A TERRIBLE MISTAKE- Mr. John Jones: You are requested to draw two weeks’ salary, sud for reasons with which I trust you are acquainted, seck another position. P. V. Kxicker, President Dro- vers’ Bank, Philadelphia, Dee. 18, 1587. How many times John Jones had read this note he culd hardly have told, Rea:ons with which I trust you are acqainted, He, the cashier of the Drovers’ bank, dissmissed for rea- “A BANK IN A HOLE" |m:? Why don’t you tell me it isn't] DROVERS' DEFRAUDED ny AN oLp eM tru? Butuo, I wont asc that. 1 PLOYE. know itisn't She threw her arms woh oe ; s : : » 0 ’ oe i 3 : What wae tha ? The Drovers’ back iii ig and savk at his side. Vort ign ve of Winter uw defrauded?! Why, he used 10 be cash- v 0d voi move, but stopped | ots of P ” 1 Uv OF Iwo past jer at the Drovers’ bank. What a |/mughivg. Ob,how bis head did ach! byw 4 Caos seed in the Spring long time it seem«d since he had stood | No, it had stopped aching, Where | | ese y ying a loundativn for at the cashiers desk ya it was ouly | ¥** he? Ob, yes. Beth _W.B with lo wid H S aan\ bouss uring the yesterday. He would read the aru- him, and was sobbing, Why was she | gig ae rear) winter. when you cle anyway. He dido't care now | CYB! He didn’t remember, but fri Foul your bless by hy hua about Mr. Kuicker's note Beth's | thought thai he was conn. cted wiih iv | 9" instead of hunting diligently all Teil d av. | ido't know how over your window ia the forlorn hope m ssage bad ioflicted so much deeper | 18 Some way, he it inow Toy J ve He lifted her head from his kuce, | Of discovering an adver turons fl wer a sting that he had almost forgotten | . a A y iA. ; | { Cisse an somewhere, and finding “nothing but the note, but he would read the ari- | bent down and kissed he, Kissed | i 1 ing “nothing bu H nts for the Farm. Tue Caixese Primrose If you the leaves | . | | | cle and he thought he should pleased to learn that Kuoicker had beed cheated, This morning, when P. V. Knicker, the president of the Drovess' bank, to himself as be sat in his room almost | eached the office, he found a note tel. stapefied, | ling him that his cashier, Job Jones, | He did vot fear inability toprocurs | ™** ill, and would be unable to be at | another situ.t'or. John Joues was | his desk to day. Mr. Knicker is a too well kaown and had heen too faith- | YeTY oareful man in business matters, | fal ia his servi es at his bank to fear [and he decided to take the daties of that, | eashier upon himself uutl Mr. Joocs But why was he dismissed? to relieve hia sons with which he was acjuainted, What did they mean? What were the reasons, and why was he supposed t. ba acquaii ted with them? These were some of the questions he was putting | {was in a condition Well, he couldn't find out until the | He accordingly unlock.d Jie vans next day, unless, to be sure, he called | 204 [rebated for work + Soon Adutiy upon Mr. Kuicker at his bome, and |™'281¢ & Johnson presented a check that John couldu't do in the stale of | for a large am unt. and upon refer. mind he was in just then, | ring to the record of yesterday s busi The feeling of iijured innocence is | *%% Mr. Kvicker found that a pack not altogether unplensantafier all, and | age of ten $1,000 bills bad been de John finally dispersed the constantly | P sited. He immediately decided to recurring questions and prepared go | V5€ one tha sin cashing (he 3 out, would go oy he : Seth | check, and going io the vault, remoy is Beth, and together they would ed the package supposed to contain talk over the m tier, and he would | them. In counting the money he decide what to do. { found nine 81000 bills and a $100 John Jones had ben sick all day. | bill. Vo investigation it transpired A blind headache had begun to bother | that the last person who handled the him before he lef: the bank the day | 13 was Jubn Jones. the cashier, before, and had grown constantly | Before passing ioto the hands of the worse all that night, until when morn- cashier the bills had, however, bee og sae he was unable to go to his | adie ; oy hil Subordinater; wi ) usiness. The headache was forgot. $1000 s L Ww ere Wir : pr o Sue ten now; occasionally a throo af pain | +00 notes io the packet when they would make him wince physically, [*8% it: It then went to Mr Jones, | but his thoughts were to thoroughly | 20 one of the clerks happened to be | occupied with that unacountable note | #!