Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-11-24
By c. B. LEWIS
Copyright, 1905, by r. b. Mcclure

| she should see Niagara falls II she
had to wear one petticoat for the next
five years"
Clara was the daughter of the broth
er and his wife, and she already had
| beau. He was young man from the
nearest village, and after seeing him
| two or three times Aunt Judy said to
the girl:
CLARA, that feller of yours will never
set the river atire, but there's nothing
mean about him. He'll provide q good
table and have plenty of wood at the
back door, and l guess that will be just
as we'll as if he was swelling around
and telling what great man he was.
| I'm Judging him by his nose. When
| you see a man with his nose bumped
up in the middle you can set him down
| for good tempered man."
| The brother put the money In bank
at the village, but after little Aunt
| Judy began to worry about 1t. She
| was assured that the bank was as
sound as the hills, but she shook her
head and replied:
| 81 dunno, James-I dunno. OF course,
| it's your money now, but I'm sorry l
| didn't see the banker before you gave
1t to him. l think I'll have you drive
me to town some day, so that | can get
look at him"
But scott's bank has been here for
twenty years." persisted the brother.
| "Yes, | s'pose 1t has, but out In Iowa
they caught n man stealing pumpkins
| who'd lived an honest life for sixty
| years. l wouldn't like to see you lose
| your money, and If anything happened
| to Claras 5000 I'd have fit. She's
| got to make a bridal tower to Niagara
| falls or won't see her married. Folks
| have told me that more water runs
| over the falls in day than would run
/ mill dam for Il week and that there's
| roar going on Just like half a dozen
| bulls belerin' in the distance. | want
| to get a look at that banker. | can tell
in minute whether he's honest or
not"
A few days later she was driven to
| the village and an errand made to the
bank
| James" Aunt Judy said while they
| were driving home. do Won know that
a woman knows forty times as much
| as a MANI"
| "I hadn't heard of It," was the reply.
| "Waal, you hear of It now. That
| banker hain't an honest man. 1t won't
be year before he'll bust I'D and
| leave YOU all in the lurch."
Pooh! Pooh! Mr.. Scott has the
|
| don't worry over nv money any
more than as If it was buried in the
cellar You mustn't get such notions
into your head"
Its no notion, James. Out in Iowa
we had three different hired men on
| the farm who turned out to be thieves.
and each of them looked like that
| banker. | never in the world would
buy thing of tin peddler until had
| looked at his eyes. There's something
in them l always can tell wish that
money of Clara's was out of his hands"
"Comc now, Judy; don't be silly. I'd
trust Mr.. Scott the same as my own
brother"
| "All right. Wen say no more about
| it. Only if Clara is disappointed in
| seeing Niagara falls | shan't be the
same woman / was. They say that
| when you stand and look at all that
water pouring over, the chills go up your
back and you don't feel knee high to a
grasshopper. Isn't there any way to
catch that water in rain barrels and
| store it up agin drought?"
"Might be-" replied the brother, who
| hpi n hovv pt,ipip,, Of hi t,,e p,,t
side his own township.
| AT intervals of every two weeks dur
ing the next eight months Aunt Judy
came back to the subject of the bank
was treated as notion and not TAX
en- seriously
| In due time Clara's beau popped the
| question and was accepted and the day
SET ana Aunt Judy was so busy sew
| ing that there were times when she al
most forgot her iears. IL lacked put
| Two weeks OF the marriage day when
the prother drove TO the village on an
errahd. lie came BACK looking as white
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