Morgan County News | 1938-02-04 | Page 2 | "Miser" Paine

miser paine J H paine was a composer and critic who was a friend of frank Chicke rings it was generally supposed eup posed that paine was poor his name is associated with an experience which befell his benefactor chickering to the latter paine in trusted a package wrapped in a bandana handkerchief assuming that the content was manuscripts chickering placed the package in a safe seventeen years later the impoverished friend died in the presence of paines legal representatives the package was opened it contained over worth of bonds and currency