Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-11

at least of what I have to say to you. Z"
The elder promised very politely not
to be surprised, thsugh at the same time
his curiosity was visibly excited.
Suppose said the widow, casting
down her eyes" mind, was only sup
posing case-suppose person should
find pot of gold pieces in their cellar.
would the law have right to touch it,
or would it belong to them?" The elder
pricked up his ears.
GA pot of gold pieces, widowa Why,
ungnestionably. the law would have
nothing to do with ii.
"And the one who formerly owned
the house couldn't come forward and
I claim it, could he, elder?"
"No, madam; unquestionably not.
When the house was disposed of, every
thing went with it, as a matter Of
course" =
81 am glad to hear it, elder. You
won't think strange of the question, but
it happened to occur in my mind, and I
thought would like to have it satisfied"
Certainly, widow, certainly" said
| tho elder abstractedly.
"And, elder, as you're here, I hope
you will stop to dinner with us. 1t will
be ready punctually at twelve"
Swell, nc" said the elder, rising,
"Tm obliged to We but they'll be ex-
pecting me at home"
"At any rate, elder" said the widow,
taking a piece of mince pie fresh from
the oven, "you won't object to taking
piece of mince pie. You must know
that l rather pride myself on my mince
pies"
The warm pie sent forth such deli
cious odor that the elder was sorely
tempted, and, after saying, "Well,
really" with the intention of refusing,
he finished by saying, "On the whole,
The widow was really good cook,
and the elder ate with much gusto the
generous piece which the widow cut for
him, and after little chatting upon
unimportant subjects, withdrew in some
mental perplexlty.
Was it possible, thought he, the
widow could really have found pot of
gold in her cellar? She did not say so,
to be sure, but why should she have
shown so much anxiety to know as to
the proprietorship of the treasure thus
found. if she had not happened upon
some? 70 be sure, SO far as his knowl-
edge extended, there was no one who
would be likely to lay up such an
amount of gold; but the house was 100
years old, at the very least, and had had
many occupants of which he knew moth
ing. 1t might be after all. The widows
earnest desire to have him think it was
only curiosity, likewise gave additional
probability to the superstition. 81 will
wait and WATCH" thought the elder.
It 50 happened that Elder Boyd was
one of the Directors in a savings 1nstitu-
ton situated in the next town, and ac-
cordingly used to ride over there once
or twice month to attend meetings Of
the board.
On the next occasion of this kind the
Widow Hayes sent over to know If he
would carry her with him, as she had
little business to attend to there. The
request was readily accorded. Arriving
at the village, Mrs. Hayes desired to be
set down at the bank building.
"Ha, hal" thought the elder, that
means something"
He said nothing, however, but de-
termined to come back and find out, as
he could readily from the cashier, what
business she had with the bank. The
widow tripped into the office pretending
to look very nonchalant.
Scan you give me small bills for
ten-dollar gold piece ?" she inquired.
"With pleasure" was the reply.
"By the way" she said, "the bank is
in a very hourishing condition, is it
not?"
"None in the State on better foot
ing" was the prompt response.
"You receive deposits, do you not ?"
eyes, madam we receive them every
day."
thousand dollars
"No," said the cashier. with some
surprise, cor, rather, we do not allow
interest on SO large a sum. One thous-
and dollars is our limit. Did you know
of any one who"
eft is of no consequence" said the
widow, hurriedly; 81 only asked for Gu
riosity By the way, did you say how
much interest you allowed On such de-
posts as come within your limit?"
s'Fivs per cent, madam"
'sThank you. I only asked for curl
osity. What beautiful morning is is"
and the widow tripped lightly out.
Shortly after the elder entered.
Flows business, Mr.. Cashier?" he
inquired.
"About Us usual"
"Had many deposits Iately?"
"None of any magnitude"
"I brought over woman this morn
ing who seemed to have business with
you"
"The Widow Hayes?"
eyes"
"Do you know" asked the cashier,
whether she had any money left her
lately?"
"None that know Of" said the ED
ar, pricking up his ears. "Why, did
she deposit anyY'
"No; but she inquired whether we
received deposits as high as $4,000"
"Indeed" calculated theelder. els
that all she came for ?" he inquired, o
moment afterward.
''No, she exchanged a gold piece for
bills"
"Har' pondered the elder, reflect
lively. "Did she give any reason for
her inquiries?"