Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-15
less note Of the lawyers and brokers'


signs that abound in that region.
She smiled grimly at finding herself
drifted into this atmosphere of dollars
and cents, of money getters and money
changers; she who had neither stocks
nor bonds nor ready cash.
'tHeigh-ho! I'll go home. Mans
got dinner ready by this time, and can't
seem to think of anything. Oh, dear
Lord" and the words were surely
prayer yelling Up from the orphans
heart, ats such hard world for Twin
Nan and me; why can't we have what
we want, when it's so little, and others all
around us have so much2"
Mechanically she read modest little
sign in a window, the last but one on
the square. She was about to pass on,
but in idle mood stayed her steps and
read it again.
Quick as an electric flash, thought
took shape in her active BRAIN, and she
entered the dingy little Office. A frowsy
and unkempt boy looked UP from
flash paper he was reading and made re-
luctant answer to her eager inquiry.
The "boss" was out, the urchin said,
gone home, would the lady please come
back tomorrow.
81 will; but can't you tell me how
much they give2"
dunno; please come back tomorrow,
lady"
She went out, to the evident and great
relief of the young man, but instead of
taking the nearest course back to Nan
and the ''light housekeeping" dinner,
she went down to the avenue, and
thence up that thoroughtare to the Star
Office, where she asked a young man be-
hind the counter to show her file of that
popular evening journal. With eager
fingers she turned the leaves covering
fortnight back, and noted with sparkling
eyes certain three line advertisements
and one or two editorial notes running
through that period. She borrowed a
pair of scissors from the youthful func-
,, tionary and before he could utter mild
and hasty Introduction, had clipped out
the lines which engaged her attention,
had returned the instrument with a
smile, ''thanks, and had flashed away
before the youth could utter word.
"What luck?" questioned Annie, when
she got home.
She laid her finger across her lips with
an air of mystery.
"Ask me no questions, Twin Nan; the
charms working"
That evening Annie went out to
meeting of the Kings Daughters, but
the other excused herself, and as soon as
left alone locked the doors, and for the
next two hours busted herself in over
| hauling the contents of two or three old
trunks in which they had shipped GER
tain portions of their household goods
when they came from home. Certain
finds she made here, added vastly to the
seeming tangibility of her happy thought,
but did not conduce to the soundness of
her slumbers that night.
When the F street broker came down
to his office next morning at nine o'clock,
he found young lady awaiting him
outwardly calm, but filled with sup
pressed excitement.
For an hour they talked over the con-
tents of small package she had brought
with her, after which she went away.
One day after this, at their noon lunch,
she said:
"Twin Nan, want you to come with
me this afternoon"
Their walk lay in the direction of
Madame Marchon's. They went in, and
the madame herself met them with a
smile.
81 want my sister to look around
little," explained Katie.
Madame was only too happy. Madame
herself showed them over the fresh and
beautiful stock, extolled the elegant ap-
pointments, and invited them to rest in
her own little private parlor.
elbow do you like it Twin Nan?' said
Katie, when they were left alone for
few moments.
"Oh, Katie! if it were only ours"
"Twin Nan, it is ours"
eff only we could get the money"
"Twin Nan, we've got the money.
It's ours, bought and paid for, and we've
got money in the bank besides"
s'Katie, what do you mean?"
'.Just what l say; look at this, and
this.
The first this was an inventory of the
stock, with bill of sale and the late
owners receipt at the bottom; the other
was a bank book showing deposit of
| $4,000 in their Joint names in the First
| National Bank.
''Oh Katie! what-how did you-9"
This is what did it," and she showed
a little printed slip.
| 1t read:
WANTED. To nurchase Confederate