The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-03-25
AUNT SARAHS
MONEY
By M. QUAD
Copyright 1914. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By M. QUAD

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was called queer and odd and little
off 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
Il good Investment in real estate, but
She cut him short with:
You tend 10 your business and
will to miner,
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 man Of my word.
i don't like to have you worrying about
| your money, and l promise to give you
| FIVE times the amount if the place is
robbed"
I've alus heard of you as an honest
man." replied Aunt Sarah, s'but if you
put that in writin | shan't worry so
much"
1t was put in writing and duly wit
messed. and for a 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 bank burglar in all my
life. but if that Teller with the churn
amt one then l don't know black from
winter
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 a 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:
II shan't give it up this way. l know
that churn man is bank burglar, and
If he amt burglarizin' tonight it's be-
cause he amt ready. III 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
wreDched 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
a scream, or succession of them.
The man in the alley uttered shout
of alarm and fed att the top of his
speed, and as he went Gathering away
a man who had been working inside |
the bank appeared at the window and |
jumped for the barrel beneath He |
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 Sarah's screams brought a
sleepy Waterman, and he soon had |
half the town out of their beds.
When the bank president reached |
the scene after run of FIVE blocks
Sarah, and she called out:
Didn't / tell you so! | knowed this
bank would be robbed some day. I've
got your written agreement and now
you'll hand me out them SCOOP
The bank president tried to crawl
,ut of his agreement by claiming that
he bank hadn't actually been robbed,
)ut Aunt Sarah had lawyer, brought
him to time. and he paid her $1,000.
A public purse of $1,000 was made up
'or her. and when she had the snug
little fortune in her possession she de-
to be her own banker in fu-
ure. With watchdog, bear trap.
| shotgun and kettle of hot water
always on the stove, Aunt Sarah man.
lged to keep tramps and robbers on
he outside for the next five years.
Ind then one day she found death in
bed. She had died a natural death.
md there was lively curiosity about
Ter money The coroner and a couple
# constables hunted high and low for
week without finding dollar. Then
'thers were brought into the search,
nd when all were in despair the mOn-
" was found. There was a pan OF
lour sitting on a shelf in the pantry