The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-02
Hancock Savings Bank.
THE TWO FRIENDS: Or
HOW 10 WIN.

And with n smile and an arch glanc,
from her eyes, that james remembered
for many II day, she tripped away.
James did go on the excursion. Hi
company had been really desired b,
Walton, but before many hours, stun:
with the bitterness Of a rivals jealousy
he bitterly cursed his presence.
Ellie, never forgetting the obligation,
TO Waltz, sweetIy deferential to hi,
smiles, earnest to please him, at the
same time only too plainly evinced heI
pleasure ia the society Of James Farnum.
She talked with Walton pleasantly, she
danced with linn as often a. he wished,
she rewarded every little service with
kindly thanks but her eye frightened
when Farnum led her out to the dance,
ia II mRnner that was very different from
the merely kindly feeling with which she
accepted the attentions of Walton.
Walton saw this, and grew morose and
snappish. But with all his disposition TO
find cause for anger, Ellie was so cir
cumspect, so careful TO render him all
the attention that was his due, that,
notwithstanding his ilItemper, he could
find no cause for quarrel either with
her or with james
The excursion was success. The sky
was bright, the air soft and gentle, the
arrangements satisfactory, and AT night
the tired but pleased party raurned to
the city. James would have been glad
to have walked with John and Ellie
home, but as Ellie could rot GpG Walton
would not, invite him, lie Eade them
adieu on the wharf, and went his own
way
Three days after the excursion he
called OH tlIie. Ia her own home Ellie
was still lIIe gay Tut never. the thought
less girl. Being motherless, size was her
fathers hpusfkeeFer- aud natter OHe
the city could not afford, The order,
method, and neainess everywhere, with
the air of elegance and refinement per-
vading the whole, were points not likely
to escape the observation or fail 20 EiA
the appreciation OF ID Ii,"n i,i>r James
Farnm.
Mr.. Black received Iaurs with marked
cordiality. lie YVES g I.Iqp.b"i Gy tiaIa?,
and 10y the praoiIee oi careful economy
had amassed snug amDunt Of cash, his
great ambition being To accumulate
enough to purchase a farm in the c"un
try, and retire from business. Tie was
quite IN enthusiast on yub,rGts o. ECON
omy and savings hanks, amd was meyer
tired Of telling the story of how friend
of hSathrr's got Independently ly rich just
10y keeping a savings hank account.
I'm tell you h0w It was, " he wnnld
say: "hllvn was a smart young fellow,
and got good salary as "A clerk in a
wholesale house down town. At eiglI-
ttrm yra':s II 49, lac pp-ned his bank
nccomIt, and AT twenty began putting
ia the hank five dollars each week. I've
made my calculations said he, and I've
found that 10y putting ave d"liar- Il week
in the bank rrgularly, at fifty years oI
age | shall b. rich sure worth about
S2a, 0ial that j., if 1T the interest ae
cumLlati' AL the while. As soon ms il
gets up tO Si,ODn, shall invest the
amount on p safe bond and mortgage, al
seven per cent, and deposit the Interest
iG tho bank When another 81, 900 is
reached it takes thirteen years at five
dollars week, with aecumulaiing in
tere t, Ia get &, Gln- inyest tbni ia the
same way. Now, il 60 INTO business,
| may succeed and may fail; but this
bank plan i a sure way Of getting rich,
and mean to try it, And he did Try
il, and when lac was q little over fifty
years of age, he had aboGt So, GuG in tile
bank and on bonds and morigage
every dollar of it accumulated 10y that
plan. lir bought himself IA fine farm
about that tilpe, pn which he lives till
this day, though he is pretty old now.
''The beauty of the plan il, Farnum
would remark, '1hat the great bulk o
lis S3a, ,mll was tilde hy interest on hi,
deposits. five dollars ii week for thirty
years will amount, at six per cent, tC
nearly S2l, 500 $l3, COO Of il being in
terest "
Time passed on, and John and jaime,
were now open rivals for the hand oi
File Black. John was disposed to bt
quarreIsome, hut Iames rrSoIutely de
clared that there shonid b. no quarrel
ing. III Shall be, said lac, exactly a.
Ellie says. If she prefers you, | hav,
no right TO complain, and will go about
my business if she preIers me, tn,
CHOICE has been IA fair one, and you mus
submit
"Letus seitIeit at once, " said Walton
mnndily.
"Huwf"
'sy poppiiiS The question, oi course.
'Well, agreed; who shall do it first
'We must toss up To see, said John
and drew a copper from his pocket
They threw, and John won. 1t wa.
agreed that lang shos!d not visit th,
house ior week, during which tim,
John was TO take occasion TO offer hi
hand. The result John was to let Jane,
know at once,
The week was an anNions Que for oul
hero. He hoped strongly, but feared.
Sometimes lac INDUCED in glowing Wis
ions of happy home, of which Eli,
should be the lovely mistress-of walks
talks, fireside hours, and long, peaeefn
years, with Ellie ever at his side.
u the end OF the week John came {.
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