Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-14

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she does now"
''Ole of your fathers few faults as
a boy. PEARL my DEAR said Aunt
Margaret. with dignity. '.was a 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 avs.
And seemed all the worse because OF
that dreadful loss. Edward. NY
father. children. in his early manhood
had chan ced to buy piece of West
ern land which he had held and held
because he 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 1
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 the first
TO laugh at, and l got into the way of
keeping pretty close lookout in all
important matters. BIT things some
times escaped me, and one evening he
said to me:
BY the way. Margaret have you
quite decided that it is best for us 10
buy that bank stock in New York;
81 believe so, father said, swhen
the money comes
"'Oh. it has come, he said. Il re-
| ceived some days ago the certificate of
deposit for nine thousand dollars. I'll
show it to you. L. little bit of pa
per for so much money! He began
opening drawers in his study-table.
It's here-no, in this desk-or
might have slipped it under this pile
of papers-or. no-perhaps laid it in
one of these books. to be quite sure it
was SAFE
He was nervously turning over one
thing and another. and l grew more
and more frightened as l helped him
in the search. He had a 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 l said at last, as he stood
still. with an expression of helpless be-
wildermcnt.
He stared at me as stared in dis
may at him, and said:
''1ndeed, 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
his head: It's for you that 1 care
Margaret
But could see how look of anx-
lely. such as had never been there be-
fore, settled ver his dear face and his
hair grew whittier and thinner"
But" said Pearl. Il don't quite
understand. Was it q loss. losing the
paper? Papa lost a check some time
ago, and ] remember that, after a lit
tie waiting and trouble about it, he
got another one-didn't you. papa?"
"Yes. dear, but this was different
A certificate of deposit is paper GER
tifying that such person has depos-
tied such a sum in n bank. 1t is the
only thing which gives him right to
reclaim the money, so the loss is seri-
ous.''
Still" said Ned. wouldn't it
make itsight for such person as the
old do CT II to swear that it was really
lostP Then the bank folks could be
sure of is never coming up again"
Yes, If he were the only person
concerned. But. you see. nobody
could know whether the certificate
might not have fallen into other hands.
and might be turning up months or
years afterward. More than one
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 imp atient air.
Il believe so." said his father. smil-
ing. ''How long after that was it,
Aunt Margaret"
Indeed, 1 don't know, dear. But
how we'll remember the day you came
rushing up to my ROOM
LAS 1 always did when l was in a
tight place! Yes. the college boys had
all been invited by the wife of one of the
faculty to an evening entertainment
1t was always pleasant place to go.
But on the afternoon of the same day the
lady sent word to me that she was ar
ranging set of historical tableaux.
that young gentleman whom she wa 5
expecting from a distance was to have
borne the character of George Wash
ington. but he had disappointed her.
and she begged to know if I could
take the part. I was so bare of ways
and means that the news struck dis
may to my very heart. but of course
my first impulse was to tear up to
Aunt Margaret's room.
"'What shall do?' l SAID as soon
rs / could get my breath after telling
her. l thought she would shake her
head in token of its being hopeless
case, but she didn't. She took n few
moments to think, and I gathered
fresh courage with every moment, for
l knew we'll of old that when Aunt
Margaret gave her mind to any thing
it was sure to work out something.
! ''She hunted out an old picture. and
studied it.
"Wig. knee-pants. buckles. fac
ings. ruffies-well. dear. if we are not
| worry exaet neonla will NOT critic