The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-27

and WAS I'm tUc ~ actA iouiais 80
into tho back room, aud DIR. Mshane
so awell, little girl, what can I DO for
YOUR !, ]. : 80, ], s, Al.
sand dollars 80
MIR. McLane he opened his eyes, ana
screwed his chair around, and looked &C me,
and said, . A thousand dollars I" VIII as
m,,cI, surprise rs though thousand dollars
was ali the money be had 10 the bank. linen
7 began to get scared, and cried, ana tnen !!
toId Mr. M'Laue all about pa and zones
- CO.., and what we wanted 10 u.
with the money, and that l Woui9
nav it back to BIN; and ne LOOSEN
kinder puzzled, and asked me WA ny
mas name was, and ] told nln, anu , wneie
the store was, and all about ma anu Mhuu,
and how the baby died. L guess tnab w',s
NOT very much like business, ana uon
know what MIR. McLane wanted 10 kno"
ALI that for. Then he looked at me again,
and guess he wasn't going to let me nave
the money, when gentleman at tne oSue :
desk came up to where was sitting on
chair. and Dir. McLane said, Wen,
Flood. what do you think OF this young
merchant?N And then knew. II was
the rich Mr.. Flood; and looked lnto
his ewes. and they kind OF laughedj anu
no said "Let her have the money: l
viii endorse her note" Then jumped up
and kisserl him, and he kissed me BACK, anu
Mr 1J,I ,ane made O note for ninety uays'
and signed "Jones IL Coz. ana DIT.
Flood wrote his name on the back OF IL.
took the money away in canvas DaS, tsut
Mr. M,Lane said must bring back, anu l
took the money to pa, and didn't lie loon
surnr;sed when poured out the great big
eold twenty-dollar pieces on the counter
Tben 7 told him what had happened al
tho hank. and when I asked him II he
didn't think was pretty good business
woman after all guess he felt real ashamed
After this, never sec anything ike II
s,1ch lots OF carriages and such nice iaa'es
kent coming every day, and most all OF
them traded with me, and pa was JUST as
pleased and happy as he could De- JONES
d Co. was making lois OF money: w hen
took Mr.. Floods money back, L lust
marched right through the bank, past tue
biz counters, into Mr.. MLane's room, anu
I took very good care to let the clerh tnat
Iourbed at me before see the bag. Mt:
Flood was in there, and Mr.. MLane, and
T opcued the bag and turned out the
money on cir. MLane's desk, and Mr..
Flood came up and laughed, and Mr..
M,Lane laughed, and l heard Dir. Flood
TELL MIR. MLanc they would have the
chanipacnc-lunch to-day. And then MIR.
Flood told me if wanted to borrow money
again not to 90 to any Of the other banks,
but to come to his, and I thanked him, and
Mr., McLane brought my note cancelled ny
q great blue Paid" stamped across the
face, right over where wrote "Jones 4
CO.. Then told Mr.. Flood that perhaps
! when we felt able to send for ma l should
come and borrow some more money, be:
cause wanted to buy house for 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 sent for ma and Maud, grandpa
gave ma the money to come, and so we
didn't have To borrow any more; ana we
took nice cottage, not very near the store,
for ia didn't want ma TO know about Jones
IL Co., though was just crazy TO tell her:
Fo, several days we fooled her. She
thought pa had a store down town, ana
was going 10 school. | told lots OF uDs
about being detained at school, going down
town, and all sorts OF stories to account Tor
being home late.
One day who should see coming into
the store but ma. ,..,-
"Haye you any pearl shirt-buttons, little
girl?" said ma.
YES, ma:am," said I, looking her right
square in the face.
"Goodncss gracious - said ma. sis
that you, Ecvc.
/ said "Beg pardon, ma'am, what did
YOU want ?" And then ma looked at me
again.
I had a store-apron on, and small cap
like a French girl; and, because | wasn't
very high, pa bought me pair OF wooden
brorans. with felt on the bottoms, into
which | slipped my feet, and they made me
four or five inches taller; and ma stared al
me, and then laughed and said
"Ob. | beg your pardon, little girl; you
look so much like my daughter GeneVleVe
that | thought you was her.
Then heard pa smoker down behlnd inc
counter. He had seen me come IN, and BID.
Inst a. soon as ma went out pa Jumped up
md launched. and said, "Snatch OIL your
apron and cap, Veyie, and run round the
block and get home before your mother"
I did, and when ina got home she was Tho
most surprised woman you ever seen. we
knew this thing couldn't last, and so thai
night we told ma all about the house o.
"Jones 6 Co.." and ma kissed pa and sane
he was Il "splendid, noble fellow, and lnsI
so proud of him in her life" and fell to kiss
: ing him and to crying and taking on.
never saw ma act 50 foolish in all her life
and pa said she "was making love to hin
over again."
. We'll, now, the story is about over. NJ;
came down to the store to help. at first sh'
looked kinder shcepish, especially whcl
some lady came IN that she had known a
the Lick House; but soon she got over al
that, and began to make bonnets, and w
[ had q miliner store; and then she insisted
) upon saving the expense OF q separate
| house, and we moved into a larger store
: next door, with nice rooms fixed up to i've
in, and 4 nice sbow-window for bonnets
. and little Maudie is beginning to be handy
about, and all Of US work, and we arc JUS
as happy as the days land, and have lots o
money.
Inever seen Mr.. Flood but once since
: when l went down to he bank unbeknowr
, to pa, and told MIR. Flood and Dir. McLant
that any time they wanted to borrow :
< thousand dollars "Jones & Co." would
lend it to them; and they laughed, and .ait
"they couldn't tell. stocks might go down.
And then Mr.. Flood said, II all the peo
pie be had given and loaned money would
pay it back as / had, lie didn't think ht
would get busted in long time"
And then saw the clerk that laughed al
me, and I smiled at him and bowed, an(
since then he has been buying all his gloves
at the store. told him thought he uset
a great many pairs of gloves, and he sale
they wore out very fast counting money
He 10 dreadful particular about his gloves
he is sometimes half an hour picking ou
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