News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-12-07

| to go down town on business, but after a
little while I tended it, and when there
was two customers in the store [ waited
on one, and it wasn't long before I could
make change and sell things almost as
good as pa could; and by and by when
he went down town [ tended store, and
we had splendid times. We went out to
a nice place across the street to our meals;
[ tended store when pa went, and pa
tended store when I went.
One day pa came in and looked dread
fully troubled, and then 1 said: {: "Pa,
amt partner, and don't partners have
right to know everything, and amt you
hiding something about Jones & Coz"
And then I found out that pa had
bought too many things for the store;
and that q note for 81, 900 had to be paid,
and that's what made pa feel bad. And
then I thought and wondered how [
could get $1,000; I kept on thinking
sver everybody ,hat guessed had 81, 900,
and everyone guessed had it I guessed
would not lend it to pa. And then [
thought of the rich Mr.. Flood, and said:
81 will go down to the bank and get it,
for he's got more than thousand mil
lions and down to the Bank of Nevada
the cellar is full of gold, and, of course,
he doesn't use it all the time and before
Mr.. Flood wants it I'll take it back and
pay the interest," And then I jumped
up and hurrahed for Jones & Co., took
my best bonnet and put on my gloves,
took off my store apron and combed my
hair, and got into a car went to the Ne
vada Bank, told the clerk [ wanted to
borrow $1,000, and he laughed and said
[ had better see Mr.. McLane. l asked
who Mr.. McLane was, and the clerk said
McLane was the President and was in
the back room. I went into the room,
and Mr.. McLane said:
"Well, little girl, what can L do for
you?"
And | said: 81 want to borrow 81 900. >"
Mr.. McLane opened his eyes and
turned his chair around and looked at
me, and said, ga thousand dollars, with
as much surprise as though 81, 900 was
all the money he had in the bank. Then
[ began to get scared and cried, and then
[ told Mr.. McLane all about pa and
''Jones & Co., !" and what we wanted to
do with the money. and that would pay
it back to him; and he looked kinder
puzzled. and asked me what pas name
was. and I told him and where the store
was, and all about ma and Maud, and
how the baby died. I guess that was
not very much like business, and [ don't
know what Mr.. McLane wanted to know
all that for. Then he looked at me
again, and I guess he wasn't going to let
me have the money, when a gentleman
at the other desk came up to where I was
sitting on a chair, and Mr.. McLane
said:
"WeI, Flood, what do you think of
this young merchant p
And then [ knew it was the rich Mr.
Flood and [ looked into his eyes, and
he said
LET her have the money; 1 will in
dorse her note.
Then I jumped up and kissed him, and
he kissed me; and Mr.. McLane made
note for ninety days and signed "Jones
& Co., :" and Mr.. Flood wrote his name
ON the back of it. [ took the money
away in a canvas bag that Mr.. McLane
said I must bring back, and L took the
money to pa and didn't he look sur
prised when I poured out the great big
twenty-dollar gold pieces on the counter!
Then I told him what had happened at
the bank, and when [ asked him if he
didn't think [ was pretty good business
woman after all, guess he felt real
ashamed.
After this [ never seen anything like it
such lots of carriages and such nice la
dies kept coming every day, and most of
them all traded with me, and pa was just
as happy as he could be. Jones & Co.
were making lots of money. When I
took Mr. Floods money back [ just
marched right through the bank, past
the big counters, into Mr.. McLane's
room, and L took very good care to let
the clerk that laughed at me before see
the bag. Mr.. Flood was in there and Mr..
McLane, and [ opened the bag. Mr..
Flood came up and laughed, and Mr.. Nc
Lane laughed, and heard Mr.. Flood
tell Mr.. McLane that they would have
the lunch to-day. And then Mr.. Flood
told me if I wanted to borrow money
again not to go to any other banks, but
to come to his, and thanked him, and
Mr. McLane brought my note cancelled
by a great blue ''Paid :" stamped across
the face, right over where I wrote "Jones
& Co" Then I told Mr. Flood that when
we felt able to send for ma [ should come
over and borrow some more money, be-
cause I wanted to buy house for ma and
Maud, so that they wouldn't have to go
into any more nasty boarding-houses, and
Mr.. Flood said / should have all the
money wanted.
When 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 to know about Jones e Co., though I
was Just crazy to tell her. She thought
pa had store down town and was go
ing to school. [ told lots of fibs about
being detained at school, going down
town, and all sorts of stories to account
for being home late. One day who
should L see coming into the store but
ma.
"Have you any pearl shirt buttons,
little girl ?" said ma.
g Yes, ma'am." said I, looking her
right square in the face.
&c Goodness gracious p said ma, " Is
that you, Vevie ?"
I said, "beg pardon, ma'am, what did
you want ?" And then ma looked at me
again.
[ had a store apron ON, and small
cap like a French girl; and because
wasn't very high pa bought me pair ol
wooden brogans, with felt buttons, into
which [ slipped my feet, and they made
me five or SIX inches taller, and ms
stared at me and then laughed and said
"Oh, beg your pardon, little girl
you look so much like my daughter
Genevieve, that [ thought you were her.
Then [ heard pa snicker down behinC
the counter. He had seen ma come il