The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-09-05

HAo J-M OFGE GlAC Ct4kf -UOyks
s''Put it down Simon iSgR56s, if yoa
must have 4 name.'' sI
| So John put it down, and thel
he put the watch sway5 and.the Gus
temer departed with the ffty dol
/ lars.
After the man had gone Johr
Gleddin took out the watch and
looked at it again. His eyes spark
led eagerly. Suppose anythin
should happen to prevent the prompi
redemption Of the valuable pledge
The Thought thrilled him through
/ and through. r.-.,--.F--r
Ihe days passed-and q week
passed. The days passed again and
another week had sped BY.
At length the elderly gentleman
returned and claimed his wntch.
bat name? asked John pro-
Tossing to have forgotten.
"Snibbs--SiBsoa iSHi55s.'
"Ah, yes. ] remember. Let n g
see" And he looked0ver his book.
Really, Mr.. Snibbs, You must have
made a mistake. Il haYe no watch
of yours
"How, sir cried the customer in
blank amaz.ment. Ibid j not leave
with you a valuable gold watch as
security for a certain sum which ]
borrowed Of youg'
John smiled blandly.
"Not exactly as you put it, Mr..
Snibbs. If you will refresh your
memory, you will recoIlect that /
bought the watchAthat for value re-
ceived you. gave me a regular bill of
sale-With the proviso, however,
that if, within two weeks from the
date thereof, you should pay to me
thesum OF, sixty dollars in current
funds, the watclfS should become
again your property: The two
weeks expired yesterday sirr'
''But-sir!' =. Will you"
John put up his hand reprovingly.
There is no-need ofgoing into
passion, my dear sir, you see just
how the matter stands. "
From a towering rage, the old man
descended to argument and explanal
ton. He told how he had been de
tanned in New York by an unavoid-
able accident, and how he had en-
braced the first possible opportunity
to call for his watch.
81 had not worried much" he said,
because / had not thought that any
man could be so .consummately
mean and cold -bloodedly heartless
and vile as to rob me upon such q
pretext" .r. 80
AT this John waxed worth, and |
the man to leave his Office. !
And the old gentleman, evidently
fearing that he would be led TO the |
commission of some foolish outrage |
if he remained longer under the vii |
lainOus influence, closed his lips !
tightly together, and went away.
On the afternoon of that 7ery day,
John Gledding sold the watch to an
agent of a philadelphia house for !
two hundred and seYenty-fve dol |
lars.
"Hi yahr' he cried, as Geo. Aus
tin dropped in during the evening"
-Plod or at your type ease, old fel-
low, plod onr'
whats up, Johnr'
t'The greatest operation I ever
hundred and twenty-five |
dollars in pocket at single turn of
the die-inteTest on fifty dollars for
TWO weeks. What do you think Of
shatP' .~-.'-f'i
aft money were mans chief end"
3aid George soberly-"If money
we're the source of happiness-I
should say you were on the road.
But you know my sentiments, and
&c wont argue the point. And, be-
tides, we havn't time. ] came to
ct you know that Uncle Moses has
got home" 4eas -.f.,zs
"UncIe MosesP' cried John clap
1ing his hands. H'' -
''Yes. He had but just arrived,
md called on me this afternoon.-
he wants yOu and / to come and see
limzat the fremont this evening"
"Of course we'ltgO and see him."
aid John starting at once to put
way his. valuables. 1.-The old fel-
Ow must be rich as mud, and you
md are his only relatives
He is certainly richt' responded
George quietly, land we are his on
y near relatives; but don't think
# that. I only remember how ]
lsed to love him in the old days,
when my mother was alive and he
Ised to cheer and comfort her, and
lsed to play with me under the
Teat trees" l
"And l remember" added John.
how he used to tell me fought to
lave my ears boxed because I rob
,ed birds nests, and LtOle apples
md peaches from the neighbeF's
gardens. But that was long time
lgo. ] have forgiven him for all /
hat. I say, George, if he should |
axe fancy to US, we're in luck,
init we? You won't say anything |
lbout-about-'
"About what" f
81 was going to say about my bust
less; bat never mind. Only those
Who have been behind the scenes
Know the crooks and turns"
you need not fear that shall /
Iay anything TO yonr disadvantage,
John. You'll find Uncle Moses just |
me OF the joliiest and kindest hear
ed men you ever saw"
And as John locked his safe,
md finished his toilet, the two coas-
ms set forth.
Uncle Moses Gleddin had been I
brother 10 Johns father and 20
5eoFge's mother, and for many
-ears he had been away in Europe /
in responsible agencies for |
American houses; and it was known
hat he had amassed 4 fortune. He /
lad married in youth; but bis wife
lad died leaving no children, and -
never married again; so that the ex-
Dectaat nephews were not without
At length the young men reached I
he hotel, and as George had been
here before he led the way.
Uncle Moses" be said upon en-
ering the room where a gentle faced,
smiling, portly, elderly gentleman
,Tooa 70 Vacasva him Esthfe IA Iohn /