Show 1 TO PROVE HIS HONESTY HONEST r This Bank Teller idler Teler Stole as An Ait Object Lesson V V C Ti A Lane Lne In n New York Y rk Times ong the te people people crowding Into Int one oneo of the Broadway theatres the other o night was WU wa a tall tl man accompanied by a a beautiful girl dressed In th newest n wet summer fashion They Jad f f U h a pair that they attra f i more than passing attention in watching the t e were pre re two t young men one bear bearing ear earIng ing plo t Wal Walt street stamp the Ing f a a stranger In the city wb wh wh s seeing ing the sights sight ot that couple whispered the theW Wall ValI W 1 street treet tret youth to his friend hf r s a peculiar story stor in connection with t IW man The curtain will wil not go V Up f f t n minutes yet Come next net door V I ni have a u drink and Ill In tell teU It ItA At V A bar of ot an adjoining cafe the th oung was maa from Crt rem Wall V l street told the foil n t tle tale Ie IeTi ng Ti th h man I t called caled your attention to toIs tois Is well let us say Adams That Tha wil In I for story stor telling purposes The wi jonn woman with wih him Is his his wife wite They rh ere lre married a few weeks ago and nd lan av recently returned from a trip He is connected V with a aV bank bark down don town and holds a V Ibl At one time though V but I mi am m getting ahead of or my story stOl Th rh i bank directors of which h my J fa father father father ther i j one met metS met as usual to talk over busin bu jn matters maters about a year ago An cv tv even n town lozen of them sat around the tab ir ir President Wilsons office and anil for fw a i i hour hur h Ur or so s discussed several In I vestments listened to the reports reports of V the various officers or of the institution and x hanged laton v over r th tb the hanks prosperous It t tas was as ueary time for adjournment when the th president referring to a i letter leter which lie ftp Ip picked out oC t 1 the mass of ot on the table said saIdI I J have lawS here 1 a communication from Mr r Hams Adams the Drying teller teler In j It I h ha hg auks a kH fur an tn n e of ot salary giving as his biS reasons reaS the fact of ot his approach approaching ing log marriage and calling attention to his hf pars of ot faithful service serice O What salary doeg does he get gt asked aske ld one of ot the richest men in the board of or directors hundred dollars a at aea t ea replied the president Seems ems to me enough for a ayoung young man to marry mary on spoke up Blanchard another millionaire Why when I got gt married maried I r did dd not have half haf that tat salary salar Other directors added dissenting opinions and the president passing the letter leter over oer to the secretary told him hm to reply to Adams that his request for foran foran foran an increase of salary salar could not be granted Then the meeting adjourned About Abut a u week later the bank was ivas as suddenly placed in a precarious post position lion tion ton Th Thre rc had been a failure In the V street and the institution with wih which Adams was connected was under a strain To meet the expected crisis In cash and negotiable securities had been put aside aide as a a sort of reserve fund While tho the officials of or the bank were not exactly apprehensive sire sive 1 in panic times Ures It ia is hard ar to tell tel Just w what hat Is 15 going to happen A special meeting of or the directors had been bee called caled to tt discuss the situation The confer conCer conference conference ence enC was interrupted by the entrance of the th cashier He looked pale and flustered Apologizing to all al present he made his way to the presidents residents chair and whispered e ed a af afew few words O Impossible almost 1 shouted that official Every than man Jn bank has hag ha been here for yrs cTr such a thing There Ter must be some mistake f A thorough search se has been made replied d the cashier but no trace of ot the package can be found Addressing the th assembled directors director who had been watching the th scene the th president said Gentlemen u matter mater has ha occurred o urd Ap A 1 g containing V too COO 0 in cash and securities is missing from tho th safe Under ordinary circum circumstances I stances Itane such a loss as that tat would not affect the bank Just now it i is ft tr t r of or deep concern as the street is shaky and the news of the th loss might result In a run rn on the te bank bak With pur funds all tied to protect al ted up Invest Investments investments ments m can answer for tor the ther re result sult BUl The directors looked at one another In Sn despair Finally FInaly one mustered up tip energy to ask sk skIs thief Is there any any suspicion V as a to V VOnly the Only Mr Sir Adams and I 1 had access ac cess to the vaul vault replied the th cashier When WhEn hen was wa the package put In the safe 7 asked another director V l afternoon replied r d the cashier It I was there when pU T I went ent Home I am positive Was Mr Ir Adams In the bank when you left 11 7 V Yes i e Up lie said he had some accounts to elm cheuk k up R did dw you discover dis oyer the loss About Abut an hour ago I 1 saw saV the Package was missing and waited until Ir r Adams returned dats from his lunch to ask him about it f He said he knew nothing about u it i I had a a search made mad but out there is no trace of It It B Bitter send for Adams dams suggested who had been one o of the frt t 11 t leery decry the advance of salary to salar th tb t TiT The thought of ot that atIo ion recurred to all present appl The al la nr touched an electric button an a t lerk Ask Mr Hn t appeared Adams d ms to eom om mf in iii ll here said the president AW nd as the clerk disappeared V a thC he added the whatever may ma transpire ws of oC the defalcation If such it i proe prove to be must be b kept a i l secret lt for fr the he time at least least The f t the bank is at stake h ll lie had scarcely finished speaking sp trams dams ams entered He bowed po poy y h t 1 all al Present and waited to be t td j jM V M r Adams said the president t 11 tib Hy this Dank Bank haS been b J n f While there is no l r rl attached to you ou directly j Ino hv i 1 in the bank Is I more morE or o less leS t I 1 As you ou were the he last lat person pern f po n near the money we have taiJ J upon you ou to t see sec if Ir you ou can V y light on the th matter mater lOk t k 1 In n sir said Sald Adams V calmly I 1 IMas Tn