The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-11-15
BlaCkberrieS
For Supper
By c. b. LEWIS
CopSliSh, 1895, by r. B. Mcclure
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

liSloF ma come on from Iowa 10 i've
with her brother and his family for the
rest of her life She had sold all her
earthly possessions In the. west for
thousand dollars in cash and few
days after her arrival she had turned
this money over to her brother James.
with The remark
NOV. James. this j. all yours but
5000. I hat 5000 is for Clara when she
gets married. It's for her To make
wedding tower ON When | was mar
ricd wanted To make wedding tow
cr 10 Niagara falls but Hiram hadn't
but Sl3 to ~ on. I've always said that
if one Of my nieceS ever got married
She should see Niagara falls il she
had 10 wear one pettcoat for the next
live years
Clara was the daughter of the broth.
ar and his Wife and she already had
beau. lie MAS young man from the
nearest village, and after seeing him
two or three times Aunt Indy said to
the girl
clara. that Teller of yours will never
set the river attire. hut there's nothing
mean about him He'll provide II good
table and have plenty of wood at the
back door, aud guess that will be just
as We'll as il he was swelling around
and telling what great man he was.
I'm Judging him by his nose. When
YOU see Il nam 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 tile village. but after little Aunt
Judy began to worry about it, She
was assured thai the bunk WAS ny
sound as the hills hut she shook her
head and replied
Il dunno, James | dunno or course
It's Your money nov. but I'm sorry |
didn't see the banker before you gave
It 10 him think III have you drive
me Ia town some day ~ that can get
n look ut him.
But Seott's bank has been here for
twenty years. persisted the brother.
"leS, s'pose 1t has but out in Iowa
they caught Il man stealing pumpkins
who'd lived an honest life for sixty
years | wouldn't like 10 see you lose
your money. and II anything happened
to Glara's 5000 I'd have Il tit. She's
got To make II bridal tower to Niagara
falls OF | won't see her married. Folks
have told me that more water runs
over the falls In day than would run
"A mill dam for week and that there's
roar going on Just like half n dozen
bulls bellerin' i'll the distance 1 want
10 gel look at that banker. can tell
In Il minute whether he's honest or
not F."
\ few days later she was driven to
the village and an errand made to the
bank
jaime Aunt Judy said while they
were driving home. do YOU know that
a woman knows forty times as much
AZ Il man."
Il hadn't heard of it. =" WIS the reply.
"Wnal. Nou hear of II nov That
banker hain't an honest man. II won't
be a year before he'll bust up and
leave you all in the lureh."
Pooh. Pooh, Mr. Scott has the
confidence Of hundreds of people. and
| don't worry over my money any
more than IL II 1t was buried in the
cellar You mustn't get such notions
into Your head i"
ITS no notion. james. out in Iowa
we had three different hired men on
the farm WHO turned ont 10 be thieves.
and each Of them looked like that
banker never In the world would
buy thing of tin peddler until had
looked al his eyes, There's something
IN them always can tell | wish that
money of Ciara ) WAS out Of his hands,
Come now. Judy: don't he silly. I'd
trust Mr.. Scott the same as my own
brother"
"All right Well say no more about
II. only II Clara is disappointed In
seeing Niagara falls | shant be the
same woman WAS. They say that
when YOU stand and look al all that
water pouring over the chllls go up your
back and you don't feel knee high TO
grasshoppcr. Isn't there any way to
catch that water In rain barrels and
store 1t up agin Il Drought"
"Might be, replied the brother, who
had very hazy opinion of things out
side his own township
Al intervals Of every two weeks dur
Ing the next eight months Aunt Judy
came back 10 the subject of the bank
er aud her worry never ceased It
was treated IA motion" and not TAX
en- seriously
In due time Clara's beau popped the
question and WAS accepted and the day
set, aud Aunt Judy was so busy sew
Ing that there were times when she al
most forgot her fears 1t lacked but
two weeks OF the marriage day when
the brother drove to the village on an
errand. He came back looking as white
az q dead man. Aunt Judy. who was
the first to see him. gave him ~ long
look and said
"Waal. didn't | tell you So"
"Scott's bank has busted" he groau-
ed as he sat down
"Of course 1t has. knew IT would
How much you lost"
About 500
and clara's 5000 is gone with it,
Only two weeks before she Is to set
out on her b:ldal tower, and how Is
she going 10 see Niagara fallsF"
~ feel like hanging myself" groan-
al the brother.
80 will Leap OF others Next time
some OF you may believe what an old
woman from Iowa has 10 say What
did you hear about the bank
Scott took all the money last night
and ran away"
"IIumph. WAL YOU can SIT here and
sigh and groan. and Hannah and Clara
can go upstairs and cry over it. I've
got to keep outdoors and walk around
or bust Iii go down lords the woods.