The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-12-07

i ! hridge is over the brook that SINGS
aagi "a idd IfGpleaaant shyme;
..,..re~S,-vdns upon the bank iil
~. fren these wandering words, s.,
a a1NIof the happy schoolrday time,
Is tney WA''n A'' '' .sszsS
a.. dream there is with grander flow,
~ Wth 5 etcfnerysDdAefson
; sssa 'li s;ass 5sss. Z ssss' s9sfs'' 'sn'''
..a'dSFb 1BfI,s MILESTONE. [I'ot ess
s,,,a.l,iss1q sh, l-- 4''4s.siaio s'S"
aUpdastspd me, Abel; both my
Yabk sndt myself are perfectly satisfied
r;tntiBan noaAt already paid. ."4 q .
aMsny thanks to you, sir,' fertile
swing Of it; but nothing short of tho
Ml ustuiij SATISFY me.l Atthe time
lieht yesrsl ago next midsummer) it
lsH McK6h4d at a hundred and fifty
uouuds in round numbers. ImeAn TO
81 Il eyerY tarthing, please heaven I
M l6pf 6hough. II | die afore, / hope
,l.lbai klspipAhs payment feg' 'iar..''
aRu,. really.,Abel, L don't like tax
W tnU WOuey. dA SuAO VuOS0 P9tF
nsnts must cripple you tsrribiy. - 20
,4Ysger yop, mind that, Mr., Baker,
akbhDf Il feefl Something on my con-
.imOah6sh .bswcrssf tnan hunger OF
edd, and it won't be, easy until live
pid you all. There's five pound ten,
.tifr1olit ihnqAsas last half year, be-
esnsa Of Pollv,s illness in the spring ;
4Ssfhbp6 10 make it more next time.
IfNrs1hr Ahe sum in this book and
Sssg' sRP'll find i makes ninety
sl+yingapasnds exactly. WeA, i
yoo insist on my taking the money,
g3 suppose n must; sss,,, Is your daughter mar
! siis,at, sill" ~ aii .f7s'1as5
- ssIbikeH Il to be2'' sis,oI ,asa ai1l.I]
'sNWsd, I'm afraid it's higher than
sykaAasas isHi sisa7afi = ,Htfit79
sIkNI ,s,tI,uyou disappFove Of -he'
ssAh, nd, MT . Bit. Tom Smiths as
2p0&a fellow as ever lived He'll gel
Vk, That Boy will. He's sober, hones1
6niAl5 ;tand' that II tell in the long
Jp,,;R Rpt I'd rather she; hadn't any
Wdy siter her-leastways until thu
dl1ss4asisd l'twixt you and me. -
|,ai.A debt that, as you know, we al
na11 consider discharged"
.sel9htasaAick 7 don't, Mr.. Baker
Union However, I'm a-keeping you
GO6tMkht, sir; and many thanks fol
| 91kkd1nAes. 49, -! aD 3H9i sist5Ps{
saMth tlet Abel Webb retreats, hat il
txttss nd bowling to Baker, junior
With sv1y backward step he takes
ands himself byand BY at the half-glas
GMdepegng. to the outer Office. Ar
nIed mere, he once more, thanks tn,
/ N4tfaftnar Of Baker y Baker
AlashIe druggists, OF Ipecacuanha
nne, Mdermanbury, and at las
lss fns6' the crowded thorough
1ainsqaai 81 .af s,.i g,st.l1Is
Genemlly speaking, Abel can not b
emnsiSdS good walker, neither doe
eh&fi9ariy whistle stirring nationa
@Sodles g he elbows his way through
ueeeeMg Streets. Yet whenever b
40 haf-yearlyl visits to Baker
Ea'ol ne seems to become Undue,
fsMiiife, fresh hope, and increas
| &pgA The. patient old man re
Xli!es the change himself, and Joy
eeSfhat the milestone OF debt
9 tQr 50 many years hung abou
= leck. IS less heavy than before.
~, ,AsayhSM the close thoroughfare
Me cleycn tc4the Thames embank
ssNnMaR has been long andsfa
R d and resting his arms upon tn
alcstfade, he pauses for q fey
M eMth bis eyes, fixed upon th
SSl, llent-howing river. "a hundre
l..I pounds, he mhrmurs as h
eMa9pathe sweep Of waters be
w Hl.-sa lot Of money, q lot 9
Ss Lasift sqhandered, but no,
- SsfkatGe! A fortune tomenl lik
ossd. honest Abel Webb, the boz
WsM W0 caIl me at school; honest ABE
,s "soo. rhave been -to my employers
A. A. :. a.ls'sbsl Webb, lT'h try to be t
- !! sgIHg gI'e, tones = Of a'Si sBigy yaBHan' Ben
Sa asesuWebbl lfrcih his revert,
daytI Fdden thought that hi
Ens ss's! i POLY would be home befor
r w w @dn,f make great haste,Ih
eb,s. Sbfisk tfbt, resnmiing b
M Hnlstie as he.seHtalong.sr II
sure annuuh homo eho mos