South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-08

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Stockmen's National stout, elder
ly man, looking like a farmer dress
ed for Sunday-heard Roy from his
private office at the rear and called
him.
Has Major Kingman come down
20 the bank YETI" he asked OF the
boy.
Yes, sir, he was just driving up
as I left" said Roy.
Il want you 70 take him a note.
Put 1t into his own hands as soon
as you get back"
Mr.. Buckley sat down and began
to write.
Roy returned and handed to Ma
jor Kingman the envelope contain
ing the note The major read it.
and slipped IT into his vest pocket.
He leaned back in his chair for a
few moments as If he were medi-
tatlng deeply, and then rose and
went into the vault. He came out
with the bulky, old fashioned leath-
err note case stamped on the back
I'm gilt letters, Bills Discounted"
In this were the notes due the bank
with their attached securities, and
( the major, In his rough Say dump
ed the lot upon his desk and began
TO sort them over.
BY this time Nettlewiok had fin
ished LIS count OF the cash. His
pencil nuttered like a swallow over
the sheet Of paper on which he had
set his ngures. He opened his black
wallet, which seemed 10 be also a
kind OF secret memorandum book,
made a few rapid figures in II.
wheeled and transfixed Dorsey with
the glare Of his spectacles. That
look seemed to say: You're safe
this time, but"
Cash all correct" snapped the
examiner. He made a dash for the
Individual bookkeeper, and, for a
few minutes there was a futtering
OF ledger leaves and o. sailing of
balance sheets through the air.
How often do you balance your
pass bOOks2" he demanded, sud
denly
"Er-once a MONTH" faltered the
individual bookkeeper, wondering
how many years they would give
him
All right" said the examiner,
turning and charging upon the gen
cral bCohkeeper, who had the state
ments OF his foreign banks and
their reconcilement memoranda
ready. Everything there was found
10 be all right Then the stub book
/ of the certificates Of deposit. Flutter
ip-zip-checks! All
. right. List OF oYer-drafts, please
Thanks. Hmm. Unsigned bills Of
. the bank. next All right
Then came the cashiers turn, and
= easy-going Mir. Edlinger rubbed his
nose and polished his glasses nerv-
ouslv under the quick fire Of ques-
tiCns concerning the circulation,
undivided profits. bank real estate.
and stock ownership.
Presently Nettlewick was aware
of a big man towering above him at
his elbOW-a man sixty years OF age,
rugged and hale. with a rough, griz-
zled beard a mass OF gray hair, and
a pair OF penetrating blue eyes that
/ confronted the formidable glasses
OF the examiner without a flicker.
"Er-MajOr kingman, our presi-
dent-er-Mr. Nettlewick, said the
. cashier
Two men Of very different types
shook hands. ore was a finished
product of the world Of straight
lines. conventional methods and
formal affairs. The other was some
thing freer. wider and nearer 10
nature Tom kingman had not been
z cut 10 any pattern He had been
mule-drIver, cowboy ranger, sol
der, sheriff. prospeCtor. and cattle
man. Now. when he was bank
president his old comrades from the
pralries. CT the saddle, tent. and
trail found no change in him. lie
had made his fortune when Texas
cattle were at the high tide or value,
and had organized the First Ma
/ ti0ual bank OF san Rosario. In
spite of rs largeness OF heart and
sometimes unWise generosity toward
his old friends. the bank had pros
pered, for Major Tom Kingman
knew men as well as he knew cat
tie. or late years the cattle bust
ness had known "a depression, and
the majors bank vas one or the
Few whose losses had not been
great
And now" said the examiner.
briskIy. pulling out his watch, the
last thing is the loans. We Will
take them up now, II you please. %
He had gone through the First
National at almost record brealIiug
s3eed-but thoroughly. as he did
everything The running order "a
the bank was smooth and clean. and
that had facilitated his work. There
was but one other bank in the
town. He received from the gov
eminent fee OF S2S for each bank
that he examined. He should be
able 20 20 over those loans and