Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-12-12
SMALL DEBTS,
OR WHAT FIVE DOLLARS PAID.

when lad entered, and handed him small sin
OF paper. 1t was bill for five dollars due tc
: his shoemaker, poor man who lived in the next
square.
Tell Mr.. Grant that will settle this SOON
1t isn't convenient to-day
The boy retired
Now, Mr.. Herriot had a five dollar bill in his
pocket; but he felta # he could not part with
it. He did no, like 10 be entirely out of money.
So acting from this impulse, he had sent the bow
away. Very still sat AIr. Herrot for the next
five minutes; yet his thoughts were busy. He
was not altogether satisfied with himself. The
shoemaker was poor man and needed his moo
ey as soon as earncd-he was not unadyised of
this fact.
4 almost wish had sent him the five dollars,
said Mr. G1erriot, at length half audibly. lie
wants it worse than do
He unused still farther
The fact is, he length exclaimed starting up,
Its Grants money and not mine and what is
more he shall have it,
So saying, Herrot took up his hat and left his
office.
Didyou get the money, Charles 2 said Grant.
as mis- boy entered the shop There was good
deal ofearnestness in the shoemakers tones.
! no, sir said the lad.
Didn't get the money?
| 'No, sir
Wasn't Mr.. Herrot in p
Yes, sir; but he said it wasn't convenient
today
A woman was sitting in Grants shop when
the boy came in she had now risen and was
| leaning on the counter look ofdisappointment
was in her face.
1t can't be helped, Mrs Lee said Grant
He never disappointed me before. Call in to-
morrow, ID | vii. try and have it for YOU
The woman looked troubled as we'll as dsap-
pointed. Slowly she turned away and left the
shop A few minutes after her departure Her
riot came in, and, after some words Of apology,
paid the bill
Run and get this bill changed into silver for
me- said the shoemaker, to his boy tie moment
his customer had departed.
Now said he, as soon as the silver was plac-
ed in his hands, take two dollars to Mrs Lee,
and three to Mr.. Weaver across the street. Tell
Mr.. Weaver that am Obliged to him for having
loaned it to me this morning, and sorry that
hadn't as much in the house when he sent for it
an hour ago.
4 wish | had it, Mrs Eden But assure
you that have not said Mr. Weaver, the tail
or. i paid out the last dollar just before you
came in. But call tomorrow and you shall have
the money to a certainty
But what am to do today ? | havn't q cent
to bless myself with and owe so much at the
grocer's, where deal, that lie won't trust me for
anything more.
The tailor looked troubled, and the woman
! fingered. Just at this moment the shoemaker's
! boy entered
Here are the three dollars Mr. Grant borrow
ed of you this morning. said the lad. He says
he's sorry he hadn't the money when you sent
for it while ago
How the faces of the tailor and his neddewo-
man frightened Instantly, as if CLEAN of sun
shine had penetrated the room.
Here is Just the money | owe you said the
former, in a cheerful voice and he handed the
woman the three dollars he had received. A mo-
mcnt after and he was alone but with the glad
face ofthe poor woman, whose need he had been
able to supply, distinctly before him.
OF the three dollars received by the needle
womanStwo went to the grocer, on account of her
debt to him, half dollar was paid to an old col
ored woman who had earned IT by scrubbinC,
and who was waiting the return from the tailors
to get her due, and thus be able to provide an
evening and a morning meal for herself and
children. The other half dollar was paid to the
baker when he called towards evening TO leave
the accustomed loaf. Thus the poor noedIcwo-
man had been able 10 discharge three debts, and
at the same time re-cSabIish her credit with
the grocer and baker, from whom came the arg-
est portion Of the food consumed in her little
family.
Aud now let US follow Mrs. Lee. On her ar
rival at home, empty handed, from her visit to
the shoemaker, who owed her two dollars for
work, she found young girl, in whose pale
face were many marks OF suffering and care,
awaiting herreturn
The girls countonance frightened as she
came in; but there was no answering bright
ness in the countcnance of Mrs Lee, who imme-
diatey said
I'm very SOFTLY, Harriet, but Mr.. Grant put
me off until tomorrow. He said he hadn't dol
lar in the house.
The girls disappointment was very great, for
the smile she had forced into life instantly faded,
and was succeeded by a look of deep distress.
DO YOU want the money very badly?' asked
Mrs Lee, in low, half chooked voice, for the
sudden change in the girls manner had affected
her.
| 80, yes, ma'am, very badly. left Mary wrap
ped upin my thick shawl, and a blanket wound
all around her feet to keep them warm; bnt she
was coughing droadfully from the cold air ofthe
room.
IIavn't YOU any fire 2 asked Mrs. Lee in
| quick surprised tone.
we have no coal. 1t was to buy coal that
wanted the money.
/ Mrs Lee struck her hands together, and an
/ expression Of pain was about passing her lips
when the door opened, and the shoemaker's boy
came in.
Here are two dollars. Mr.. Grant sen; them.
1 God ,bless Mr.. Grant, The exclamation from
/ Mrs. Lee. was involuntary.
! On the part Harriet to whom one dollar was
due. gush of silenttears marked the effect this
! timely supply of money produced. She recciv-
I ed her portion, and without trusting her voice
with words hurried away to supply the pressing
want at home.
4 few doors from the residence Of Mrs. Lee
lived a man who, some few months before, had
become involved in trouble with an evil disposed
person, and been forced to defend himself by
means Of the law. He had employed Mr.. Her
riot TO DO what was requisite in the case, tor
which service the charge was five dollars. The
bill had been rendered a few days before, and the
man, who was poor, felt very anxious 10 pay 1t.
lie had the money all made up to within dollar
That dollar Mrs. Lee owed him, and she had
promised to give it to him during the DAY. For
hours he had waited and expected her to come
in; but now he had nearly given her up There
was another little bill Of three dollars which he
had Just concluded TO 90 and pay, when Mrs
Lee called with the balance of the money, one
dollar, which she had received from the shoe
maker Grant.
Half an hour later. and the pocket book Of