The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-04-03

the Darkroom, and Mr.. M Lane said:
+" Well, little girl, what can I dc for
and I said: ST want to borrow q
thousand dsllars."
Mr.. Muane he opened bis eyes. and /
screwed his chair round, and looked at /
me, and said " A thousand dollars -
with as much surprise as though thou
sand dollars was all the money be had in /
the bank, Then l began to get scared
and cry, and then tod Mr.. M'Lane al /
about pa and q Jones & Co.," and what |
we wanted to do with the money, and /
that would pay it back to him and he /
looked kinder puzzled, and asked me /
what my pas name was, and told him, !
and where the store was, and all about |
ma, and Maud, and how the baby died |
l guess that was not very much like |
business, and I 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 q gentleman at the other
desk came up to where ] Was sitting on
a chair, and Mr.. M'Lane said: Well,
Flood, what do you think OF this young
merchant ?" And then I knew It was
the rich Mr.. Flood and I looked into
mis- eyes, and they kind OF laughed, and
be said: Let her have the money.
| will indeTse her noe" Then I jumped
up and kissed him, and be kissed me
back, and Mr.. NJ flame made q note for
ninety days, and signed it Jones &
| Co, J" and Mr.. Flood wrote his name on
| he back of it. 1 took the money away
| in a canvas bag, that Mr.. M'Lane said I
must bring back, and took the money
to pa, and didn't he look surprised when
poured out the great big gold twenty
dollar pieces on the counter2
Then told him just what happened
at the bank, and when I asked him if he
didn't think was pretty good business
woman after all, I guess he felt real
ashamed.
In a few days q beautiful carriage
drove up to the door, snd nice young
lady came in and bought nearly twenty
dollars 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. I saw pa
didn't offer to help me at all, and looked
kinder comical when she ard me was
puzzled over the figures to get them all
right. The mines troubled me dreadfully
in adding, and so have got in the way
of making figures either fves or moth
ings, so they will add up easier. When
I
the carriage and saw the letter 4" f" on
the panel and on the harness. "F I"
said ] to myself; 90 wonder who it can
be ?" should have thought it was Miss
Flood, only she hadn't any diamonds in
, her ears or on her fingers, and was
dressed only just nice and plain; and
said, of course it wasn't Miss Flood"
, After this, l never see anything like
: it-such lots of carFiages 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 he could be.
Jones & Co. was making lots of money.
) When took Mr.. Floods money back,
just marched right through the bank,
past the big counters, into Mr.. M'LSne'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 1 opened the bag and
turned out the money on Mr. M'Lane's
desk. and Mr.. Flood came up and
, laughed, and Mr. M'Lane laughed, and
heard Mr.. Flood tell Mr. M'Laue they
would have that champagne lunch to.
day. And then Mr.. 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 .dr
M Lane brought me my note, cancelled
/ by great blue Paid " stamp across the
, face, right over where 1 wrote " Jones &
Co." Then I told Mr.. Flood that per,
! haps when we telt able to send for ma
should come and borrow some more
money, because / wanted to buy s house
for ma and Maud, so that they WOULDN'T
have to go into any more nasty boarding
houses, and Mr.. Flood said I should
{ have all the money | wanted.
2 Then we sent for ma and Maud
Grandpa gave ma the money to come
3 and so we didn't have to borrow any
/ more and we took a nice cottage, no
very near the store, for pa didn't want
2 ma to know about Jones & Co., though
? l was Just crazy to tell her.
2 Tor several days we fooled her. Sht
Z thought pa had a store down town, anC
3 l was going to school. I told lots o
fibs about being detained at school, go
Q ing down town, and all sorts of storie
? to account for being home late.
One day who should see coming in
to the store but ma
, "Hsve you any pearl shirt buttons
2 little girl ?" said ma.
g Yes, ma'am," said I, looking he
right square in the face.
t "Goodne's gracious !" said ma, & i
' that you, Vevie?'
e said: Beg pardon, ma'am, wha
e did you want p And then ma locke,
at me again.
had 8 store apron on, and a small
t cap like a French girl. and because
wasn't very high, pa bought me a pal
t of wooden brogans, with felt on the bot
r toms, into which l Slipped my feet, ant
I they made me about four or five inche
a taller. And ma stared at me, and thel
laughed and said.
n OIL l beg your pardon, little girl
+ You look 20 much like my daughte
Genevicve that thought you was her
e Then 1 heard pa smoker down behint
i the counter; he had seen ma come in
% aud hid. just as soon as ma went GU
n pa jumped up and laughed, and said
e I" Snatch off your apron and cap, Vevie
Is and run round the block and get HON
g before your mother"
]. did, and when ms got home she wa
e the most surprisedest woman you eve
e seen. We knew this thing couldn't last
d and so that night we told ma all abou
g the house of "Jones & Co.," and m
n kissed pa, and said he was "splendid
d noble fellow, and just as good as gold,
n and that she never was so proud of hin
/ in all her life" and fell to kissing hir
d and to crying and taking on. I neve
IS saw ma act SO foolish in ali her life, an
It pa said she "was making love to hiE
d over again"
e Well, now, the story is about over
1 Ma esme down to the store TO help. A
d first she looked kinder sheepish, espe
cially when some lady came in that sh
/ had known at the Lick House but 500
1, she got over all that, and began to max
9 bonnetz, and We had a milliner store
t and then she insisted upon saving tn