The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-08-03


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 q nice place
across the street for our meals.
tended store when pa went, and pa
tended store when | went.
One day pa came in and looked
dreadfully troubled, and then l said,
''Pa, amt l a partner, and don't
partners have n right to know evrey
thing, and amt you hiding some
thing about Jones & CoY' And
then found out that pa had bought
too many things for the store, and
that note for a thousand dollars
had to be paid, and there wasn't
any money to pay it with, and that s
what made pa feel bad. And then
L thought and thought, and Won
dered how l could raise one thous-
and dollars, and kept on thinking
over everybody that guessed had
a thousand dollars, and every one L
guessed had it 1 guessed wouldn't
lend it to pa. And then 1 thought
about Mr.. Flood and said, "In go
down to his bank and get it, for he's
got more than a 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 a thous-
and dollars for pa, and before Mr..
Flood wants it I'll take it back to
him and pay the interest. And
then 1 jumped up and hurrahed for
Jones & Co.." took my bonnet, and
put on my gloves, and took off my
store apron and combed my hair
and got into q car and went to the
Nevada Bank, and told the clerk l
wanted to borrow one thousand
dollars; he laughed, and said he
guessed I had better see Mr..
MLane." And 1 asked who Mr..
M'Lane was. The clerk said Mr..
M'Lane was the president, and was
in the back room and Mr.. M'Lane
said:
"Well, little girl, what can I do
for you?"
And 1 said: "I wanted to borrow
a thousand dollars"
Mr.. M'Lane opened his eyes, and
screwed his chair round and looked
at me, and said: GA thousand dol
larsr' with as much surprise as
though a thousand dollars was all
the money he had in the bank.
Then L began to get scared and cried,
and then 1 told Mr.. M'Lane all
about pa and "Jones & Co.," and
what we wanted to do with the
money, and that 1 would pay it back
to him; and he looked kinder puz-
zled and asked me what my pa S
name was, and / told him, and all
about ma and Maud, and how the
baby died. l guess that was not
much like business, and l don't
know what Mr.. MLane wanted to
know all that for. Then he looked
at me again, and l guess he wasn't
going to let me have the money,
.. when a gentleman at the other desk
came up to where l was sitting on a
chair, and Mr.. M'Lane said: "Well,
Flood, what do you think of this
Young merchant" And then ]
knew the rich Mr.. Flood, and
looked into his eyes, and they kind
of laughed, and he said: ''Let her
have the money, will endorse her
note. Then 1 jumped up and kissed
him; and he kissed me back, and
Mr.. M'Lane made n note for ninety
days, and L signed it "Jones & Co.,
and Mr.. Flood wrote his name on
the back of it. L took the money
away in q canvas-bag, that Mr..
M'Lane said 1 must bring back,
and | took the money to pa, and
didn't he look surprised when !
poured out the great big twenty
dollar pieces on the counter.
Then I told him just what hap
pened at the bank, and when l asked
him If he didn't think that l was {
pretty good business woman after
all, l guess he felt real ashamed.
, In a few days beautiful carri
age drove up to the door, and
young lady came in and bough
| nearly twenty dollars worth o.
, things. 1 never sold so many goods
: to any one person before, and th'
young lady was real kind and helped
: me to add up the bill. l saw p;
7 didn't offer to help me at all, anC
7 looked kinder comical when she an'
1 me was puzzled over the figures t.
get them all right. The mines
t troubled me dreadfully in adding
| and so L have got in the way O
I making figures either fives or moth
ings, so they will add up easier
:, When the young lady drove away
l went to the carriage and saw tn
letter "F." on the panel and on tn
harness. "F.," said l to myself; g
e wonder who it can beY' / shoul
n have thought it was Miss Flood
l only she hadn't any diamonds /
e her ears or on her fingers, and, {
It course, 1 said it wasn't Miss FlooC
It After this never saw anythin
fl like it-such lots Of carriages an
such nice ladies kept coming ever
1t day, and most all Of them trade
it with me, and pa was just as please
y and happy as could be. Jones
re Co. was making lots of money
d When l took Mr.. Floods none
IA back, just marched right throug
ia the bank, past the big counters, int
ID Mr.. MLane's room, and l took vel
good care to let the clerk th'
id laughed at me before see the ba
y Mr.. Flood was in there, and NJ
I'd MLane and 1 opened the bag al
i'd turned out the money on NJ
s MLane's desk, and Mr.. Flood can
n up and laughed, and 1 heard NJ
n Flood say to Mr.. Nj Lane that th'
is would have that champagne lun,
ld today. And then Mr.. Flood to
pa me that if wanted to borrow mon
1t, again not to go to any of the 9th
de banks, but to come TO his, and
pa thanked him, and Mr.. Mia
Y; brought me my note, cancelled by
great blue Paid stamped aero
re the face, right over where / wrc
be "Jones IL Co." Then l told y
Flood that perhaps when we T
Us able to send for ma l should COZ
he and borrow some more money, 70