St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-11-23

II intended to test your capabilities 1or
using money, children" ssid their grand
father, land gold watch was to belong to
the one who made the most of it.
%he boys eyes sparkled, and Mans lips
quivered
ssMost what ?" asked Uncle Forth, sud-
denly laying down his paper.
''Most in every way-money and good 10
every one concerned"
"Well, as l happen to know something
about Mans profigaoy, l guess I'd better
explain"
''Oh, Uncle Forth, please don't p burst
forth from Nan.
But he only smiled and laid his hand
over her lips.
'Grandfather has not been treated fairly.
Billy Kemp's street stand was supplied
| with apples and peanuts with that first
| dollar, and he has made twenty out OF
| it. If he'd won that prize, Oscar, he
| have splendid start now"
Oscar colored, but Uncle Forth went on :
can old lady told me that a certain little
| girl gave her one dollar worth of car fare
| tickets so that her consumptive daughter
| would not have to walk to her work In
| bad weather and so she has not missed a
day or been sick this winter, when she
used to have doctors bill to pay every
spring, and in danger of losing her place
| besides, as well as of going into quick con-
sumption by exposure Then that worsted
Mrs. Bandy, who knits lace to sail, could
tell you something about She started
out with fifty cents worth of material, and
now she makes a decent living off her sales,
she tells me-"
"Well there's grapes and oranges"
| growled grandfather blinking rapidly.
eyes, one dollars worth for Gran y
| Watts sick niece, who when the deticacies
tempted her appetite so that she soon
gained strength, said the first dollar she
i earned when she got well, she should help
some one else who was in need and that
dollar has paid for few tools. for poor
lame Swedish boy, who carved some lovely
toys for a fair, and every buyer was
| pledged to pass the money on to some one
| else in need, who would do the same. And
l expect IT'D, going yet. Such things never
stop"
But he stopped long enough to pat the
head which had dropped upon his knee.
| 'Well, Granny Watts didn't drink, did
she?'
And Grandfather picked up the paper
| again, as Uncle Forth paused.
| 81 don't know about the last item," he
replied. -,
mo, but drunken Ben Poke did," said
| Aunt Su- dropping her crochet wort hasti
| ". 81 know, Mrs Poke told md at the
temperance meeting last winter, that If she
could afford to keep strong coffee on hand,
she believed she could keep her husband
from the saloon, aud conquer his taste for
liquor. Yesterday l met her again, and
she stopped ME, the tears running down
her cheeks. ooh Miss Forth. she said, 4
| must tell you how Ben has stopped his
drink, ana we're pickin' up now with his
wages and it's all OWN to your Nan with
the money she gave me for coffee and we
both fought the liquor with it, and
b1eeve Ben's saved That's where VI
went to-" "a
Aunt Sue finished by clasping Nan Vi
her arms
"Humphy Grandfather Ferris finally
managed to say, after blowing his nose,
and wiping his spectacles, and clearing his
throat.
ga queer investment Got any receipts
for your loans?'
"Ob, grandpa, l didn't lend it !" Nan
exclaimed.
s'Well if that isn't lending, I haven't
understood my Bible, " he muttered. t'Why
didn't you tell me where it went at fir t.
81 didn't see where could make any
money with it, and it seemed wrong to LEI
it lie in my purse but didn't want any
one talking of such things" she answered
with a bright blush.
"Well, who has made the most p asked
Grandfather Ferris. oscar has the mos
in trade. money, and shrewdness Nee
has the mos. useful and profitable knowl'
edge with his pressd ; but Nan has mott
gage on two business stands, has saved on'
life perhaps and mans manhood, anc
has contributed to a good many peoples
happiness.
"Hurrah for Nan y cried Ned. ''Whe
would have thought her talent would have
turned out so?' he remarked the next day
as they were critically examing the Lowell,
watch on it's satin bed.
Business, boys" said Grandfather Fer
ris, lis good thing but one must have
care in all transactions for profit, becaus
sel6shness begets greed, and greed Gun
ming, and cunning dishonesty, in man
cases. There is no investment that pay
so we'll after all, as lending to the Lord
and Nan has proved that even with on
talent, no one need be an Improbable Sci
want. "-Sar0h Bierce Scarb0r0uQh,