A BIG CHECK.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3094, 28 May 1881, Page 4

A BIG CHECK.

The paying-tellor of a Griswold street bank was busy with his greenbacks tho other day, when an individual handod up a paper reading: ' Pay this personage tho sum of 1000 dols, and charge to the account of Smith.' The cashier shook his head and sighed, and told the personage to go away and sober up. Personage wouldn't do it. Ho argued and reasoned and raised a row, and he didn't, stop until he had been undor lock and key for an hour. 'Henry Cross, you may explain tho matter if you can,' remarked His Honour. ' What matter ?' ' Why being drunk and raising a row in a bank.' ' Never was drunk in my life.' 'What! never?' ' Never was in a bank in my life, either. Never had a dollar to put in the bank, and no bff.nk ever bad a dollar for me. Must be some mistake here.' ' Why, sir, you were intoxicated sure enough, and your conduct raised the rate of interest in no time at all. Where do you live ?' ' Oh, out here a ways.' ' What were you doing in *he city ?' ' Oh, kinder looking around.' ' Have you any money ?' ' I don't n ed any.' ' Well, you can't travel any further on your check just now. I'm going to send you up for thirty days.' ' You can't do it !' But he did. Bijah said he was the toughest old man he ever got hold of, and it took a strain of 570 pounds to the square inch to get him back into lub cell, but he was put there.