The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-12

nv ease should meet such d1sprOpor- |
tionate reward, while their own plodded |
along on weekly stipend with no great
aunt's estate in prospective, naturally |
experienced o revival of confidence in
the equitable government of the uni
verse. Elderly friends in church and |
Sabbath school felt that I had cause for
in being spared the snares and
temptations which accompany wealth.
My employer privately expressed the
opinion that had been getting above
my business, and he was glad to see me
taken down peg. aEvelina said, |
ss Never mind; we don't care for
money" But not many days after,
Evelina told me she had begun to real
ize what4a solemn ordinance was matri-
mony she and were both young, ans
had our way to make, and she thought
perhaps, for the present, it would be
bettert to consider ourselves only friends.
Il / said 'sVery we'll, and felt that l
was a lonely bark tossed on wild and
watery waste. ..'.. 4
1 had read of instances similar to
mine where the sealed packet or the old
Bible proved to contain bank-notes but,
finger the paper left me as l would, /
could make nothing of it but paper. 4
" For year went calmly and hope
lessly forward in the dry-goods and
grocery way, and we then assembled
for the opening of my sealed orders
the lawyer, the doctor, the minister, and
myself. The first words that met my
ewes as / unfolded the paper were,
s'And all former, wills by me made |
do hereby revoke" etc. With palpi-
tating heart passed the document to
the lawyer AfterproVisions and lega-
cies similar to those in the first instru-
ment, this latter document proceeded
as follows: III h"h 90 -
To the American Missionary Society l
give and bequeath the sum of $25, 900.
To my beloved nephew, Samuel 0. Haynes,
who hOpe.may have learned during the
year that has elapsed, lessons of wisdom
more valuable than money, I bequeath the
sum of $25 200, which direct my executor
to pay over to said Haynes as soon as may
be convenient. farther direct my eXecu-
tor to annually pay to said Haynes the in
come from the remainder OF my property,
both real and personal, and to pay from the
principal to said Haynes on his thirtieth
birthday, if he be living, or to his heirs or
assigns if deceased, the sum OF $25, 900, and
to pay to said Haynes on his thirty-fiith
birthday the remainder of my property, be
it more or less .4 -...s.. FJ Il
went down to the store just as usu-
al the next morning, for l wished to
show people that had too good sense
to have my head turned. When 1 I'LL
ed our best customers molasses jug
with kerosene, 1 knew I had demon
strated my GOODNESS. go 4''fI to ilfi "
The Chairman of the Board of Select
men wanted to knew what should adj
wise in regard to the rebuilding of the
Piper stone bridge; the doctor asked
what my candid opinion was concern
ing the comparative merits of muriate
of ammonia and iodide of potassium in
a case of pleuritis where egophony de-
notes slight effusion, but with strong
indications of adhesion of the medals
tinum; and the minister said there was
an article on "Semi- plagiarism in the
Fourteenth Century y in the Bibliotheca
Sacra he thought / would enjoy perus-
ing. AS stood on the hall doorstep
after singing-school that evening, Eve
lima came out back of me, and said she,
with little SILVER, sob, how da-ark it
isin
1t flashed across me, as offered my
arm for escort home, that to the femi-
nine imagination matrimony on the in
come of seventy five thousand is natur-
ally q less " solemn ordinance than
on precarious salary of SO week,
and nothing found but peppermint
drops. U.s. =
Presently Evelina remarked, "Aren't
you very lonely since your aunt diedp''
tender emphasis on the lonely. My
aunt had been dead a year, and Evelina
"engaged - at least once in the mean
time. firm. r,, .,..+.,,.... ....-...-. ..
"Not at all; my time and attention
are likely to be entirely absorbed in
business = fsta.1L FL
",No one can rejoice more sincerely
in your good fortune than do l, Sam
uel.' ''''' 81
Ell don't doubt it, Evelina; l shall
always feel confident of your friend
ship" ..,,. .!.,...... .... -.
| l leave Evelina at her cottage gate
and l feel that Hi ..'." .7'4''-
OF all the glad words of tongue or of pen,
The gladdest are these-"It wasn't to hav,
| been"
The next afternoon my employer in
vited me to be seated behind the rail
ing that fenced in our office, and sale
he, laying his hand on my shoulder
with a Confidential, parental, sacri
fetal air.: bsgaiotfe " ~.1.....r Fl
"Samuel, I have been rejecting up
on my duty to you. You are young
man just starting in life, and starting
in some respects under favorable cir
eumstanoes, but every thing depends
upon your starting right. You have al
ways been faithful to my interests, anG