The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-09
respected, and many persons of super
ior grade attended his funeral to his

, respected, and many persons of super
ior grade attended his funeral to hi
memory. 3a2 - -
By the time that part of the servic'
which is read in the church was. con
cluded the sky had become complete
" overcast with a mantle of watery
looking clouds, and rain was evidently
imminent, to the great satisfaction o
the old folks who stood around me.
was in the act of delivering the beau
tiful eXhortation which tells us thai
81 man that Is born of woman hath but
few days and is fail of misery" wher
the first drops of rain began TO 1aft:1
instinctively expanded my umbrella
As I did so, a. piece of paper, of a
dingy yellow hue, futtered slowly
from it, and fell on the newly dug
earth at my feet. 1t was the Hundred
Pound Note! .S5 a..
David and Reuben both saw the pa
per fall, and each rushed forward at
the same.moment. They met on OPP
posite sides of the grave, while at the
same instant a murmuT of astonish-
ment arose from the assembled crowd.
For fully a minute the brothers
looked each other steadily in the face;
a softening shade of regret then pass
ed over each of their countenances.
Reuben was the first TO speak
'tDavy," he said, hoarsely, 81 called
you thief without reason"
s'I was as bad,n answered David
hanging down his head. "
"Lets shake hands," muttered Reu-
ben, drawing his coat sleeves over his
eyes. eve couldn't choose a better
place than fathers grave. "--to
held out his hahd willingly.
"God forgive me" he said, t'tor all the
hard thoughts L thought of you, Reu-
benp .9il - - tss1 !sfiatEl
fsMy friends" exclaimed, looking
round at the spectators, who stood re-
garding this scene with faces of the
most intense interest, my friends, it
is worth while that this solemn service
should be interrupted, since the inter
ruption has been the means of recon-
Cling two brothers at variance. Let
us now proceed" i proceeded ae-
cordingly with the exhortation, Reu-
ben and David clasping each other by
the hand till the service was conclud-
ed. at ID bs-1t
A very brief explanation will suf-
fee to show the probable manner in
which the hundred pound note got in
to such. an unlikely hiding place. On
John Dymond's cottage that
eventful afternoon, / had placed my.
which was slightly wetted
by the commencing rainJ upright
against the table, and no doubt when
1 turned sharply round on witnessing
that binding flash of lightning, my
coat whisked1 the note into the folds
of the silk. There it lay snugly
enough, plastered as it were between
the ribs, while with equal7naturalness
it fell out on the first expansion OF the
after a period of dry wealth
er. But may as well confess at once
that this prosaic explanation was en-
tirely rejected by the marvel loving
portion of my flock. They maintain
I'd that the hundred pound note was
Of preternatural origin, though, on
the good effects which it
nad wrought, they no longer attribu-
ed its manufacture to a malignant
lend but to a benevolent fairy.
The newly-born friendship between
he half brothers was not tested by any
enlightened intercourse, for shortly at
er he received his share of the humid
ed pound note, Reuben sailed with
lis family for America, where after
wards understood, he got on better
han anybody in Headingley had ever
As for David, Mr..
Worth was SO melted by the fifty daz-
ling arguments in favor of marriage
which the young man produced from
canvass bag, that within a few
months 1 Joined his hand and Maria's
n holy matrimony. ~sre
Some years afterward on passing
through Headingley, I found that
many changes had taken place. The
ront garden in which l used to medi-
ate had been converted into busy
ard, where the firm, of Worth & by
nond carried on their wheel manufac-
ure on greatly extended scale
Ny pretty hand-maiden Maria had be
ONE buxUm matron with half a |
Iozen children about her knees; but
he gave me hearty. welcome, and
making me sit'down in her trinity fur
lished parlor, showed me, in frame |
yer the mantel piece, a,photographic
ac siDiile of the famous Hundred |
'ound Note. baG po-5s, aja 80 G6sl
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