Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-24

So John put it down, and then he
put the watch away, and the Gus
toner departed with the hfty dol
lars. -,
Gleddon took out the watch anu
looked at il again. His eyes spark
led eagerly. Suppose anything
should happen to prevent the
prompt redemption of the valuable
pledge? The thought thFllled HIM
through and through.
The days passod-and week
passed. The days passed again and
another week had sped by.
AZ length the elderly gentleman
returned and claimed his watch
"What name2" asked John profes-
sing to have forgotten:
"Snibbs-iStntoR S1t00S.
t.Ah, yes. l remember. Let me
see." And he looked over his book.
"Really, Mr.. Snibbs, you must have
made q mistake l have no watch
dHow, sir" cried the customer in
blank arnazement. "Did not leaYe
with YOU a valuable gold watch as
security for a certain sum which L
borrowed of your"
John smiled blRndly-
ErNot exactly as you put II, Mr..
Suibbs, If you will refresh your
menory, YOU will recollact that l
bought the watch--thatfo for valne re-
ceiyed you gave me regular bill OF
sale-With the proviso, however,
that If, within two weeks from the
date thereof, you should pay TO me
the sum of sixty dollars IN current
funds, the watch should become a.
| pain YOUR property. The two weeks
expired yesterday, sir!"
HBut-sirl'' Win you"
John put up his hand reproVingiy.
"There is no need of going into a
passion, my dear sir, you see just
how the matter stands"
From a towering rage, The ola
man descended to argument and ex-
planation. He told how he had been
/ detained in New York by an una
voidable accident, and how he had
embraced the first possible opportu-
! nity TO call for his watch.
al had not worried much," ne
said. T'because I had not thought
! that any man could be so consumm'
atelv mean and cold d-bloodedly heart.
less and vile as to rob me upon such
a pretext." :"
At this John waxed wroth, anC
ordered the man to leave his othce.
| And the old gentleman, evidently
fearing that he would be led to th'
commission of some foolish outrage
if he remained longer under the vii
famous influence, closed his lip
tightly together, and went away:
| On the afternoon of that very day
John Gleddin sold the watch to a.
! agent of a Philadelphia house TO
two hundred and seVenty-tye dol
lars.
slHi yah!'' he cried, as Geo. Aus
, tin dropped in during the evening
: sPlod ON at your type case, old fe
: low, plod on"
whats up, Johng
? "The greatest operation eve
} made-tWo hundred aud twent,
+ five dollars in pocket at singl
turn of the die-interest onffty do
j lars for two weeks. What do yo
1 think of that?'
I eff money were mans chief end
b said George soberly-'1f monE
: were the sole source of happiness
e l should say YOU were on the foa
t But YOU know my sentiments, al
c we wont argue the point. And, b
a sides, we haven't time. l came
h let you know that Uncle Moses h
II got home
7. ping his hands.
i "Yes. He had but Just arrive
N and called on me this afternoon.
Of lie wants you and TO come and 5
ne him at the fremont this evening.
r "Of course well 90 and sec him
- said John starting at once to put
% way his Valuables. fThe old felix
Z. must be rich as mud, aud you ant
ts are his only relatives"
t.ae is certainly rich" respond
,, George quietly, ''and we are his
10 ly near relatives; but don't TIN
~ Of that / only remember how
'n used to love him in the old da
when my mother was alive and
used 10 cheer and comfort her, q
used TO play with ME under
- great trees"
aAud | remember" added 10
,v show he used to tell me l ought
re have my ears boxed because ro
ed birds nests, and stole apples
peaches from the neighbors' g
.bt dens. But that was a long time q
- I have forgiven him for all that.
Ls saw George, If he should take
: cv TO US, we're In luck, amt VIC
You won't say anything about
bout"
lin About what"
20 u was going to say about my b
IN iness; but never mind. Only th
10 who have beon, behind the see
I;s know the crooks aud turns"
~ ,nr You need not fear that l s.
81 saw anythiug To your disadyanti
ii Johu. You'll find Uncle Moses
ss- one of the jolliest aud kindest IN
,rb ted men you ever saw"
H. And as Johu had locked his s
nh and finished his toilet, the TWO &C
ins set forth.
,bo Uuc.e Muses. Gieddiu had L
brother TO Johns father aud
GeoTgs's mother, aud for III
wears he had been away in Eur
"A engaged in responsible agencies
- ,, American houses; and 1t was kn'
"a that he had amassed a fortune.
- - had married ia youth; but his
80 had died leaving no children, an
Sye never married again; SO that the
hiS uectant ucphews were not will
,ere foundation.
nv At length the young men rea,
a. the hotel, and as George had
on there before he led the way.
* a "Unele Moses" he said upOi
not tering the room where genial Il
ten smiling, portly, elderly gentle
En- arose to receive him, this Is J
, bv John. this is Uncle Moses"
oils. JOHN looked, and turned pa
asst death.
es- Uncle Moses looked, aud flu
Y be like q scarlet rose.
s.How-this-John
.ely, "Of course it is John, sir,
,e of George, in answer.
'.And not Joshua SiUrTt.
4 his "O,'' cried George, thinking
pen by some accident Uncle Moses Il
itch. have seen Johns face beneat
ID to / pawn brokers' sign. that
q 1t, | name of the man who was in
. Of ness before him."
wiss "And." added Uncle Nose
we'll yerelv, ''if | mistake not, 1t
and name under which he does bu;
cost for himself"
than John Gleddln could hot ue
Id for he saw, in his Uncle Nose
?" he man from whom he had SO "a
o the taken the valuable watch. lie
to say something, but the J
afely choked MIN; ana ne stoOd i
whipped cur before his Telat
= and Finally he mustered up his co