*0diog near by when Jones took it to realize the pain. | The clerk poticed particularly that | » » | I] ¥ y | He soon left the hous: and deci ed Loin % Des ae med to find it all right, to wal up Chesnais | 2 at loved of rua te 40 sée'Betb, He saw no one. did 1, ot f ¢ amount mark. | & : Li ed on it, which was customary to place | oven feel the exertion of walking wu- Fue : ‘ e {aryund packages of money, he with- til be brought up wlth a bang against | ¢ y x va ' drew one of the bills and laid the! a gentleman who was going the inthe b loose on his desk. The clerk opposite directiun. He mechanically | 7*%¢ " Nid Tle Simin ¢l sg ut ( apologized and started on, but soon | ry ied oa Fo 8 ae pod ly » : ; : ( p . did the same thiog again, aud saw he | L0° TOO ADC Can give no farther was unable to think about the present formation. Other evidence conclu {sively shows that not withstanding even enough to dodge bis fellow ped- | \ . : i estrisns, He called a cab and gave | Mr. Jones” previous integrity be bas the driver orders to take him to Beth's | Yi¢lded lotemptation and gone the way home. Bsfore be reafized that they |°f Manyothers. It is mentioned in bad started be was aroused by the cideatally that that very morning sudden pulling up the vehicle, and the Mr. Jones had #aid he was in great man, clamberiog down from his seat, | "eed of $900, the exact amount ex- opened the door and stood waiting for | tracted from the package. Mr. him to get vut. He did so, and start. | Knicker, in consideration of Jones ed up to ring the bell when thedriver | former uprightoess and strict dis- | called after him, He had forgotten charge of duty, will not prosecute, the man’s fee. He paid him, asd] . John read this once, twice three then pulled the bell ; : times. He only uttered tao «ords; The door opene 1 and he passed in. My God! i Did 5 | kissed her again aod again, and said, | 107, producing so many aod such Ji | Verse variobies, each | door, opened ib aud went down to the {even hear his own footst ps. | hurry, foo] | Der many times, and drew her up folding bis arms about ber, avd tel. | [ling her be wns sorry. sorey {or be cauldo’i have said, Unless one purchases a packer of | What he was joaeh variety of seed itis well to con fine experiment to mixed seeds alone, | He got up, and drawing her to him, | for they are, as a role, very Salisine- | Goo i-by, Beth, He could see her lips wove, but he did't herr anything. He went to the street, and wondered why the horses and wagons didn’t make any n How sileutly they wen along; how quiet everything wae, He ie | conldn’t He look ed at his watch and saw that it almost 12 o'clogk. The bank been open two hours, He would iate for business. Well, he would | Was had be John bad forgotten that Le way no longer cashier of the drovers’ bank: he only remembered that he would be ate at desk. He reached the | bai k, walked in, took off his coat aud hat and staried to go 3 nis : : HY hind . " « Yi a 4 # { Mr. Koicker confronted him, and he | Chase Kansas, writes us there wll be fone dwarf Or litter is a large one. It will always be | profitable, snd often, suddenly saw it all the newspaper and the uight before at Beth's, This mao, this benevolent looking old gentleman, who frowniog at bim pow asgrain, The note, Wak Lit Hs } : the foliage, cuhanceing its beauty and { Kingdom, The seed, f sown in March | (or April, the youig plants FOOL wt small po | make strong specimens { light stocky plants the desk, | With every litter of al which has {charm pertaining only to itdelf, some | | peculiarity ! . ‘ | perbaps a diffecence of form or tint in | of color or marking or | monotony, the floral | effectually which may preventing exist even in pri dad #8 8000 #8 they | CENTRE DEMOCRAT! RA { Hf have put forth a few leaves, aod trans- | ferred again after an interval of a few weeks iobo jars of large size, should i autumn, and be ready he winter's cam ! or 1 | milly | not sun pRign, espe [} H ninv, THE RyNTs | pigs, Dr, A.G | two if the | Waar 10 po witH { i “runt V often ) i af not g nerally, 10 act of bumanity to sever the spin OxeY EAR, | s+ x 1 al 64 o 4% dt y Ne | had branded aig rd when the nec Joins on the i ‘church yard up on the hill for ten | years, holding out ber arms to him. i but the light WAS 80 him as a thief, | bead, with a sharp-pointed knife, as It's a lie! it's a lic! he shouted. [#000 88 these runts are boru. They Great God, bow his head ached Well, | asaally die auvway before six mouths be had told Mr. Knicker that it was | ©! sud with the utmost care sod at- a lie; be could go now, For tention, snd with but three to five in | He took down his cont and hat, put {the litter, I huve never beea able to them on, and went vut into the street, | ®2Kke any thing of them bot litde | How was this? This wasn't the | street he had jasi lefi; this was the old grass grown lane running before his old bome. How the san shone! How the birds sang! There was the yard with the old farm wngons and bay-stacks standing at one side, and yes—yes—there was the old tortoise shell cat sunniog himself on the fence. There were the old milk pans, bright as silver, standing in a row on the grass by the kitchen door. But best ~~far best of all-~there was his mother; his mother, who had lain in the and 8 puissoce to the owner. Io orai nary liters, u ¥ ' [know this, bat hesitate to kill them: but it is on all accounts the better way, Swerr Corn. It is betterio plant sweet corn 10 rows than in hills, and if the plants sre thinned out to about eight inches apart in the rows, with the rows four and a balf feet apart, the yield will be larger than that gained from