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ing frequency. They we're all made
out in Perfect form. and there was no
doubt about her signature, so there
was onthing for us to do but pay them.
She had run her account down pretty
low, when one day she came in her.
self with check to be cashed. 1t was
large check, and ! thought that it
wouldn't do any harm to say a few
words about how near she was to
overdrawing her account. I did SO as
carefully as l could, and she turned
her face toward RE full of amazement.
What? she saIu I about to over
draw my account? Why, this is the
very first check have drawn. There
must be a mistake somewhere. You
must have mistaken me for someone
else"
''!t was my turn to be astonished,
for If we really had made a mistake,
as she said, 1t would be a pretty big
mistake. So asked her II she would
mind waiting a few minutes until l
could get the checks that we had cash.
ed. She waited. and hurried through
the book and found the checks in a
very short while; for I was beginning
to feel rather pale. tell you.
Why, where did you find these"
she asked, innocently, as I laid them
out before her.
do you recognize them" I asked,
feeling rather relieved.
why. yes, indeed said the fair
one, not at all abashed. These are
the checks l wrote out just for prac-
tice. and l thought they had all been
burned up
What would you do in a case like
that? When l explained to her that
we had cashed the checks, as they had
been made out in regular order, and
that she would have to stand for it,
she was perfectly furious and insisted
that as she had only made out the
checks for fun that the bank ought
not to take her money.
"Of course. We couldn't do anything
like that, and so she departed in a
rage. saying that she was going to tel
egraph her father and he would sure
ly do something awful.
Her father did try to make trouble
for us. too. but we managed to explain
it more to his satisfaction and we f.
nally discovered how the whole affair
came about. 1t seems that the young
lady had maid who, when she was
given the checks to throw out. had
recognized their value and had at once
made use of them; then, seeing that
she was in danger of getting into trou-
BILE over it, had quietly disappeared
leaving no trace.
THE girl had been identified a short
while before by the cashier, so that
was all right. and / glanced over the
bunch Of checks which she handed me.
They were mode out right, but every
one was made out to helf. Wonder
ing why she had taken the trouble to
make out SO many when one would
have answered the purpose just as
we'll, I made bold to ask her. Make
out one check?' Why, the idea had
never entered her head. She had
made out a list Of the various things
she intended to buy while she was out
shopping and SO what was more natu-
raj than that she should write q check
for the estimated cost of each article.
Il tried to explain to her how easy
the other way would have been. but
seem to get her to catch my
idea. Finally she got angry with me,
and left the window in high dudgeon,
crying, Now you've mixed me all up.
and I think you are perfectly horrid.'
Il was running into hard luck that
day, for right behind her was lady
whom had never seen before. Yes,
have very good memory and
rarely mistake face once it has been
presented at the window for identifi.
cation. But this one was a perfect
stranger to me, and when she present
ed check on an out-of-town bank
knew that should have to refuse her.
She seemed to be highly insulted at
ny refusal to take her word for who
the was. / replied that personally
world be only too glad to take her !
word. but that the bank as an institu- |
ion could not very well afford to do |
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why, I have all sorts Of letters
md cards with me to show that am |
Mrs., and then she brought out |
Ter purse, and took out some cards
md handed me one. took 1t and |
danced at the ZANE. It was not the
lame on the cheek. however. and I
mentioned the tact to her.
"'Why.' she bagAn n confusion, as
{ she had just thought of something,
why.I have just been married again;
had forgotten that the check was in
ny former name, but you see that
heck is alimony. from my former hus-
and, and he always uses the other