Show wn JOHN GIVENS NOTE BY J C br daily story rab ce cc www mra mrs aven stared at mr craig the lawyer take ever cent I 1 have in the world she eald said III have to sell my house holse to pay this here note bod admit this la Is bour husband husbands rig signature nature retorted the lawyer ft wyer and he must have owed tho the money or he be nt have given he note it it lad been paid it would not have lieen been in the possession of captain downing and theres no indorsement endorsement Indor of aly wone ironed having been paid on it in common justice the note must be paid mrs lira given picked up the note and repelled it over on demand I 1 promise to pay to robert downing douning file hundred ollars dollars Slit john given olven im sure said that it john lind had owed this thi here note hed a told me of it IL there a 8 the note maam said the lawyer im norald find it to prove ltd its payment mr air craig too took his departure with an ominous shako of his head and mrs givon looked gloomily out el c 1 the win eow LOW at the grey clouds that hovered over the town captains boning don nine and given bad had teen close friends they had worked their way from before the mast to skippers and then to being vessel owners in a email small way captain down ing who had never marr married iod had accumulated the more money for john given was as free handed banded and when he died left only the tile house be he lived in to hia his widow mr given had met conditions bluel she had formerly been a dressmaker pr and now took up hercell her call ing her tier son waa was a bailor sailor and her dau rinus bler ter julia julla had obtained a position in a millinery store with mrs bond as a boarder the aggregate income wax was enough to addid moderate comfort but with hires rent to pay and no boarder prospect ecta were bloomy it was evident that the house would cot not bring more than enough to pay the note it that much the brig which captain downing commanded ct had been encountered at rea and abandoned la a i inking condition the crew had probably taken to the boats and an nothing had bad been heard beard of them for the pace space of ot five r buths they ther veri riven given up as lost captain down ny ng left no v will ill and i lita very comfort role property went ent to his sister minh janet jauet the note of captain given had bad been found in the table drawer in which captain captala down I 1 hie his papers As the two tuo marl ners nem had many joint transactions it i edmed entirely plausible that the note 1 I 1 ad not been paid and that john given had not been mindful of it when bo be ded wed captain downing had bad kept his business affair affairs in the he crudest manner and there was no record of any tran between him and captain given civen miss janet downing was as ol 01 lady of fifty austere and pious she was a devoted church woman and extremely I 1 ill II 11 have to belt sell my house to pay this here note her ller neighbors depoint noted thia trait stinginess with a tull full knowledge of or miss janet charac mrs glien olsen called oa her ith a vague hope that something night might come of her visit 1 I 1 m sure that john have told ire about that there nolo note it he had oleu ov ed it bald mrs lira ghen tearfully nut but sister ahen replied miss trot I 1 it he had paid it brother robrt would bavo have given oven him writ bad back his rote rate M CI aag sas that Is the wily matla aro are done lone af aou will have the money said slid arri given ann an t you take tabe it in dribs drills and draba to I 1 wont mont haie hale to sell my house you tou cant need the money youve plenty aplenty a but I 1 do need it sister slater olven given it replied paled amiee janet going to give it to the fund since I 1 I oard 1 Il rother daggs preach so grand about them darkened Jark ened sinners alvir ers lit aft an tl 1 mands lands I 1 have been anxious to help the tile cause I 1 healam you eay ear at tb the 6 church when hen fi ruther baggs had finished his sermon that loud ift to give him a hundred dol lure ars for or me heathen sister given apparently mn given givens entrust am aver brother baggs sermon had cool cd ed fer sho arde de no reply it will lie bo a glorification to us both continued mis miss janet to know that thia this hero here money la Is being put to uch such a use and im sure you will feel na as glad ax as I 1 do that we have it to use that awa 11 them ther heathen I 1 remarked mrs given lowly slowly hale no house lent tent to pay and anti no coal to buy they have souls to save put in miss janet then tien must have the money moneet we will donate it suggested miss janet to think said airs lira given as ehe she recounted her interview to her daugh tei tet ana he the boarder mrs bond that thit tbt ramble rose buh bush 11 II it be out this pring better than evel it it covar theres where it belonged retorted captain bob the he back porch and the bouso house wont le oura ours him a member of or the church of If He neland england aid said mrs bond viciously and a good christian but I 1 open them there leathen it 11 buy new hidel with that money bliss downing elves gives em accordingly a bill was wait put in the window aindow offering the house for sale lind pud MM uri ghen glien with a hoary heart began begin to look around for heap hodg ing ingo one day when the arlt know snow of 0 win ur r was wa fall falling tur mrs riggs wife of the ship chandler ame rushing into mrs fiveas kitchen hes has saved 1 she h gasped captain Down lair and his mate mato are saved ticked l lacked up by it ship and carried to fame outlandish place hes in new now york and wilt will be home tonight to night thank god ejaculated mrs arven captain bob 11 lve roe me some timo time to ay that there nota not 1 s tha th suspense was unbearable mrs given hastened around to cap tain downings house early tho next day miss was janet mr craig and the captain were in tho the mooci mrs given v without even congratulating the cap 1 tat tain on his rescue put in her petition jack given owe any note captain bob he paid it long 1 ayo ago i then said mr craig what was as ait it doing in your table dra drawer then therus albere it belonged retort u captain bob 1 I never used any 0 them notes tind when jack borrow e 1 I the mone mane he bad had some new now fan gle glei l ideo about giving this here note i 1 took tool the note and then I 1 aels jack to keep beep it so ho tie could tell he be 0 nned ed it and when jack jacl pays it he mo me to keep it BO so I 1 could tell he had bad paid it all business hum illum coughed mr craig and te poor beat heathen heri 01 whimpered I 1 ilass ss jr tl tt |