The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-03-20

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we'll and, iasta,h. The question n hrs
mother had startled her. ha, .he had
mot srrr 4 t~vnt, .anllas hill. She
knew nc,hln. aean. m, rarh bin. w
can imagine me amount u mental r..
scrva.icn cmrlcycd Ia ,La aecisicn,
llcr atst impulse vas 10 avoid ! di..
agreeable exposure. II the bank-nnss
had boon destroyed. a. shs nov saw Il
must hare hecn destroyed. II had been
through M fsal. u hers. and. more.
.ver, tho loas could not possibly b.
helped.
Upon reflection. whom Sarah saw
how much trouble was upon her mother
she was sorry shc had not confessed the
whole truth a encc, But Il was too
late now. Shc had taken tho lirss false
step. aud shc GOULD mol retract without
: disagrecabls exposure,
Who could have knocked II OFT"
shc said, In answ, TO hcr mother's last
Question; "and whore conld Il have got
blown soy | certainly saw nothing VI
= banl-nosc."
Mrs, Powers searched In vain, and at
noon she told her husband Of the loss,
mud then they both searched. and Mr.,
wars questioned his daughtet--nos
with thought TINT shc had deceived.
hut IN hopes that some forgotten inck
don, might occur 70 her Ba. Sarah
dared not c"nfcss now. She lacked
tho courage; and She lacked tho cour.
asc because shc was 70. u realize how
very small evils can grow - enormous
consequences.
Mr., Powers returned 10 hiA sturo Ia il
,huuah,fal mcod, liz knew that his
wife mus, have lcfl tho hsnk-note uu-
der tho laMr upon tha, shelf, and that |.
haL hecn there on the previous evening
shc was uat woman liable 10 mistake
In mnnnrt II such \ matter. Tho only
other pcrson wl,o had hecn III tho si,.
,inH.rvum from TINT ,imo hcs,le hi-
daughter was Robert Neasic. Perhaps
Robert might haso seen tho note, On
arriving At tho storo hs called his olork
Into tho ., untlng.room.
"lsobcrt. did you aee anything Of \
twen,,.dollar bill On tho mantcl Ia my
ai,tlng.reom, last evening"
No SIR
"iuu saw nothing that lookcd like
oney"
Tho young man hcs.tated. and col
orca. Then, with forced smile, ~
"l'srhsps Sarah may haye ssen
II.
mo. have asked her. and Ahe
knows nothing about H. shs saw
nothing u tho kind"
"I--l--eersainly saw nothing alr. /"
NJ, Powers WAS not Il I'll aatisded
With this answer; hut no would mol
prcaa tho matter then. iie dismissed
hls clcrk. and sat down and reflected.
And blu reflections wsrs nos pleasant.
That vsry evening Mr., powera call.
ed upon Mr, sslv!dsc. tho tailor. 10
oollcc. blu far cloth. The tailor VA,
fortunately, In funds. and hs paid the
tho hill. With tho money which hs
handed out wAs twsnty-dollsr bill.
u Tho Blackstone Dank, new aud crisp
Il was exactly such bin ~ Mr.. Pow
sra had given 10 biz wifs.
lle asked solvilge whore ho 70. II.
"Robor. veaslo pald II to mo this
forenoon. /"
"lfur whnty"
"For now coat. = -
Mr. Powers wsnt home. and showed
tho bill 70 his wifu. sLs dorlKru,l, Ii q
momont that Il was tho bin slo had
lost Where had he found ity
Tho merchant asked hor could shs
DO silent anl dlserest for . time. And
whom ahe had assured him that ne
could, hs told hor how ths blu had
como into bio poaseMIon.
They wers both greatly shocked.
Thcy had MT relieved such 4 thing
possible. II Robert voasis could bo !
thief, whom could thoy tvusty
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