Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-20

and was - ..lhag the tenpS IS hen broenef
John arrived. Io.sking exceedingly cumpla-
cent, and carr ing a lareei uiasisr Ais I'm,
which be iaii upon the sofa
What i. N that paper, Uncle JohnF said
Fanny, inqs.isitive Is usual trying 90 unite
the cord winch fastened the package
That Is rly uep vest, Fan said John,
untying the string himself
Al the word vest my heart sank IKE
hump Of lead
..oh, ,sea- = thought. the time Is COM
Ing. must tell NOW, very soon
1T Is jus, like yours. Psalter,N said John
.sYou knoH now admired that Well, by
rare piece Of good fortune, an old fellow Of
fered me Just such a one this morning, and
bought IL don't believe you could tel the
two apart
And be held up a vest 80 like Psalters that
it seemed absolutely the am
The Old fellow had lo.,iy shawl, which
he said was wonderful L re -u-only Isl
II /, inst the color Of the one yo4 s.,--e 50
partial to, that was st..iHe', or ~potted, or
sou,sthinz. - thought Ia b-i-i 1t up to
you.
He held it toward me. but xhss took ii
in ms hand good gracious II was-no, II
couldn't t.s-ves- it absolutely was the very
l =
Faany's vase The spots were taken out and
IL hai been brushed and ironed. but II was
the very same.
John did not notice my agitation, but
went on;
Il think my vest came to less than yours
did. Psalter Let me see. | gave him SO
note and he gave me this in change. hope
II is good.
And John drew from his pocket note
marked with red INK on the back
Why. Uncle john cried Rosa, the mo
uent her eve, fell upon the bill, where did
you find my money!
Your ulune. chiliF cried John, aston
ished Your money!
YES, uncle-tny bad money that pa gave
me to play with Don't you see the red let
tiers on the cA-bad-that pa put theref
John turned the note over On the other
side,
The child is right" he said What does
all this meanf'
While be was looking at the note with all
his might reached over aud picked up the
vest, turned it on the wrong side and there,
sure enough, were Psalter's initials, written
in indelible ink by my own hands that very
morning
.of whom did you buy these things, john"
asked.
..oh, didn't l tell your said John. An
old man who said he kept a large clothing
store, but being in poor circumstances was
Obliged to peddle off the remainder OF his
stock himself
Had he Il nose like our parrots beak and
eyebrows that went up so" said Fanny, max
ing two little right angles with her fore I'm
gers over her eyes; "because If he had, its our
Old clothes man, and he got that bill off the
hall table"
"Wny-what-I can't make this out" said
john, completely bewildered, What do
you mean 10y our old clothes man Fannyf
"Why, a iu.n came to the door with pretty
things IN basket" said Fanny, and ma
gave hun a shawl and an old coat for my
pretty vase Lat broke Just now; and after
he hal gone we found that he had stolen pa S
vest and my bai money, uncle"
Eyes, John, | put in, and he must have
gone straight down town after he left me and
sold the articles 10 you, for that is the only
way in which can account for the fact OF
your having brought them up again just as
had made up my mind that l had hidden
good by to them forever"
Johns establishment beggared description.
He stood open mouthed, rumpllng his hair
with both hands, for more than ten minutes;
and then-hut no matter what be said Suf-
flee it to say that such invectives Of ven
geance on the whole race of old clothes spec
uIators were never before uttered, and that
those hurled on the head Of the particular
one in question amounted to anathemas
Every tale should have moral, and re-
member well the one affixed to this, all ye
housekcepcrs Never deal with old clio men
fer one ped,iler is II match for five ordinary
females g Nary Kyle Dallas