The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-08
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gold pieces in their cellar, would the law
have right to touch it or would it belong
to them? yi
The deacon pricked up his ears.
ga pot of gold-pieces, widow Why,
unquestionably, the law would have moth
ing to do with it"
a.sAnd the one who had formerly owned
the house couldn't come forward and claim
It, could be, deaconP" inquired the widow,
further, with apparent anxiety.
No, madam, ,unquestionably not. When
the house went everything went with it, as
a matter OF coure."
al am glad to hear 1t, deacon. You
won't think strange ofthe question, but it
happened to occur to my mind, and
thought would like to have it satisfied"
"Certainly, widow certainly" said the
deacon abstractedly. f
"And, deacon, as you are here, hope
you'll stop to dinner with us. 1t will be
ready punctuallyat twelve" r aoy
"Well, no." said the deacon, risihg;"
I'm obleeged to ye, but they'll be expect
ing me home" aa'' las.a
"Was it possible" thought he, ''that
the widow could have found pot of gold
in her cellar? She did not say so, to be
sure, but why chould she show SO much
concern to know as to the proprietorship Of
treasure thus found, if she had not hap
pened upon some ?' To be sure as far as
his knowledge extended, there is no one
who would be in the least likely to lay up
such an amount of gold but then the house
was one hundred q fifty years old, at the
very least, and undoubtedly had many oc-
cupants of which he knew nothing. 1t
might be, after all. The Widows earnest
desire to have him think it was only Gu
riosity, likewise gave additional probability
to the supposition.
"I will wait and watch" thought the
deacon.
CAT any rate, Deacon" said the widow
taking steaming mince-pie out of the oven,
"you won't object to taking piece of my
mince-pine. You must know / rather
pride myself on my mince-pie."
The warm pie sent forth such odor, that
the deacon was sorely tempted, and after
saying, "Well, really" with the intention
of refusing, he finished saying, con the
whole, guess ! will, as it looks SO nice. +"
The widow was really good cook, and
the deacon ate with much gusto the gen.
erous slice which the widow cut for him,
and after little more chatting upon some
unimportant subjects, Withdrew in some
mental perplexity.
1t so happened that Deacon Bancroft was
one of the directors in Savings Institu-
tion, situatedin the next town, and accord
ingly used to ride over there once or twice
month, to attend meetings of the Board.
On the next occasion of this kind, the
Widow Wells sent over to know if he could
carry her over with him, as she had little
business to attend to there. g M
| The request was readily accorded. Ar
rived at the village, Mrs. Wells requested
to be set down at the bank. yif
"Ha hap thought the deacon "that
means something" t' 'H 2"
He said nothing, however, but determin-
ed to come back and find out, as he could
readily from the cashier what business she
had with the bank. 'H
The widow tripped into the Office, pre-
tending to look very nonchalant.
Scan you give me small bills for five
dollar gold piece ?'' she inquired.
"With pleasure was the reply.
"By the way" said she, "the bank is
in quite a fouiishing condition, is it not ?''
+" None in the State ON better footing"
was the prompt response. 4ta Wt
"You receive deposits, do you not p'' p
"Yes, madam, we are receiving them
every day." i.a ,I
"Do you receive as high as five thousand
dollars. 9'' mr ~ .ma it
"No," said the cashier, with some sur.
prise; or rather we do not allow interest Oh
such a sum. One thousand dollars is oul
limit. Did you know of any one who H
e 1t is of no consequence said the
widow, hurriedly; ,"I only asked out of Gu
risity. By the way did you say how mucl
interest you allowed on such deposits al
came within your limit? u srt a
, " Five per cent, ma'am." iii0 apr
"Thank you; only asked for curiosity
What beautiful morning it is p l
And the widow tripped lightly out
Shortly afterwards the deacon entered.
J n, "How's business, Mr.. Cashier9" he in
quired. gfl.r s aBei i,i til.