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

IN adding, and so | have got in the way
Of making figures either hves or
nothings, 30 they will add up easier.
When the young lady drove away. |
went 10 the carriage and saw the letter
r, - on the panel and on the harness.
" +, said 10 myself "I wonder who
1t can be2' / should have thought IL
was Miss Flood only she hadn't anv
diamonds in her ears or on her fingers.
and was dressed only Just nice and
plain; and, of course, | said it wasn't
Miss Flood
Alter this l never saw any thing 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 * Co. was making lots of money.
When ] took Mr.. Fl,oi's money back.
| just marched right through the bank,
past the big counters, into Mr.. M'Iane's
room, and | took very good care to let
the clerk that laughed at me before see
the bag. MIR. Flood was in there. and
Mr.. M'Laue and / opened the bag and
turned out the money on Mr.. M'Lane's
desk, aud Mr.. Flood came up and
laughed and heard Mr.. Flood saw To
Mr.. MLano that they would have that
champagne lunch to-day. And then
Mr.. Flood told me that If / wanted To
borrow money again not to go to any of
the other banks, but to come 70 his, and
thanked him, and Mr.. MIanc brought
me my note, cancelled by a great blue
Paid stamped across the face, right
over where ! wrote Jones & Co"
Then / told Mr.. Flood that perhaps
when we felt able to send for ma / should
come and borrow some more money, for
| wanted TO buy house for ma and
Maud, SO that they wouldn't have 10 90
into any more nasty boarding-houses
and Mr.. Flood said should have all the
money | wanted.
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 70 know about Jones g. Co though
/ was just crazy TO tell her.
For several days we fooled her. She
thought pa had store down town, and
| was going to school. And I told lots
Of libs about being detained at school,
going about town, and all sorts of
stories to account for my being home
late.
One day who should sec coming into
the store but ma!
" Have YOU any pearl shirt buttons,
little girl" said ma
Yes ma'am," said /, looking her
square in the face.
" Goodness graciousw said ma, "is
that you, Vevie9"
] said Beg pardon, ma'am. what
did you wantP And then ma looked
at me again.
l had a store apron on, and a small
cap like French girl, and because /
wasn't very high, pa bought me pair
OF wooden brogans, with felt on the bot
toms, into which ! slipped my feet, and
they made me about four or five inches
taller. And ma stared at me, and then
laughed and said:
"Oh beg your pardon, little girl
You looked so much like my daughter
Genevieve / thought it was her"
Then heard pa snicker down behind
the counter; lie had seen ma come in,
and hid. Just as soon as ma went out,
pa jumped up and laughed and said
" Snatch off your apron and cap, Vevie
and run around 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 e" Jones g. Co. =" and
ma kissed pa, and said he was "splen-
did, noble fellow, and Just as good "A
good, and that she never was so proud of
him IN all her life" and fell 10 kissing
him and crying and taking on. ! never
saw ma act so foolish in all her life, and
pa said 9 she was making love to him
over again"
Well, now, the story is about over.
Ma came down 20 the store 10 help. At
first she looked kinder sheepish espe-
cially when some lady came in she had
known at the Lick House but soon
she got over all that, and began 20 make
bOnnets, and we had milliner store
and then she insisted upon saving the
expense of n separate house, and we
moved into larger store next door.
with nice rooms fixed up to live in, and
n nice showwindow for bOnnets. and
little Maudie is beginning TO be handy
about and all Of us work, and we are
just as happy as the day is long, and
have lots Of money.
j never seen Mr.. Flood but once since.
when ! went down 10 bank unbeknown
to pa, and / told Mr.. Flood and Mr..
MLane that any time they wished to
borrow a thousand dollars Jones e.
Co" would lend il 20 them and they
laughed, and ] said they could tell.
stocks might go down" and then Mr..
Flood said of all the people he had
given and loaned money 20 would pay
10 back as ] had, he didn't think he'd
get busted in q long time"
And then ! saw the clerk that laughed
40 me, and / smiled at him and bowed
and since then he has been buying ali
his gloves al the store / told him ]
thought he used great many pairs Of
gloves and he said they wore out very
fast counting the money. He is dread
ful particular about his gloves, and II
there is nobody in the store but me, he
is sometimes half an hour picking out
just the kind he wants.
Pa has bought q splendid gold watch
real stcm-winder-and we-Jones g.
Co.-have bought q nice large lot out on
Governor Stanford's new cable rail.
road, and paid for it, and if times are
good this summer, as pa thinks they
viii be- we shall have n house of our
own again where we shall live i'm peace
die in Greece, and be buried in a cake
of tallow
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