A SMART BOY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 37

A SMART BOY

There is a good story told of a man who has become a most successful merchant. A few years ago he was employed as an . office boy and messenger for a large, firm. He was sent to collect an account from a. firm which was considered very ' shaky,' and was told to get the money at ' all ''hazards. The debtors ga.ve the lad a cheque for 250 dollars. He went- to the; ba-nk at once to cash it,_ and was told -by the cashier that there were not enough funds in to meet it. 1 How much short ? ' asked the lad.

' Seven dollars,' was the answer. _ k ■ l It lacked but a minute or two of the time for the bank to close. The boy felt in his pockets, took out seven dollars, and, pushing it 'through' the window, said: 'Put that to the credit of • Blank and Co.' ~ The ■cashier- did so, whereupon fctie'-Jjoy presented the cheque and got the money. Blank" arid Co. failed the next day, and their "chagrin can be better imagined than described ' when they. • found 1 , out the trick that bad" been played- upon them. -