The Van Buren press., 1877-05-01

AiiN "ii ~ s''i''- N''''' 49, AH,J 49,
not men to be driven
Il Il drive them il they owed me and
diaut pay How can YOU run your mill
il yaa don get paN for your cloth p
Thal's suher question, Laura; and
there's whore the pineh comes
WeII-ld pinch Claxton and Sim
onds, think
q Let me look at the letter. said
Charles.
Mr.. Fuller handed it to him, and while
lie was reading it Laura went away with
the children to put them to bed.
II doesn't seem So bad after all,
Chaales said, laying the letter upon the
table
"Oh. no reshondea Mr. Fuller. II
can only give them slne they Will come
out all right. | know | can rely upon
their word They have sent Il heavy con.
signnent Of clothing to California, and
there's been hitch in exchanges As
they say, | elieve both ventures will
tufe ont remarkably we'll In fact, am
rather inclined to be pleased with the
prospect--ouly, must help them to OPP
en- those markets
i" Ny dear man, if my name can he of
assistance to YOU, you may command 1t
1T can be Of great ASST stance, Charles.
W it'll your name can get all the money
from the baak snail absolutely require
ior two months To come.
And by that time ClaAton and Sim
onds will have heard from their Galifor.
MIA correspondents z
Yes nave NO fear of their ultimate
success
Laura retHrned at this point. and
shortly afterwards her father went out.
o. the next day Charles called at Mr.
Fuller counting room, and the papers
were male out for the bank
a few evenings thereafter there was
party at the house OF q triead, whore
many Of the chief business men of the
place were present Charles and his
wife were oI the number
In the Course Of the evening a gentle
man approaeael Charles, and tapped
him On the shoulder.
BY tue way, Lee, have YOU heard
lately IRON Claxt9a u Simonds, Of ST.
Lous z
They were standing within hearing
spsrra gentlemen, who gathered nearer
as titet heard the question:
Charles replied in the alternative.
And what le theif condition
DO YOU mean financially =
YES
Their condition is undoubtedly
good
"Can they meet their maturing obi
CATIONS
- nasr ,s,a-s.~. ,et-.. 6s,sS,ss>--i,, .esui.
"Oh, Charles r' erred Laura, who had
been hanging upon his arm, " how can
you say soy
Laura
WAen they wrote to papa ONLY week
ago that they cpuIdn't pay him cent
AnH you know how drea linjlg Worried
he WAS | declare, | don't believe they
ever mean To pay a iartlting DIdn ntpoor
papa t.Il me wftA ais own lips that he
dare not pa,h tnem -
Charles Lee was ready to sink from
shame and mnrtifcation
Ot those gathered to listen were three
dir, ctors ii the principal bank in the
town.
He would have stopped his wiie's
speech, had it been pus>lble, but she rat
tied on in spite Of hts Impl"llns look
Laura, he said. you do not under
stand Your father has no fears, ~
"OA, Charles! Wnen he said. distinct
~, that the two thousand dollars now
due and the two thousand more in II
month ne, wouldn't get
The bank directors turned away, and
so did Charles Lee.
Hi wife saw that he WAS very pale,
ana she thought it was from anger, SO
she embraced the first opportunity to sli p
ava from hun.
Ga their way home Laura said:
Il suppose you are very much put out
Charles r
About what ?"
"Ahout what said concerning Clax
ton d Simon1s'
Il am distressed. Laura, but if yon
think you did right, | have nothing to
say
Goodness merry! Anybody would
think had done something dreadful
'Don't speak OF ii now, please | wish
to Give you no more lectures For the
present let the matter rest as IL is, so far
as YOU and are concerned
But, Charles, You were telling Mr.
Burbank that CIaxton ~ Smonds were
good
Il was telling what | firmly believed
to lac the truth. Laura You did not
hear the whole Of your fathers disclosure
the other evening. He aud both believe
CLAYTON " S .nunds to be financially
stronger than ever before, but the
opeuing of new aud distant markets for
their goods has, lUr the time, absorbed
their surplus capl'al AMI thus cramped
them AT al events, | have SO much
faith ia Their souadn ss thai | have lent
my uane tp carry Their paper
They had reached home AT this point,
aud The conversation was dropped
On the very next evening AIR Fuller
came IA. pale aud hagpard.
'P npa-a hat is tue matter T cried Lau.
ra. in alarm,
H. kissed her. AMI gently put her aside,
,nd havIug taken seat, he SAID to bls
son III law
Charles. am cruqhed"
F Fhhcr!'
'The bank woa't touch our paper
rhe directors know that my sole reliance