Show HONEST ITALIAN PEDDLER found a letter containing in negotiable securities new york nov 2 when a swarthy ew arthy solemn eyed italian stepped into the I 1 banking house of farson leach company 35 nassau street threw a package or the counter with a thata tor you aad then started out there was a chorus of clerks calling him to come back an hour before a messenger from another financial institution started out to deliver packages of more or lees value he knew he had one addressed simply farson leach co without the firms street or number and he was not aware that the envelope contained securities aggregating when he stepped into farson leach cos place the package in question was missing to make known his loss and stop payment on the government bonds in washington and at the here was the work of a few moments still the securities were negotiable goti able at any bank in the universe the envelope which the italian had so carelessly tossed over to the bank clerks contained the missing tl c he was called back and taken in leacha private office his story wa very simple he was a chestnut peddler and stood in cedar street he picked up the envelope from under the act ot the crowd that thronged thron ged past his stand he saw the name on it but as he could not read english he stopped a pedestrian and asked him what the writing was the man told him and ao gave him the location of the office he delivered the package it was only a little way from where bis stand was he did not want any reward the only thing that was puzzling mr leach was what to do tor the finder but substantial recognition of his act will be demanded |