The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-10-12

I Now was the time for Mrs. Lang's
| Il told you So but as she looked at
| his haggard face the words. even if
they were in her mind, died on her
| tongue.
70 Daniel she implored, don't
take on about it! Keep up your
courage. and we'll weather it yet"
oh, yes said he, little more
| chetrE!iy r.G-uI III BE AL right
| by morning. You see, the jury could
not ael' &c on that last case, and they
kept us out all night, and | never
could stand being broken of my rest"
! Why. Daniel. haven't you heard
what has happened?" asked Maria,
| in surprise Then. in answer to his
questioning look. she rapidly told the
tale Of the bursting OF Greenhlls
| petroleum bubble.
But don't YOU be down-hearted,"
she said. We are still young and
| have our health, and we'll pay of
| that mortgage, every cent. Rosetta
is old enough now to help. And Dah-
| iel," she hurried on. Il don't blame
you one bit. Smarter men than you
got caught. And l don't forget that
you went into this mostly for my
sake and Rosetta's."
Daniel had listened at first in
daZed silence. but now smile slow
ly broke over his face, and he was
moved to speak. 1T is kind of tough
s., i,, + mt T.
but l guess it doesn't concern me
! PERSONAL very much.
"What do You mean?" cried his
wife. in amaZement. Tell me, G.I
YOU really have sense enough TO sell
out?"
Il had sense enough not to buy in;
that is, if you can call it my sense
he replied, mo3estiy. Fact is. sou
were so set against it that | save it
uD at the last minute. | was on my
way to Mr.. Evans for the money
when my courage finally failed me,
and l tore up the note and mortgage
and went and told Rosencraft that
had backed out
Mrs. Lang drew a long breath. For
goodness sake Daniel, why didn't you
tell me-"
We'll, Maria said he, hesitating-
ly, that was the mean part of it, and
I'm sorry enough now. But it was
this way. l still had just about as
much faith in those shares as ever,
and l says to myself, She has always
been coming at me with her II told
you So" and now III get even with
her. I won't say word about it
till those dividends begin to roll in,
and then when she wants to know
why we don't get ours. I'll tell her it
is because l followed her advice.
Then I'll have my chance to say, Il
told you So" for the rest of my nat
ural life But I'm terribly ashamed
Of it now. especially considering how
you took it when you thought I'd lost
the money. l ask your forgiveness,
Maria
But Maria would not allow her hus-
band all the penitence.
Il know I've been too fault-fnding
at times" she said, "but I'm going
to do better. For one thing" she
added, smiling through her tears, I'll
try not to say I told you sou again
as long as l live
They sat down to supper. and Dan.
lei as he awaited himself of the good
home cooking" soon declared that
he felt like a new man. u can't
help thinking, though he said.
about the people that went into that
oil speculation. To be sure, those
that lost the most are the ones best
able to lose. l guess I was the only
one foolish enough to think OF
mortgaging his farm. Strange" he
unused, that that Rosencraft. pleas
ant-sroken chap he was, should have
turned out to be such a sharper
We'll, you remember l. began
Mrs. Lang; but she stopped short.
Eyes, Maria," said Daniel, with a
chuclle. as he broke open another
fluffy biscuit, '1'll own up-yo1 told
me so."-Youths Companion.