Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-12-01
THAT ONE DOLLAR BILL.

How it didrain that November night
None of your undecided showers, will
hesitating intervals, as it were, be.
tween; none of your mild, persistent
patterings on the roof, but a regular
tempest, IL wild deluge, a rush of ar.
rowy drops and a thousand Of opening
floods
Squire Pratlet heard the rafting up
against the easements, and drew his
snug, easy chair closer to the lire-a
great open mass Of glimmerinE mthra.
cite, and gazed with a sort Of sleepy
satisfaction at the crimson morern n
tains, and gray cat fast asleep O. g..
hearth, and a canary bird rolled in, a
drowsy ball Of yellow down upon
perch.
"This is snug Quoth the Squire,
"Im glad l had the leaky spot in the
barn fixed last week. l don't object to
a stormy night once in while when a
fellows under cover, and there's moth
ing particularly TO / DONE"
"Yes," Mrs. Pratlet answered. She
was lifting about between the kitchen
and sitting room with great blue
checkered apron tied about her waist.
81 am nearly ready to come in, now,
Well, l wonder" sotio cocc, "if that
was knock at the door, or just little
rush Of the wind"
She went to the door, nevertheless,
and a minute or two afterward she
went to her husbands chair.
Joe, dear, it's Luke RuddilCye," ,"
she said, half apprellensively. The
Squire never looked up from his re ,d-
ing.
"Tcll him he has made Il mistake,
The tavern is on the second Cctncr be-
yond."
"But he wants 10 know if you will
lend him a dollar said Mrs lratlet,
Couldn't you lell him 10, without
the ceremony Of coming to me? Is it
likely that [ should lend dollar, or
'en cent, to Luke BuddilOve Why,
a great deal rather ,hrow it aTong
yondcr red Goals. No-of course not -
MIS- ifa'Ie' hcSl!Weu'
"li2 look5 so P'rcleu ana co'u ana
wretchcd, Josiah. lie says there is no
one IN lhe world 10 let nm nave Il
cent. ~
"All ne peI'er iof hlm' II ne uld Dut
Know IT, SHARPLY enumerated Ihe oit
squire III lie llid come 10 'llav Ilaii
a dozen years ago perhaps he would
nOJ nave ntci Ihe m'sefaele VaSdOohd
ne now lS
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pose II h'"NeS HVcH ui"eItuCe u l
sliu.Lle @ o"' VI '"'' "0'l" 'ou'y CT H.
morrow ,m
~" LUKE ilo uiherehCe 10 your
Wiz: ,. ,,
one " oG oe'te' OH without me- lie
salu, uoWifhe'lr,ta'y'
Luz ! ne o'SlI hoJ 10 oe' go,
'ouShI anu IS are Two ulllerenl
tmnSS' MRS l'ra'I''' Goodnight. !
am i gong 10 t'e ,lV!rh, a1lllouSh u
wager something the squire thought l
was.
And isn't IL natural enough that he
should thlnk 50, Luxe;
"les, yes, Mary l don't say but
what 1t is,' murmlued Luke, in the
same detected tone he had used during
the interview.
stop Mrs. Pratlet called to him, as