The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-01
BlaCkberrieS
For Supper
By c. B. LEWIS
coDgrigbt, 1915, BY R. 3. Mcclure

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Aunt Judy Taylor. relict Of Hiram
Taylor. had come on from Iowa to live
with her brother and his family for the
rest Of her life. She had sold all her
earthly possessions in the west for a
thousand dollars in cash, and few
days after her arrival she had turned
this money over to her brother James,
with the remark:
"Now, James, this is all yours but
$500 That 500 is for Clara when she
gets married It's for her to make a
wedding tower on. When was mar
ried I wanted to make a wedding tow
er to Niagara fails, but Hiram hadn't
but SIS to go on. I've al Rgs said that
if one Of my nieces ever got married
she should see Niagara falls if she
had to wear one pettcoat for the next
five years"
Clara was the daughter Of the broth
er and his wife and she already had a
beau. He was a young man from the
I nearest village, and after seeing him
two or three times Aunt Judy said to
the girl:
"Clara, that Teller Of yours viii never
set the river afre, but there's nothing
mean about him. He'll provide a good
table and have plenty Of wood at the
back door, and I guess that viii be just
as well as if he was swelling around
and telling what a 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 a good tempered man"
The brother put the money in bank
at the village, but after a little Aunt
judy began to worry about it. She
was assured that the bank was as
sound as the hills, but she shook her
head and replied:
Il dunno, james, dunno. OF course.
it's your money now, but I'm sorry
didn't see the banker before you gave
it to him. I think I'll have you drive
me TO town some day, so that can get
look at him."
'But SCOTS bank has been here for
twenty years" persisted the brother
''Yes. i s'pose it has. but out in Iowa
they caught a man stealing pumpkins
who'd lived an honest life for sixty
years. I wouldn't like to see you lose
-our money, and If anything happened
10 Clara's $500 I'd have a 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 a day than would run
a mill dam for week and that there
! a roar going ON just like half a dozen
bulls bellerin' IN the distance. I want
to get a look at that banker. 1 can tell
in a 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 you know that
woman knows forty times as much
as a manTn
Il hadn't heard Of il. was the reply
''Waal, you hear Of it now That
banker hain't an honest man. It won't
be a year before hen bust up and
leave you all in the lurch."
Pooh! Pooh Mr.. Scott has the
confidence Of hundreds Of people, and
don't worry over my money any
more than as if it was buried in tho
cellar. You mustn't get such notions
into your head"
"It's no notion, James. Out I'm lows
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 a thing Of a tin peddler until had
looked at his eyes. There's something
in them I always can tell. I wish thai
money Of Clara's was out Of his hands
Come now, Judy; don't be silly. Ii
trust AIr. Scott the same as my owl
brother"
"All right Well say no more abou
IT, Only if Clara is disappointed il
seeing Niagara falls I shan't be th,
same woman I was. They say tina
when you stand and look at all tha
water pouring over, the chills go up YOU
back and you don't feel knee high to
grasshopper. Isn't there any way {,
catch that water in rain barrels anC
store it up agin a drought
might be-" replied the brother, VIII,
had a very hazy opinion Of things out
side his own township.
, At intervals of every two weeks dur
ing the next eight months Aunt judi
4 came back to the subject Of the bank
er. and her worry never ceased.
0 was treated as a notion" and not TAX
o en- seriously.
In due time Clara's beau popped tn
question and was accepted and the da,
= set, and Aunt Judy was so busy sew
ing that there were times when she al
n most forgot her fears 1t lacked bu
n two weeks Of the marriage day whel
o the brother drove to the village on al
o GRAND. He came back looking as whit
o as a dead man. Aunt Judy. who wa
o the first 70 see him. gave him a lon
4. look and said:
. "Waal. didn't i tell you soy
SCOTS bank has bustedr' he groar
= ed as he sat down.
y "Of course il has. 1 knew It would
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