The Sussex Republican., 1906-01-06
BlaCkberries
For Supper
By c. 8. LEWIS
Copyright, 1905, by R. B. 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 solo. sll 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:
Nov, James, this is all yours but
5000. That 5000 is for Clara when she
gets married. It's for her to make a
wedding tower on. When L was mar
ried wanted to make wedding tow
er to Niagara falls but Hiram hadn't
but S13 to go on. I've always said that
IL one Of my nieces ever got married
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 a
beau. he was young man from the
nearest village, and after seeing hird
two or three times Aunt Judy said to
the girl; ~
CLARA, that feller Of yours will 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 guess that win be just
as well as If he was swelling around
and telling what great man he was.
I'm judging him by bis 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 a 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;
"I dunno, James-I dunno. OF course,
it's your money now, but I'm sorry 1
didn't see the banker before you gave
1t to him. think I'll have you drive
me to town some day, so that can get
look at him." .H5
"But Scott's bank has been here for
twenty years." persisted the brother.
Eyes, s'pose 1t has, but out In Iowa
they caught man stealing pumpkins
who'd lived an honest life for sixty
years. 1 wouldn't like to see you lose
your money. and II anything happened
to Clara's $500 I'd have a fit. She's
got to make bridal tower to Niagara
falls or l won't see her married. Folks
have told me that more water runs
over the falls in a day than would run
q mill dam for week and that there's
a roar going on just like half dozen
bulls bellerin' in the distance l want
to get look at that banker. I 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 you know that
a woman knows forty times as much
as manT
II hadn't heard of It," was the reply.
''Waal. you hear of 1t now. That
banker hain't an honest man. 1t won't
be year before hen bust up and
leave you all in the lurch."
''Pooh Poohl Mr.. Scott has the
confidence of hundreds of people, and
l don't worry over my money any
more than as IL it was buried in the
cellar. You mustn't get such notions
into your head"
"It's 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 a thing of tin peddler until had
looked at his eyes. There's something
in them always can tell. | wish that
money of Clara's was out of his hands,"
"Come now, Judy; don't be silly. I'd
trust Mr.. Scott the same as my own
brother"
"All right Wen say no more about
1t. Only IL 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 chllls go up your
back and you don't feel knee high to
Isn't there any way to
catch that water in rain barrels, and
store 1t up agln droughtP
"AIight be-" replied the brother, who
had very hazy opinion of things out
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
er, and her worry never ceased. 1t
was treated as notion and not talk
en- seriously.
In due time Clara's beau popped the
question and was accepted and the day
set, and 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
as dead man. Aunt Judy, who was
the first to see him, gave him long
look and said:
'Waal, didn't tell you so9'
"Scott's bank has bustedw he groan-
ed as he sat down.
"of course it has. I knew 1t would.
How much you lostT
about s700."
"And Clara's 5000 is gone with i'll
Only two weeks before she is to set
out on her bridal tower. and how is
she going to see Niagara fallsp
'T feel like hanging myselfr' groan-
ed the brother.
f'5o will heap Of others. Next time
some Of you may believe what an old
---a :
woman from Iowa has to say. What
did you hear about the bankT'
Scott took all the money last night
and ran away"
''Humphl Waal, YOU can sit here and
sigh and groan, and Hannah and Clara
can go upstairs and cry over 1t. I've
got to keep outdoors and walk around