Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-12-08

small. Furiously they worked calling,
calling calling. All the while the
funds available kent growing smaller
and smaller. First one window and
then another had TO close. The people
became frantic when they observed
the windows closing. They saw Visions
OF losing their life savings.
Mrs. Dickson rushed TO the bank,
and said TO her husband: Toni
Toni Oh, Tom. darling. came TO
explain about last night Cyril Cluett
doesn't mean q thing TO me. Tom. ]
went out with him last night simply
because-wcll I'd begun to think that
didn't have any part In your life
| that I was an outsider" He sat with
his face buried in his hands. She con-
tinued TO plead and explain. tom
Tom, all we did was to 90 TO the
theatre, and then we went black to iilg
! apartment afterward for drink.
That's all 1t was. didn't do anything
wrong. love you too much; you
know that Oh, Toni" While she
1 was trying to reason with her mus
band, Mats and Helcn's phone calls
commenced to bear fruit. First, one
man entered the bank and loudly de-
ciared he wanted to make deposit.
He waved his bank book. ANY bank
+, that Tom Dickson has anything to do
with Ia all right. I'm putting my
money In here. Why should you be
afraid? Tom Dickson's oil right He's
perfectly square, I'm putting my
money In this bank, know what I'm
doing. Open up. want to put some
| money III here. I don't want to take
|! any out
/ He was followed by another, who
shouted: II got money, ! want TO
put in into the bank" The crowd
broke away, amazed at the courage Of
the man. Before the depositors could
recover from their establishment an
; Italian yelled, II want to make de-
post. $4,000. He's the besta man ir
the world. believe in him."
) And 50 1t went, small merchant
! after small merchant, risking their
all to save the bank. Sampson burs
/ lin on Dickson, who was already com.
; mencsng to believe his pleading wife
"Mr. Dickson, come here o minutcI'
Sampson fairly dragged Dickson Il
, the door. They looked down on thu
, mob from a balcony. Look at this
. Something wonderful has happened
! People are bringing deposits"
Loud above the murmurring, surg
. ing crowd could be heard, "Tom Dick
sons friend of mine. I'll put none.
In his bank, any time" "Anybod.
who takes money out Of thj5 bank 4
crazyi" / haven't got much, but her,
D 1t Isl Dickson's face frightened. HI
rushed in and dragged the director
to the balcony. Here, you pawn
brokers, come out here and look a
this"
Clark had q paper In his hand
We've been waiting to-"
: "You know what you can do witt
thatl" the excited Dickson exclaimed
Come on, take look at this. You'll
see demonstration Of faith that
worth more than all your collatera
9 in the world. Come on, boys, com
on Clark, it'll do your heart good
4 Look at thatl They're shown thei
I hard-earned money across the counte
q with 10 to chance against then
t II you fellows want to stay with thi
: bank, get some real money over her
e right away"
Q "That's enough for me- O'Brien de
Q clared. Dickson, I'm ashamed of my
t self. I'll have hundred thousan
q dollars over here in five minutes
Nov you're talking. Ames?"
= "I'm sold," he replied.
One after another, the director
!, agreed and within half an hour ar
more dtrucks stood outside the ban
carrying bags of money into 1t. Tn
:. run was stopped and the very peopl
who were clamoring for their fund
7. began to say, That's the trouble wit
people nowadays. They hear Graz
rumor and right away they lose thel
heads. Not me. You didn't see m
draw my money, did you?" And tn
only reason they didn't was becaus
they couldn't get to the window befor
the tide broke.
Dickson and his wife adjusted the
difficulty, and as a reward Dickso
gave Matt and Helen a vacation tril
which was really honeymoon.
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