Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-11-22

IL q dled shortly after. his young
widow had continued to reside in the
0rC tty cottage Daw built for her, her
81 all income sufficing for her quiet
needs.
Most of this income came in the
shape of dividends from her stock in
he Haymaster engine works. This
stock her husband had purchased
cheap when old Jedediah had started
his, the tenth of his big enterprises.
IeCediah disliked women mixed up
n his business affairs and entitled to
participate in the annual meetings of
ockholders-and, besides, there was
soon to be a large extra dividend
Whoever held Mrs. DAVIS stock at
hat happy time naturally would get
he fat dividend upon it.
Therefore Jedediah wrote her that
hCd occurred to him that she might
ike to invest her money in govern
nelt bonds or something else solid
and trustworthy instead of having it
engine stock, which, while good,
ri~ht he seriously affected by some
genorosity of his heart, take her stock
off her hands, now that the dangers
)f I assessing it had been made clear
o her, and he remained hers respect
'ully.
k~olonia Daw wrote back on paper
tain.ly scented with violets. She said
She certainly appreciated his deep in
L ef.Ir SJn bod
'CU~d very little genuine kindness in
business way since she had been
left alone It touched her great!
Eut the fact that he was at the head
If The engine works gave her such a
ser~e of security that she had never
worried bit about her stock. The
Havmaster engine works was just as
solid as the Bank of England to hel
with his keen judgment and strong
hand at the helm. So, thanking hin
again, she remained his most crate
fuIlv.
Jcdediah read this with his face
screwed up in tight knot. '"The
wCman's more of fool than most O.
EN-" he said as he dipped his pei
in ink. "She hasn't sense enough t.
get scared!"
This time he wrote that her trus
in him was, indeed, flattering, but tina
he was only a weak, human man WhC
did not claim infallible judgment AM
he could not bear to have it upon hi
cons oience if she should suffer finan
cisHy through him. Of course tn
ergire works were as solid as any
but he begged to point out to her tina
lnCys trial stocks fuctuated uneXpect
eGly sometimes. They were delicate
He considered it his duty to look GU
for Ter. So great was his cOncer
tEat he would offer her SIS shar
Above par value.
ApclOnia answered that she Wishc
the~n were more men like Mr. Ha.
rGeter in this hard world. Thing
would take on a far different aspeC
then. She said there were tears
her eyes as she wrote and that sh
would be less than a woman if she fe
the slightest culver of doubt in tt
engine works under his guidanc
Wti7o if she descended to the deptl
Of selling her stock, she would real
be IN object of contempt. No, 81
?~~-~~d him, she never would be u
s~G'Crul or foolish enough to THU
she could better herself by getting +
r. ~" engine stock. Again she W
his most gratefully.
Jcdediah gaZed at this epistle hi
iIelv and breathed hard. yet 6
can't be as alfred smart as S
must be if she isn't a fool!"
SO he called on Mrs. Daw that e.
ming on the way home. She flutter
TO welcome him as though he we
her dearest friend and clasped
hand warmly. Jedediah, really lo'
ing at her for the first time in his Ii
saw how very pretty she was.
~ re- He'd he said, "about that sto
don't seem to have made mys
clear in my letters. You worry I
Mrs. Daw, with your sublime Woma
ignorc nee of business affairs"
Ap~lonia leaned forward and lool
JedeG;ah fairly in the eyes. ID