Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-07-16

stop to dinner with Us. 1t will DO ready
punctually at twelve"
Well. no. said the deacon. rising
elm much oblscged to 70, but they'll DO
expecting me home"
( AT any rate, deacon" said the widow,
taking stcamins mincc pie from the oven,
" you won't object to taking a piece OF
mince pic you must know tha, Iprids my
self on nay minee pies"
The warm pie sent forth such a delicious
olor, tha, the Deacon wa. sorcly tempted.
AMI after saying Well, really" with tho
intention Of refusing, he finished by saying,
"On the whole, guess will, 1t looks -
nicc."
Tho widow was really good cook and
the deacon ate with muel, gusto the gcncr.
Gus slice which tho widow cut for him, and
after little moro chatting upon unimpor-
tapt subpcts, he withdrew in sentimental
pcrplexity.
Was it possible" thought be, that
the widow could really have found a Pot
Of gold in her c,llar2 Sho did not say 20
much to bc sure, but why did she show -
much anxiety to know as to the proprietor
ship of treasure thus found. # shc bad not
happened upon some"
10 De- surc, 50 far As hi. knowledge extend.
ed, thero was no one Who had occupied the
house who would bo 10 tho least likely 10
lay W such an amount OF gold; but then
the house wa, ono hundred aud City years
old, at the very least, and undoubtedly had
had many occupants of whom he knew moth.
ing. Il might b., after all. Tho widows
earncs. desire to have him think It was all
curiosity, Likewise gave additional ProbabiI'
. iiy to the 'uPposiiion.
81 will wait aud watch" though. tho
Deacon.
| IL 50 happened that Deacon Bancroft was
one Of thc directors ina Savings lnsI'tu'
iinu, situated ia the next town, and accor-
dinghy used 10 ride over there uncc or twice
a month TO attend nesting. oi tho board.
On the next occasion Of thi. kind, the
Widow Well. sent over to know If no
would carry her over with him as she had
a little business % attend 10 there.
Tho request was readily accorded. Ar
ryed in tho village, Mrs. Well, requested
to be set down AZ the bank.
"lIa! bn! thought tho deacon that
means something"
/ H. sa,dnoiling, however. but determined
to come back and end out, as ho could rea-
dily from the cashier, what business shO
had with the bank.
The widow tripp.I in,o the oEcc, pre-
tending u look very nonchalant.
"CAn You give me small bills for Gyo
dollar gold procc?' .aeask,d.
WITH pleasure, ~a, the r,ply.
by the way" said she, " the bank is
. in a lJuri,hins condition, is It not?"
None in tho state On b.,ter footing"
was tho promp, rc'Ponso.
You receive deposits, do you not?"
"lcs, madam, We are receiving them cy-
cry day"
"Do you receive as high a'-dvo thou
sand dollars
"No. .ard the cashier, with somo sur
prise " rather, We DO not allow interest On
- larsi a sun. ono thousand dollar. is
our limit. Did you know Of any one
who 49,
IL is Of no consequence" said the wid-
own, hurrIodly; IL only asked for eurio-i-
~. by the way, dad you say how much
interes! you allowed on such deposits as came
within your limit?'
Five per cent. madam"
Thank you only asked for curiosity.
wha, beautiful morning It is!"
The widow trirpcd lightly out. Shortly
afterwards the deacon entered.
/ How Is business, Mr.. Ca,hier?" he in.
quircl.
about ~ usual"
"llal any new deposits ?"
None Of any magnitude"
81 brought over lady this morning who
seemed to have business with you"
The Widow woils?'
/ "Ye,."
"Do you know whether she has lad any
money left her latcly2"
None tia, know Of, ;" said tho deacon,
prickins up his ears. "why' did she de-
/ posi-, any?"
"No," replied the cashier. " but she ask.
ed whether we received deposits as high as
five thousand dollars"
Indccd!" CALCULATED the deacon. "was
that all she camO for ?" hc enquired mo-
mcut afterwards.
"No; she exchanged a gold piece for some
bills"
"Ha" pondcrcd the deacon reasc'ivoly,
"did she give any reason for inquiries J"
"No. she said she only asked from curl.
osiiy."
The deacon lcft the bank IN deep thought.
lie came u the conclusion that this Curl
osity " only veileI deeper motive. lIo no
longer entertained doubt that the widow
had actually found pot Of gold in her eel
lar. and appearances seemed to indicate its
probable value was equal to Eve thousand
dollars. The gold piece which she had eH-
changed at the bank seemed to confer this
story.
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