The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-12

i, sIoPpcu the nOrses, anu went Dcnlf
the wagon to put stone under the g
wheel, just to prevent the wagon sill
ping back, you know, the road being
little hilly just there. Well, as ws
STOPPING, what should see but dil
ty looking piece of paper sticking j
the rut made by the wheels, the wheel
having passed over it, and fixed it liks
don't know what it was, but some
thing made me pick it up and look q
tit was that being very hard up jus
then l thought it might be something
worth having. Well, smoothed j
out on my knee, so as to have goo,
look at it, and when held it up, AM
saw it was q five pound note, yol
might baye knocked me dow
with feather. How long stood star
ing at it l never shall know-I wa
fairly dazed. 1 had never had SO mucl
money of my own at one time in al
my life. l thought of all the things i
would buy-how it would put the ren
straightforward we'd have for Dime
OH Christmas day, and whether m,
mate (who, l told you was ill., wa
fairly entitled to half of it. OF course
If he had been with me, he would hav,
had half, but then,as he wasn't didn'
see that he had any claim. However
l thought I'd talk that over with The
missus. Cher heads ever so much clear.
er than mine, at least she says SO, and
do what was right and proper. How
long should have stood dreaming |
don't know, it a servant girl hadn't
run out and asked me if l was going
to stand there all day. So l started
the horses again, and in few minutes
was hard at work unloading. Still,
couldn't forget that had found q five
pound note of the Bank of England in
my pocket, and this SO disturbed me
that wondered now l didn't shoot
myself into the cellar along with the
Goals. fancy, too, that, knowing that
l had all this money in my pocket,
felt little bit independent and care
less and besides, this was one of those
particular houses where the missus is
always. "Oh, Mr.. .Coalheaver, don't
make more dirt than you can avoid :"
or "I'm afraid, Mr.. Coalheaver, your
boots are very heavy" People of this
sort always get in your way ,and make
their remarks just when you've got
two hundred weight of Goals on your
back and if you happen to make any
answer back again, which your pretty
sure to do, as people of this sort are
always stingy, they threaten to report
you, she kept on bothering me, and
when she made remark upon my
boots, 1 said, Gail right marm, ; I'm GO
ing to get my patent feathers out of
pawn before l come again." With
hat she said was an insolent follow,
md that she would write complaint
% my employers. She kept her word,
90, but my master wasn't a bad sort,
md wrote back as follows: fa4 4
MADAM I'VE regret that you should
'e compelled to complain of any of
'ur servants. During the twenty
'ears we have been in business we
ave endeavored to engage gentlemen
o do work-hitherto without success.
We are etc., 92inj /
CLAY, Cross & Co.
Wallsend Wharf, Camden Town.
believe he always sent this form of
stter to people who complained of
he conduct of his men, though why |
g had two names and Co. at the end |
T 'em l never could make out. fsal /
Well, to go on with my story. I
OF through that days work somehow,
nd when got home at night me and
~ old woman talked the matter over.
'ear me, how it did cheer her up to
E sure. 1t did her more good than
i the doctors stuff she had been tax
q, and even our brand new baby
owed with delight. In fact, it SO
frightened up the old girl that she
oked quite we'll and strong again.
he was dead against giving any of it
my mate, because, she said, he had
zen on the drink, and that was the
ason he wasn't at work, that morn
g, and if he had any OF it he would
lly make bad use of it. Besides. she
id, it was better to keep it quiet,
Now l had never thought of it i'm
is light never thought that some
'dy might have lost it who couldn't
ford to lose it, "Finding's keen
rs, losings seekings," said ;and be-
les it's only rich people who ever
we five pound notes, and if they do
Sc one now and then 1t don't matter
uch. So then we talked it all over,
d reckoned up what we'd do with I
cry shilling; and SO hauled it ove,. :
the old woman, knowing that she s
'uld lay it out to the best advantage.
About three days afterward was L
lristmas day, and very jolly time
had Oft l can tell you. We in
ed my mate aud his wife to dinner. '
d very much surprised they were to 1
} everything SO comfortable. The a
ildren got new boots, the missus had S
lew cap, and several articles of S
thing had been "got out"-that is. S
u know, fetched away from kind Il
lion, who lends money at good in h
good security. Well, we d
We very comfortable day indeed, a "
ly good dinner, with as nice bit of Il
at as ever was roasted. The chill 81
IN had nuts and apples in the after a
on. Me and my mate had a stroll h
! a pipe. and got back comfortable h
lea. After tea we had some grog, Il
Ell my mate and his wife took "a
lie TOO much, and then they quar- a.
ed. He said my wl:e was better IL
naQer than aha was on1 that ,u.. ! :.