Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-07-01

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The deacon very politely promised no
TO be surprised, though at the same tim
his curiosity was visibly excited.
"Suppose," said the widow, casting dow
her eyes-'.mind am only supposing ,
ease-suppose person should find po
full of gold pieces in their cellar, wouIt
the law have the right TO touch it, Or woult
it belong TO thcn,."
The deacon pricked up his ears.
"a pot of gold pieces, widow? Why
unquestionably, the law would have moth.
ing to with it"
"And the one who had formerly owned
the house could't come forward and claim
it, could he deaeollg1 inquired the widow
further with apparent anxiety.
"No, madam, unquestionably not
When the house was disposed Of, every
thing went with it, as matter Of course. y
81 am glad to hear it deacon. You
won't think strange of tho question, but it
happened to occur to my mind, and | tho't
| would like to have it satisfied"
@Certalnly, widow, certainly" said the
deacon abstractedly. a
"And, deacon, as you are here, I hope
you will stop to dinner with u.s."
swell, no." said the deacon rising, "Pm
obliged to you, but they'll be expecting Inc
at home" Ia.
CAT any ratc, Deacon" said the widow,
taking stcaming mince pie from the oven,
ayou wont object to taking piece Of my
ninee pie, You must know rather pride
myself on mince pies"
The warm pie sent forth such delicious
odor, that the deacon was sorely tempt
ed, and after saying. "Well, really"
with the intention of refusing, he finished
10y saying, son the whole, guess l will,
as it looks SO nice."
The widow was really good cook, and
the deacon ate with much gusto the gcner-
Gus slice which the widow cut for him, and
after little more chatting upon unimpor-
tant subjects, withdrew in some mental
perplexity. a7 1t.= .e -9- at
"Was it possible" thought he, "tlIat the
the widow could really have found a pot of
gold in her cellar? She did not say so,
to be sure, but why should she show so
much anxiety to know as to the prophet
orship 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 had occupied the house who
would bc in the least likely to lay up that
amount Of gold; but then the house was
one hundred and fifty years old, at the very
least, and undoubtedly had many occupants
of which he knew nothing. 1t might be
after all. The widows evident anxiety
gave additional probability to the supposi-
tion.
aIwill wait and watcl,'' thought the dea-
con. l-.L ae
1t so happened that Deacon Bancroft
was one the directors in Savings Insti-
tuition, situated in the next town, and ac-
cordingly used to ride over there once or
twice month, to attend meetings of the
Board. e7.- .t -..-a s'.1,'l--= te
20 On the next OCCASION of this kind, the
widow Wells sent over to know if he would
carry her over with him rs she had little
business to attend TO there. ~ -
g; The request was readily accorded. Ar
rived in the village Mrs. Wells requested
to lie set down at the bank.
"Ha! ha" thought the deacon; that
means something"
lie said nothing, however, but dctcrm-
ined 10 come back, and find out as he could,
readily, from tie cashier, what business
she had with the bank. sa ...s..
The widow tripped into the office, pre-
tending to look very nonchalant. i
"Can you give me small bills for a five
dollar gold piece?' she inquired.
"With pleasure" was the reply.
"By the way" said she, 'the bank is in
quite flourishing condition, is it not?'
''Nonc in the State on a better footing"
was the prompt response.
"You receive deposits, do you not 2"
ayes, madam, We are receiving them
every day." ~. asr
ado you receive as high as = as five
thousand dollars?" =. .g sii...f
mo-" said the cashier with some sur
prise cor rather we do not allow interest
on SO large sum. One thousand dollars
is our limit. Do you know of any one
who"- ...-.tl a. a.
at is of no consequence" said the wild
ow hurridly; a only asked for curiosity
By the way, did you say how much inter
est you allowed on such deposits as came
within your limit" ia
"Five per cent, madam" I'D ..sr.-
s'Thank you. l only asked for curiosity.
Whata beautiful morning it is?"
And the widow tripped lightly out.-
Shortly afterwards the deacon entered.
SLOWS business, Mr.. Cashier?" he ask
ed. -.
"About as usual"
"Had any deposits lately!"
"None of magnitude"
81 brought over lady this morning
who seemed to have business with you."
"The Widow Wells"
"Ycs." t.-
ado you know whether she had any mo-
ncy left her latelys" u.s. ~ a
"None that know of" said the deacon
pricking up his cars. "Why? Did she de-
posit any?" m. a-ai
'.No; but she inquired whether we re-
ceived deposits as high as five thousand
dollars" n
"Indecd." calculated the deacon "Was
that all she came for?" he inquired mo-
ment afterwards. ..a..
"No; she exchanged gold piece for
some bills" - : l4t.
cha" pondered the deacon Ieiectlngly
"did she give apy reason for her inquiries