The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-22
A THORN IN THE MEMORY.


His feelings were easily reached, and these
gave, usually, ready impulse to his actions
But quick feeling, has in most eases :. two
fold range; warmly now into kindly emo
ton, and now burning with sudden anger.
Your so called kind hearted men arc often
betrayed into cruel words, and even cruel
actions. But there is this merit about them;
when the heat Of passion subsidies they re-
they have wounded.
Such Il man WIS llaitlcy Bancroft
While the currents of events ran smoothly
along, the surface Of his !tc reflected the
unvarying sunshine, but :. very little OBJ
struction sulliccd TO ripple the waters, and
thea their aspect 'larkcncd.
One day Mr.. Bancroft was sitting at his
desk, with a pile Of checks and bills before
him, the sum of whck he was taking pre-
paratory to a deposit in bank. 1t WAS late
III the day for him to bc figuring up his ac-
count but he had unusually heavy pay
mcnts to make and the amount necessary
to lift his uotcs had been obtained with
difficulty. Mr.. Bancroft felt both hurried
and worried, rs his quick nervous move
tnents showed
Just at this inauSiicous moment, man
entered tile store, and walked back to where
Mr.. Bancroft WAS sitting.
"Good day, Mr.. Cart wright -
There was not Il very cordial tone in the
voice Of Mr.. Bancroft, although tic other
was customer WHO had bought Of his goods
freely.
"Cood day" There was an embarrassed
air about Mr.. Cartwright.
"What can do for yon?" 1t was only
forsa of speech on the part Of Mr.. BAN
croft, or rather a new form of saying,
Z" Don't ask me for anything"
Now it happened that Mr.. Cartwright
was on that day in very eight placc," us
it is called. it WAS two o'clock, and I'LL of
his efforts to get the full amount Of money
needed had failed. Several notes had ma.
tured and among them one Of seven hum
dred dollars givcn to Mr.. bancroft. All
but this he hay succeeded in lifting; and
frightened at the aspect of things, he had
come, very reluctantly, to his creditor
whom he only knew rs II kind hearted mum,
to state the extremity OF his case, and ask
a check for the amount Of his note as a
temporary loau.
'' | am short seven hundred d"llars.-
Can you help me-"
:" Mo-" wus the answer made in :.n en-
pkatic tone, and viii, the knitting of the
brows
Mr.. bancroft noticed that his words
seemed to stagger the applicant for money;
he ALSO noticed that he grew pale, and had
a look Of singular distress. But Mr.. Ban
croft was too much excited and ANNOYED
for these to have upon him at that time any
eight influence.
"Then," said Mr.. Cartwright, "you vii!
have 10 withdraw my note from the bank.
J cannot lift it."
I" shall do no such thing" angrily re,
piled Mr.. bancroft. "Takc up your notes
as take up mine"
have failed in all my efforts to oct
money; and if you do not withdraw this
note, it will be protested" Mr.. Cartwright
said this very deliberately, and in firm
tone Of voice, yet with face like
ashes.
"Fcry WELL" was the unyicding answer,
" let it be protested, then, il you can bear
the operation, think cam
Coldy, almost snceringly, were these
cruel words said. Mr.. Cartwright urged
his case no farther, but turned away and
went from the store Of his unyiclLing crcdi-
tor. Scarcely had he passed into the street
bofore the better nature of Mr.. Bancroft
rose into ascendancy, ami he rcpcuted Of
liis unkindness.
William !" lie called to a clerk.
The young man came instantly.
snake this deposit William, and ut the
same time withdraw Mr.. Cartwright's note,
due to-day. Moneys hard to get just now,
and he ;s5urdened with heavy payments.
we must give him a helping hand" The
merchant spoke kindly, not fretfuIly. The
clerk departed with the bank book AMI
check Of sufficient amount TO lift the notes
that were due. Mr.. Bancroft. remained sit
ting at his desk, and from his attitude and
the aspect of his countcnancc, it was plain
that self approval WAS not the pleasant
state of mind in which lie was indulging.
The vail of monetary angry excitement
was removed, and now plainly before the
eyes of his mind, stood his humLled and
distressed debtor toward whom not sin
gle impulse of kind feeling had stirred
He tried to find refuge from self upbraid-
ings in the fact that he done all his debtor
asked The note was Withdrawn