TYPES ON A RACECOURSE 



was a disquieting occurrence, but after a day or two the 

 matter simmered down, with only the suggestion that 

 one of the clerks had been guilty of carelessness. 

 About three months afterwards the same official of 

 the bank, whose position was worth perhaps £500 

 a year, called the chief of the department to his 

 desk, and showed him a large open account-book, in 

 which were three twenty-pound notes flattened out. 

 The assumption was, of course, that the mystery had 

 been cleared up, and there was general satisfaction — 

 until later in the day, when the story went round 

 the office, and another head of department, with the 

 investigating mind, pointed out that the dates of the 

 notes were, say, July, when their disappearance had 

 occurred in May. There was nothing else for it but 

 a resignation, but the chap in question, with his wife 

 and family, were given a real good start in another 

 land. Be it to his credit that he did not put down 

 the cause of the trouble to racing : others did, but 

 there was no truth in it. 



