Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-24

see there is button loose. Twill fasten
it for you. have silk and needle here.
"Ah, said he, just like you to
leave it that way. and off comes the
coat.
"'You shall have it again the next
day after never" said l. So away
walked. would sell it for f6. which is
very cheap.
~ looked at the coat, which he I'M
folded from paper
"'Guess it will fit my son. said l.
TN try it on. and Wen see.'
$50 it did.
"'Then, said I. now, you see. do
this to make up to you. as far as can,
for that other fellows rascality.
"You are an honest gentleman,
said he, 'and will repay you by q
great bargain. l must cell my solid sill
yer spoons l meant to melt them, not
to expose my poverty, but you shall
have the whole dozen for the trif1e of
e.
"Well, of course, jumped at that"
MIR. Christy here laid the spoons on
the table-"and took out e10
"But he had something else which
he took from under his arm.
"'My wife is trying to sell her
shawl, he said.
"Well, looked at the shawl he shook
out of its folds
"'You shall have it for 81, as sam
pie of my generosity he said. with q
tear in his eye.
"Well, l knew you'd like it, my
dear. 1t looks like one used to admire
you in when courted you-red center,
cashmere border" and Mr.. Christy
shook out the folds-the old sha wi Mrs.
Christy had exchanged for the vases
that morning. She knew that at once
| she could not mistake it, But as she
looked at her husband, beaming and
! twinkling with good humor, she could
not bear to utter the truth outright
and tell how completely he had been
, taken in.
"Six pounds for the coat and &c for
the spoons, he said merrily, land 81
for the shawl, and his"-holding out a
81 note-''is all have ont of my f1O
note! Poor old fellow! The last pound
he had in the world, he said. Hello!
+! What is tbisy" Mr.. Christy put on his
! glasses and looked at the note. ''Your
name is written on it in red ink, my
dear Caroline Christy.' All! This is
counterfeit Why. what in all the
| world''-
cob" cried William, at this mo-
ment entering the door. "That's the
note mother took long while ago-a
counterfeit.
"And it has come back to me, said
Mr.. Christy. "You never passed it,
Caroline. Perhaps some servant took it.
What fool was not to put on my
glasses when the man gave it to met
1--WE both need spectacles, said Mrs.
Christy. my dear. neither Of us car
laugh at the other We are both com
pletely Sold And when she had told
her story it became very plain to all Of
them that the peddler who had stolel
the coat, spoons and the counterfeit
note from Mrs Christy had by chance
entered Mr.. Christy's Office in his bust
ness travels; that he had sold him back
his own stolen coat and his own plated
spoons under the guise Of wonderful
bargain in solid silver.
Happily the Christy family were tol
erably we'll off and could afford to laugf
at the farce they had taken SO promi
nent part in, and Mrs. Christy declared
she was glad to recover the shawl thai
her husband remembered her wearing
during the happy period Of their court
ship days.
A member of the police force called
shortly after to state that the THE
could not be traced and was no doub
very cunning fellow. But the Christ.
family did not confide their joke to tn
worthy officer. They had the wisdom
to keep it in the family. London Spar
Moments.