Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-09-21

and earned every week fifteen, which
received Saturday night, in 5 and IL
The went for various current expensaf
the 10 went TO my lAndlsdy, the ! l re
ceived In change Was sscredly laid by 10
vscstion. Then had my dividend which
came in July untouched, and was free u
90 where I liked. This year, too. l hst
earned something extra by doing othel
| fellows work for them, 80 that i don
think sn easier minded guest had been q
| the Ocean House that summer. l hac
/ chosen Nantucket as a place where
| could co as / wanted TO, where 1 need not
bargain and plan for cheapness, and should
not be cheated. had found just what
wanted: / had had the best boatman
good teams, and no young gentleman o.
great expectatiops could have got more
endowment out of his money than | ou
of mine 1t had been q splendid financia
success up TO this last disagreeable
episode.
But what was to be done now? There
would be another days board at the Ocean
House; there was the fare to Boston
things ordered at the Curiosity Shop,
which felt ought TO lakeland coun
terfeit bill Whether this bill was my loss
or not, / could not quite tell.
/ inclined TO think that Penrose, our
book keeper would put it on to me, saying
that if had deposited the bills | was sent
with, il would have been detected at the
counter of the bank.
However, that was not the question.
could stand the loss Of the 2O-though
before the war, TO junior clerk OF nine
teen, twenty dollars was not trife-but
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board the boat, but they might refuse TO
let me land at Hyannis, and the railroad
conductor would assuredly put me OFT be-
fore / got even 10 Sandwich; so what
better should be them Suppose / wrote
to Boston, whom could | write tor / did
not know soul To whom dared apply.
Beside that, writing would do no good,
for | must leave the island the next
day. Mr.. Ellis, the second partner in
our house, was to sail for Europe on
Saturday. / had been specially charged
before / could get my leave, that Fri
day night at eight O'Clock was to be at
his house to take charge of some papers
Of importance for the firm. / was sure
that my situation would be gone if l
failed.
Something must be done. I went down
stairs and asked for the landlord. He had
gone TO New Bedford, and would not be
back till next day. took the clerk into
my confidence, and tried to get loan Of
hin. He had no money Of his own, and
could not, In the absence of his boss"
AXE the funds Of the hotel. Besides, he
lid not think my little valise adequate Sc
;urity. Neither did l for that matter.
There was no telegraph nearer than the
/ went back 10 my room feeling desper-
.te, and all the while craving propensity
% strike out into the most expensive
hings could do. II there had been
on the island, / do believe
though / never went near anything Of the
Kind in my life) / should have gone
o it.
! drew out my watch TO see what the
lour was, and the thought Of pawning it
truck me. But Nantucket does not pos
less a loan Office" / made careful in
luiry, but nothing Of the sort was known
Iowever, ! went to wstchmaker's ard
aid my modest but serviceable silver time
iece before him. He quietly declined to
consider the question.
"Does thee know," he said The was a
u
dozen Of the best London chronometers
md cant sell one of them for what it's
yorthy should like to help thee, espe.
tally as thee wants to be honest and not
nut off bad money, but do not see my
way clear to do 80.
"But," said l, 81 am not going to leave
he watch long. shall send for it in a
week, perhaps in less time"
u DO nd M doubt thee h nj q
o, but thee will be off the island, and
ben how can l get at theeS"
"Yes, but you can tell whether that
watch Is worth more than twice twenty
ollars or not" CT cost sixty) Gift IL,
ant you see that 1t Is my interest to re
eem ity"
"Well, thee knows best about that, but
t wouldn't be worth that to me, for
night not sell 1t under year, and theell
70 off the island, where l can't get at
hee."
This was the key TO the whole matter.
The ideas Of the old gentleman were of a
late when the whaling business WAS good,
md when his sailor customers were In the
labit of disappearing at "rurkeywonner,'
Hilo,"" Sidney" and other Pacific ports,
md also of reappearing after many dsysto
,laim long forgotten deposits. Time being
commodity of which there was super
abundance in Nantucket, the market was
lot brisk. Time was not money.
] went home to dinner. There Is that
comfort in hotel, that the yncuus oiator
can feed equally well with King CrGsus
until the landlord says, SO" AT the
,able took my accustomed seat, opposite
Miss Minnie P. We had made &C
luaintance but fortnight before, through
her brother Fred, whom l had "rescued
from q watery grave; l mean, pulled
INTO the boat from which he had tumbled
overheard on a blue fishing excursion. She
was somewhat older than l, aud that did
not interfere with our rapidly getting &C.
luainted.
She expressed great pleasure at finding
me still on the island, and that we should
be fellow travellers the next day. ain fact,
Mr.. Woodbridge, / think. if may take
80 great liberty, will put myself under
your care, and let Fred stay another week"
l acquiesced, though sorely doubtful
whether should have the pleasure. How
ever, thought l, she will hand me her
purse to get the tickets and things, and
then can pay for two, and return 1t when
] get to Boston. / blushed as | thought
it, but would have given much for the
privilege Of waiting on Miss P, a noted
II oston heallty. and moreover. i was