The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-19

The Englishman made gesture OF
establishment.
Il know very well who you are"
went on Cassajon; tits useless for
you to deny it. You are the cashier
OF my esteemed London correspond
emit, Mahenscn & Co. They advised
me of your expected arrival here;
recognized you from their description,
and followed you-you know the rest"
The cashier made a motion as if he
would rise, but the banker turned his
pistol toward him, saying firmly:
IF you dare to take one step, will
kill you"
II am ruined" murmured the Eng
lishman, sinking back in his chair
The banker was beginning to enjoy
his triumphant catch"
"All resistance is useless; the least
attempt at escape, and will call and
have you arrested"
81 am lost, | am lost" stammered
the man; my POOR wife, my poor chill
dren'
You should have thought of them
before. How could you, husband and
father, have so forgotten your duties,"
said Cassajon, severely.
Il lost money betting on the races.
| put all my money on the File du
Nord," and she was beaten. I had to
get money somewhere, and So"
And SO you stole your employers"
what was doing" moaned the thief.
"A cashier should never gamble"
said Cassajon, sententiously.
II am a scoundrel. know. would
like to kill myself Give me the pistol
and I'll do 1t this instant"
mo. not here; your employers have
given me certain instructions as to
what course of action IL to be taken
toward you"
II submit myself to their decision"
"Out of regard for your children and
your past services. they wish no scan.
dal; they wish the matter hushed up"
Thanks for my poor wife, sighed
the thief.
They only wish the notes returned,
and instead of delivering you up to
justice and hard labor, they intend to
look after your welfare"
THAT will be too much Kindness"
said the cashier, much affected.
with generosity, which l hope you
appreciate, Mahenson & Co. have
charged me to give you $4,000 francs,
If you will go to some distant land and
live an honest man."
II will be honest in the future, I
swear it," said the cashier, burying
his face in his hands.
81 trust So" said the banker, count
ing out so bills of thousand francs
each to the faithless cashier, who i'm
mediately pocketed them and left the
room with his head still buried in his
hands, his whole frame convulsed with
emotion
manner in which he had conducted his
| mission, sat down and wrote his bust
ness friends:
"Messiel-s Mahenson & Co.:
Dear Sirs:-I have paid strict at
tention in every particular to your in
structions contained in yours of the
18th inst, and ! was so happy as to
gain the confidence of your abscond-
ing cashier the day of his arrival
and he has just left the notes which
he had stolen from you in my posses
sion. | will return them Immediately,
mil ha fron x.ybic t<,1d
me to give him. Your generosity seems
to have made great impression on
him, and he thanks you in the name
of his wife and children, and has
promised to become an honest man
again. Permit me- though to say. my
osity is most worthy of imitation, still
it seems to me a bad example to set.
that of rewarding cashiers who steal
ones money"
BY return mail the banker received
this:
Dear Monsieur Cassajon: - You
have been the victim of malicious
and audacious thief. Our cashier has
not stolen a cent from u.s. he is always
at his post, and has never betrayed
our confidence. The notes you re-
turned to us are forged AS to the 50,-
900 francs you gave so cheerfully and
trustingly to this swindler-'Permit
me to say. my dear friend, that though
your generosity is most worthy of imi-
tation, still il seems to me bad ex7
nmple to set, that of giving money to
the first rascal that comes along and
asks for it. 7 am afraid you1l have
to stand the loss"
Cassajon has retired from business.
Billiard Playing for Women.
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