Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-23
THE WRONG BANK FOR HIM.
Man With $3.50 Finds Himself in a
Mllionaire's Bank.


pieces for magazines and things, by
some strange and unprecedented
chance / had got hold of a matter of
$3.50 all at one and the same time 1t
looked big to me. BY an even more
curious chance there wasn't anything
that l really needed to do with the
money, so l decided that I'd bank It..
Now L knew in a general way that
in order to put money in bank you We
got to be known and give your pedigree
and look respectable and all that, and
l hated to approach a bank without
any sort of credentials. Therefore l
went to the business manager of a GER
tain ma gaZine which occasionally
prints pieces that l write and asked
him what I'd better do.
Simplest thing in the world said
he. I'll give You a note to our bank.
THAT sounded fine to me. He wrote
me the note and l started for the bank
a good deal tickled over how easy the
little depositirg proceedings had been
made.
1.-The bank to which I had the note is
in Wall street. l asked the uniformed
MARI who was standing around where
I'd find the receiving teller's window,
and he pointed that window out to lie.
1 got into line and watched the teller
take ir the money.
II must own that 1 was bit stalled
to note the great size of some OF the
deposits he was receiving. Why, fell
lows were giving the money to him by
the satcheiful. But / had my note il
my pocket and l remained complacent
enough with that consciousness.
when ! reached the receiving teller
l passed in my note, and the receiving
teller 2 decidedly civil young man,
opened it and read it. Then he looked
at me, after which he read the note
again, this title with a sort of puzzled
expression on his countenance l didn't
see why the receiving teller should he
puzzled over such simple matter But
puzzled he seemed. He rang a bell and
the uniformed man who'd directed me
to that window appeared.
Show this gentleman 10 the Office
of the cashier said the receiving tell
er TO the uniformed man, at the same
time regarding me with a pleasant
smile; and the uniformed man led me
down the passageway and took me be-
hind a railing, where there was hand
some gray haired gentleman sitting at
desk
The handsome gray haired gentle
man received me cordially and invited
me to be seated. l handed him my
note, which the receiving teller had
returned to me, and he leaned back in
his chair and read it carefully. Then
he, too, looked puzzled after he'd read
the note second time. Then lie looked
at me pleasantly over the tops of his
spcctacles
'Ahem.' said the handsome graz
halred gentleman, not diSaSreeably,
but in a nice. bankerlike way. Might
l-er- inquire. Mr. Penphst. without
seeming to be unduly inquisitive, as 10
hoW-el large a-er-balance you
would usually be carrying?"
Well, sir l said to the handsome
gray haired gentleman, 4 am opening
an account with a matter of some $3.50,
but | shall no doubt make some adj
dtions to that within the next few
months, and probably / shall carry a
balance of--well, say, $500 or $500 right
along
The kindly cashier with the gray
hair fairly beamed upon me.
just 50, just so, sad lie tWld-
ding his thumbs. We feel compli-
mented. Mr.. Penphist, we really do,
that you should have come to us. And
IL is MOUNTAINEERING unrortu-
nate that we are so utterly lacking in
facilities for taking care of accounts;
OF such character
! on see, Mr.. Penphist, our insti-
luton Is OF GA sort of special char
acter 1t is used as u depository by
wen, perhaps l should put it III a more
clear manner. l say it to you quite in
confidence. YOU understand, Mr.. Pen
phlst, but we have only 1,600 depositors
on our books. and these 1900 depositors'
aggregate balances amount all the
tlme TO matter of $4,000, 600.
Wei. that was about enough. T
saw the light then. I'd drifted into a
bank on the careless Gre
dentlals Of business manager who'd
written me that note no doubt in a
thoughtiess mood
The gray haired cashier acted bully
about il. He recommended a fine bank
70 lne-"one that combines perfect re-
sponslbllity with the necessary facili- |
ties Tor handling accounts like-er-
n