Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-05-01
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mess woman afler all. | guess he fell
real ashamed.
In . few days a beautiful carriage
drove 10 the door, and nice young lady
came in and bought nearly twenty dol
lars worth Of things. / never sold so
many goods to any one person before,
and the young lady was real kind, and
helped me to add Up the BILL. 1saw pa
didn' offer to help me ct al, and looked
Kinder cqmieal when she and me was,
puzzled oyer The figures TO get them all
right. The mines troubled me dreadful
in adding, and so have got in the way
Of making figures either ives or moth
ings, so they will add up easier. When
the young lady drove away, ] went TO
the carriage and saw the letter "F' on
the panel and on the harness. "F,"
said to MYSELF 81 wonder who il can
be 7" | should have thought il was
Miss Flood, only she hadn't any dia-
monds in her ears or on her fingers, and
was dressed just only nice and plain;
and / sand "Of couIse it wasn't Miss
Flood"
After this, + never see anything like
it-such lots Of carriages and such nice
ladies kept coming every day, and most
all of them traded with me, and pa was
just as pleased and happy as could be.
"Jones g. Co." was making money.
When / took Mr.. Floods money back
Just marched right through the bank,
past the big counters, into Mr.. Nc
Lanes room, and took very good care
TO let the clerk that laughed at me be-
fore see the bag. Mr.. Flood was in
there, and Mr.. McLane and opened
the bag and turned out the money on
Mr.. McLane's desk, and Mr.. Flood
came up and laughed, and Mr.. McEane
laughed, and heard Mr.. Flood tell Mr..
McLane they would have that cham
payne lunch to-day. And then Mr..
Flood told me if / wanted to borrow
money again not to 60 to any other Of
the banks, but come to his, and y thanked
hirn, and Mr. McLane brought me my
note, cancelled by great blue ''Paid"
stamped across the face, right over
where wrote "Jones & Co." Then /
told Mr.. Flood that perhaps when We
felt able 10 send for ma | should come
and borrow some money, because /
wanted to buy house for maand Maud,
so they wouldn't have to 90 into any
more nasty boarding houses, and Mr..
Flood SAID / should have all the money
fTwanted.
Then we sent for ma and Maud.
Grandpa gave ma the money to come,
and so we didn't have TO borrow any
more; and we took nice cottage, not
very near the store, for pa didn't want
ma to know about "Joncs & Co., though
was Just crazy to tell her.
For several days we fooled her. She
thought pa had a store down town, and
was going to school. / told lots of fibs
about being detained at school, going
down town, and all sorts Of stories to
account for being home late.
One day who should see coming into
the store but ma
"Have you any pearl shirt buttons,
little girl - said ma.
ayes, MAN." said I, looking her
right square in the face.
"Good graciousi" said ma, as that
you, Vevie Z"
saId: "Beg pardon, IN, what did
you want 7" And then ma looked at
me again.
/ had a store apron on, and small
cap like a French girl, and because
wasn't very high, pa bought me PAIR
of wooden brogans, with felt on the
bottoms, into which slipped my feet,
and made me four or five inches taller.
And ma stared at me, and then laughed
and said:
"OhI beg your pardon, little girl.
You look go much like my daughter
Genevieve that l though. you was her."
Then / heard pa snicker down behind
the counter; he had seen ma come in
and had hid.
Just as soon as ma wentout, pa jumped
up and laughed, and said Snatch of
your apron and cap, Vevie, and run
round the block and get home before
your mother.
! did, and when ma got home she
was the most surprisedest woman you
ever seen. We knew this thing couldn't
last, and so that night we told ma all
about the house Of "Jones & Co." and
ma kissed pa, and said he was a ''sslen-
did, noble fellow, and was Just as good
as gold," and that she 'never was so
proud of him IN all her life" and fell to
kissing him and 10 crying and taking
on. / never saw ma act so foolish in
all her life, and pa said she twas ma
king love to him over again."
Well, now, the story - about over.
Ma came down to The store 10 help. AT
first she looked kinder sheePIsh, espe-
ciaIIy when some lady came in that she
had known at Lick House; but soon she
got over all that, and began to make
the bonnet<, and we had milIiner store;
and then she insisted upon saving the
expenses Of separate house, and we
moved into = larger store next door,
with nice roems fixed up to live N, and
a nice show window for bonnefs, and
little Mzudie Is beginning TO be handy
about, and all Of Us work, and We are
just As happy rs the days long, and
have lots of money.
Ineyerseen MF. Flood but once since,
when ! went down to the bank unbe-
known 10 pa, and told Mr.. Flood and
MIR. McLane that any time. they wanted
70 borrow thousand dollars, "Jones &
Co" would lend il TO them: and they
laughed, and said '.they eonldn't tell,
stocks might get down." and then Mr..
Flood said, 'if all the people he had
given and loaned money 10 would pay
il back as had, he didn't think he
would ge. busted in long time.
And whch Isaw the clerk that laughed