Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-09-02
unquestionably, the law would have aoth

could he deacon3" inquired the widow,
further, with apparent anxiety.
mo. madam, certainly not-when the
house was disposed Of, everything wen,
with it, as matter Of course"
II am glad to hear it, deacon. You
won't think strange of the question, but j,
happened to occur to my mind, and
thought l would like to have it satisfied. =
"Certainly, widow, certainly" said the
deacon, abstractedly. .sa g5
"And, deacon, as you are here, hope
you'll stop to dinner with US. 1t will be
ready punctually at twelve" .aa
"Well, no." said the deacon, ~ am
obleeged to ye, but they'll be expecting
me home" aa ~ -.s a
"At any rate, deacon,' said the widow,
taking steaming mince pie from the
oven, '.you won't object to taking a piece
of my mince pie; you must know that
rather pride myself on my mince pies"
The warm pie sent forth such deli
cious odor, that the deacon was sorely
tempted, and after saying, "Well, really
with the intention of refusing, he finished
by saying, "On the whole, guess will
as it looks so nice" a..-
The widow was really good cook, and
the deacon eat with much gusto the gen.
erous slice the widow cut for him and
after little more chatting upon mportan mt
subjects, withdrew in some mental per,
plexity.
"Was it possible" thought he, "that the
widow could really have found pot OF
gold in her, celar7 She did not say so,
to be sure, but why should she show SO
much anxiety to know as to the propre>
torship of treasure thus found, if she had
not happened upon some? To be sure,
so far as his knowledge extended, there
was no one who occupied the house would
be in the least likely to lay up such an
amount of gold but the house was one
hundred and fifty years old, at the very
least, and undoubtedly had many occu
pants, of which he knew nothing. 1t might
be, after all. The widows earnest desire
to have Linn think it was only curiosity,
likewise gave additional probability to the
supposition. .. -...... ...: .
81 will wait and WATCH" thought the
deacon.
1t SO happened that Deacon Bancroft
was one of the directors in Savings In
stitution, situated in the next town, and
accordingly used to ride over there once
or twice month to attend meetings OF the
board.
On the next occasion Of this kind, Wild
ow Wells sent over to know if he could
carry her over with him. as she had lii.
tie business to attend to there.
The request was readily accorded. Ar
rived in town, Mrs. Wells requested to be
set down at the bank.
Hal hal' thought the deacon, "that
means something"
"He said nothing, however, but deter,
mined to come back, and find out, as he
could readily, from the cashier, what bu
siness she had with the bank.
The widow tripped into the Office, look
ing very nonchalant.
"Can you give me small bills for FIVE
dollar gold piece ?" she inquired.
"With pleasure" was the reply.
"By the way" said she, 'tbe bank is in
quite a aourishing condition, is it not ?"
"None in the State ON better footing
was the prompt response.
"fou receive deposits, do you not ?"
"Yes, madam, we are receiving then
every day"
"Do you receive as high as-as five
thousand dollars?"
NO." said the cashier, with some sur
prise; "or rather we do not allow Interest
on SO large a sum. One thousand dollars
is our limit. Did you know of any ons
who. 1t is Of no consequence" sale
the widow, hurriedly II only asked fol
curiosity. BY the way, did you say how
much interest you allowed on sach depos
its as come within your linit?'
Five per cent, madam
Thank you, | only asked for curiosity
Wha: beautiful morning it is!'
And the widow tripped lightly out
Shortly afterwards the deacon entered.
slows business now, Mr.. Cashier 2
he asked.
"About as usual"
"Had any new deposits lately? 2"
"None Of any magnitude
II brought over lady this mornin,
who seemed to have business with you."
"The Widow Wells p
"Yes."
ado you know asked the cashier
"whether she has money left her lately p
"None that know of" said the deacon
pricking up his ears. "Why2 Did she
deposit ANY,"
'No; but she inquired whether we re-
ceived deposits as high as five Thousand
dollars
"lndced |" calculated the deacon. "Wai
that all she came for n he inquired in i
[ moment afterwards.
No; she exchanged gold piece fol
some bills"
Hal" pondered the deacon, reflective
| "; "dld she give any reason for nqaif
ing ?"
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