The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-20
ESTABLISHED 1879.

l wanted to! For a time my husband
was very fortunate and made a great
deal Of money. But the debts l speak
! of, while the thought Of them drove
me almost wild, did not seem to trou-
BILE him. When urged their payment.
he always grew impatient and said
they belonged to a time he could not
bear to think Of He thought was
heartless to remind him of them. You
see" she added hastily, "the loss OF
our little boy preyed upon his mind
and made him depressed and morbid.
So at last ceased altogether to speak
Of the matter and made up my mind
that somehow-some time-I would
pay them myself. never relinquished
my purpose, and in all the years after,
whether we prospered or whether we
struggled for bare existence, never
touched the sum l had put by as a
nucleus, but added to it, little by lit
tie. And now / think have enough.
1t has taken long time, and only God
knows what a haunting horror has
been to me the thought that my little
child's funeral expenses, that l felt to
| be sacred debt, were still unpaid and
! lay like a blemish on his innocent
memory. And now will you tell me
how much l am to pay you and do
what you can to help me find the I'M
! dertakerT
The doctor sat thoughtfully for mo-
ment, then he glanced up and flashed
a smile at his visitor-a smile of such
SURPRISING sweetness that she felt her
self smiling, too, half tearfully in sym
patty.
Twenty years is a long time to re
said
"It cannot be a little BILL"
''You came here FROM
"Grimby," she replied.
"And you have dinedT
'sNo-o."
"Then you must be my guest, and
afterward l will help you find that
man to whom you owe-the other bill.
think remember who it was. Are
you and Mr. Grafton living in Grim
by?"
"Mr Grafton has been dead some
years." she said. ST am teaching school
there"
1t was well on in the afternoon when
the doctor and Mrs. Grafton returned
from their interview with the under
taker.
81 cannot tell you how much thank
you for helping me-" she said. "And
now please tell me how much yours
was"
81 assure you never gave the mat
ter a thought after the first. Let ii
rest" he said earnestly, "and some
time
''Oh, no." she interrupted; sit must
be today. Indeed it must, shall al
ways remember you with the greatest
gratitude. But don't you understand
how 1 feel about thisT'
every well, as it is a matter Of con-
science with you." he replied.
In one of the old iedgers he found the
name Grafton and, making quick cal
culation, announced that the indebted
ness amounted to $15, which she hand
ed over to him, with a look that show
ed how important she deemed the mat
ter.
"And now" she said, holding out her
little shabbily gloyed hand, "goodby.
will never be able to thank you
"I'm not your physician" said DR..
Eaton, "but I'll take the liberty of pre-
scribing a seat in my gig for you.
have a patient to visit near the town
road"
He spoke as one unaccustomed to
having his directions disputed, and
Mrs. Grafton submitted smilingly to
his decree. So they drove away to-
gether in the late afternoon sunshine.
AS he glanced at her from time to time
the doctor saw the look Of relief In her
face deepen to one of quiet content.
When they had reached her lodgings,
he said 81 come to Grimby sometimes
he had always hated Grimby and
avoided it on principle-"and shall
call and see you If may"
She smiled her assent
The doctor held the slender hand In
his for moment and then let go with
a smile. He watched her walk up the
path in the setting sun.
ga good little thing-a pretty little
thing" he said to himself. "And it
was matter of conscience with her"
Then he got thoughtfully into his gig
and drove away.-San Francisco Call.