The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-02
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- - .,,raored IN har he39 Did Mira.
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t;,os @ NV. .rS that @ sba s,s GOING to take in
.sv;nr . - D;ct attenaed to the shop alto.
+ % rathse Ha. .kent 1T in fine order and
sssJ ssIH, ;ncres ssdftbss hn.;ness bY.introduc.
ing i candies, dates, etc. Pennies. came ii
! a fhey .nGIyer came in before since he
had snsinted sians in red and blue ink to
i tha effect that tba real Old molassea can.
dv vassto he had there. and that was the
-n}acs fnr neanuts -.
And in the evening, after the shop was
Z Eshnt M she began to take him into her
iconfidence. Her great dream was to buy
sherseIf -into. q certain home for the
3 AGED. TT wol,ld cost her q hundred dol
iar Shehad saved three years. and had
fifteen Of it Bus il cost 90 much to live
( With .tsa at twenty-five cents. quarter.
and losyas 40 small. and she had been
aict and there, WAS the doctor and Mrs.
Jones Martha Jane to be paid for the
sminaing her and the shop. After this
Dick took the greatest interest in 4 the
ssayinps, and the s winter months increased
them as.thouph heshad brought q bless.
ing
One night in spring thew took the bag
from under the pillow, and counted what
itheld. It was thirty dollars.
..And I'LL begin to make kites to-mor.
row. MIS-. Briggs, and you'll 500 the Gus.
tom that it will bring"
"You are a clever boy YOURSELF" said
the old woman, and pressed his hand.
It Was plumper hand than it had
been when it picked the ,crusts from the
gutter, and he wore clean, whole gar
ments. though they were very coarse.
'How wrong the neighbors were," she
said. ''That BOY is the comfort of my
liie."
So she went to bed with the treasure
under her pillow and slept. Far on in
the night she was awakened. The room