The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-15
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There was great excitement on Friday
among the laborers i'll the Street Cleaning
Department who are engaged filing in
| the North River front at the foot of
Sevehty-ninth Street. !, 1t was reported
kthat Michael Cummings, the father of
Young man who is employed by the De-
| partment as trimmer at, the river, had
| found a Government, bond valued at
SO. 900 among The Tefase, and that some
of the men had seen him pick it up and
| tuck it carefully into the bosom Of his
shirt. Cummings could not be found
that afternoon, but on Saturday, when
his friends Congratulated him and sug-
gested that he aswet' the bond ahe .eOm-
piled with great generosity, This settled
the question in the minds Of his friends,
and when he disappearedga again it was
said he.had gone to buy q house and lot
ineFifth Avenue. A Times reporter
called upon Mr. Cummings last evening
| to ASCERTAIN how much truth there was
in these stories Mr. Cummings was
found in hislcomfortable cottage at the
foot of Seyenty-ninth, Street. He. was
! attired in Blue ''overalls and a
4 s9amper," !" and was complacentlys
ing a clay pipe inshis sitting-room. Mrs
Cummings and Mr.. Cummings, Jr. ]
! were also presents When the reporter
announced the object of his visit the ex-
/ preston Of Mr. Cummings cotintenanee
changed from a lofty calm to one ef,ex7
| treme sheepishness, and half suppressed.
| smiles were noticed upon the faces of
4 Mrs. Cummings and Mr.. Cummings
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'.Ih fist Wans.ffnii1iute, ssirr,' he said, and
sdisappeared into ashack room. awhile Mrs.
Cummings and Mr.. Cummings, Jr.,,
I LAUGHED Outright. ssa@ u#HF FSnE u
.tisea3 a3por,divEle, 2 said the former, she'll
i niyerhear the last o. that. Dye see
/ But here Mr. Cummings appeared with
{ lasmalf lamp and beekoned, the reporter
, to follow him. He led the way through
hwgpdshetts Theh he placed the damp.
on, "a shelf and bade the reported be
! Seated 'sl1sAAaAs''S'a xi@AssEfss{ts CO
essNo low III give il. to- Yesl straight.
Ye' Ii excuse me for bringin' We. out here,
butlT a ct the grand laugh ifaIIi staid
n there, agiR, and I've gotsall ! want, of it
. already. Now, thin! About four
i o'clock Friday afternoon I was out wild
Gacoal-scuttle picking up small bits of
coal IN that street refuse, whih suddenly
l4I finds n piece of paper marked a tin
u Thousand dollars. | looked at it two or
4 three times to make sure Z y,s5-d " right,
D ant theRI kicked the coal-seuttle INTO
the river and made a break for home.
The Old woman was fnending me socks.
.sl 3" Throw tflemf old things ehnto the
,Fb stover I saws, and. / showed her that
bond. Thin some Of the BOYS got onto
q it an came in to, see abouti il. an sent
out for the whisky and called in the
neighbors an we had a high time Y
j shoved the bond toi the foreman OF the
work at the river, and he told me fer TO
60 to Drexe1, Morgan s&s0o.s ssAwhidh
q their name was on .tlae paper and. see if
. | it was good. So on Monday | took it
: around there ASaysa said MR. Guh4-
rliii1lgss suddenly, interrupting himself
aud pointing to the corpse Of a remark
ably large and plump turkey which
ID fIli1Hs from IA grafter. .tfgeD' 'yes see that
!. bird hangin' thereP That don't look
j IF this family was goin' to istarvel If
that bond wasn't genoqine, does, ,itP
/ Well, sor, Mr.. Morgan told me that II
was no good. 1t was only q cheek that
had been Cancelled dye nindP ) I tool
. | that check and
90 at this juncture the door opened and
Il Mrs Cummings appeared. Dir; Cum
mings looked at her wsrningly, but shC
Z asked, with great hilafkg: g. Z Ttsi flti
. ", ibid syei tell the gentlenlang how "
run ten ndolIars, in debt settin' en- up fol
: the. boys, Mike?'' = s. = 1'i'.l
! <4Willye be good enough to howld yel
! ! iar?'' retorted her husband with, grea
Fl asperity. s'She's tryin' to play it on We
7 sir! atIhat1s a lie. Jas ITVas;ssaying !
J took that check and gtQge It up ip smal ma
: Ebits-'' 's g 7''' la'i
3 4And the more fool yours fnterectet
Mrs. Cummings. 9alBoTs 8 " ~ &.
! TIstore itup in small bitsITight befor'
=, that mans desk, and that's the end of it
I Wal YOU be good enough ito leave thi
I abArtrnent before feel obliged to, us
-,l.nlY authority on yep Mr.. Cumming
J henfemark6d,i sternly, to his better half
whereat she laughed inordinatelY.4 =;
II p there's another thing, went on Nj
: Cummings, bestowing a savage gltir
J uponher,sts.I wantsto tell ye about,
sEATep pqrther wrote in wan of the papers tina
/ !. Lived IN snanty-a d1Iap1dated shanSs
! = EowsH ask yen as, a man and a gentle
. man if this looks likes dilapidated shan
: typ hTf1 had Chat repefther here. - coa
tfnuedsMr Cummings with, great ,indi9
q. nation, ''Pn tellye what I'd do, I'd sin
q my son OUT toiring the fire alarm fer a
/ ambulance, and thin I'd pound that Fe
J porther until the ambulance got here
. take him away 80 " aaifo8 1870
edsg Mr. Cummings is evidently a sly fai
v. tefer, for. he came outside of his doc
3 when the reporter went away to h
h. ndarkasnn@s6 ffJ off .9aIIs g3s.n
i "SaY, i can till BY yer appearance tha
3 ye're the only reporther' Z We talked
sd tilatssknoaYs anything. Jis give Drpxe
& Morgan & Co. the tip in the paper, thu
Il If they Should Sind me cheek fer On
f hundred ndellars Jas a reward fer q
Is- honesty, shouldn't have any hard fee
& ffngs against EN- on that account. - nj q
Il afnses|I loo1 G d LLla-zg adj hi
& Charles F. Freeman, who sacrifice
d4lhis child ia a religious frenzy at Poca