Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-02-07
A Farmers
Son
His Father and Mother
Stood by Him With
Parental Affection
BIZ GREGORY MOORE

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They say that doctors and clergymen
see more OF humanity as it is than any
other class Of men. but question II
the endless panorama of incidents
IMPLYING the different phases Of hu-
man life II witnessed by any class that
every day passe s before bankers.
Sometimes whole stories are enacted
before us spread over q term Of years.
I am the repository Of one such story
that I watched from its beginning to
its climax.
One afternoon q weather beaten old
farmer with silky white bair scattered
over his head came to ray desk and,
| pulling out wallet asked for draft
on Denver for 5000 III favor Of Thomas
Williams. he counted out the money.
and then. having nothing to do while
the draft was being prepared, began
to tell me the beginning Of this story.
I'm sendin' the money" he said.
ito my boy out in Colorado. He went
out there a year aao. takin' some
money with him that give him. but
he hasn't~had much Mck. and It's all
gone. First ne got sick, then whom he
got well he went rrospectin' and
struck so.nepin that looked good but
some other fellers jAmped his claim.
whatever that meana. and took II all
away from him
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went into. They must a thought
neap OF ulm, fhoagn, TOT tney raised
MS salar, twice so ne wrote me. But
ne got into u ght with one OF Toe heao
clerks and got himself discharged He
said the head clerk accused him OF
stealth so2he Money.
Tom vas ILLUS an ambitious little
chap. and after leavin' his rlace he
concluded hs' go west and try and
do somepin Zig, for ma and me agin
we got too OH to work. So we scraped
| up $500 and give it to him, aad he
At this rioment clerk laid the
| farmers draft on my desk, and the
| first chapT>. OF his story was finished,
| Tor he besaa to count over bis soiled
and torn bils, now and again wetting
his thumb Ga his lip as he turned them
up. IheA leaving them to me and
carefully folding his draft, he put it in
his wall&t. -rammed the wallet down
| into the 5ott I'm of his pocket and with
| "GOOdbS, MIR. Cashier" left the bank.
| The snconc chapter Of the story is
very shvrt. -'here is hardly enough in
it to maize chapter. but there Is a
good deal bepeath the few words re-
| quired TO telY It. A girl Of eighteen
came 10 tie To ak. laid down s24, near
ly all in silver coin. and asked for a
draft 20 cover the amount.
| ITO whom viii you have 1t made
payable?" l asked.
"Tom william $" in a soc. voice, al
most a whisper
| | ordered the draft made out. and
| the girl stood waiting. Unlike the
farmer, she didn't ted all | would have
liked to know. 20 asked:
SIS Tom Williams your Lrother?
| "No,' Che ROY, taJ Ioolr;, ~ down ON