Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1914-11-13
iAUNI;SARAHS
MONEY
By M. QUAD
By M. QUAD
Copyright. 1914. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

ways referred to as Aunt Sarah. She
was called queer and odd and little
of in her head. and nothing particular
happened to her till brother died and
left her $1,000 in cash. Even before
the money came into her hands every
body was wondering what Aunt Sarah
would do with it. The lawyer who ar
ranged matters started in to tell her Of
a good Investment In real estate, but
she cut him short with
You tend to your business and
will to mine!"
Several weeks after receiving her
money the woman walked into the 10.
cal bank one day and said she'd like to
look around. There wasn't much to
see outside Of the brick vault with its
iron door. According to the president.
the best ten burglars In the country
couldn't get into that vault II left
alone all day.
1T looks risky" she replied, land
don't want to run no chances with my
thousand dollars"
The matter was gone over again and
again. and, though still unconvinced,
she finally decided to deposit her
money. Every morning she used to
walk down to the bank to inquire If
anything had happened during the
night. and after this had become mo
notonous the president finally said:
Look here. Aunt Sarah, you know
I've got money outside Of this bank
and that I'm man Of my word.
don't like to have you worrying about
your money. and promise to give you
five times the amount II the place Is
robbed"
I've allus heard of you as an honest
man." replied Aunt Sarah. "but II you
put that In writin' | shan't worry 80
much"
1t was put in writing and duly wit.
messed. and for few weeks the wo
man felt easier In her mind. One day
stranger came to town with a patent
churn. Aunt Sarah happened to be In
the house of neighbor when he call
ed. and half an hour later she went
down to the bank to say to the presi
dent:
You just keep your eyes open.
never seen a bank burglar In all my
life. but If that Teller with the churn
amt one then don't know black from
white!" ...
She had been told that bank burglars
generally began operations about mid
night. AT midnight that night she left
her house and took walk down to the
bank. She fully expected to find the
doors standing wide open and wag
on backed up to the curb and was
rather disappointed when she made no
discovery. After a look around she re,
turned home, but on her way she said
to herself: ,.-
II shan't give 1t up this way. know
that churn man is bank burglar, and
If he amt burglarizin' tonight it's be-
cause he amt ready. Ill come again
tomorrer night" I-.,
That was what she did. and although
disappointed again she was there on
the third night at the same hour. This
time she met with better luck. The
rear of the bank was on an alley, and
as Aunt Sarah quietly appeared she
discovered u man crouched under one
OF the windows. The iron bars which
had protected 1t had been filed and
wrenched off. and a barrel had been
rolled up to give somebody a lift into
the opening a... a- o.
All OF sudden. without planning II
at all. the woman sprang forward with
scream. or succession OF them
The man In the alley uttered shout
of ala'm and fed ut the top of his
speed. and as he went Gathering away
man who had been working inside
the bank appeared ut the window and
jumped for the barrel beneath. He
landed on 1t. but It went over and
gave him fling. and when he came
down on the cobblestOnes OF the alley
his hip was broken and he lay help
less. Aunt Sarahs screams brought
sleepy Waterman. and he soon had
half the town out of their beds. ,.
When the bank president reached
the scene after run OF Ave blocks
the first person to salute him was Aunt
Sarah. and she called out: ..--,.
Didn't tell yeu SO! I knowed this
bank would be robbed some day. I've
got your written agreement. and now
you'H hand me out them S5O00~
The bank president tried to crawl
out Of his agreement by claiming that
the bank hadn't actually been robbed
but Aunt Sarah had lawyer. brought
him to time. 9and he paid her 5000.
A public purse Of $1,000 was made up
fUr her, and when she had the snug
little fortune in her possession she de-
termined to be her own banker In flu
ture. With a watchdog. a bear trap.
a shotgun and kettle of hot water
always on the stove. Aunt Sarah man
aged to keep tramps and robbers on
the outside for. the next FIVE years,
and then one day she found death In
bed. She had died natural death.
and there was lively curiosity about
her money. The coroner and q couple
of constables hunted high and low for
a week without finding a dollar Then
Others Were brought into the search.
and when all were In despair the mon
ey was found. There was pan OF
-four sitting on a shelf in the pantry.
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