The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-05-28

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make up the amount"
! This was rather undesirable news to s.
for he was then searching in his pockets
book for the receipt which he had prepared
| beforehand.
''Have you not received the alf-yearly
| interest on the bond and mortgage you
hold on the house on Greenwich street ~
| demanded he
''Yes, but il is nearly gone''
| ''Ihls is not right you should have
thought Of me, or more properly, of your
rent. must have it''
81 have. But you must know l have
children who need food and clothing
| They have no father and | no husband
now to provide. What little he has left
me, much as it appears in the opinion Of
some, does not go iar.''
chow much does that money invested
on the bond and mortgage amount to,
which he willed to you p
six thousand dollars
''Let US see, six thousand dollars By
the-by, how far back does the bond and
mortgage date, and what interest does it
pay7"
sit is dated July 1st, 1860, and pays
six per cents
''Well, then, you received one hundred
and eighty dollars on the first of last
January or, rather, on the second, as
half yearly interest. The quarters rent
half. You should have kept enough out
of that interest to pay it."
81 paid you one quarters rent on the
first of February out of it, and It left me
only ninety-two and half dollars, and
out of this have been able to save only
! thirty five dollars for this quarter. The
winter has been so hard. The sewing |
used TO have from the store was stopped
good part Of the time so you see have
had very little work, and scanty meals my
children and myself have had. As to
clothing, that was not TO be thought Of
Take these thirtyfive dollars and | will
try and let you have the balance as soon as
possible"
The widows pitiful recital had very
evidently made no impression upon him.
for in his responsive remarks he did not
hesitate TO inform her, in not an over
bland manner:
Il cannot help it; l must have the
rent. If you cannot pay it, l must let
the apartments to somebody that will.
There is another party ready to take it :"
Taken aback by this unfeeling remark,
the widow, although sorely affec ed,
looked HIM sternly in the face, and said:
"Mr. SiOcum, you and are not strang-
ers. You worked for my husband before
his death. 1ou drove a cart for him
He was kind to you, and assisted you and
your family. Like many others, he
considered it patriotic to 90 TO the war
which your party stirred up, and he was
killed. Left a widow with three little
children and not much of this worlds
goods, for my husbands lucrative bust
ness dwindled down to nothing after he
had Joined the army, with nobody behind
to take care of it. l was consequently
obliged to move from the house we had
occupied when he was alive. | took
these rooms. Mr.. Anderson {good manly
the former landlord, he, too, is gone, and
you have come into possession of the
house. You were poor at the commence
ment of the war. 1t is mystery to me how
yon got along so well--so rich suddenly"
These brief comments on his former
days. by the widow, stirred up the ire Of
Slocum, for he here stopped her short with
sharp rejoinder, that sit was none of
her business how he had made his money"
''You make it my business to look into
yours when you pry into mine. l have
been told that you had contracts during
the war, and laid in good supply of Gov
ernment bonds"
'What is that to you how l made my
money and what amount of bonds hold
bought them when gold was at high
premium. 1t is my gain, and not yours
swell said that it is not my gaiu--I
am fully aware of that. Moreover,
neither the people nor the Government have
gained by it. l am not such an ignorant
woman as you take me to be, and not
more SO than you are, with all your mo>
ney. You said that | got one hundred
and eighty dollars last January, as six
months interest on my bond and mortgage
How much did you get on six thousand
dollars of your Government bonds, the sum
total OF my bond and mortgage? Gold
on the first of last January was 1873, so
you got two hundred and thirty-nine dol
lars and forty cents in greenbacks for
your gold paying six per cent. coupons as
six months interest, and l but one hun
dred and eighty dollars as half year in
terest on my six thousand dollar bond ard
mortgage. On tins bond and mortgage,
as personal property, l had to pay one
hundred and sixty dollars and twenty
cents last November as City, County and
State taxes and you nothing Your
bonds are exempt: they are clear of such
taxes. Is this rights it just ? Answer.
if you can. My husband loaned one
hundred cents on the dollar when he pro-
cured the bond and mortgage on the
house, and you only forty cents on the
dollar when you bought you gold paying
six per cent. bonds, redeemable in 1881
or, in other words, my husband loaned
the man six thousand dollars when he
took tho bopd apd tpOrfoaoa an5 x,ou