Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-10-16

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]; liner, and had leisure to st down
;. She appeared a little enbarrassel
!: henry told me that you woul,
IKE 70 see me, he commenced.
i. ! es, Deacon Bancr #. I do
but | am very much afraid you vii
| think very very strange of it, q
least Of what I have to say to you.
The deacon very politely prom
j. ised#not to be surprised, although
! at the same time bis curiosity wa
i lvisibl : excited.
Suppose, said the widow, cast
ind down.her eyes mind, / an
only supposing the case sup oppose /
lI.ssserson. should find a pot Of golG
.|fpieces in their cellar, would thc laN
Ehaxs.a ght to touch it, Or would i
lIl@elong1o them p IS
deacon pricked up his ears
pot Of gold pieces, widow -
" hy una,lestiona sly, the law would
have nothing to do with
| And the one who formerly own.
Led the house couldn't come forward
and claim it, could he, deacon2' IN.
quired the widoW.=flirther with ap-
parent anxiety
- No, madame, certainly not ;
when the house was disposed OF
every thing Tentwith It, as a mat
ter of course - -.
Ism glad to#hear it, deacon
=ouNon't think strange of the
question, deacon; but it. happened
to occur to my mind, and thought
| would like to have it=satisfed.'
Certainly, widow, certainly y
said the deacon distracted
And, deacon, as you are here,
| hope you Il stop to dinner with US.
1t will be ready ptlnctualIy at r.,
Well. no., said the deacon, Pm
|obleeged to ye, but they'll be ex
pecting me at home y
b ..' At any rate, deacon said the
Widow,=tak!ng stea,ning m nncez
pie from the oven, you won't OBJ
jectsto taking 4 piece Of my mince
pie; ;ssYy.,u .1n',st t.kl11oW that. rather
pride myself on my nince pies .
q The warm pie. sent forth such a
delicious .oHtor tllatsthe deacon was
sorely tempted, after sa " ell
really, withs.tlle intention Of refus=
ing, he tinished=by saying on the
whole, guess l will, as =itz1ooks SO
niee.' -
The widow was real] j q. good COOK,
and the deacon ate with 50 much
gusto the generous slice the widow
cut for him, and aftera a little more
talk upon important subjects, with
drew in some mental perplexity.
Was il possible thouglit he.
: thatthe widow could really have
found q pot Of gold in Ter cellar I
She did not say 50, toSbe= sure, but
why should she show son1llch anx.
iety to kno y as to the proprietor
ship thus fi,und 81. she had not hap.
pened upon 90 70 besure, as
far as his knoW]ed ge extended,
there was.tlo one who. coupled the
house who Woil d1#be ID the least
likely to lay up such All amount Of
gold ), but the house was one huna-
red and fifty years old, at the very.
least, and undoubtedly had had
many occupants OF which.he. knew
nothing be, after all
The widow 's earnest desire to have
him .thiinIIz it was only ,1riosftY J,
likewise gave add ditionaI prot bility
to the sup tliz
/ WIIaait and watch thought
thesdaaeon.
hap opened that Deacon Ban
croft was one Of the directors in q
savings institution, situated II the
next town and eordinglY usef to
ride over there once OF twice a
month, to attend meetings Of the !
board. s /
On the next occasion Of this kind,
Widow w els sent over to. know II
be could carry her overuith him,
asshe had little business to attend
to there. ~zz /
The request was readily accorded.
Arrived IN town, Mrs. Wells reques-
ted to be set down at the bank.
'Ha, hal" thought the deacon !;
'that means something,
He said nothing, however, but de- |
ter1nined to come back, and find