The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-07-22

hysterical and fearful little laugh.
'It's all true as gospel. Here l am,
kneeling right by You. and there's the
money right in your lap"
"And you found it in that old oak
chist that thought had been empty
for twenty years."
"Yes, in that secret place in the lid.
Don't you remember it?'
II do now that you speak Of it,
Rachel But I'd forgotten all about 1t
before. It's been so many years since
the ehist was used"
"Well, l remembered it soon as
saw the chest replied Mrs. Day.
and when l got home with the things
I'd bought today and they'd been car
ried into the house and l found time
to look them over l put my finger
right on the spot where the spring
was in the chest lid. The little door
dropped. and roll of bills came tum-
bling down into the chest.
II was SO upset at first. Mahala.
that couldn't believe my senses. and
when I'd pinched and shaken myself to
prove that l was awake l found 1t
was true and that the cavity In the
lid was full of bills-more than
enough to pay off the mortgage and
almost enough to pay off the note"
"And you brought it right over to
me! Oh. Rachelr'
"Of course did, Maliala. Whatever
my other failings are, hateful and
| holding spite for years, and all that.
I'm honest, Mahala, and l wouldn't
touch pin Id no right to-
Il know you wouldn't Rachel, and
didn't mean to hint that YOU would.
But I'm so glad you brought the mon
ey YOURSELF
II did think Of sending it" said
Mrs. Day, 'but as I sat thinking it all
over and how glad you'd be to get It
/ in the middle of your trouble | began
to feel sorry for you. Mahala. and the
sorrier l got the more ashamed | was
Of myself, and the chest and every
thing together called back old times
until just laid my head on the chest
and had good long cry. ] got up
feeling kinder and tenderer toward
you than I've felt for twenty years.
though there's been times when I've
wanted to make up bad enough. but
was afraid you wouldn't
"I'd been glad to. Rachel
/ For long time the old ladies sat
forgetting and forgiving the past and
| renewing n friendship MOTTO be bro
ken in the future.
With the money Grandfather Pickett
had secreted so carefully In the Ole
chest and the proceeds Of the sale Mrs
Pickett easily made up enough to pa!
Off her husbands Indebtedness. Mrs
Day returned the articles she hat
bought at the sale, and Mrs. Pickett
gradually regained possession of hel
most cherished household treasures.
Il never could bear the thought o.
havin' a vandoo made OF my things,
said Mrs. Pickett afterward durin,
one of her weekly visits to her Olt
friend Rachel, "but If hadn't made :
| vandoc of 'em it amt ut all likely tina
money ID ever been found in my da.
and YOU and never would have mad'
up. So there are gains for all Gu
losses and baiins for all our palms,, a
the poetry book says"
that's so. Mahala." said Mrs. Day.
All That He Knew About.
He had called upon his son at colleg'
"Did John show you everything 0
interest there:" his wife inquired whe
he returned.
He said he did"
Il "What did he show you?'
|. "The gymnasium, the football felt
the baseball diamond. the boathouse
. and the training quarters for th
crew."