The Hickman courier., 1874-03-21

of it went to a carpenfer who had a
| sick child, and who was thus enabled to
purchase some needed delieacies, there
| BY. perhaps, saving the child's life A
| dollG ana a half of 4went to a hodS
carrier, who immediatsly took it and
bought of Skettle sundry small pack
ages of sugar, coffee, eio1r, etc. Sket-
tie took this same dol 81 and half and
/ gave it to his wife, Wlla wished to pay
woman for doing soIae little jobs of
cleaning and scrubbing. Now, this wo-
man was the hod-carripr's wife and so
| this dollar and half pf Luke's green
back went first to Sk@tle, and then to
the hod-earrier, thenshack to Skettle
again. then to his wife aud then to the
hod-carrier's wife. Ffsiss not presum-
able that it lay long sisla IL, her hands.
| Curious, wasn't it?
And the two doIIa2S and ten cents
tnat went 70 the bus-SEe & Ngav My sd ft9p1s tp.
WHO 6anfed Il ssstsSaa,fsis mother, who in
turn paid it to CarIe lter Bailey for
! some repairs done on her little cottage.
| Bailey settled up his coal bill, the coal
merchant paid one of his teamsters, the
| teamster walked straight to the butcher
| shop and paid for his weeks meat, and
/ the butcher put the MONEY with another
pile and paid it to farmer fora good,
| fat COW. Aud what did the farmer do A.?
| WHY. he went and bought a wagon at
| the factory that had paid the ten-dollar
| bill to Luke Preston over Its black
walnut desk.
And the dollar that went to old Gar
land ? He did as he had told Luke he
should-paid it to John Brady as part
of ia borrowed sum. John Brady sala
he had need of the whole amount, bTS
= I, Lou no
the dollar, fifty cents went Tor pro
visions. and the other fifty to poor old
cobbler for mending Johnnys shoes
This had to be expended at the hard
ware store to replace broken awl, and
the hardware dealer paid 1T to boy Tor
shoveling the snow off his sidewalk.
The boy ran home IN exultatlon TO hls
rbeunaatic mother to inform her OF his
good luck. -.
Aud the dollar that went to Editor
Quill? He paid it to his " devil, from
whose hands it went to poor woman
who had been making him a coat, and
who held body and soul together by
the earnings of her need The beg
gar girl to whom Luxe had gwen ten
cents bought loaf Of bread, and thus
allayed the pangs OF hunger that were
torturing half a dozen brothers and
sisters.
And the thirtv-odd cents expended at
the newsroom went into a box OF small
change which was subsequently counted
over and pinned in neat packages OF one
dollar each and sent TO the news com.
pany where the supplies OF papers ana
rraTaziues came from. These small
sun3s from five to forty cents enabled
the dealer to maintain his little stand,
greatly to the convenience OF those VINO
depended on it for their periodical sup
plies of reading matter.
The two dollars remaining Luke de-
posted, as has been mentioned before,
in the savings bank.
"Ah. ha - exclaims some surly,
short-sighted reader, who begins to see
the point of this sketch, " so Luke
Preston boards up money too. Isn't II
( inst "a bad -ssyasssE-tiaN- Tor him 10
/ fs3r ffts Efr,l-ot6 frassd TO Aeaess as |
money so close
But pause and consider tor raoInei''
/ The savings bank pays Luke i've per
/ cent interest on his DEPOSITS, and how
could it do that if the money lay ldie
/ in its vaults? No, such IS not the case
/ The savings bank took Luke's money
nut it with that of a lew other deposl-
tors. and lent it to aweIl-to-do farmer
| who wished to make sdne improvements
in tbe wav of buildingfe fences and barns
/ and purchasing choice breeds OF stock;
The farmer laid out tie money to good
advantage and paid the bank seven per
cent interest. the extra two per cent;
going to defray the running expenses OF
/ the Institution and afOrdlng It's sJocA-
holders a small dividend.
Now about the time the farmer was
ready to begin his improvements pusl-
ness was slack in the establishments
where Luke worked, and there was
prospect of his being thrown OUT OF
enDlovment for a month or more. But
he CHANGED to learn that the farmer re-
ouired some labor that was ID his hne'
and straiphtway entered into an engage
ment with him. And so the money tiiaI
he had pnt in the savings bank was
loaned to the farmer and by him pa
into I.uke's own hands again, and Luxe
still receiving interest on II all inc
time. D.
And now we must leave Luke Pres
tons greenback to its fate. we nave
of course related only tlthe OF us en-
tire history, but we have seen II 1alrIy
launched on the tide OF me- :Ii anT
the prospect is that its career VIII
continue a busy one. III.
Now let us take a look at the ldie
: grreenback that lay in the desk OF tae
! " Ut old fraud" The individual V
: none other than the same Squire Clinch
) that had refused to pay old Garland ior
saving his wood If he had paid TINS
debt promptly, Farland could nave
paid Brady in full and on time, ana
9 bought the boots he so much needeo.
As it was, he had TO go without the
! boots and, in consequence, his feet were were
>, severely frost-bitt n while on a bitter
\ cold day he was engaged IN saving
wood. This was n great misfortune
q for he was disabled, except to limited
= extent. from following his usual avoca
y tion. and forced idIeness brought Will
it a winter of hardship and dependence
q on charity.
But the ten-doIiar greenback, alonf
# with It's fellows, lay in Squire Clinch'
o. desk for some time. The squire had II
!. tow q grand stroke of business. HI
held a mortgage on a certain piece o
valuable property, whose owner wa
I embarrassed in his financial matters
,r THE mortgage would soon become due
and then he meant to offer to buy tn
II property at a price far below its rea
value. and in the event of his victim
refusing to come to his terms to threat
r en- instant foreclosure. With this trans
of action in view land he almost always ha
some SlI0lldE SC4ACAAAC l1G III
cash in readiness in his own privat
ia dek. preferring not to deposit it IN
X INK. as the times were rather'' IAr
ickv." and the tighter and scarcer'' none
&" was the more the squire thrived. II
ie was cautious, safe man-this 'Squir
or Clinch-and yet bold and successf II
eb one. too. His wealth increased year b
al wear. for he was ever on the lookout
nt furn the misfortunes of others to h
cain. Still the money lay in his desl
waiting for the accomplishment of i
ht selfish purpose, while it ought to hay
been in circulation, and portion of i
mon m at least, paying honest debts.
IA But few there are who are without 6
- bonr of disaster at some time in the
an careers, and Squire Clinch was no e
oL ception to the general rule There vi
n a burglary one night. The squire
ae house was entered noiselessly, al
be while all the inmates slept, his des
he he was silently and quickly opened.
~ the morning he found the lock on Il
= !; floor. the lid tipped back and the gree
of backs gone A great alarm was rais'
"a and detectives set to work, but no eli
70 TO the money or robbers could be foun
His money that had lain so seclud
y ,a1 r