Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-06-09
LESDrxo MONEY TO A rAMEsAxE

LENDING MONEY To A MAMESAkE.
Did you ever lend money to a namesake
and wait long and apxiously for ito return
I We'll have, and thereby hangs tale.
! About two months ago was sitting at
Q desk in the reading room Of the hotel
inhabit, when was accosted by stranger,
who frst begged pardon for disturbing mo,
and then asked:
'sCAn you tell me where can find Mr.
Henry g. Pembroke7,'
I told him I could not. and tl,ough Penn
broke was my name, bad rot the pleas
nre Of knowing Henry g. The name might
be 10 the directory, aud possibly he might
find II there.
"That's just the trouble said the stran-
ger. "l looked the directory all through
but can't find the name. Henry G. Penn.
broke is q cousin Of mine, end is 10 this
city, and If could 6nd him it would save
me some trouble
"Ah, indeed" replied, "1'm sorry
cant oblige you, and suggest you call on
Pembr the -four merchant on West
street He might be able to tell you.,
"I've been there, he continued, sand to
half dozen other Psmb,okes, but they
don't know cousin Henry. left home
ten years ago, and havn't known much
about the family since. have boen living
out West near Chicago, and l am going
back on visit. I wanted to find my
cousin, and be able TO say something about
him when / see the old folks. Cousin
Henry and used 10 play together when
We were boys, brt he left home in 1859
aud came to New York, and havn't seen
him since."
He went on to say that he came from
certain city, which happened to be near
my birthplace, and he went on with family
details that showed he had somehow posted
himself very carefully, or was lust what
he claimed to be. He had heard OF me
frequently, he said, knew at what hotel I
WAS stopping, and made bold to call on me
in hopes of learning something of his dear
cousin. Begged pardon for interruption,
ionned his has and departed. / bade him
good-day - be went through the doorway.
resumed my writing, and was thankful
that my polite pamesake had gone.
But minute later he reappeared.
II beg pardon aeain, be said, "but there
10 another subject on which you can pos.
sibly inform me-"
0Can Won tell me the beat wav To walk
70 Boeton?n
s.You are not making = pedestrisn tim
throueh Nev Enoland. ara youp
MWsll. CO.. AM : cood v.lhe, and
have : nair of strone hoots lam hesIthv
and 4 Iii do ma nd hssm r. tr.vsi a conrjs
of hundred milss an footu
d,ev ont a .m.li man NJ The ra;,v.v
routes and shoved him th.t h;s h.st ronis
would be- thronch New Haven and thenoe
on to P,ovldsnce Ha tharked ma ana
again started Cd. He paused before reach
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A had met him once. and heard some ac.
euai ntssce- -speok Of him ~ = man of re.
spectab abilitv and bnsinesu INTEGRITY. and I
said 8, to the stranger.
| "I thank Won FOR the GOOD opfnion Won
have OF nv brother. > aid lie pedestsisn.
land hope that You will know him better
some time In the future, But must be
of, a. ought to reach New Rochelle BY
tonight. Good.day, sir,n
GOOD. .day,s responded. "Ani / hone
you will have pleasant walk
"Thauk you tor your good wishes" and
he vas off,
The fellow seemed 10 honest aod modest
| in his way that my couscieuce reprosched
nett does sometimes-and / determined
TO astouish myself by deed Of trust. So
l summoned waiter and told him to run
after that man and say I wanted to ses
him. He found the man standing on the
front steps of the hotel, and delivered my
| message.
The stranger asked IT he could be Of any
service to me, and said he could.
| "Here, said "take this and return 1t
when you get to Boston. Pay your fare,
and don't undertake to walk, and handed
him SIS bill
| he covered me with thanks, aud . tear
STOOD IN nas ssafooaFd eye a. he spoke. lie
looked az me clock and said he had just
time 20 calcn tne train, and 10 was gone.
| But TO THIS Gay have waited, and no $t
bill has come 70 me from that honest and
modest man, ana would sell out the claim
against him 'of oo cents on the dollar.
toso the story night before last at my