West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-12


a bad husband, where they sold every
thing, and she said in France they called
II lingerie.
didn't know what they mean, he.
cause il was French, and | asked her II
she didn't want 10 sell her store. and
she said
girl?' ''''
And | said:
My pa does"
And she smiled and said she guessed
the sheriff would have store TO sell i'm
a few days, and | said | would tell ia.
because he knew Mr.. Nunan, the sheriff
1t was one Of Mr.. humans men that sold
pas horses and furniture off for him
And the next day told pa about the
store, and what nice one il was. he
said he had been dry goods man once.
and had large store, and sold silk dress
goods, and velvets, and furs, and laces.
worth ever so much a yard, and India
shawls worth more than a thousand dol
lars apiece.
don't know exactly what pa did, but
/ think something turned up" few
days afterwards for ! heard him say he
had made "a raise and he showed
me more than thousand dollars in gold
notes, and for day or two he carried
them In side pocket. and mostly kept
his hand over them for fear they would
Jump out and fly away, and pa bought
me some shoes and n hat, and stuff for
aprons, and ] made them myself. and |
never saw pa look so happy since ma
went away and one day he said TO me
Nevie, have bought the store on
Polk-street, and you are TO be sales
woman and partner"
And sure enough, in few days we
went into the store, and over the door
was great big sign of Zones & Co. ."
and pa said | was the "Co" And when
said, and 40, pa, you are JONES'" he
blushed, and ! guess he didn't like for
his old friends 10 know that he was sell
ing needles, and thread, and tape, and
things.
We had two snug little rooms i'm the
back OF the store TO sleep in, and / made
pas bed, and swept out the rooms and
tldied things. AT first pa shut up the
store when he had to 60 down town on
business, but after n while | tended il.
and when there was two customers in
the store | waited on one, and it wasn't
long before | could make change and
sell things, and add up almost "a good
as pa could; and by-and- by when he
went down town tended store. and we
had splendid times. We went out TO n
nice place across the street for our urmeals.
| tended store when pa went, and pa
tended store when / went.
One day pa came in and looked dread
ful troubled, and then said. " PA, amt
] n partner, and don't partners have a
right TO know every thing, and ain't YOU
hiding something about Jones & Co. %
And then / found out that pa had
bought too many things for the store.
and that a note for thousand dollars
had 10 be paid, and there wasn't any
money to pay il with, and that's what
made pa feel bad And then / thought
and thought, and wondered how could
raise one thousand dollars, and kept
on thinking over everybody that /
guessed had n thousand dollars. and
every one | guessed had it / guessed
wouldn't lend it TO pa. And then T
thought about Mr.. Flood and said. "Pll
90 down TO his bank and get it. for he's
got more than a thousand millions. and
down in the Bank OF Nevada the cellar
"a full Of gold, and Of course he don't
want TO use it all the time, and I'll bor-
row thousand dollars for pa, and before
Mr.. Flood wants it I'll take il back 20
him and pay the interest" And then
] jumped up and hurraed for Zones g.
Co.." took my best bonnet, and put on
my gloves, and took of my store aprou
and combed my hair, and got into car
and went 20 the Nevada Bank, and told
the clerk ] wanted to borrow one thou.
sand dollars; he laughed and said he
guessed / had better see Mr.. MLane."
And asked who Mr.. MLane was. The
clerk said Mr. M'Lane was the pres
ident, and was IN the back room, and I
went into the back room and Mr.. M'Lane
said
well, little girl, what can I do for
you?
And / said 81 want to borrow a
thousand dollars"
Mr.. NJ Lane opened his eyes, and
screwed his chair round, and looked at
me, and sail, "a thousand dollars +"
with as much surprise as though thou
sand dollars was all the money he had
in the bank Then ! began To get scared
and cried, and then / told Mr. MLane
all about pa and Zones q Co.." and
what we wanted 10 do with the money.
and that / would pay it back 10 him (:
and he looked kinder puzzled and asked
me what my pas name was, and / told
him, and all about ma, and Maud, and
how the baby died. I guess that was
not much like business, and / don't
know what Mr.. M'Lane wanted to know
all that for. Then he looked at me
again and ] guess he wasn't going to let
me have the money, when a gentleman
at the other desk came up 10 where 7
was sitting ON a chair, and Mr.. M'I,ape
said Well, Flood, what do YOU think
of this young mcrchantW And then I
knew 10 was the rich Mr. Flood and I
looked into his eyes and they kind Of
laughed, and he said "Iet her have
the money / will indorse her note 3"
Then ! jumped up and kissed him and
he kissed me back, and Mr.. MIaue
made a note for ninety days. and ]
signed 10 "Jones e. Co" and Mr.. Flood
wrote his name on the back of it. I
took the money away in canvas-bap.
that Mr.. MLane said must bring back
and took the money TO pa, and didn't
he look surprised when ! poured out
the great big twenty y-dollarpieces on the
counter
Then I told him just what happened
at the bank and when 7 asked him if
he didn't thinkthink I was a prettyeood
business woman after all, guess ne felt
real shamed