The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-02

II was getting vsey near { aud smaa
and Peter .ansen's half dozen was
som to be completed. era le-Ali. had
been nearly two months in the house,
rau Jansens ,trusty helpma'e ar d the
idol of the children, VIII !, chung about
the tall handsome girl like creep.rs.
eter came in-he had cen TO the
town and threw a small parcel IN tia
table.
There wife," said he. sthere1s thu
new CO ering for the cradle; II Nile
will stitch 1t on, you ssa have Il done
That's right" said Frau Jansen.
opening the "a cell "ani il . good
stun, too" she added. feelingi.; ..wha,
did you 81 yard for it?''
1.-The jew had the face to FAX hail
gulden, but I gave him quarter. and
he was glad to get it"
'Yes, there's nothing they won,
ask !" 81 d Frau Jansen, "but you
didn't let yoursel be cheated; we'll
send you q ain when we want any.
thing. Now, Mic, fetch down the old
C adle fir, m the attic. W II tear the old
covering of, and sew this on iIstesi. y
Cradle-Mie ran up 10 the attic a. fas.
as she could. to fetch d wn her earliest
dwelling; she came back with the
cradle in few minutes, and set ID xoik
at once. 1u u -
1.-The lining underneath is sewed on
firmly" said the girl, when she had
been trying to ri it off for hslt u
hour or more. There seems to be
paper or something in between. just
look, Peter"
"hhat?" said Peter who was chang
ing his laced boots for w oden shoe:.
Is there a paper under the lining2 ct
me see-I do believe you're right, there
is something under Is. Kip it off as
quick as you can. but take care you
don't cut anyth ng. 1t is a Iiece of
paper, look, wife and how thin and
cd ly printed it IS! Get me my glasses,
Meta! He e's another paper / Ike it,
aud another! Good Heavens! they look
uSt like the bank notes l saw at the
tax ga herer's the other day. Here,
NJ arie, read what's written on them,
ou've got young eye!' And when
told HIM that they were three
notes of the Bank of the Netherlands,
each worth a thousand guldens, Peter
vas petritiedw tn amazement and stared
It the girl speeches. and open-mouthed.
This unlocked for disco, cry created
1" little excitement in the minds of the
worthy people.
Mar had not told the Jansens VIII
hey took her into their house SO kindly
hat on the outs de of the scaled letter,
vhish she had kept faithfully all this
ime, the on cradle was as igned to her
her inallienable property; for if she
lad possessed hundr d times the value
# the cradle she would have given it
ably for hone with respectable
'eople. E
The handsome sum of 5000 guldens,
Which had been sewed into the lining of
he cradle covor. causeG honest Peter
Jansen no little perple >ity.
Il oous lit the cradle at the auction"
lie sa to himself. when he ha some
What recU cred from his ss:0,Iistment,
. d paid for it. t5n. The cradle is
.'ne and all that was in it when 1
'ought il. But, K ; mean TO be an
Ionest man, l ought ="
,rred. however. aga'nst which the
Minister had Preached o often, that
eter had given up listening 70 .aim at
asst what had Door man Ike HIM 10
ay to greed greed began to stir
nightly wit lin him urging him to
,eep the money for himself.
Before Peter ha. got a word out,
however, his vile tn ew up her hands
n wonderment and cried.
" ell, Mic, you re finely of now!
iirl, what's % be the end Of all this? If
ou don get too p' oud to st with us,
hat all hope! Three thousand guild
Ms why that real fortune"
And the good woman took u, the
hree bank notes. wiich had made the
pearan G so une pc tedly, and exam
ned them again one by one very Gale
ully.
after talking the matter over. they
ecided to open the sealed lie ter which
radle-Mie had brought down. There
vas nothin in it. howe er, except that
ne irl was to search the lining of tine
.reen cradle cover, and that she would
ind ,OOJ guild rs in it, whic, would
no ide her with suiiabl,. dowry. on |
er Dec ming the W fe of some r spect-
BILE farmer Marie imsoned up to the |
a at this and also enable her to
nake some return to her foster parents |
or their kindness to her.
Great tears came into Maric's eyes |
t these his last words; e was think |
mr. N, rronV 10, II. rr,,ap odd bn,,n
acked b istina. to- neither of whom
ould she make any return for all that
hey lad done for her.
Peer lad soon got the mastery over
he tempter, AMI would have nothing
D say to the money. Marie, however,
insisted th.t he had bou hit the baak
otes along with the era lie, and would
We nothing to saw to them, either,
"Are you lily, girl claimed Frau
ansen, in her resolute way. "Who.
We heard of buying three thousand
uldens for gulden and three quar-.
ets!" and SO saying she pushed the
ank notes over to the girl.
II should ! Ike to see myself takin
hem said Marie. and p t two of them
own before Pc er, but FRAU Jansen
box ne nd gave it back to the girl.
SO the matter was fina ly settled.
Cradle-M STAYED on with The Jan.
ms. Peter put her 900 guldens i to
ne "a ings bank I'll the yo ng farmer.
Tho mad been alluded to, should III q
p. '.And We won't have long 10 wat
n him." he opined. chuckling. With
lie third bank note he bought himself
hi: OF lard, a horse and two cow.
lhen any one asked him how he had
row n so rich all of sudden, he re-
lied that God had blessed him "a
loysand fold;" and it seemed to him
,r no other reason than that he had
ken pity on tn poor, destitute girl.
lh~ee days after andlemas Frau
ansen Lad q Epe little girl, to whom