Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-27

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in office until he might be called to
q higher place. but ho would not hoar
Of it. 1t loft him very poor. for he
had always been too liberal to have
saved much. But in these stirring
days of money getting and money
spending it is always refreshment to
mo to look back upon such . picture
OF the beauty and sweetness and Dig
nifty of onorable poverty"
How did Aunt Margaret look in
those times, father?' said Pearl. pat
ting her great-aunt's face.
Her cheeks were rod and her eyes
were bright. and she looked as fresh
and as blooming and as pretty as-as
she does now:"
'Oae of your fathers fow faults as
a boy. PEARL my DEAR" said Aunt
Margaret. with dignity. ''was tend
ency to exaggeration in speech. and
you observe that he is not yet cured
of it Yes. indeed" she went on, Il
remember those were pinching days.
And seemed all the worse because of
that dreadful loss. Edward. My
father. children. in his early manhood
hal CHANGED to buy a piece of West
ern land which he had held and held
because no never thought of its being
worth selling. until. in just about the
time of his greatest need, he received
an offer of good price for it. And l
never shall forget the beaming face
with which the dear old man told me
of how the Lord had been seeing to it
| all these years that he should not
come to want or dependence in his
old age.
well. he had been for some years
getting rather absent-minded. and
failing in his memory. He made mis-
takes. which he was always tho first
to laugh at, and l got into the way of
keeping pretty close lookout in all
important matters. Bat things somc-
times escaped me. and one evening hc
said to me:
BY the way, Margaret. have you
quito decided that it is best for us to
buy that bank stock in New York;
Il believe so. father; said. when
the money comes
"'Oh. it has come, he said. Il re-
ceivcd some days ago the certificate of
deposit for nine thousand dollars. I'll
show it to you. IT, little bit of pa.
per for so much money! He began
opening drawers in his study-tablc.
It's here-nc IN this desk-or
might have sl.z.,d it under this pile
of papers-or. no-perhaps laid it in
one of these books. to be quite sure it
was SAFE
| "Ho was nervously turning over one
thing and another. and I grew more
and more frightened rs helped him
in the search. He had fashion of
putting things away so safely that
they might be found in months or
years, or never.
"'What could you have done with
it. father p said at last. as he stood
Still. with an expression of helpless be-
wilderment.
He stared at me rs stared in dis.
may at him. and said:
Indeed, my dear, don't know
well. 1t would be no use trying to
tell how my heart misgave me from
that moment-how l hunted and
hunted. week after week, before ]
gave up in despair. My poor father
never said much except once. shaking g
his head: It's for you that I care.
Margaret
| But could see how look of anx-
lety, such as had never been there he.
fore. settled over his dear face and his
hair grew whittier and thinner
But" said Pearl. Il don't quite
understand. Was it loss. losing the
| paperP Papa lost check some time
ago. anu I remember that after lit
tie waiting and trouble about it. he
got another one-didn't you. papap'
Eyes. dear, but this was different.
A certificate of deposit is paper ccr-
tifying that such a person has depos-
tied such a sum in banklr 1t is tho
only thing which gives hi& atsight to
reclaim the money. so the los!Eis seri-
ous."
STILL" said Ned. '.E ,ldn't it
make it right for such a person as the
old doctor to swear that it was really
lost? Then the bank; folks could be
sure of its never coming up again.
| Yes, If he were the only person
concerned. But, you see. nobody
could know whether the certificato
might not have fallen into other hands,
and might be turning up months or
years afterward. More than ono
friend of the doctor stool ready TO Sc
cure the bank against any such de-
mand. but his sturdy independence
came in there too"
':Now-have we come to the coat?'
asked Ned. with an impatient air.
Il believe So" said his father, smil-
ing: ':How long after that was it,
Aunt MargaretP'
"Indoed. l don't know, dear. But
how we'll I remember the day you came
rushing up to my ROOM
LAS l always did when was in a
| tight place! Yes. tho college boys had
all been invited by the wife of one of the