PARALYSED.
Many are the absurd transactions that take place in banks, some of them showing an over cautiousness in the eara of money and others like the following showing an amusing ignorance of its value. A poor and illiterate working man was left a fortune of two thousand pounds by a relative in Australia. He was given a cheque for that amount, which was carried in due time before one of tho banks. The cashier asked him how much of the money he wanted in cash. “I wants all that paper calls fur,’’said the man. “ What! you don’t mean to say that you want two thousand pounds in cash.’ ‘f I do, sir.” “ All right,” answered the cashier and in five minutes he began piling the money on the counter. As he shovelled the money on the counter, the man’s eyes grew larger and larger. Finally when a big pile had been placed before him, he looked intently and then with a broad grin on his face said, “ I’m just paralysod ! G-ive me ten shillings and you keep the rest till I call again 1
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Western Star, Issue 1389, 14 September 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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185PARALYSED. Western Star, Issue 1389, 14 September 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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