Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-06-08
No. 20

pathy when the cares of the world are too
many for him."
Mrs. Boggs, who had resumed her mcpping
said he was right she had always told him
so. She could sympathze with him in all
his troubles if he would only let her know.
Il know it, DEAR said Boggs, tenderly,
land that is the reason why | want to tell
you about those bonds of your dear mothers
| that you gave me to put in the bank"
"Yes, dear said Mrs. Boggs quickly,
pausing in her labor and leaning in an atti-
tude of intense interest on the mop handle
"Well, you see, love-" continued Mr.
Boggs, 81 was going to keep this from you,
but am satisfied that a man ought to tell his
business to his wife, and"
$50 on, y said Mrs Boggs, rather sharply,
! an eager light coming into her eye, go on
nd tell all about the bon6s.'
'Well " said Boggs, drumming on the
empty plate with the mutton bone, Tripem
told me of good speculation he knew of if
he only had the money and there vas mil
lions in it, but he hadn't the cash to try it On.
He offered to give any man two-thirds of the
profits who would furnish the capital"
eyes" said Mrs. Boggs, breathing harder
through her set teeth (both upper and lower
set, on rubber), and her fingers playing nerv-
ously around the mop-handle, land you re-
collected the bonds.'
"Recollected 'em? Had 'em in my pocket,
going to the bank just that minute. Now
my dear, never would have told you this if
hadn't read an article in newspaper about
confding-"
"Go on. Boggs,' said Mrs. B., in voice
preternaturally calm, 'Tripem told you what
his scheme was, and you
eyes; Tripem told me all about it, and he
would not have told any one but me- neither.
He said it was the Centennial year, and every
body would be just crazy for some relic or
another of the Revolution. He knew where
there was a lot of Centennial money that
could be bought cheap, and it would sell for
almost any price we were a mind to ask for
it. He would do all the business, buy the
Centennial money himself, and go to the
Centennial Exposition and sell it; and l
thought it was great chance-never happen
again in alifetime, at least not once in hun
dred years. Such an opportunity, too, to in
vest your dear mothers bonds; for, rs Tri-
penn said, United States bonds must bust up,
but Continental money is good any time.
Bless me, whata relief it is to tell ones busi-
ness to ones wife! What"
"But, dear, you didn't trust all of mothers
bonds to Tripem? said Mrs. Boggs in low
soft tones creeping little closer to the old
lUou, W uOSC UdCh W DIS LOWdlUS utl, anu SOitly
splitting on her hands as she trailed the mop
along the floor, with the handle under her
arm.
"Oh, yes did," cried the unsuepecting
Boggs. 'Tripem's all right; he's off hunt-
ing up that Continental money, and when he
sells it"
'Boggs!''
There was a cry like the combined yell of
dozen infuriated wildcats, accompanied by
the quick, damp whisk of mop through the
air, and Boggs caught 1t on top of his bald
head, sprawling him out on the domestic
hearth. Thick and fast rained the blows de-
livered by that enraged female, mingled with
such cries as, "villain! wretch! defaulter!
robber of the wilder! embezzler! confide
your rascality to me, will you? Oh, you vile
confidence man! Centennial money for
mothers bonds; Ill pay you in an other
coin," etc., etc.
The uproar brought Boggs' mother-in-law
upon the scene, and when she was taken in
to confidence too, as it we're, and learned
what had become of her bonds, she conclud-
ed the matinee by tipping tub full of hot
suds over him, which nearly washed him in
to the back yard. Boggs hasn't been seen
outside of the house since, but the doctor
says he thinks he can get enough new skin
on him so that he can go to Philadelphia
abou. the Fourth of July, and see how Tri-
penn is getting along with the sale of that
Continental money.