The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-22

the store was, and all about ma, atiI
Maud, aud how the baby died. CUES
that was not very much like business, an,
] don't know what Mr.. M'Lane wanted /,
know all that for. Then he looked at m,
again, and guess he wasn't going 10 IL
me have the money, when agentlenan a
the other desk came up 10 where / M
sitting on q chair, and Mr.. M'Lane said
DWELL Flood, what do you think Of thi
young merchant" Aud then l knew /
was the rich Mr. Flood; and I looked In
70 his eyes, and they kind Of laughed, ant
he said: "Let her have the money,
will endorse her note" Then | Jumped
up and kissed him, and he kissed M
back, and MI. M'Lane made q note fol
ninety days, and | signed Zones L Co.,
and Mr.. Flood wrote his name ON ths
back Of II. took the money away In I
canvas bag, that Mr.. M'Iane said / mus
bring back, and l took the money to pa
and didn't he look surprised when
poured out the great big gold f2O pieces
on the counter?
Then told him what had happened nj
the bank, and whom asked him II he
didn't think l was q pretty good business
woman after oil, l guess he ielt real
'
After this, ! never see anything like Il
such lots Of carriages and such mica Ia.
dies kept coming every d6y, and most ali
Of them traded with me, and pa was lust az
pleased and happy as he could be. Jones
y Co.., was making lots OF money. When
| took Mr.. Floods money back, l lust
marched right through the bank, past Inc
big counters, Into Mr.. MLane's room, and
! took very good care TO let the clerk that
laughed at me before see the bag, Mr..
Flood was in there, and Mr.. M'Lane, and
| opened the bag and turned out The
money on Mr.. MLane's desk, and Mr..
Flood came up and laughed, and Mr..
M'Lane laughed, and / heard Mr.. Flood
tell Mr.. M'Lane they would have The
champaign lunch to-day. And then Mr..
Flood told me II wanted to borrow money
again not to go to any Of the other banks.
but to come to his, and i thanked him.
and MIR. MLane brought my note can.
celled by great blue "Paid" STAMPED
Rcross the face, right over where / wrote
Jones & Co." Then told Mr.. Flood
that perhaps when we felt able 10 send ior
ma should come and borrow some mora
money, because wanted TO buy honss
log ma and Maud, so that they wouldn't
have to go into any more nasty boarding
houses, and Mr.. Flood said l should have
all the money wanted.
When we sentforma and Maud, Grand,
pa gave ma the money 10 come, and 30 we
didn't have to borrow any more; and we
took a nice cottage, not very near The
store, for pa didn't want ma 10 know
about Jones 4 Co, though | was Just crazy
% tell her.
For several days we fooled her. She
thought pa had a store down town, and |
vas going to school. I told lots Of abs,
'bout being detained at school, going down
own, and all sorts Of stories 10 ACCOUNT
or being home late.
One day who should | see coming into
he store but ma. ''''N
= Have =; Y, yog any pearl shirt-huttQps, lit,
YES, m9'am," said !, looking her right
:. " :, E gracious" said ma, as that
Sllu' Deg pardon m1'am, what did
'ou want?' And then ma looked at me
gain,
i had store apron on, and a small can
ike French girl, and because | WASH I
'ery high pa bought me pair Of wooden
1rogans, with felt on the bottoms, into
which slipped my feet, and they made
ne four or five inches taller. And ma
stared at me, and then laughed and said:
oh! beg your pardon, little girl. You
ook so mHch like my daughter Genevieye
hat thought yOp wgs her,
Then heard pa snicker down behind
he counter; he had seen ma come in, and
MD. Just rs soop as ma went out, ma
Jumped up and laughed, and said
Snatch oil your apron and cap, Yeyie.
md run round the block and get home be.
ore your nothpr."
did, and when ma got home sho was
he most surprised woman YOU ever seon.
We knew this thing couldn't last, and 40
hat night We told ma all about the house
'f Jones & Co.." and ma kissed pa, and
'aid he was splendid, noble fellow, and
lust as good as gold" and that she ''neyer
vas so proud OF him in her liFp," and fell
% Kissing him and to crying and taking
On. never saw MA act SO foolish in MI
her life, and pa said she twas making love
70 him over again."
Well, now, the story is about oylr. Ma
came down to the store to helm. At first
she looked kinder sheepish, especially
when some lady came in that she had
Known at the Lick House; but soon she
got over all that, and hesaD 10 mako bon.
nets, and We had milliner store, and
hen she Insisted upon saving the expense
Of seperate house, and we moved into q
larger store next door, with nice rooms
fixed upto live in, and a nice show win.
dow for bonnets, and little Maudie is be.
ginning to be handy about, and all Of NC
work, and we are Just as happy as the DAVIS
land, and have lots OF money,
lnever seen Mr.. Flood but once since,
when ] went down to the bank unbe.
SHOWN to pa, and told Mr.. Flood and Mr.
M'lape that any time they wanted to lor:
row Q thousand dollars Jones ( Co.
would lend tito them; and they laughed,
and said "they couldn't tell, STOCKS might
60 down." and then Mr.. Flood said III all
the people no had given and loaned mon.
ey would pay 1t back as ! had, no didn't
think he would get busted In long time"
And then saw the clerk that laughed
atme, and smiled at him and bowed,
and since then he has been buying all his
gloves st the store, ] told him thought
be used a great many pairs OF gloves, and
he said they wore out very fast counting
money. lie Is dreadful particular about
hlsgloyps, and II there Is nobody In tho
store but me lie Is sometimes half an
hour picking out Just the kind he wants"
Pa has bought splendid gold watch-k
real stem.winder-and We Jones & Co.,
have bought nice large lot out on Gov.
Stanford's new cable railroad, and paid for
it, and ifthe times are good this summer,
ss pa thinks they will 9e, We shall hare 4
house oi our own again, where We shall
all live in peace, die in GREECE, and be
buried in a cake Of tallow.
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