Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1853-09-29

0OiilS DuctucSS dL Odkudlc, Hhu nOb lOSt
; it was said, single debt. The doctor
; boy had stepped into the store, on hi
way home from Mrs. Stanwood's anC
had informed Mr.. Owen of the result o
his call on the lady. For moment af
: ter the youth went out, the storekeeper
who had no other customers in his shop
stood lost in thought; and then, afte,
, closing his shop door, he turned owe
: hastily, the pages of his day-book. Fo
! the little business he did, it must hav'
been the register of some months bacl
at which the young man was looking
but yet he dipped his pen in ink, anC
added several lines to his accounts, anc
after drawing up bill which he put il
his pocket, he started for Mrs. Stan.
woods.
Mr.. Owen was very polite, gentle
manly young man. He was very hap
py to find Mrs. Stanwood and her fami-
ly SO well; he hoped they were getting
along very comfortably. He had called
to see if she would like to sell her cow
he was expecting to commence house
keeping soon, and would like to pur-
chase one.
Mrs. Stanwood could not spare her
milk was half her children's living.
81 suppose you would hardly know
how to do without her," said Mr.. Owen,
''but l thought it would be more agree
able to you to settle with me by letting
me have the COW than it would To-" "
and the young man, interrupting HIM
self, pulled the bill from his pocket.
| "Settle with you, sir?" said Mrs.
Stanwood, "you have no demands
against mel"
"Your husband, madami-you will
recollect he had several articles of me
few weeks before be -, barrel of
-four, Mrs. Stanwood, fifteen pounds of
sugar, keg of molasses, and several
other articles, amounting in all to tri-
fle more than twenty dollars"
Twenty dollars?" repeated Mrs
Stanwood, "my husband never had an
account at store, sirl" There was a
tone of incredulity in her voice, but the
unsuspicious Mr. Owen did not notice
it.
Probably you have not always been
acquainted with his manner of doing
business" ," remarked the young man.
"Your husband, my dear madam, has
proved himself to be very different
person from what you, or any one else
suspected!" and there was look of
great commiseration on his countenance.
, A deep flush overspread the lady's
pale face; but were not his words true?
al cannot pay you to-day, STRIP she
said, as she rose from her seat and turn
ed from her visitor, 81 will see what l
can do tomorrow"
81 hope you will, madamp returned
Mr.. Owen as he took up his hat to go,
'fOr," he added in very mild but en-
phatic tone, Il should be extremely
sorry to give you any troubled"
Mrs. Stanwood knew very well what
the young man meant by trou6Ie-she
knew that unless the twenty dollars was
paid him Immediately, an attachment
would be laid on her property; and she
feared from the remark of the Doctors
son, that his father would take the same
means to collect his dues. But where
was the thirty dollars to come from?
and where was she to obtain means to
supply the daily wants of her family?
The stock of provisions in the house
when her husband left her, three months
had very nearly exhausted. Her gar
den would supply her with food for the
winter, but she could see no way to pro-
cure bread for her children till the har-
vest was ripe, except by a means she
dreaded to resort to-the hiring of
money.
With an aching heart she put on
shawl and bonnet, and called at the Office
of Squire Jillson, an honest, but rough,
coarse man, and requested the loan of
forty dollars.
Mr.. Jillson opened his great grey eyes
and stared on her in utter astoniShment.
"Did | understand you, MADAME"
al presume so, sir" answered the la
dy. 81 wish to hire forty dollars. Il
have occasion for the immediate use of
that sum-"
The Squire looked at her as if he
supposed her entirely demented.
81 should be pleased to oblige you,
madam!" he said, "but you certainly
cannot expect me to let you have that
sum without security, and you have no
security to give"
'No security, sirl'' said Mrs. Stan
wood. Il hope to be able to pay you
in the autumn; for we shall have very
fine fruit this year, considerably more
than will be needed in my family. But
without the prospect of immediate pay
ment, why should you hesitate to loan
me that sum? The cottage we occupy
is our ownp
A broad smile passed over the ugly
features of the man. "You know not,
then, of the existence of this instru-
ment," he said, as he put apaper in her
hands.
Mrs. Stanwood unfolded it; for an in
slant she could see nothing but the
name Of her husband affixed to the doc
ument, but the words of the brute be-
fore her, made her glance over the pa
per, T;f~I
You see, madamt said the Squire,
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