Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-02-20
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llo@efeaji and IthetlunbeamsJ thathad yan--
|sisaed sdweopenea thealight came, lack
Isagain aud llayIathwart III one another like
fbaps IF pt',dd dusty gold. Downstairs we sat
and examined our prize. 1t was not
d bank Book Sbut 4 ledger evidently be-
IlengTb'tg to tile general and filled with
Ersectal5 ofldoalihgs long; years before
tayhan iilgothes wood and coal business.
The writing. was neatpess itself Rarely
|iai. si blot Qr...an erasure did we see RoF
SGT rather differently turning the leaves.
!!soccasiitonallyl there renamed an unbalan-
.:sea account The fuel 2 had become
s SssAaoke audisshes long agosand the deb
torsidnat, iniaylibeSs5 Here was one Job
SPspes,fsehyarsed with g cord 5f wSod'a
tge9l,IfearsS;ilop 9 ,far ago. Out Of this scanty 1ha-
bfstBerial Nc imagined a history foristhis
later JOB. We invented for ehimrlittle
pleas for lis delinquency; that he had
Finarried n.,wifc; ]; that he had left the
Etowh;dhRt he. never had it; that it was
only half cord that he paid for'lit at
the time, etc. Nevertheless itaiis a
Shame, Job Jones, for you ITO owe for
eyer Cor The fici that boiled your kettle,
Ind blessed your hcurtl,stone, and, per-
nhande,l ,lwarmed to life one ofthe innu-
merable little Jonesef, We concluded.
E Didn't his. cars burn? n ~ ti'a,d
l3rsIWhile, we were laughing over this,
the door softly opened, and AmyiNood-
son appeared. i had almost expected
r Stwas'tlie ghost Of tho said Jones.
IilHtssSllcsmisiIcd again tosee the book con
Etainipg those entries Of The 10th ofMay.
Roy brought it, Amy sat at one side of
the table; Elwell and l at the other. She
Ilpored over tile page, rs her father had
fdoubtles, dbhe before her, with dreamy
I.niikty eyes. We mentioned the reason
o. our nirth.H j took the Book, care
'lsssly, and opened it, Roy aid Amy look-
Iting on us turned now one leaf then.
three Or four together when My heav-
,enss!' / cSclained. They started, Amy,
leanca Sver the table. Her breath went
saad came quickly. By JoyeI can, can, feel
= is
can Blow that away. There, staring
us al III the face, werc two one thousand
dollar bank bills. | swear l saw joy
gointo her eyes. 1t was pretty clear to
her. There was fresh writing on the
credit side Of nh account. The old
general had had the book from the gar
ret AID upon his table that 10th of May.
Exchanging the bills for some customer,
he had laid them on the open book and
absently closed it. 1t was then returned
TO its oid.placc in the garrct. His mind
being distracted by his pccuniary troubles
the transaction OF the bills >had made nj
mark upon his memory. This was our
theory. Amy had dreamed, singularly,
that She was greatly conitortcd by n bool
and this was tie reason of her comins
and calling for the one we had first exam
ined."
"-AnA jousay Amy married Roy"
Gay ay; and their boy they've named
Frank Manly Elwell. Turn in Hal,
must look after my girl, the Sunset"
] obeycd; and ina moment more |
thought landed on wharf in Brambc-
head, and the first sign that met my eye
mas Job Jones, Dealer i'll Coal, Wood
and Bark, For Cash Only" A heak-
noscd, fiery eyed little old man leaning
over an old-tashioncd door that was divi.
dcd in the middle, half shut and half
open.
Job Jones'" said l., frank Manly
and Roy Elwcll have judged yop unjust
ly. That cord of wood they thought you
owed for" | continued, as his CLASSY eyes
seemed to demand an explanation. The
little man was silent, but he gave me u
look which said plainly enough, what is
human justice to me, or injustice?
And Job Jones, for I could not linls
Of him rs any other being, became in
stantly II statue Of ice; a ar tricklcd
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