Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-09-16

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None that know Of. said the deacon.
Prieking up bis ears. Why. did she de-
POsit any,
No. bot she enquired whether We re-
oeived deposits as high As Eve thousand dol
lars-
Il indeed calculated the deacon. WAS
that all she came for:~ be enqgired mo-
} Iment Afterwards
" No; she exchanged gold piece for
small bills
Ha,- Pon3ered The deacon refeoiively.
- Dad she give any reason for the inquiries =
- No; she SAID she only inquired for Gu
riosity~
The deacon left ths bank m deep thought.
He came 20 the conclusion that this curiosi-
~ only veiled a deeper motive. lie no
longer entertained doubt that the widow
had found pot Of gold IN her cellar. and
appearance seemed % indicate that is
probable value vas AZ least Eve thousand
dollars The gold piece she had exchanged
a. the bank appeared 20 confirm the story.
- rather think. said the deacon. CON-
PlAceutly. O. can sec INTO = milestone about
A. far a. most PcoPie--a statement the lit
erAl truth Of which / defy any one to ques-
tion. although as 10 the prime fact Of peO-
pie being able to see into milestone Al all.
doubts have nov and then intrudcd them
selves upon my mind.
Next sunday the widow Wells appeared
a. church in q ne~ and sty lish bonnet. rhIch
Jed TO some such remarks a. these.
How much vanity some people have 10
be sure"
How a woman Who has kept boarders
for living. can afford 70 dash cut With such
a bonnet ga, . more than I can tel.
sbOuld think sle ~as old cnoush to knOw
better
The last remark vas made by a Young
lady Just siN mOnths younger than the wid-
90. whose attempt 20 catch a husband hith-
erto lad proved unavailing.
d" l suppose she i trying TO catch Sec
ond husband With her fnery Before Ia
descend 20 such means. Isi-Id drown nv
self. continued the lady
In this last amiable speech the young Ia
dy had unwit,ingly b; upon the true motive.
The widow vas intent upon catching Dva-
con Bancroft. and she indulged IN a costly
bonnet. not because she supposed be would
Dc caught By hnery. but because this would
strengthen IN bis mind the idea that be
had stumbled upon the hidden wealth.
The widow calculated shrewdly. and the
display bad the desired effect.
On Monday afternoon the deacon found
an errand that called him over 20 the sid
ow's Il Glanced % be Just about tea time.
Tie vas imPortuned 90 stay % tea. and
somewhat % bis oun surprise. BE- did. The
polite wiiow. ~ho knew the deacon's weak
poin;. brought oct one Of her best mince
pies. slice Of which Der guest partook Of
Nth rest
% Nouu take another piece. know
said she persua.iv~ly.
" Really. am ashamed. - said the deacon
but BE- passed b.. plate. d" The fact b..
said b.. apoiogetiraIiy, d. your pies are 30
nice. don't know when o. stop
o. DO YOU call these nices- said the MD
o.. modestly. d" call them common.
can make nice pes when I set ost %. but
this time didn'i have a. good luck a. usual. .-
d" shouldn't want any better "a the
deacon. emphaticaliy.
o. -Tben hope ifyou Ike them you vil
drop 10 o. tea often. We ought 90 be more
neighboriy. Deacon Bancroft.-
Deacon Bancroft assentcd. anI b. meant
vhat b. said The fact is. the deacon be-
gan % think that tbe widow vasa very
charming soman. ~he va very comeiv
snI fhcn De- vas sarh an cx.si'crt cook.
B-.iles lr haI no lol5i in Lis u.uI that
she bad a considerable sun q money.
What obI-ctions soaid there be % her b.
coming Mrs. Bancrohg IIe brourht this
question: before her one evening The
vidov biusiel proies.cd o. be greatly
surprised-,n fat. she never thourbt of
.sch a .bing in ber life Bot. on the whole
sbe bad alsays tboaght highly oft.c deacon.
and 90 cut tbe natter short sbe scccpted
bim.
A month after she ~as Installed a. ms
tress % ths ieacons large bouse. some~hat
o. the slrPriss oftbe village people vho
coau not conceive how sbe bad brought
him over
some weeks AFTER che CEREMONY. the des-
con ventu-ed to nqaire about tbs rot of
gold vbich sbe bad found IN tise cellar.
" Pos of gold .- she cxc.aimed. in sur
prise. " zoos of n0ne