The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-07
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, DHCEMBER Il, 1880.

business, but after uhila tendtl it,,
and when there was two cuss 3saers IN the
store ! waited on ono, and 1t wASn's long
before ! could nlak4 charge END sel saingsl
almost as good So pa eNSld ahd tsv ard
by when he wen. taoSfN tos'n I sH led 4he
store, and we had .spieudia We.
went out to nice place ~, de ,gffeet
for our meals; I tendesl - yys.en =
went and pa tended store wssB1 went.
One day pa came in Snl Assed dread-
fully troubled and tha.s 4 said: "Pa.
amt / partner, and doa's partners
have right to know everything. and
amt you hiding something shout Jones
% Co" iAs 4a80 ssilaj 4
And then fopnd ont that Pa had
bought too many things FOX the store. aud
that . note for 81 900 had 10 be paid a-s
that's what made me feel bad And silea
] thought and wondered how I could yos
$1,000; and / kept on thiaking even
everybody that guessed had 81 900, AID
would not lend it to pa. And then l
thought about the rich Mr.. Flood, and
said, CPL go down to his bank and Eee
it, for he's got more than ; Thousand
millions and down, to the. slenk Of Ne
vada the cellar is full Of gold, and, Of
course, ne doesn't use Il ali the time, and
before Mr.. Flood wants il, IN take il back
and pay the interest,"" And thsn iumpx
ed up and hurrahed for Jones d Co., took,
my best bonnet and put on my gloves,
took of my store apron and combed my
hair, and got into Car, went to the Me-
vada Bank, told the clerk ] wanted to
borrow thousand dollars and he laughs
ed and said l had better see Mr.. MeLane.t
asked who Mr.. McLane was, and the
clerk said Mr.. McLane was the president
and was in the back room and / went
into the back room, and Mr.. McLana
said:
"Well, little girl, what can do for
you?"
And said, 81 want to borrow thou
sand dollars" C
Mr.. MeLane opened his eyes, and turn,
ed his chair around and looked at me. and
said, "a thousand dollars 10 with as much
surprise as though a thousand dollars was
all the money he had in hand. Then r.
began to get scared and cried and then
l told Mr.. McLane all about pa and
Jones & Co.," and what we wanted
with the money, and that would pay it
back to him aud he looked kinder puz-
zled, and asked me what pas name was
and told him, and where the store wass
and all about ma and Maud, and how the
baby died.
guess that was not very much like
business, and don't know what Mr.. Nc
Lane wanted to know all that for. Then
he looked at me again, and guessed he
was not going to let me have the money,
when gentleman at the other desk came
up to where l was sitting on a chair, and
Mr.. McLane said:
Well, Flood, what do you think of
this young merchant" va
And then / knew it was the rich Mr..
Flood, and looked into his eyes, and he
said:
" Let her have the moneY.;sI I will en-
dorse her note"
Then jumped up and kissed him, and
he kissed nae; and Mr.. McLane made o.
note for ninety days, and signed Jones
& Co.," and Mr.. Flood wrote his name.
on the back of it. / took the money.
away in canvass bag, that Mr.. McLane
said must bring back, and took the
money to pa; and didn't he look surprised
when 1 poured out the great big twen-
ty-dollar gold pieces on the counter
Then ! told him what had happened at
the bank; and when I asked him if he
didn't think I was pretty good business
woman after all, guess he felt ashamed.
After this never see anything 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 lust as
happy as he could be. Jones & Go. was
making lots of money. When / took
Mr.. Floods money back ] just marched
right through the bank, past the bigi
counters, into Mr.. McLane's room, and l.
took very good care to let the clerk that
laughed ct me before see the bag. Mf.
Flood was in there, and laughed, and Mr.
McLane laughed, and heard, Mr.. Flood
tell Mr.. McLane they would have that
lunch to-day. And then Mr.. Flood told,
me If wanted to borrow money again,
not to 60 to any other banks, but come TO-
his, and thanked him, and Mr. McIAue:
brought my note, cancelled by q. great
blue "Paid" stamped across the faoes
right over where j wrote = Jones d Co..
Then told Mr.. Flood that when we felt
able to send for ma, 7 should come over.
and borrow some more money because
wanted to buy q house,foF ma Asand Maud -
so that they wouldn't have TO 60 into any
more nasty boarding houses, and Mf.
Flood said I should have AL the money !,
wanted. @ Ef.see 4. II, 4.
When we sent for ma and Maud, grand
pa gave ma. the money TO come, andeo
we didn't have to borrow any more and
we took 9 nice cottage not very near the
store, for pc didn't want ma to know
about Jones a Co., though ! was just
crazy to tell herr t8sdt 81 HIrol
For several days we fooled her. She,
thought pa had . store down town, and
was going to school i told lots Of fibs
about being detained ct school, going
down town, and all sorts of stories fori
being home late. ss n ~ ID
One day who ahonld I see coming into
the store but maj
slave you any pearl shirt buttons, lit
tie girl Q" said mas5 II 4.asa as2i9{if
HfYes, maIamsn said /, looking her
right square in theIfsce. s i,51x9qrs 81,
"Goodness gracious |" said ma. Is
that you, vevis ~ S. 9''S 4. =
/ said, g Beg pardon, inA'amj what did
you wantf AID then ma locked atlnie
agAiR bas 5s4ogos ssieygw % hao
had . store apron on, and 3 small cap.
like French Rirl and, because ! wasn't