Saved From The State Prison

Speaking of bank offlcers who aüow forgers to escape af ter they have bepn detected, a leading Boston merchantand bank president says that maay yeara ago he discovered that a note he held was f orged. The f orger was well knwn and ret-pectable. He went to him, and the man begged for inercy, avemng that there was only one otier forged pap r of his iu existeiice - a note lor $300. The uoldernot only "hushedup" his own case, butactually loaucd lmn the $300 to take Up the o"ther note. The result was that the man was saved. Somö years later he attanipted to run for au importaut electoral position, but the discoverer of the forgeries sent him word thathe mustn't- and he iMn't, - iïpringli'Jd Repablicin.