Wanted to Join.

Manawatu Herald, 28 April 1904, Page 4

Wanted to Join.

|S|:;A ! llfetVj dried Tip nrm whose nationality plainly on bis face walked • Into the ll 1 .1 N.i ional bank tbo other clay, gazed full I\cl/ ibout, hesitation in his cvJw'.ery movement. Then Iks as quickly and rin- ■ 'ip-'.ostfii'.tal ionsijy left Use greatroom, ills hand •ykihovod deep into his trousers pocket. :e i In a imv lain til es lie reappeared, dotevuu- :■. Ipalioa wriiten in every deep Hue ol his ro'i'.'Hi' fa'-e. i liough his manner did net '■lack hesiialtoti. Me stared about: him un- ; ; til ho espied a line o£ patrons making doposits at the receiving teller’s window, and .at tho foot of tho lino he took his place. As one after another of the customers made his deposit and departed tho little old follow drew nearer and nearer to tho window, and at each advance his uneasiness increased and his courage departed. When almost to tho goal, ho turned abruptly, wagged ids head in a deprecatory sort of way, and again took a place at tho tail end of tho lino ho had climbed so patiently. A second time ho approached the window by slow degrees and a second time ho turned away when his hopes were about to bo realized. The third lime he toiled up that over varying line and it was apparent < that this time ho would do or die. Only two men stood between him and the teller, and ho shifted restlessly from ono foot to another. Only one man now kept him from the counter and Ids agitation increased. That one man turned away. Tho little old man’s time had come at Jast! Ho Jerked his hand from his pocket and y, iik it a huge roll of greasy and oft lingered bills. Ho dashed tho money down In front ef tho puzzled toller and in a voice husky with emotion, excitement and suppressed nervousness exclaimpd lend enough to bo heard 100 feet away: . “Oi want t’ jino tho bank I" Ho wanted to open an account and no ono interposed an objection.—Chicago Tribune.