The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-29

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ment: still, he was q smallish man.
while Eellamy was q big one, and sup
pose my face expressed surprise as well
as delight.
Don't be hard upon him-I mean up
on my husband" said Mrs Pullen in a
gentle, pleading voice. His conf
dence has been misplaced and abused.
| know you never liked Bellamy: our
sense of loss, the breaking down Of cur
belief in him, will be unintelligible to
you.
looked at my three wineglasses, in
doubt as to what reply | ought to re-
turn: | looked at my napkin, and felt
sure in what direction duty pointed.
MY opinion of that man, my dear
madam, was very bad one," said.
L know it," she answered., quietly:
1--WE should therefore not say anything
to you against him now, bat that we
owe it to you to tell you all, since it is.
thanks to you. that his wrong-doing
has been revealed to us.
Thanks to me? | was glad to hear
It: il seemed a very just sort OF Mem
els" if it happened so. but I uld not
conceive how it had happened, and
said so.
well, my dear husband and I had.
as you know, the greatest confidence in
him with untold gold. and, in fact. did
intrust him with what was its euuiya-
lent, and | am bound to say that we
never missed anything not silver
spoon"
Then the man was ut least honest,
said, rather t: disappointed.
Not at all. >he answered dryly
He was only honest, [ am afraid, In
small things to conceal his knavery in
great ones
"tisked Il sprat to catch 4 herring"
observed Mr.. I,ullcn. who. so far As
proverbs went, was quite S Solomon.
YES. he SO imposed uyon us that
when We went abroad thi, summer we
left this house Tor more than three
month, entirely in his hands; ever
asked any one to look in 20 sec how
matters were going on. The other
servants were rs much under his con-
| trol-and, indeed, much more sO-as
under our own. and we fel1 quite Sc
cure. Everything was forwarded to
us with the greatest regularity.
a more III thodicai man | never
knew, inter- dated Mr. Pullen. He
even sent lis the circulars. Surplusage
| is no error.
And when we came back" continued
| my hostess, 'everything looked just as
| it should be. Eellamv seemed charmed
| to sec us: gave an exec llent character
| Of the servants, and had Dcen so eco
| nomical with the coalo that we won
| dered how it had baen managed"
| 3,,f al
| tleman, for there were more Goals
than when we went Il CAV
| coed gracious, how could that be?'
l inquired.
| How. indeed? That was the fist
| thing that excited oar suspicious" said
| Mrs. ullcn.
So it seemed that surplusage was an
| error.
Somehow or other. 4 on't know how
it was. bat We got the lmpr, ssion tina.
somebody had been il the house while
we had been away. Thee was no more
| evidence of ii than the existence of q
gho t, but we couldn't shake ourselves
rec Of it. If thy wcr, Bethany )
| friends we felt that they must have
teel quite respectable: but it was not
nice to susI Get that even Eellamy s
friends had been using our house and
SIC eping in our bed. was it.
1t certainly was n9t," l assented
"but why did you not speak to him on
the matter?'
We'll. you sec my husband felt i,
rather Il delicate subject to breach - tt
Bethany, and he tired to hop, for the
best. till he met YOU in the city AM
you spoke TO him Of the funeral at on,
house. There ought not to have beer
any funeral. you KIN w"
still, there are things you cam
help, and which will occur" l re
marked.
"Ics. yes: but you don't understand
When you told nv husband that he
maize inquiries of the neighOors We
have always thought !: 81 nice TIA,
ones nei. hhors IN london neye,
trouble themselves about one, as they
do i'll the country. but sometimes thi.
works inconveniently. They had seer
the fuccral and one or two OF them h al
even been SO good as 81 phil down their
blinds. thinking ii was one OF Us: but
they had thought 40 more ABOUT il
afierward on finding that the house
was let
The house let? 10 you mean tina,
your house was let:>
yes. that is just now it was. Bel
.amy had let it furnished"
"AH would have beea we'll for poo,
Bel amy" oh ,erved kar husband. "bu1
for the misfortune oil his renant-or. a.
1t should have been. our tenant-dyt0g
rs 1t We're upon his hands. A circu,n
stance of that KIM. in SO short q lease
mover ente ed into his calculations
There vas only just time to bury ths