchase of much needed liniment
| after the conversation was over.