St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-28

| The clo>, friendship which we thus
see established WAS cememtcd even
more strongly by an event which occur
/ ed some three months after their ar-
! quaintlmce. Now. although John Barr
was one of the most quiet and amiable
of men. yet he had nerves and was sell
| eitiVc. As Campbell was taking his
ease in Bans office one day. converSa-
tion en>ucd which will cXplaina certain
important matter.
Nv hat : the trouble, John? You are
rdgrty, man. Anything gone wrong -
"Wrong, why. Wa, to have rccciv-
ed drafts this morning with which / was
to pay notes. and now I've got to go
out and borrow money. and | hate to
borrow"
"P>haw - What's the Use of fret
ting about that
''Frctting" exclaimed John. now
finding vent for his irate steam. Fret
ting, If YOU hated to borrow money as
bad as do. You would know. >ir. what's
the use of tretting," and the coal mer-
chant hopPed to aud frn hriskly.
"Poh nonsense, man. How much
will you have to borrow ?"
Five Thousand dollars. | suppose"
"is that all -
"All =" and the excited man paused
i'll surprise ut such Il question
"lcs, hccau>e | cam let You have five
thousand dollars. or fifteen thousand
for hat matter. if You want"
Now. our c>timahlc friend of thr
black diamond neither considered or
cared whether his dear friend Campbell
had five d"llaIS or five thousand. In
that kindly heart no selfish thoughts
had imtrudcd. The cnmpanion>hip had
given him new and grateful pleasure.
and he wa> satisfied with that. IT, then.
Campbell came very near To his bosom
a> Il friend. how would he seem when
he had not only five Thousand hut tif
teen thousand dollars to loan his friend
III need. The reader will readily see
how Campbell advanced in Bars re-
gard when he gave his cheek for five
Thousand dollars ON the bank of Nir-
gimia. with the assurance that he was in
no haste To have the sum rcturne /, aS
he wIS not buying very heavily just
then. The money was repaid the next
day. hut the generous aid WAS faithful
lV remembered.
.\Ed Ill TINS intimate way matters pro
gtc>scd. Campbell attended ali the
2lcat sales at the tobacco warehouses.
lid on very large lots: WAS often seen
hturVing from ON, warehouse. to anOth-
cr with leaf samples under his arm. and
came to he considered as Il very heavy
dealer. Il, after months, however, al
though all recolcctcd his bidding eau
tiuu>ll. nobody remembered of his
huying a single pound.
lN-
required large sums of money. Some
times his drafts failed to come i'll time.
! but the ample deposits of Barr were at
his service. and occasionally used.
+ Campbell always had money to loan
when Barr Glanced t" require it. and he
was exact i'll paying what he borrowed.
This state of things continued about a
wear. one morning Campbell failed to
/ visit Bars countiug-r0nIn. There WAS
nuthing surprising in this. only it broke
ont Il Good deal OF Bars daily ncceS>i-
ties. Campbell had become a part of his
NCr} existence.
Aud 81 Barr trcttcd and tidgctcd. and
finally went home III much solitude.
All the next day there was no Camp
bell. y the shades of evening fell Barr
dispatched Il note 10y Il servant. addrcS>-
ed Ia Campbell 1T his boarding house.
rendering any assistance in his power iii
case he was confined hy sickness. OF
cuGl>r Campbell must bc sick. But
judge. of his emotions if YOU can. when
word was brought that Campbell had
taken his luggage and left for parts I'M
known. TWO days before, And Camp
hc!l at that mnircmt had mcnty-tr,
HouSdnd d"I'Gr& Of Bars money in hi>
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