San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-10

ohe could see vague smile OF contempt
pass over the cashiers face as he said:
We'll, don't know what hopeful people
would say, Miss Lane, only these things
have no value on the market. Bring us
around your c., B. and q. and We will
cash them for you gladly"
Then as she was turning away the teller
whispered to him again, and he said, 'Do
not give yourself any trouble, but you
have overdrawn your account a little"
Poor Edith did not know what this
meant, and he explained that she had
drawn more money from the bank than
she Lad i'll il; that this would be made
clear To her rs she looked at the checks
which the teller gave her. 1t was Of no
consequence, the cashier said; only he
thought he would call her attention to it.
SO poor Edith left the bank without any
money, and feeling that she was much
deeper down in the bog of disgrace than
she had known.
Fortunately she did not understand that
il anybody had supposed that she was dis
was pretty she is to be excused for being
wicked, and that because she was a woman
it is to be expected that she will act like
fool"
They all laughed heartily at this, and
the president fastened to say that this was
not the center of his position; that Mary
certainly had been very badly educated,
etc., etc., etc, and that Boutwell, had, etc,
etc., ETC., and that John Knox had, etc,
etc., ETC., and so on, and so on, as may be
imagined.
Still, cannot see that this changes our
opinion on the question whether she did
right or wrong"
This was the unflinching reply of the
stern Edith. sit shows why she did wrong,
but it does not show that she did right
unless the president means that when a
woman dresses her hair in a becoming
way, and invents a new head dress, she
may do as she chooses"
After thiSit may be imagined that the
president and Edith were very good
friends through the rest of that evening,
and the reader will not be surprised that
in the simple and admirable code of Tam
worth and of that circle Edith asked him,
as they ate their ice cream together, if he
would do her the favor to walk home with
her. She had not liked to fix time for
the carriage, she said. He gladly agreed
W dS any lOuuS man III idLlNOlGu
would have been glad to do.
So soon as they were well in the street,
away from light, Edith, who had studied
out the whole conversation in advance,
said to him: 81 have a question of con-
science on which | want the advice of a
man-of business man. My father is
away for six weeks. | find there is mis-
take about my money and l have over
drawn at the bank on my private account.
Now it happens that have received 800
by accident-I know not from whom. 1t
is lying in my desk unused. Should you
think | might use that, as if it were lent to
me, and repay it when my father comes
home?"
The president heard her through waited
q moment and then said: Il believe at law
you might doubt if you could be sued
for doing it. But it is not a nice thing to
do. If it had been you would not be in
doubt yourself"
THANK you," said Edith. you feel
just as do" But he did not let her go
on. you see" he said, your unknown
correspondent might appear tomorrow
morning, and you would want to have her
money ready for her. You would do much
better to borrow yourself at your bank or
of some friend"
81 have so many friends" said Edith,
more bitterly than she meant, that can
not select, and | am afraid my father would
be wretChedly annoyed if he knew was in
this scrape, though really it is from no
fault of mine. | cannot well borrow at the
bank without saying that he has been care
less or making people think so. 1t gives a
certain publicity to the mistake he made
when he thought that for six weeks could
paddle my own canoe"
81 do not think there is such publicity as
you fear. You See" said he good natured-
ly, the bank people would be only too glad
to lend your fathers daughter anything
1t can be most easily arranged. How much
do you want"
ooh, want as much as $3.50 These are
all the subscriptions pa likes me to make
-and'-
The young man laughed very lightly, as
she thought.
Pardon me-" he said. From your tone
| thought you were going to say two hun
dred and fifty thousand. l wish, Miss
Edith, you would let me lend it to you my
self You have been kind enough to ask
my advice Will you be good enough to
take it,"
Edith was now taken wholly aback. She
had chosen her adviser-as he said. Here
was proposal which would lift her out of
the depths For the instant she felt that
if only she had the three bits of paper he
spoke of she should be perfectly happy.
She could see the two notes of one hundred
and one Of ffty-clean two of them APP
peared, crisp and clean, and one flabby and
dirty, before her minds eye.
But she did not waver even for that i'll
slant. Her manner was kind enough, but