Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-05-09
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creature at hand, as the hero, and hel
pretty eyes turned on his often glimmeret
with dewy tears under the gas-lamps
Ali those happy autumn walks happy
Russell Square! happy Fondling p'-
Ben," said Polly, taking hold of his arm
so closely that it made him shiver de
lightfully, "tell me more about the PA
trician's DISQUALIFICATION Mildred won't
have him, and she's in love with him all
the time, you know How stupid women
are; are they not, Ben p
"No, Polly: how can Think so, when
you can take all the points so well
They are not stupid. They think with
their hearts,"
"That's why they break them so often,
putting 'em to an improper purpose.
But, Ben, if Miss Mildred-wasn't ii
Mildred rejected you on your being "a
a-not a patrician, you know-what
should you do, Ben 2"
"I should break mine, Polly, if l loved
her as l can love"
"How's that ?" said Polly, with a
feigned funny little laugh.
"With all my mind, with all my heart,
and with all my soul,"-here he gave
Polly's arm, quite mechanically on his
| part, a tremendous squeeze, and the
same delicious shiver ran through her
frame" and my neighbor as myself"
said Ben; CHATS in the Church
Catechism, which DIR. Stoker pI caches
against, Polly"
els it ?" said Polly. The tone of her
voice was strangely altered. Graciousl
there's ten o'clock. Ben How late it is /!
What aoM poor father say %
The old saddler worked away at his
contract, early and late, and took so much
trouble that each saddle was indeed fur
nished Gas per sample" Seven hundred
and fifty saddles take good deal of work
to be paid for.
Pill1erton was too proud to unburden
himself to Moses, Macbeth & Co., and it
would have been of little use had he done
so. He followed a wellknown custom,
and made use of a little paper instrument ::
he, in the slang of Mr.. Reach Stoker,
"few kite" drawing upon his old friend
Mansell, who was warm" man, so far
as few hundreds can make one warm,
for "value received" Mr.. Mansell car
ried out the fiction like a man and
brother tradesman: some gentlemen"
in the city discounted the bill, and Pill
kerton was furnished with cash. Still,
although the bootmaker had obliged his
early friend with the use of his name,
Pilkerton did not think it any more
proper that the bootmaker's son should
marry his daughter.
There was, therefore, some little cool
ness when Polly came home but the sad
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money was so sure to be paid, and the
saddler was too full of hope to be very
full of anger.
So father and daughter found the time
go very pleasantly: Polly thinking of
the "Patrician's Daughter" and ad-
miring her Ben when he recited Romeo
and Juliet" while the father stuck
closely to work with his men, paying
them literally too, until the whole seven
hundred and fifty demi-pique saddles
were delivered to Mr.. Moses, who looked
somewhat coldly at them before Mr.. Pill
kerton, but was loud in his praises of the
work to Lord Sangpur.
Had the saddler heard the words uttered
by the Jew to the nobleman, he would
have been full of praise if not of pud-
ding However, the work merited all
that was said by Moses, Macbeth & Co.;
UCJtCl SdQulCo WClC uCNCl uCilNCICu, anu
my lord drew cheque tor the balance
due on the spot.
Messrs Moses, Macbeth & Co., did not
go and do likewise They well knew the
value of money, and sent poor Pilkerton
wearily back with hardly sovereign IN
his pocket. He had exhausted all his
own money and the bill as well; and sat
down, miserably enough, to wait. His
contract had taken up his whole time; he
had even offended some of his best Gus
toners; and he sat in his almost empty
shop, lately so full of bustle with his
strong, muscular hands spread idly before
him.
you're dull, father, to-day" said
Polly, apparently as gay as lark.
idle men generally are dull"
Law! you'Te not idle: why, you are
always at work. All work and no play,
you know; why don't you go and smoke
pipe with old Mr.. Mansell?"
81 shall be thinking of that bill-comes
due next week." sighed Pilkerton.
"Never mind: I've got all our accounts
out, and if they would only pay up"-
"Ah! but my customers are all out of
town; and that man, Moses; l never saw
Macbeth about him."
''What funny name-that's the same
that Ben talks about so beautifully" said
Polly to herself "They must pay,
father" she said aloud. ''It was a ready
money job, and at ready-monev price"
"Ah!' said Pilkerton, 81 do wish they
would think so. You see, gentlemen of
their persuasion have not got to do as they
would be done by"
''No: Ben says, they do, or else they
would be DONE" whispered Polly. 'I
don't much like them. But there are good
amongst them. Halo! here's the postman,
father-with cheque."
Pilkerton hurried forward, and trem-
bled as he took lawyers letter. He
stammered, hardly knowing what he
said: 81 can't have made mistake with
that fresh bill of mine; it hasn't come
due; and this isn't a writ, is it. Polly?"
Poor old fellow! he was too innocent of
those useful bits of paper.
Heavens, father! what is it?'
He had torn open the letter, and one
glance at it was enough for him.
Messrs. Moses, Macbeth & Co. could
not pay him the money, but they did the
next best thing they could: they put his
debt in a schedule.
90 Polly! Polly!" said the poor man,
big drops gathering on his bald head
bankrupt !"
''You, fatherp'
Worse: the something Jewsi l shall be
sold up, stock, lock and barrel, frame and
flap, headstall and crupperl' Then he
sank on his stool, and, taking up his
leather cutting-knife, threw it on the
floor with such force that it shivered like
glass, the blade flying out of the door
and nearly cutting dogs tail off. Then
the good man-and he was good-swore
a great oath that he would never work
more.
''Be man, father" said Polly, trem-
bling at his great rage, and yet somehow
admiring him.
BE manr' said he; eyes, and work
for those desperate cheats-these fellows
VINO take contracts, screw you down to
the last penny, and then, aided by the
law, cheat you out of that These men
who live in great houses, upon the fat of
the land and the lives of the poor. Be a
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