The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-07-10
AUNT SAiN
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Ey M. QUAD
Ely M. QUAD


was called queer and Udd ana httt' !
off in her head, and nOthing particular
happened to her till brother dl"d and
left her $1,000 in cash. Even before
the money came into her hands e1er.E
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 To-
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 if 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 a man of my word.
don't like to have you worrying about |
your money. and promise to give you
five times the amount If the place is
robbed"
i've allus heard of you as an honest
man." replied Aunt Sarah, "but If you
put that in writin' ! shan't worry so
much"
1t was put in writing and duly wit.
messed, and for few weeks the wo.
man felt easier in her mind. One day
a stranger came to town with 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 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 look around she re
turned home. but on her way she said
to herself
81 shant give it up this way. know
that churn man Is bank burglar, and
If he amt burglarizin' tonight it's be-
cause he amt ready. I'll come again
tomorrer night"
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 man crouched under one
Of the windows. The iron bars which
had protected it had been filed and
wrenched off, and a barrel had been
rolled up to give somebody a lift into
the opening.
All of sudden. without planning 1t
at all. the woman sprang forward with
scream. or succession Of them.
The man in the alley uttered a shout
of alarm and fed at the top of his
: speed, and as he went Gathering away
q man who had been working inside
e the bank appeared at the window and
: jumped for the barrel beneath. He
t landed on it. but it went over and
: gave him a 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 q
t sleepy Waterman, and he soon had
= half the town out of their beds.
t When the bank president reached
i the scene after a run Of five blocks
= the first person to salute him was Aunt
!. Sarah and she called out:
t. Didn't | tell you so! | knOwed this
# bank would be robbed some day. I've
It got your written agreement, and now
|. you'll hand me out them S5,OOO!'
Y The bank president tried to craw
5 out of his agreement by claiming tina
5. the bank hadn't actually been robbed
Y but Aunt Sarah had lawyer, brough
$. him to time. and he paid her $4,000
l. 4 public purse of $1,000 was made VI
d for her, and when she had the snui
little fortune in her possession she de
h termined to be her own banker in fu
n ture. With watchdog, a bear trar
h a shotgun and a kettle of hot waite
$ always on the stove, Aunt Sarah mar
" aged to keep tramps and robbers o
'd the outside for the next five years
lie and then one day she found death /
bed She had died Il natural dealt
and there was lively curiosity abor
her money. The coroner and Il coup
n' Of rou~tahlrS hunted high and low f'
~ n week. without finding dollar. The
others wnr wHght into the scare
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