Beadle's Dime Novels No. 126: Old Jupe — page 16: what you’re looking at

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18 OLD JUPE. delightful by the contrast! Father and mother Miller be- lieved the autumn of thew days was to be mellow and calm, as they beheld the happiness of their favorite child. Of course, they fretted, more or less, about Annette. They were convinced that she had taken a step fatal to her future com- fort, when she flung herself away upon a person of whom she knew so little, and of whom there were rumors not pleas- ant to hear. eon In the mean time New Bristol, in common with several of its sister towns, was getting up a great excitement. The whole country along the Missouri was in a state of anger and uneasiness at the immense amount of counterfeit money which had been imposed upon the community. It grew impossible for people to tell when they were safe, in taking either paper or specie. All the silver and gold seemed to be filled; all the bank-notes spurious. The loss grew to bea serious mat- ter, and coupled, as it chanced to be, with the failure of two or three banks in which great confidence had been placed, excited the community into a general uprising for mutual protection. For some reasons, not important to give, it was finally decided that the head-quarters of the counterfeiters were not fur from New Bristol; so that this town came in for an extra portionof the common agitation. A. Vigilance Com- nrittee was formed, at the instance and approval of the best citizens, Luke Bryant was solicited to join it, and did 80, considering it his duty to aid in the protection of the com- munity. He felt that every honest man should do his bést to aid in driving out, or exterminating, the horde of criminals— men of the blackest character, gamblers, counterfeiters and highwaymen, who seemed to have been chased out of Kentucky and Ohio only to take refuge in Missouri. ec Perhaps he felt more keenly from the fact that he, expert as. he was in judging of money, had lost quite a sum. Added to this Was a loss of a thousand dollars by the failure of a Bt. Louis bank in which he had deposited the surplus of his summer's Carnings, with the intention of going into business for himself in the spring. For neither he nor Mary liked the calling he was following, since it must necessarily keep him so much from home. Phis loss, though a serious one to them, could not affect commiclbooks. com