The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-08
we were going to marry and live on

we were going to marry and live on
our income
Clifford, that was my agent name,
gave me letters Of Introduction to a
fellow named larson, who had been in
the business, he told me; and to a big
preacher. When I got to Penfield
couldn' t find the preacher, but larson
was there and he was very friendly;
he did every thing for me and when I
got homesick he tended to me like a
brotherI tell you he was kind!
n .'Well, as luck would have it, I got
acquainted with another preacher
named Graynor, and he asked me to
come and board at his house, which
did. went to work, and the first
two weeks my salary and expense al
lowance came all right, but, after that,
Dilford kept making excuses for not
sending money-his remittance from
London was delayed, or something
like that. | didn't suspect any thing,
OF course. but supposed it would all
come at once; he did finally pay up all
my salary, but didn't send money for
expenses after the second week. It
went on this way for month, when
one day Igot a letter from my class
mate, Lilley Heynum she was a
teacher then saying that her uncle,
the postmaster, had found out that
my agent was crooked, and warning
me to get out of his clutches as soon
as possible. I showed the letter to
larson, and he said that the sgirl was
a fool and her uncle fraud, so I
didn't answer the letter.
"A few days later / went to the pic
mic Of Mr.. Graynor's Sunday-school,
and when was there Jarson's little
boy tumbled out Of boat in the mid
die of the river, and fished him out
just in time to save the little shaver.
Old larson was awfully thankful, and
sW0re that he'd never cease to love
me, and be grateful to me; he got
over that!
"a few days afterw ard he came to
me and said he was in a desperate fix;
a note of his was due that very day
and he couldn't meet it, owing to the
fact that some money he expected
from New York hadn't come, and,
while he would have plenty of cash in
a few days, he was absolutely broke
just then, so he wanted to borrow
some money of me for a week. I
asked how much he needed, and he
said all could spare wouldn't be too
much. had all my salary on de-
post at the bank, and I gave Aim a
check for all I had, ABOUT one hundred
dollars, and took his note for the sake
of the formality. a couple of days
afterward I found he had skipped the
town ostensibly to go to Philadelphia
/ telegraphet to Dilford asking for
my back pay, only to hear that he had
gone to Boston the day before and was
on a steamer for Queenstown at that
time! Well, there / was-not cent
in the world --thirty-fve dollars
worth of debts-no way to get home
| couldn't write to my father for
money to get out of the difficulty, be-
cause | ran away and had never let
him know where I was-there I was,
stumped.
''Well, I told Mr.. Graynor, God
bless him! and he lent me enough to
get home, and said that he trusted me
for what | was indebted to him; in
fact he acted the good Samaritan to
me, and respect his Christianity
more than any one else's in the world!
81 left Penfeld a pretty sad boy and,
being ashamed to go home to my folks,
| started for my grandfather's intend
ing to borrow some money to pay nv
debts, and tell my father that I got
cheated out of my salary and not say
any thing about the rest of the affair.
''When Igot to Springfield who do
you guess | met in the depot?''
t.Y our grandfather" I ventured.
'Lilley Heynum! She said she was
a delegate to teachers convention
being held there, and asked me where
| was going. / told her that / was on a
business trip, but got tangled up in my
ISuldihS, duu sue sSdW UQctU J. was In
trouble as quick as a wink! She
begged me to tell her all my troubles;
she said she was my friend and might
be able to do something for me.
was 50 discouraged that I told her
every thing, and even that [ was 90
ing to my grandfather's to get some
money.
CATER sympathizirg with me and
trying to cheer me up a little, she said
that she had some extra money which
she would like to be relieved Of be-
fore she lost it, and offered to lend it
to me with or without interest for any
length Of time; she promised to keep
the matter quiet, and said that her offer
would save me the embarrassment OF
asking my relatives for money and tell
ing my dismal story.
OF course I refused to take money
from her, but she was persistent and
at last gave her my note, at ninety
days and ten per cent, for forty
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