Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-13
BetrOthed In
Bankruptcy
The New Partners Part In
a Moment of Trial.
BY c. B. LEWIS.

! 'Ni' Hci " SNUG ii'It''s ana " -"'h!N
/ sum of life Insurance. and at fifty
! years she hcranIe Il money lender
She had no friends MS Il Girl, she had
few as a wife. and as Il widow and u
capitalist people did not speak in her
favor She drove hard bargains and
+ had no pity If her capital or interes;
was not forthcoming on the day and
/ date She invoked the aid of the law
and accepted no excuses. She had al
ways been Il woman of Stingy DISPOSE
ton sure to aVengr what she deemed
! slight. and when she came to know the
general opinion of the villagers she
ground her teeth together and made
| up her mind to get even.
The village of Fergus boosted of only
! three general stores. That was more
than was needed to supply the wants
of the peolse There would not have
been fourth had not one Of the mer
| chants had business transaction with
the Widow Allen and had been obliged
to go TO law over it. She was beaten in
the suit. and to get even she planned
! to start another store. Not being an
educated woman and afraid to try the
| idea 10y herself. she lent Il sum of mon
oy to yollua George French. who had
for several Years been Il clerk in the
store of the merchant she wished par
ticularly to ruin He WAS bound hard
and fast The widow wanted revenge.
hr+ eho didn't urouosn tn lose any mon
ov ovor If she was near dftv wears
ola ,rd tho now merchant not vet
+,,.ortv.siv bnt sha lot II no known
,h,+ whom q narriope tool; nlnce be
t,vaop th.n, tho firm name of George
1,.a,.,u, g. ro u,inbt ho shnrtpued IN
"Cooroa French
,rho.o ,,,.,., ,,,eh of customers TO the
ro,v .tore 70 knpn pynousps down
a., ,,,,l-, ~, ir,,nrofio,, vonnl, French
,,,,,.I,,,.oa , ..irl }.an,.,,npnnr and anoth
or ci,.l &c r,arE
g., +,o ,,i.,.r, inei.tn1 an his board
,,.ttt, t.. , th,t t,nv could toik
t-,,.t,,,.... .,,,l ho hn under nor watch
.no 6,d rn, nA,.n,nn inolnus for a time
,,,o I,, o,,.,o ,,,yrver when she an
no,nood tr,ot tn nl1si rot rid of both
,.i.I, o,,d ro,I,,. thnrt. with men.
no ror,.cd ~ hood hnr in this. noint
;,c art tba saviuv and other good rea
sons Cua of the reasons that he did
NOT c,i,.o vas that ne admired the fin
Hairless oirl Jeunip Wnr,ipr. the book
knonnr who was sunnorting a widow.
Oh ,nofhcr hv her efforts. and to whom
no had hnpn ntfrnctcd from the first
dow His adnirotion must have been
notont to her in = hundred WAYS. and
rot hn ind snoken no word The new
/ storo was nm eynpri,oent If it was
success he might avow himself; if Il
failure he would have no right to ask
her to share his lot.
Tho Widow Alien concealed her cha
grin and did not nress her point. The
vo,,ng merchant WAS hust,inr and
maxine thinrs gloomy for her victim.
Ar tho nronar time he would offer an
o,tornotive
Nine months of liberal advertising.
low nrinas and attention To husiness
an tho nort of the new storekeeper
hrorobt horl,runtcv to two Of the 9th.
or MERCHANTS hut they brought no
s,,oh rroe+s 70 rronch az no had boned
o., 10 hod hornd birnco,f to soil az
oor.o;n nr,,ns ara bo d,red no, o....,,
f,on, +hap, rro nod hor,1 himself 70
1000 oo,.oi,, ,n,or,,+ 81 +bo oon;t,l
,rros+od ,t tho ond of tho frs+ txveIre
| nonths and fguro nc no would no
could not 500 his wov clear 70 do 90
NJ ,.isor. ,,,s rroi+inr Gov hin, 70
enoo,, and tban sba ,onrhed and hint.
~, ~ n,o+rir,o,r wbon hor bin+s
,roro +,rrod .,;1a sbo cold oniatIv.
"At Tho ond nf tho veor Won must
nov mo nc ocroa5 n no+ tho law
vii, MT mo IN rocsoss;or and va, will
no ont ~ omn,ovmont
"pu+ vor oro not nrassed for monev
Won con c;vo mo time, no nrotestad
"I have worked like slave IN make
tho storo a snccess npt in q thou.