Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-25

SnOp expenses, 10 say HOllnp5s OF stlIS hOuSS-
hold. and VIXEN that dreaded note tell due.
he had nut a dollar towards redeen.ins it.
Ruin stared him n the face, and j. was
nov his turn TO look sad.
| Five: hundred dollars was small sum,
yet he could not raise ii. Even three per
cent month"; without collateral could
not procure it. Something must be done.
Some friend must get him cut al the Scrape
or lie must certainly fail. His wife's ia
ther was wealthy. but he had married his
daughter against his wishes. and there
waS,nO hopes i'll that 4uarter. But EIien'S
uncle, blunt, huneSt master mason. had
always looked kindly upon him, and per>
hap@ he would open his purse strings.
Tie note was due on the following day,
and he decided To make the application To
Uncle Luke, as he Was iumillarly called.
In the coarse of the forenoon, however.
hz happened . Ill at the Store. anI Fred
stated his po>illun.
"Eh." said5the blunt old mechanic. 81
Thought things were going on swimming
!y ~i.h you"
IS /. they were; but the times are SO
IcuceIIy hard that cannot make enough
to pay expenses. replied Fred, with u
dulor"us expression "t c"untvnance,
'NNherv' The t~u thousand dollars you
received from your father estate 2"
Il pail my debts with it,"
''But dld'ul you tell me that you did mt
owe above three thousand dollars ?'
"I pail oil fifteen hundred" /"
"And the rest
"WeII. that went in various WAYS"
"A ID Your stock is mort gagged 2"
"Yes. for one thousand"
"You have done ~ go,I business 2"
eyes. ill these h1EL times came on"
"HciI. we'll an,4in hurry just now.
but will go up and dine with you. and
we vii talk it all over" and Uncle Luke
lett the shop.
Fred did not half like his uncle'sinQuis-
! irivene>S. but he had II strong hope that
hr woul get him Uutol hi present scraPe.
! wiring ha,ty no Z, he dispatched his
. boy 10 inform his wife that Uncle Luke
would dine with them.
CHAPTER III.
| Dinner time came, so did Uncle Luke
Ellen hal y nice dinner ready, and her
pretty face was covered with smiles when
! she welcomed the honest old man to The
hos uSpitalitcs Of her board.
Uucc Lake seated himself at The table
| HIS accustomed smile had disappeared.
and lie booked rather stern.
Erred, SIIl he. suddenly, rs the yOun :,
merchant inserted his fork in the breast OF
the nicely Drowned rOasI turkey, "y"u
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