The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-10-12
A FRIEND IN NEED

representation was maze. out Trevor.
having been caught in the decline of
stocks. was now worth nothing New
ertheless. as he had no more funds. he
wrote note to his broker to that eff
feet and conserving to the sale of his
security.
He was sealing the note when a mes
senger entered with communication
from the cashier Of the bank where he
off the envelope. knowing that his &C
count was overdraw n and expecting a
notification to that effect. To his as
constituent the note read as follows:
We have to notify you that the sum Of
$4,000 has been placed to your credit in
this bank
Mr.. Trevor'S emotions may be better
imagined than described. Was it q
mistake Of the bank? Had the wrong
person been notified? He stepped to
the telephone and called up the cashier.
"Who placed $4,000 to my credit"
he asked.
Hold the wire"
In a few minutes came the reply
THE check was payable to Martin
Copeland. who made it payable tc
you"
You have made a mistake. l don't
know such a man. Who is he?"
There was another request to hold
the wire, and in five minutes the infOr-
nation came that the bank did not
know Mr.. Copeland and had no occa-
sion to know him since the check had
been certified by bank that was per-
fectly good. This meant that the bank
and not Mr.. Copeland was responsible
Thank you. Goodby."
Some one must have blundered. The
money could not possibly come from
any friend. for there was no one
among those devoted to Trevor who
could or would risk such an amount
for friendship. Nevertheless. since he
had honorably notified the bank of
the probable error. he had done all
that could be expected of him and.
with plenty of money to his credit.
did not propose to let fortune slip
through his fingers. He tore up the
wrote another. inclosing a check for
5000. He stayed in his Office till 5
o'clock. expecting to get a notice from
the broker that the bank had. after
all. refused payment, but no notice
came. nor did any ever come.
Later he was obliged to send another
check for margins for 5000. which
was also paid. When the market
turned Trevor plunged on the remain
ing $4,000 to his credit. and in the
end he not only regained what he had
lost. but trebsed it. He then sent a
check for $4,000 to his bank for Mar
tin Copeland. asking the cashier to let
him know what became Of it, He was
Informed that his check had been sent
to the bank on which the original
check to him had been drawn and had
not been returned. 1t was supposed
that Mr.. Copeland had received it.
The evening after Trevor had sent
the check to Mr. Copeland he called
at the house of his fiancee. Miss
Eleanor Buckley, to take her to the
opera. He found Mr.. Buckley and his
daughter standing over a number of
necklaces. bracelets and other orna
ments from which the gems had been
extracted and were missing There
was a scOwl on the fathers face. and
the daughter was evidently troubled.
Trevor was informed that Mr. Buck
ley. noticing that his daughter was
going out without her jewels. had
asked where they were. The result
was the production Of a good deal of
gold. but no jewels. For this she gave
no explanation.
At this juncture a servant entered
and handed Miss Buckley a package
She opened it and displayed the miss
ing gems.
"How's this?" exclaimed Mr. Buck
ley. Those are the identical jewels
on which I recently lent $4,000. The
request for loan came while stocks
were tumbling. and. though | don't
lend on Jewels, at that time they were
better than any securities Offering
The secret was out. Miss Buckley.
knowing that her lover was in finan-
cial difficulty, had sent her jewels to
her father through an acquaintance
whom neither knew and placed the
money borrowed on them to Trevor's
credit.
Mr.. Buckley frowned. He had heard
that Trevor was a loser in stocks and
feared that his fortune had disap-
peared.
my consent" he said. was gained
on condition of your being worth
certain amount
Thanks to the loveliest girl in the
world. | am worth three times that
amount. Had the check not been
forthcoming would have been
ruined
This was an argument the capital
list could understand and his frown
turned into a smile Going to his
daughter. he kissed her affectionately
and grasped Trevor by the hand
Miss Buckley went to the opera
without her jewels. but she was told
so often during the evening that she
was herself the most precious jewel