hille. Large areas of field Oh, mother! ob, my dear old mother! | 070 are nowadays usually plated io All was black. { drills, and corn plasters and cultiva ‘ a FT am Mat chal When John regained consciousness | 107 a7 generally adapted. Fiat shal | there were many faces around him, | /ow coliure is gaining new advocates dim that he | €Very season, especially in the East could not see whether be koew them |r sod Middle States. Jo the Noith- or not. He heard some one say. in a | ®70 sud Western States, the system soft voice: He has opened his eyes, | Of checking corn is still practiced to » 10 their death, they | consume milk that would nourish the | {other and ouly seems wasted un them. | Hence the ear ier they are put out of { | the way the better. Breeders generally | AT : : $a td not speaking to the servant who ad- Falling back in bis chair with wid wall | Then one of the faces leaned forward | mitted him open eyes he sat staring at the He seated himself sod |, lock ticked away Y didn’t move for three or four minutes, | 2 0® CI0CK Hcked away on the mantic This time it was the servant who |*belfs the fire grew lower and almo aroused him. i died, the lamp sputtered and Who do you wish to see, sir? | but still Joho Joaes sal back Jobo then noticed for the first time | “DIT warns at 1h wal : that he had never seen the mau before. | gradually beceme light and th He turned on him, and the man star of tre flic began in the 8c ted back and asked him if he were ill, | MOVed uneasily, John paid no atiestion to his ques. room aod got tion, but told him to teil Miss Hugh- thought, Was achi es that Mr. Jones was in the parlor. than n the nigh Then he settled into bis former ed it. There wis tion and did not move sgain until Hughes entered and said: Well, sir? John looked up and ssked for Beth My daughter Is engage d at present, said Mr. Hughes, Beth engaged when he, her betro b ed husband, was waiting to see her! That was strange; he couldn't under. stand it. But he I: Very I will wait Miss Hughes will be unable to see you this evening and requested me to give you this package. [| am Mr. Jones, but 1 must beg you to dis- continue your calls, Great God! What did it mean? John was thoroughly painfully wide awake now, and sprang to his feet. Bertha can’t see me, and you ask me to discontinue my visits? Please tell me why? He was now standing perfectly straight and gazing composedly but intentely at Mr. Hughes, | that I will be there. : I trust that you understand the | Jobo sat down again, and again be. reasons, Mr. Jones, as well as [ do, (gan glaring at the wall. It was | said Mr. Hughes, with a pecaliar | pearly 10 o'clock now, and John got look. {up and put on his overcoat and bat, Almost the identical words, Knick. | scrupulously brushed them and went er had used in his note, John turned | out. He again took a cab and went without a word and left the house [fo Beth's house. This time he paid He did vot put on his overcoat, al. |the cabman, and as he went in was though the night was cold. He tip- | about to speak to the servant when he his hat over his eyes and walked. | saw that it was Beth herself who had Te now realized how sick he was, |opeved the door. He, however, was His head throbbed until he thought it | not at all surprised, but esid good would burst. What did he care? It | morning to her much as he would even made Lim smile a little to think | have done to the servant, of it. He pulled his hat down hard, | Oh, John, I am so glad you have po hard that ite tightness hurt him, | come! Why, Joho, are you in? He wondered If that would make his! He langhed and again sid good head ache any harder. If it could he | morning. He preceded her into the should like to bave it. He didn't | parlor, and sat down in the same notice where be was going, but sug. | chair be occupied the night before. denly surprised himself by unlocking | fe was laughing quietly to himself the door of his house, going upstairs | ll the time. His head was aching and sittiog down, Ah! there was the | terribly now, and that was very funny. afternoon r. He would read the| John, dear John, tell me it isn't accounts of the misery of others and | true. 1 know itisnot. I was hasty smile to think how much more miser- | last night, Joho; wont you forgive “able he was than any of them, He |me? picked it up, glanced it over, and was | John looked at ber, brushed Aopick ttle wer | 5 0 wked, . | FIKA Uj or —_ posi Mr. and he wi A cle was sure his head What was that noise! was ko ] ist pu Ome one He W uld open it an —f messenger boy saed 11, and | g stin eas : 4 1ges He was standin s if it was foggy outsid e or eyes were dim, I'he lady said to wait swer, said the boy. Ob, yes, There was that note. wauld read it, Dear Joux-—~Come and see me Wo day. I cannot believe it. Bern. Who was Beth Ob! he remember ed now; she was the girl who had promised to marry him, the thief. The word he thought, sounded well, so | he saidit over and over again Thief! Thief! Thief! The boy asked for the | answer, | | Wall, he laughed wildly, tell ber | rg y It andl ww y p ! Gert i hl well, { 48) } al fa : i He | 2OITY, : | | { | about to lay it down again when his | from his knoe, and laughed a attention was arrested by this bead. | louder, line: Jolin, bn, viydrt yu sn { You may goin.” and kissed him. It was Beth, John, Joho, don't you know me? | swoeel t face to his brest. J he Cis Me Kn cker come y a terrible mistake. to idn’t look at Mr. Kuoicker, on the sweet face hand gently smooth db seed her lips. lig Beth, bow I 1 | forgive you, His voice sound How bard it was go and get married, hn | uit is al i {is i nn 284 is Beth. Weare going Joaes was dead. — a —— Peri Well st who are you? “I am an American hit KH. Ange Tr, i died inst m 1 see your record is pretly go wl. | visited by the indastrions bee for ho- | ney, apd it is | what species 't derives the most of iis sweets, Orchards in “Where is my lyre and crown?” We don't give then to Americans, sOme exent city | mangy runts;a torture to themselves | The Largest, Cheapest and Best [two weeks, the season of sweel corn u lifted his arms and pressed the | can be iodefinitely prolonged. Num bered with early varieties that bave | By succesive planting, wade every ‘Paper in the County. | gained deserved popularity are the | ‘Earliest Cory” and Northern Pedi ’ gree spot that bas a moist subs natural or made so by subs y that weather, Trees already planted on a f circle dug out two feel deep and two Why, there is mother. | VF yt should be filled up with well enriched soil {freely it is a sign that something is so as to aid in producing | growth. Dwarf pears should be planted on a | il, either | iling the soil in dry or The Democrat is bound to be abreat of the times and will constantly and con= sistently advocate what it believes to be in the inters= ests of the people. materail with oul moister nixing some will give iry, gravelly subsoil, should have a three feet from the tree. This If the dwart pear does not grow It should b Vi y pruased vigor wrong re “ i All | 1 CUilIvVAa £0, flowers, are PLANTS wild or Hoxey whether not easy to say from full bloom are but you will find a bat and spiked shoes | melodious with their hum, aod later | inside the portals” — _—— Ax Inpespiye Caramiry. —Wife sternly )—*Well Joho, you to say for yourself 7” “What about I" “You know well enougo what about, You kissed the servent girl this wora ing. How did you dare to?” “Ah, well, you see—er-—why" “You will keep on until she leaves the house.” i iit li — | AvENT— Can | put a burglar al- | arm in your house, sir? | Citizen Nop; I had one oace. “What was the matter? Wouldn't {it go off 7” | 0, yes it went off easily enough, | Burglar got into the house one night and carried it off” | Frower GARDEN AND Laws, -If the {summer is a dry one do wot mow the | lawn so frequently as when the weath- er 1s more favorable for growth, Look | out for seedling or weeds in the grass, Thistles, docks. ete. ; are easily pulled while small and the soil is moist, and save future trouble, At Christmas there is always a demand for everlast« ing flowers for decoration, Helichry- sume, rhodanthes, aod the whole eet know by the seedsmen a8 “ everlast- ing," if sown at once, will give a gond crop of flowers in time. Weeds need frequent attention. A strong stiff knife to cut the roots of weeds below the surface is useful. as soon as per enniale are out of flower, out off ~ what have | f {ed from that made earlier from fruit blossoms, white clover, ect, which is | its finer color and quality. | feed farm stock then earlier {season. Care must be taken to not | flesh. This is very poor policy: bet on the fields of buckwheat are ex. traordinarily attractive, so much so, indeed, that honey made principally om this plant is readily distinguish- | No man can afford to be with- more highly esteemed on account of As the growing season approaches it requires more skill to properly in the out a county paper and at ONE DOLILOR The Democrat is plac- ed in reach of all. only furnish good food but enongh of it. Some farmers who are likely to come short of hay will begin towards spring to feed too small rations, and thus little by little the cattle will loose ter buy hay or grain, or if this can. not be done then reduce the number of cattle by selling of the most un. desirable ones, bat never sell the best ones, Swerr Poraroms.-The sweet potato is extremely sensitive to frost and ex- cept in the South, its season must be prolonged by means of the hot hed, No other plan than sprouting and settiog the plants is now thought of by ex- perienced growers, It succeeds well on uearly soy soil that can be easily drained, but not on a wet one of an description. Alluvial and peaty soi are not adapted to it. The Bouthera Queen is the earliest of all sweet potatoes; the root is very large and longer than the Nansemond v is a favorite in V the ye fow Nansemond 1s Vingisiaiod SUBSCRIBE AT ONCH! clusters, * many to a'l other kins
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