Th V r was Mas a a gasp of astonishment m One oC of the directors ho s g short short and a d stout developed i V rs 1 s of oC apoplexy Blanchard Bianchard a V first 1 to find his voice rI l for a H policeman he gasped d V s a practical joke jolce Mr Ad at m V V s kd d the tWe president sternly sterly 1 11 perfectly serious replied Ada fo The money mone was as taken taen by me mee at I 1 t t 1 e of or business last lat night night It U CM hl 1 r ed d j in n a place known t Tn elf lf that and und I 1 flatter fater myself t n hp he hf detectives in the country ann mani rn li d it IL Now let lot me explain t I V i on n TL he said as the choleric that was vas about to demand again agin A a lueman heman pe e summoned that bat t rs sP spoke ke In a clear calm l voice oice aar s to carry car conviction The dJ H tn b bent nt forward to listen listena Abut AbUt a week ag began the tell tel trI Cr I beg te ma nill a request for tor an advance of Ion saLary I felt et Jt it I was wa due to me for my and jg rj rj faithful service serice In the bank V indo I investigated and that I l received r less salary than thap any aa cele sl tan y V th ban r teller tener Her among our m u lt It I ls Is i n not t my Intention to bore bor With th l personal ay that ennal matters mater Enough to I contemplated marrying marring a aD oung D Cn g woman of ot some soe social socia I i rn t ly ty salary was as not sufficient l p idi p rt r t bet ber In ln the e style to which she shea dr 1 J r accustomed a I asked for more mor and was Wa refused That means that I must tan abandon my matrimonial V e Do not Imagine that k J I became V reckless or desperate What I did was hat the result r of oi a carefully pIan I II purposed fo fc take about bout a half hair a mil lion lon from the bank secrete it and mi suf I It fer the LUll full penalty pena Il of or the he t law that is I would go to jaU Jail for foe jie e maximum length l of ten years year and at the expiration of ot that time take my atte treas trea ute ure and live In same some foreign country I have no relatives here Only a few friends would miss me and my dis grace grce would be forgotten in the lapse of 01 o years V No one word wor more more The Th bank k I Know is not in a position just juit now nou to 10 withstand wl Band the shock which will U as a i iBur Bur ly follow the hews of at a d alc tion ton 1 t am willing to compromise the matter maler If It I you will 1 draw up a a doc ment agreeing not to prosecute me I IV will 1 return to the bank half V hur of the the cash cash and securities I The balance balan e will wU enable me to live lve In comparative luxury in ln 1 the foreign country which I cOUntr have selected as my future abiding place There was wa silence as Adams finished speaking The e directors looked at at each other in amazement The and audacity of ot the teller t le were overpower ing the president spoke Your You proposition is 13 so BO startling V that that we would like time tm to consider I It IL Kindly withdraw until un tl we ve discuss S S It I In the meantime mea he added stiffly the watchman vath will wil keep you under sur surveillance s surveillance e V Q scornfully If I I had any intention r running running away I would tot not nt have hass stopped to o talk over the mat ter he said as he walked outer office followed by the watchman who had entered en in response se to a touch of an electric el button buton and was wondering wone ng ly Iy obeying the brief whispered whisp ted instructions tion of the president predent V For Pop nearly half hal an hour argument was heated In the private office Blanchard and the choleric director were We w ie in favor of ot no compromise and were for sending Adams Adam to jail jal and taking chances of ot recovering the money mone The panicky state of ot the street was offered as the only Inducement for accepting the terms jerins ers proposed by the teller teHer It I was finally and reluctantly deCided to accent acce t his proposition rS was w s sent set for tor The dent d made a n final tl effort tort to save the banks funds He lIe spoke of or the young yong nuns mans future f ture and aUd dwelt on the career which Was wits being blasted To all al of at which Adams replied firmly that his course had been be n decided upon and nd nothing could change him Well V l we accept your terms said the V president angrily Give us the cute ou and we will wf agree agee not to prose a There Th re Is 15 one more mora stipulation ton which I am atm lm compelled to make said Adams I 1 must be permitted to leave the ie bank ban unmolested d and V under no circumstance am m J I l to be b followed folo This brought brough forth another anoter discus discussion discussion sion but in i the t end Vead ed the teller teler gained ills his point v int and left the bank bank The di dl directors rectors spent an anxious half hour at atthe atthe the he end en l of which time Adams returned A paper ens signed by bal all the directors director pledging him immunity from prosecution tion ton was handed banded landed to him He read it i through carefully then extracted a hulky bulky package from his coat pocket at the same tire time t e folding the paper and placing I it carefully in his president seized seize the he package eagerly and opening it i began to 10 count up the contents In a he announced announce that the agreed sum aura was correct And now OW Mr Adams Adam he said frigidly presence dY V kindly ki relieve e us u of c your uA Adams ms V turned t as ns though t ough to o leave the room Then Ten with wih a asne forth another package und ancl nd placed it on the table t f V VV Gentlemen Iam am no thief he be h said V V There Is Is tIe the t e other oter I merely 1 wanted to give give you an ha n object lesson les n to demonstrate de that hat hat the salary I r re receive r is not so S o much muc for duties dutes per formed as for fr the th trust reposed In lii me As A tel teller r ot of this bank I have had nu na m opportunities to take tae sums far greater than tha that which I J temporarily sum you of That That I did not do so s is evidence enough of my honesty And now flOW I l haVe hac ate the honor to tp bid you ou good Ad day dy and Adams bowed himself out out The directors continued In session for another aJ ther hour h ur Customers entering the bank nowadays s see in gilt git letters on the door deor of oia a private room leters Wil liars liam T Adams Ad ms vice Ice president rom Vf |