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George Harland, chief cashier at the Northwestern Bank, Northville, has a brother of sporting proclivities. Maurice is a keen backer of the horses. Like most bettors, Maurice loses heavily,... See full summary

George Harland, chief cashier at the Northwestern Bank, Northville, has a brother of sporting proclivities. Maurice is a keen backer of the horses. Like most bettors, Maurice loses heavily, but one day he receives news of a "dead cinch" and decides to surreptitiously borrow a large sum from George's bank and to repay the sum out of his winnings-to-be, Maurice calls on the unsuspecting George, and taking a mean advantage of the position of trust his brother holds in the institution, he abstracts a wad of notes while George's back is turned, and gets safely away with the cash. Balancing time comes round and George Harland is found to be $2,500 short in his cash. The distracted cashier is haled before the manager and accused of embezzling the bank's funds, being given grace until 5 o'clock that evening to make good the deficit. George is bewildered, aghast, and almost stunned by the blow, and goes home in a state bordering upon insanity. His wife tries to sympathize, but George is beyond...