The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-19

would, and that morning lie uldnJ go
out, but stayed at home and wrote ma
long letter.
So next day went into store on
Polk street, kept by "a nice lady who
had bad husband, where they sold
everything, and she said in France they
called 1t lingerie.
didn't know what that meant be-
cause 1t was French, and asked her If
she didn't want to sell her store, and
she said
DO you want to buy a store, little
girlp"
And said: My pa does" And she
smiled and she said she guessed the
sheriff would have store to sell in
few days, and 1 said 1 would tell pa,
because he knew Mr., Nunan the sheriff.
1t was one of Mr.. humans men that
sold pas horses and furniture for him.
And the next day told pa about the
store, and what nice one it was and
he said he had been a dry goods man
once, had large store, and sold silk
dress goods, and velvets and furs and
laces, worth ever SO much yard, and
India shawls worth more than a thou
sand dollars apiece.
don't know exactly what pa did, but
think something turned up' few
days afterward, for heard him say he
had made "raise,' and he showed me
more than thousand dollars in gold,
and for a day or two he carried it in
side pocket, and mostly kept his hand
over it for fear it would jump out and
fly away; and pa bought me some shoes
and hat, and stuff for aprons, and L
made them myself, and never saw pa
look so happy since ma went away and
one day he said to me:
"Vevie, have bought the store on
Polk street, and you are to be my sales
woman and partner"
And sure enough, in few days we
went into the store, and over the door
was great big sign of "Jones & Co."
and pa said L was the Co." And when
said, "and so, pa, you are 'Jones,'" he
blushed and guess he didn't like his
old friends to know that he was selling
needles, and thread, and tape and
things.
We had two snug little rooms in the
back of the store to sleep in, and made
pas bed and swept out the rooms, and
tidied things. At first pa shut up the
store when he had to go down town on
business, but after while L tended it
and when there were customers in the
store / waited on one, and it was not
long before L could make change and
sell things and add up almost as good as
pa could and by and by when he went
down town l tended store, and we had
splendid times. We went out to nice
place across the street for our meals. L
tended store when pa went and pa tend
ed store when went.
One day pa came in and looked dread
full troubled, and when 1 said, 'Pa,
amt partner, and don't partners
have right to know everything, and
amt 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 a thousand
dollar had to be paid, and there wasn't
any money to pay il with, and that's
what made pa feel bad. And then L
thought and thought, and wondered
how could get thousand dollars, and
kept on thinking over everybody that
/ guessed had thousand dollars, and
every one guessed had it / guessed
wouldn't let it go to pa.
And then thought about Mr.. Flood,
and said, >" I'll go down to his bank and
get it, for he's got more than thousand
millions, and down In the Bank of
Nevada the cellar is full of gold, and of
course he don't want to use it all the
time, and I'll borrow thousand dollars
for pa, and before Mr.. Flood wants it
I'll take 1t back to him, and pay the
interest,"
And then jumped up and hurrahed
for Zones & Co." took my best bonnet,
and took of my store apron, and comb
ed my hair, and got into car and went
to the Nevada Bank, and told the clerk
/ wanted to borrow a thousand dollars !;
and he laughed and said he "guessed
had better see Mr.. M'Lane." And 1
asked who Mr.. M'lane was. The clerk
said M. M'Lane was the president, and
was in the back room, and went into
the back room, and Mr.. M'Lane said