Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-06-22

Lane nor any other official or director
had found in the three years occasion
for the slightest adverse criticism Of
the new employee. In fact. he was
deemed to be a most valuable acquisi-
ton to the executive staff of the bank
and had evidenced unusual capacity as
a detect0r of counterfeit notes and Of
forged signatures on negotiable instru-
ments Yes, the assistant cashier was
store for him, and the Fourth National
of Springfield had but a month before
offered him the position of cashier,
with a thousand dollars a year in
crease over his present salary. Not
one official of the Fourth National could
give Il satisfactory reason for his re-
fusal Of the offer. Very remarkable
young man, very" was the comment
of the president Of the Fourth National
when notified Of the episode.
"Hurrah! Nobody in the Office" ex-
claimed Bobby to his sister Kitty, who
followed him into the room.
The children, prime favorites with
the assistant cashier, were accustomed
to do very much as they pleased with
him or with his Office at this late hour
in the day, when business with the
public had practically concluded. AL
most the only remaining thing for him
to do was to attend to certain routine
matters connected with the closing of
the banks business for the day.
Come on; let us play something"
challenged the sprightly Kitty, who,
in her short skirted white linen dress
and with her delicate features, much
like those of her sister Rose, appear
ed more like a Christmas doll thar a
future inheritor of a fortune and Of an
imposing, dictatorial social position.
AT Bobby's suggestion the children
decided to play at being a banker"
and after a lengthy, spirited dispute
Bobby unprecedented the role of Mr..
Randall, while Kitty was forced to be
content with the character of a "lady
borrower"
Bobby perched himself on the as
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stern an expression as his childish
features and mischievous rowing eyes
would permit.
"Now, l understand you wish a
loan," began Bobby.
81 don't, either" retorted Kitty, sit
ting herself on a chair in front of the
desk.
ooh, come on and play. When I say
4 understand you wish a loan,' you
say Yes"
"But you won't give me any money"
eff your security is good enough 1
will. Now" imperiously, Il under
stand you wish a loan"
"How much can 1 get"
"No. no. You say a lot at first;
that's business. Now, how much?"
Fifty thousand dollars"
"That's fine" He paused, judiciously
puckering his brows. ''That's consid,
cradle money"
Chats the most 1 could think off,
decisively.
Don't talk that way" instructed
Bobby. "Iou would be put out for
making breaks like that. Just don't
say anything when they find fault.
Now, that's considerable money, but
of course you have security" He
paused. swell, say Yes"
eyes"
swell, I thought so-what"
"What?'
"What have you got in the way of
ecurity" he asked.
ga farm"
"How large a farm?"
"Ten million acres"
"Well, that's good. Now, what
grows on this farm?"
She hesitated, then said: "Fruit-
peaches and apples"
"That's good. What else?" he pro.
nounced.
"Pears."
"Any bananas?" Kitty shook her
head. Every Sorry the lad went on,
"but we have all the fruit you have
in our OWL back yard. The only fruit
farm I could loan money on would be
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no loan. Good day"
"But you didn't tell me to say bana.
mas" insisted the girl.
"Tell you! A banker don't tell you
anything you ought to know"
After delivering himself Of this
piece of financial wisdom Bobby en-
deavored to continue, but Kitty in
sisted on being the man for awhile.
While the argument was in progress
the door leading from the vault
Enclosure opened and in came no less
an individual than Jimmy Valentine.
He had come from inspecting the new
vault, now practically completed, and
which he had pronounced as fine a
piece of burglar proof construction as
he had ever seen-and Jimmy Valen-
tine in his day, as some Of us know,
had rightly been considered a connois,
seur in this particular connection. To
settle the dispute the assistant cashier
took Kitty out with him to show her
the vault. in the building Of which
she had shown a childlike interest.