Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-01-09

ering his equilibrium with some diff
Guilty. At was just coming to see you,
Jobson, about that little note Of yours
l think l told you last week that l
wanted the money. And wish you to
understand that l must have it, or
shall find myself compelled to foreclose
on the mortgage"
Mr.. Jobson grew pale.
isn't this rather sudden" said he
family.
The squire shrugged his shoulders.
what would you have?" said he.
1.-The money is overdue, and there's a
| considerable amount of interest still
unpaid. To tell you the truth, Jobson,
l don't like this way of doing business,
and 1 want my money one week from
to-day"
Mr.. Jobson tore his hair.
1.-TWO hundred pounds" he cried.
"And in a week. Why, who ever heard
of anything so GuelY'
"Cruel!' echoed the squire. Is 1t
cruel. Of a business man to want his
own back again? You should have
thought of that before you borrowed
it."
And the squire walked on.
MI. Jobson kept his weary way, rack
ing his brains to c~onjure up some es-
cape out of the dilemma. Two hun
dred pounds! And in a week! How
was the thing to be done7
BY the side of a miserable old shanty
by the road there was assembled a lit
tie knot Of m They whispered
and glanced at him as he passed.
He stopped mechanically.
whats the matter?" said he.
ITS old Naomi Brush" said they
"She's dead.
Dead, is she?" said Mr.. JobsOn curt
ly. "She ought to nave died half {
dozen years ago"
When he came somein the clear win
ter twilight, he had fully resolved t.
cut down all unnecessary expenses
Grandmother must go.
"If there's no other place for her,
he reasoned, there are plenty o
Homes for Aged and INDECENT Won
en- where I dare say we could get he
!. in. Her influence over Jane isn't good
She teaches her to give to every tram
: and beggar that comes along. Grand
| mother must go"
/ But, as he came in, Mrs. Jobson me
him at the door.
, "Oh, Calvin she cried breathlessly
what do you think has happened? OIL
died suddenly Of that heart difficult
which has been hanging over her S
: longr'
e "Humph!" said Mr.. Jobson. "An
what is all hat to me, I'd like
e known"
More than you think" said Mr.
s Jobson eagerly. "They found two hun
> bred pounds, Calvin-yes, two hui
dred pounds-hidden away in a bag c
e rags which had formed her pillow fo
more years than anybody could remen
Der. And there was a scrap of a wi
d in her dress pocket, which Lawyt
lie Hyde says is perfectly legal and co
EtCl-dnu every penny VI IL 10 1tAt
whom do you suppose? Why,
grandmother. To grandmother, WI
o. was so good to her for so many years
YES" said the old lady mildly. "Ar
1 am going to give 1t to you, Calvin,
help you out with that debt to Squil
in Jones. Money is of no use to m
W except as it may be Of aid to n
Of daughter and her husband-and in II
country which 1 am nearing so fas
n one of old Naomi Brush's prayers W
es be Of more value to me than all Il
lis gold which was ever minted."
ne "Grandmother," said Calvin Jobso
sc with a suffocating lump in his thro;
er IL don't deserve this. No, 1 don't! L
per a mean, grasping, avaricious-"
It's Hush, my son." said the old lad
to "hushl We all have u failings. r
he we are none of us too old to learn b.
ter.
al So the nightmare Of a debt was pa
and grandmother still sits by the JC
ad son Preside. And Calvin is a wiser a
es- a better man for the lesson he has hs
-Hearthstone.
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