Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-08-09


them we wont have it! yelled Mr..
Jones at his wife, as she rushed to
see who it was. Oh, it is you, is it?
he said, in relieved tone, as Miss
Tellall, the village gossip, was ush-
cred in.
OF course it is! But, law me! 1
won't get mad at that. 1 told
brother James that l expected you
would be kind of fussy like and ex-
cited; almost every one is that has a
fortune left them.
What fortune, madam? demand
ed Jones.
Yes, what fortune? added Mrs.
Jones.
You don't mean to tell me you
don't know that fortune has been
left you? Well, I'll read it to you.
Miss Tellall then pulled out the
Bunkersville Beacon, and read as
follows:.---
We are glad to know that our
friend, Charles Jones, has come into
handsome fortune, left him by all
uncle who recently died in England.
Good luck could not have fallen up
on a more worthisr man. We con-
gratulate him.
That was what Williams wanted
to do, but I thought he was crazy,
mOaned Jones.
This accounts for it all, then, ex-
claimed the practical Mrs. Jones
Miss Tellall, this is a great mis-
take; l have no fortune left me,
said Jones. And further, l never
had an uncle in England; it's some
other Jones.
Law me! do tell! Well I'll go
home and tell the folks, so they
won't worry about you. You see
they thought you might be sick, and
would need careful nursing. But
you haven't got fortune-you are
not sick, are you? No? Well, then,
good-by!
l knew it, laconically exclaimed
Jones, as Miss Tellall departed.
Knew what? asked his wife.
That there was power behind
the throne.
Charles, said Mrs. Jones, hadn't
you better go down and see the edi-
tor of that paper? Perhaps he can
explain.
A wise suggestion, my dear, and
one which will Immediately i'm
prove.
The next morning the Bunkers-
vile Beacon contained the follow
ing correction:
In yesterdays issue, we said
Charles Jones had come into a for
tune. That gentleman called upon
us and wanted to know when 1t was.
We told him that it was a mistake
"a typographical error-that was
all. 1t should haYe been James.
We appeassd Mr.. Jones' disappoint.
ment by giving him the paper free
for one year, but would say this is
the only case in which we shall de-
viats from our rule of two dollars a
year in advance.
He needn't have spoken of his
charity so prominently, commented
Jones, after reading the paragraph.
Certainly be shouldn't, replied
Mrs. Jones. But then we can't
help it now. Well, Tll send that
butter of Mrs. Stingy's home.
Yes; and you had better tell her
that we appreciated
What! The butter? No Charles
it's altogether too strong.
If you would have allowed me to
finish, l would have added that we
appreciated the motive which
prompted her to be so kind
Law me! interrupted Mrs. Jones.
You can take it yourself if you want
a person to be SO very fine.
Never mind; we won't quarrel
about it.
Jones, after he found out the rea-
son of all his excessive kindness,
went to Graball and offered up the
check which had been given him.
but Graball saw that he had been
caught by his own cupidity, and
thought the best way to get out of
it with grace to himself was to make
present of the money to Jones.
But Jones wouldn't listen to that: