The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-19

H. '~A' L pdlG uuu uOh pdll-
ners have earight to know everything,
nnd ain'tyou hiding something about
zones & Company ?"
IS And then found out that pa had
oougnt too many things for the store,
and that Eote for 81 900 had to be
paid, and that's what made pa feel
Dad. And then thought and Won
dered how l could get $1,000, and l
Kept on thinking over everybody
mat L guessed had 81 900, and every
one that l guessed had it, l guessed
would not lend it to pa. And then
4 thought about the rich Mr.. Flood,
and said: II will go down to his
Dank and get it, for he's got more
than thousand millions. and down
to the bank of Nevada the cellar is
p;;cpsS sf geld, and of se0urseehe deRatE
use it all the time, and before Mr..
Flood wants it I'll take it back and
pay the interest" And then l jump
ed un and hurrahed for Jones & Co.,
took my best bonnet and put on my
gloves, took off my store apron and
combeo my hair, and got into car,
went to the Nevada bank, told the
clerk | wanted to borrow 81 900. and
he LAUGHED and said he guessed had
better see Mr.. McLane. | asked who
Mr.. McLale was, and the clerk said
Mr.. McLaEe was the president, and
was in the back room, and | went into
the back room, and Mr.. McLane said:
"Well, little girl, what can l do for
you ?"
And 1 said: 81 want to borrow
one thousand dollars"
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
$1,000 was all the money he had in
the bank. Then began to get scared
and cried and then l told Mr.. Me-
Lane 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 | told him and where the store
was, and all about ma and Maud, and
how the baby died. guess that was
not very much like business, and |
don't know what Mr.. McLane want
ed to know all that for. Then he
, looked at me again, and | guess he
wasn't going to let me have the mon
7 ey, when a gentleman at the other
' desk came up to where | was sitting
S on a chair. and Mr.. Mcl4ane said:
! "Well, Flood, what do you think
e of this young merchant ?"
And then | knew it was the rich
e Mr.. Flood, and / locked into his
eyes, and he said:
l Let her have the money; will
| endorse her note"
a Then I jumped up and kissed him
e and be kissed me and Mr.. McLant
S made a note for ninety days. and
: signed "Jones & Co.," and Mr.
Flood wrote his name on the back o
t it, | took the money away in can
!, vas bag that Mr.. McLane said mus
n bring back, and l took the money t
! pa; and didn't he look surprised
!. when l poured out the great bis
0 twenty-dollar gold pieces on th'
counter. Then / told him what hap
pened at the bank, and when asked
a him if he didn't think l was prett!
n good business woman after all,
q guess he felt real ashamed.
d After this 1 meyer saw anythin,
e like it-such lots of carriages ant
d such nice ladies kept coming ever.
r day, and most all of them trade'
y with me, and pa was just as happ.
IS as he could be. Jones & Co. wa
l making lots of money. When
" took Mr.. Floods money back, l jus
It marched right through the bank
- past the big counters, into Mr.. Nc
n Lanes room, and l took very goo
y care to let the clerk that laughed a
me before see the bag. Mr.. Floo
e came up and laughed, and Mr.. M
,r Lane laughed, and l heard Mr.. Floo
- tell Mr.. McLane they would hay
a" that lunch to-day. And then MI
u Flood told me if l wanted to borrO'
IS money again not to go to any Othe
W banks, but come to his; and thank
d ed him, and Mr.. McLane brougf
70 my note cancelled by great blu
le "Paid" stamped across the face, rigl
ID over where l wrote "JOnes & Co.
ID Then l told Mr.. Flood that when W
re felt able to send for ma l shoul
m come over and borrow some moi
l money, because l wanted to buy
70 house for ma and Maud, so that the
m wouldn't have to go into any mo-
id nasty boarding. houses, and M
st Flood said l should have all the mo-
v. ey | wanted.