Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-18

his iTl-ssnper. vel have q hustle. aa1
4 had better 20 and see JOnes
/ lad been formulating a plan Of
which I had thought whea NcDOnald
vas leaving. 20 / said: MIR. OrdEay.
let ne tell you What yell do Tn
coming down 70 your house early
Wednesday morning Do y0u and
Auns Ruth be ready. and 90 with ne
yer 70 Macs Wen 20 to dinner
You can put up with his coolnsss for
q day. al Least Bring your accounts
tlOuE. and your own ard your wife's
memories. and re shall see how we
shall prosper in the character OF peace
maEer
iii do il, said BE-. siappiHs his
knee He can't prosecute till you
get ready. and may b. So. and his
eyes swiaSIed 'may be 50 we can
arb5trates
Il Wa growing late. and he took his
leave without coming DOWN TO the
house. uuch 20 NelLses regret. when I
told her q his vssiG "a Monday I
seat a note 70 5EcDouaId. telling him
10 asx ordway 10 come over ca
"Wednesday. and between u | faucied
Sc couid bring hum 70 terms al any
rate. shat w0uId give Us a good hold On
him. whether be came or not.
On Wednesday morning | went down
On the early train. and walked on to
the home Of the McDOualds I had
never met any Of the family but the
father. and / was not surprised 10 Iud
the mother fully up 10 the description
given me by Ordway. a refined. hand
some. though faded Oma I couldn't
but thiaE a. | coutrassed the couple.
- they were making me welcome in
their ott-eOuntry fashion. that she had
carried the heaviest part Of their
mutual life burdens. and WIS faiutIng
By the why. while be way yet fresh and
vigorous
He Informed ne that he had sent
Ned over To the Ordways. requesting
bis presence. and then introduced Ned.
n fine. seh0larIy-IOoking fellow os
tweutF or thergabouts. with fathers
physique aud mothers features. and
u acquaintance was scarcely formed
before he excused himself courteousIv.
and wen out to welcome the neigh
bors, a welcome indeed from himself
and mother but there Wa not much
welcome in AuId Sansiie's curt saIuta-
tIOa- though the old fellow dill un-
bend a little when he greeted Ms
tr~ss Ordway--
With No Preterse OF SOcfabflity. I
proceeded To business In A very law
yer-LiSe manner | displayed no
Friendship 10 the O-Iway. bat played
the d~i>interestsd legal adviser To the
best % nv ability
NeDOuaId suggested that ne men 20
20 the fruat rO0m- bet - a part Of my
plan depended on the wUu1ea. I pro-
tested araIRSs leaving them. and hsd
nv way.
Dir NcDoaaId placed his chair Mt
a ead OF the table. and drew out a
drawer. FROM which he took Z big ac-
eount book | seated myself about
midway % the ride Of the table. and
Mr. Osvlway bruught his account book
% the lower end
OrdWay began By saying. by
your request. usighbor. I've brought
uy book. though I can't say Il has
been very correctly kept II Mr.
Bailey says how mueh I owe you III
pay it. but no more
wished he had said nothing. for
Aald Sandy put on his . beiigereas
air. and said dognaticaiIy- L shall
trust friend Bailey to determines how
murh you owe
set about wEth a pretence OF sys-
tenn but IN reality very informally. To
get I o the bottom Of their differences
took paper and patiently ses down
debit aud credit. a. they each came
to il.
After we had gone through the ac-
cuHnts of VS. or three years We came
to a credit on NcD0uaId's book OF Il
weeks work By a Swedish man in
cora-gatAeFing. Of which ordxays
BOOK showed no record
The twO men looked puzzled a bit.
md finally Mr.. Ordway turned to his
wife and s1id Ruth did We ever
have 4 swedish maa hiredaT Why.
Of course, James, dou't You mind you
sent him-OGaf we called hfm-to
work a week In Mr. Macs corn. and
lie maaie u all laugh 50 when be came
home saying he hadn't ,sp5z one word
all week because they couldn't under
stand him2 I0H remember it. Mrs.
NeIloaaId. don't your
Certainly said Mrs Mcdonald
Il remember you were down with
rheumatism though. Alec. and knew
nothing about It, Ned made that en-
try in the book, / 1t not his writing
Its not mine. said Mcdonald.
shortly, his Scotch sense Of Justice a.
sorting itself. though ~ yet without
voice
.OA- yes l do remember about
Olaf, said Ordway. but l never put
taat down Il never yet made a charge
against a neighbor who was Hat on hi
hack and helpless
Oh- but right l. right. said Ne
Donald. pat 1t down. Bailey
No. you wOa't. Bailey. said OrI-
way i never meant To mike 1ehar-e.
and I wont now.
Well not to b. too IOag with ny
story we weat On through the books
We found charges On Que book for seed