The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-12-09

~Nav ccne IN a s7va
some iaqoilans nsNs fer Mt Earlef
knew he was there, lor | hesfd Ais
voice
1.-THE door was opened roluetar
and lem cred a bare litae room
carpet hrot "a heaa owe, ana q
smoking la5np on a riekety tab
"TAe plsn sat oy TIE stove NIB his
chin in his hands,
Tried conversation, but re fol
low was sulen aid defiant Tie VIE
sat by the table trying TO sew bit.
from her nervousness. knew sac Sill
susected me Of being bill collae-
tor in disguise,
= could see she was well bred brit
poverty and worry had lined her once
pretty face.
Mr. Marter.' / began, lave
little money want to put vui at ia.
terest, and thought maybe you
would use some of it,
Oh. the shack's already mortgag
ed for all it is worth. be said bit
terly
But / don't want any mortgage.
replied, your note viii be sufficient.
Good Lord. man, he exclaimed,
sitting up straight. are you crazy
No. / think not. ] said.
"'oD you know whom 70 uare talk
ing TO-?
Certainly / answered
Why great heavens. man, my
credit is not good for pound of cot
fee,
ut is with me- said
II owe everybody within fifty miles
who would trust me for anything.
owe for flour and meat. and clothes
and medicine, and the Lord only
knows what an
"'That is all rights told him.
Take your pencil and figure how much
you owe
''The wife took the pencil and paper.
her hands trembling now from wonder,
and excitement. Harter named tile
items over
There was long list It took an
hour to. remember all of them, and
they totalled seven hundred and sixty
three dollars.
Now. said /, suppose / lend you
enough money to pay all these debts
and little to start on and then All
range payments so you can pay Thorn
out OF your work Whatever yen DE-. +
The richest man in Carthage rsel
away and wiped his eyes.
Il can't help it," he sai1 s. il!ns
apologedcalIy. # never recall ta look
Of hope which passed betMe tEsi
man and wife without hagine p re
ny handkerchief.
Good Lord said HaFter. iiae
up and pacing the door, yeu @Fe Not
fooling are you man9
4 convinced them | was Il earEis I.
He walked the floor for some minA S,
swallowing hard.
81 got into debt while out Of wefk
four years ago. he explained, and taen
when / got work they attached my
wages and lost my job. Ever since
then, as fast ais / set a job make debts
ruin MY reputation aud make nae !ose
It. We have been bounded by deot IN
i'll we we're nearly ready to quit
sBul nov he got no furlher,
sat came over and gfippad my head
and cried as one does wac nthe DANCER
is past.
We'll, sir, lent him the tAcasa-d
dollars. He was to have his life Ia
aured in my favor md apy me ten
collars a month with six per cent.
you can imagine how 'qu!c&ly pub
lie sentiment changed in bis favor
when he went around and paid all his
debts. In less than week he had
good Job, and he never misseda p ay-
aent on those notes.
HE is president of the First Nation,
al Bank now
so that Is the way ! started. re-
Invested that thousand In another poor
fellow, and that did so much good !
added more TO the capital and in
little / quit everything else,
''But my money has doubled up last
er than can find openings for it.
I'm just starting my son ia the busi.
ness with a proud fatherly smile.
@He is certainly going to be great
success at it. Why. he found ten last
week that / had overlooked