Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-21
TWO GREENBACKS.


TWO GREENBACKS.
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, - Nno ICY " u8eieS? IlIe, ana was guilty
, " enormous no sihS IN the way Of omis-
Giou. S Inc oIhef passed through an
uoIoI@ole .n'i, career OF real service and
"cIiuoin8' 10 De sure, greenbacks are
uot not endowed I "ith me ana free will
o ,ot ,,pT ", psopIo w." W lHeh' ana strive
w NJ ~ vneLn' t 'Ia submit TO thelr power
,1r,.. l,,5 , .@o ,lLIcII"I ,:i 8[GehDacks, the
fs al,, ~ It "i,tu ~ - tHe purpose OF
i,,.y Sn,5 s'ory 10 fGlato, were each OF the
nononlIla'lo9 ,,,., ll., i o. guy, one was bright
ueT tiDt one ana was one OF thick pile
in Sn4I ~ ii lay In 'hs ucsA OF lat Old fraud
snsii en- SI o, nr"'g ol a %'|,'ly H,v.|op, whose
. snaII eyes sparEiIed ,comPlacent,iy as he
CGI,,i'l raIao , p,a.eo ,3 n,3 1ooru, ana whose
t"lSo tongue pieadeu poverty IN reply
JoLtq 10 LLtque8rs TI tor @ lnI payment OF honest
"uu,S; r,a,,st Ina' 8IeenoaCH me was avery
ta,,l,,. tloao,onous one, !; II u nag had
It's voice in loud protest at being penned
up up IN sqch lonely place, ana beg to be
%,,Q%e4 nntoI TO see soiuethlllS 3i Oh me world
instead OF beng doomed to the dreary,
useless G.5sI me Ii IL ~ was wa leading, II .
,,o,l WleenpoGh cll.t no. ,. : ~us creature oi
more more ioft'!ltous CIRCUMSTANCES IL was
,lo uo. SO crisp ana t clsalt as & tne one that
wero m nmes GnO ''T fo So"l5 n3
mtie hoao[apIe 9neS, won IN IN y e me OF
aacIIyI,y ae,1 ana hafa service we llfSt pc
loi i5oIl II passing over tG9 Dl9oh-"aIn45
Hesk ,ic,,h OF a. large manuIactGrihS estap-
5'shment INTO the hands OF an honest
i,oohll8 ,i man Wlth soiIG9 CLONES ana a
u4SS-pe8llmed me laGe' for convenience
SAKE we vii! give the man a hame-We
%lii call nm LnEG rfeSIoh--'hoo8h
,nat is q matter ol niue consequence
rs regards the adventures OF ms green
oaGk' Ihe trst thing ne ana was TO
caIl at Skettles grocery on ms way
amounted to three dollars and forty |
cents ana handing over ms IGn-ooIia5 lem, 5
greenbook he received SIX dollars and
sixty cents IN change tur' hef along
ne stopped at the meat market }i ana SET
tied mp, paying ont two dollars ana ten |
cents having then remaining lour dol'
lars and fifty cents: with these two
debts Off his mind he went home and
sat down to a good supper Wh.ca 10 one ; OF
the pest OF wives Iad prepared ,i Ior nm; nm;
Lucy, did old Garland saw that wood
this a'tornoon? he asked
Yes, was bls wiie's reply,
"Then I'll 90 around and pay him
after sfgsd'6oru ou,. ---
wouldn't go out. He canprobaOiiy luStaS
we'll wait until some time "neH ~"
happen to see him. , uuo bos
earned the money and may want IT, II
would be too bad to keep 1t from nm I'm
All he has comes from little JOBS Ike
this, you Know -. e,,i,,,o1 Trbo
made his way through the driving sno"
straight to the home OF Old TaIlnlo' i
" Good evening, MI uaIlanC' a,'5 ,,oI
vou for saving that wood. It's dollar'
/ believe" liz,
"Thank We, sir, thank ye, exclaimed
old Garland, while his wife looked up
over her spectacles from pair of socks
which she was darning, eyes, sir, that
right. Much obleeged" " n
Not at all. It belongs 10 you :.
eyes, yes, You're right bot u, II
amt all of them as looks AZ u III 'n"'
way"
rs that so?, . ,;4.Io 5ohts
"Gos; there lots ,t % doIInc, l,iTg and and
standn out that GaE can N roptcnIar cpieg "p as
4ad zen cotu oi ToS' Of 7 lest finished the
took the Sa"in . 9', .f nonrsa vrs ~ asked for
lop SeSr'i"%}} }rf I bo allowed that he'd
my pay, in;n, I"S ne q o. rreot favor in givin'
oceu ,,1, Io,n 1,;n n.G III i onj said I'd have to
me such olg J4p, NV ns ho e",% wos hard ND ="
wat a WeeN Ci:, or wv too %S ~ how'd m to nav
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