The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-08-27

store l waited on one. and II wasn', long before l could make change and sell things almost good, as pa could and by-and-bx when he went down town l tended store and wc hal splendid tunes. We went oui ;n a nice place across ihc s,reet for our meals ] tended s;orc~hcn pa went. and pa tended sofe when l went
 One day pa came in and looked dread fully troubled. and then sad '' Pi. ain' ;, partner and don't partners have a right to know cVcrs thlus. and amt Nuu hiding something 455ct torcs &- t5o-:
 And then found oG' tHIt p4 had bought ioa many thlnEs for the store and tha, d narc for : 900 had Io be pad and that's what mlr.c pa fcci cad. Ind then l thou h ..a worIctes h." e8a.I -ct ,Iooo and kept n ,h.kIns ote. ea cry body ,ha' guessed had ], .ooo. and every eHe than s4es>c.! had | : --ae4se.l wal.d not lend t to pa. And then ,hnA- h about the rieh h NIT flsod Ind ,.i.a "l ssii. ,e down - h4s bank 4nzt gc. t far hc gp, more than a thousand million, :: and f:aan ,a fi5e Bank ai Ne.al. tie ec lfr fs f,;ii ui -r!a and. af ours he dsH.t u,c !; Ill the tune: and ! fore Mir Flood want !, I'll take i, bas < and paz ;ho IT iefc>t. Aui then ampes. ID ane hur- iahed tef lancs & { .. teok n. be- bon n and ffsi au lny .joyes. took aif ny s,sre .prea aad reab>d TN hasr. aad .5a, ,utaa E,r wcss' ta the \cz.te4 a..nk feld ,he Jerk l wanted ta onrraA ,I.oo1 :; aH hc ksas aed .lns. s44t. h. ....cs,ei had bcrcr ,ee Nf i.aag. i,ked k no NJ Ai-l ,nc Sas. and the Jerk sad Nr N Lane W.ts inc pre- s!eni ard va> ta ,ht bi. < loom. and Nr Me Lane sald
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 Nr. Nsl..ac open tIs clc> and turned F., haf 4te4nd snt laak"d |. me and ,ald '-A;hoa,Aud i l.ir~'' , Il tz 1}-, h snpr>c as though >f.oJ1 w#ts II ,h s-sa., ke aad u .he haaE lEea h,-.,- = 1c; $. +9ea tHd ei+e4.. and thea talG Nf N Lane all taa4t iia And @iaAc~ \ eo.. and shat We 0stiffed is d. aith 'le Hs.#,s...t. ala -a-,, =zz.I a han: ea# te!d um ahetc inc >,efe wt> ,3e 3il .sha8.t lIl and Nagd..aad haN the sh> dsse rur>, ,ha Na. no' tei> mu .sc bu-tac>s. arid don't kar4v .shr Nf. Mst-,nc wanted te isnea a1 ihat iaf. Then he iaakci .t ne a.,un. md -urss hr Wasnt surs n io; me ha4. ,h. neaeN. when gentleman Il, 'he ether Ge<k eamc s3p = ahc,c a.a- -i,lia- an h..ti and Nr Nsliuc -lt,i.
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 Asd .Aei.=l knc4 | NJ, ihe Heh Nr fir'o,l .sitd looked iHio H,, ese,. d;.a he sad:
 "l.r' her have inc money 0.A en- s.ar~e her na,e.
 Then .amped mp and ,.ed hn. and he kI,,cd me: md Nt. Ncl-us tii5tt, I tisH,t r., fts:its, tlts~ and sn,.,i '.fuucs X .,.. and Nr hood wrote ht> name on the ba' k ef <. l 'oek he mene> a~dv n ] canvass ha2. .ha: Ni. Ntldue sad mus b1n. back. and l ,nnk the money ,o p.t. and didn't clock surprised when ' arcd ou, ,hc great b.. 70 -nld p4eee> an the eepun.eI: Then .aId him Wha, had happened ti the hans And when asked him f he didn' think I ,,a> ;, pretty good bu>tacs, w..inan after sIl guess he icl, real ashamed
 After ,hls never see anything like i, Such lot, "t earua-ce and such nIoe ladies kept ,amins cvcn day and mos, all of them traded wI,h me. an, pa wa> lusi ,> happy as he could he. nne> X Go., was making lots ot mouey: When took Mi. Flood money back iust marched ''gh; through the bank. past the big counters into Mir Nel.anc s roota. and look ycfy good tarc to let the clerk that laughed II ne before see thc bag. ME. Flood Nd, IF there and Nh. Mel ane. and l opened the has Mir Flood came ID and laughed ,ud MT. Nel-.ne l.lus shce.. and heard ME Flood tell Mr Melanc they would have thc lunch to-day And then Mr Flood told me fl ] wanted l.. harrow a aneN a.5aln nol to go to anv other banks bt.l te one ,o hi>. and thlnted hi,n, and Mi NJ Lane brnushtnv clnc c}icd ht a .leat blue hlid stamped Il iu>> ;hr fl5c ,sh; over where Nroic lonc> X Cu. Then l told NJ. Flood that when Wc teI, able te send for ma should come ote, and hor- ION some more money he, cl>c NAntc. h huy Il house for ma and Maud. so ,hat thcN wouldn't have te so lnto anl more nasty boarding hauscs. and NJ. tio,d said should haze Ill ihc money wanted.
 When NC wen: for ma and Maud. = e >o we dicnt have ,o batIow lnt ,nole and We took t nlcc cottage. not ScyN neaf the store. for pa didn't wan, m to knoW about lonc> X Co. though wt> iti,, cray to tell her: For several days We fooled her. She though, pa had a store down town and wl> gong h school, told lots of hhs about bclnS detained ti school. going down town md all sott> ef >tores to aocoun, for hcins home late. one:day who should see cunning into ihc store bui ma.
 Have you any pearl shirt buttons. li,,lc Ei1l." sad ma
 Yes. aam. sad l. hooking her right square in the face.
 Goodncss gracious :" sand ma. !, that you. Nc,ic: =
 sad :. Beg pardon. ma am. what did you want :. And then ma looscd ,, me aga'n.
 | had store apron m and . small cap like French girl and because wasn' !; xerN, hstsh m hAughf t,4f. :, D,fr af v,,.s.i,sn