The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-03-14

/ TO tell "What do you think, Nell?"
/ he said, tom Whittemore is going
out to st. Paul"
so far?" she answered. He will be
quite loss to you, won't he?'
/ "Well, YES, shall miss him; we have
always been good friends, you know,
/ but I'm not sure that his going won't
I be a rather good thing for u.s. as it is
/ for him. He has a good offer out
/ there, good salary, and the chance of
an interest in the BUSINESSMAN offer
/ he can't afford to refuse. The thing
/ that concerns us most, however, is
! that he wants me to take his place in
the Building Fund-at Just what it
cost him, $500, and SIS q month to
I the fund F."
II don't quiet understand
ooh yes, you do, if you will think a
moment. Don't you know he got his
house by Joining building associa-
| ton, and the rent OF the house goes to
the purchase money. He has paid
/ five hundred on it, and therent now is
I 81 ) a month"
is that so? Why, it is a better one
than this, which costs us SO more"
(Which goes into our landlords
/ pOcket-yes. 1t really is a wonderful
chance for us, because the property
/ has advanced in value since he bought
it, and Is certain to increase in the
/ future, but he wants ready money to
move with, and so offers to let us have
/ it at cost. He gives me the refusal for
a week, which is very good OF him."
And are you going to take it?' she
asked eagerly.
Il think / cam" he replied. "Our
/ Mr. Barker is the president of this
/ Building Fund, so there won't be any
/ trouble about my taking Whittemore's
/ place Then, | have $500 in bank,
and | think in a week or two | can
manage to raise therest. BY the way,
have the bills come in, and how much
are they?"
/ There was no help for it, the dread
/ ed moment had come, with a fresh bit
/ terness added thereto. She brought
/ out the pile OF envelopes, and handing
/ them to him sat down in calm deSpera-
ton, while he examined them-the
fact that she was only indirectly re-
/ spOnsible for the size OF the bills in no
( wise tending to make her feel less like
a criminal.
"Whew" he said, as he took them
I plenty OF them at all eyents-DoctOr
I S95, Draper IL De Lane S110, Jones
$50, Brown $50, rent S25, gas $50,
coal SIS. Well, that pretty nearly
/ sweeps my bank account"
John, dear John, don tlook so mis-
erable-I couldn't help it am so
/ sorry! You can return my cloak, |
haven't worn itl'
do | hold you responsible, my
/ dear? Who bought the cloak, you or
|? Ii that We're all, | could manage.
/ As it Is, | can pay the bills, but the
house must be given up, and it really
/ Is such a chance as comes once in a
lifetime"
Mrs Ruther made no answer, she
was crying quietly behind the news
paper which she had picked up and
was holding it in front OF her to hide
her tears.
Her husband began figuring on the
back OF one of the envelopes; it was a
way he had when worried.
Presently she let fall the paper, with
a half smOthered exclamation, and
/ rushed out OF the room and upstairs.
He scarcely noticed the circumstance
1t was q common One-prObably
she imagined she heard the baby cry
or Johnnie cough. In very few min
utes she came back, laughing and cry
ing all together, and flung herself on
his shoulder, holding out a silver coin.
Take it, John. take it, it really Isl
now you can pay the bills and take
the house too,-oh, | am so glad 80
glad' she sobbed incoherently.
Mr.. Ruther was no numismatist.
and for one terrible moment he actu-
ally feared that his wife had lost her
mind. 1t cost him no small effort at
I self-control to draw her gently to him,
and ask in tones whose very quietness
told OF his etfOrt-"What do YOU
mean, my darling?'
why, John, don't you understand?
This IS the silver dollar Grandpa gave
me when | was a baby, and it is an
. 1904 dollar-it really is-and perfect.
don't you see? Now what do you think
it IS WORTH,
He took the coin and examined it
critically.
Il don't know" he said doubtfullv.
ten dollars, perhaps"
Ten dollars, oh, John, YOU dear
old goose. ten hundred would be near
er to it. Just listen" and she ran for
the evening paper, which in her hurry
she had left lying where she had
dropped it. on the floor
Listen and in tones that quiv-
cred with excitement, she read:
4 VALUABLE COIN.
Mr.. Robert Smith, of Blank County
{ a oil 4 Il,,
OF the coinage OF 1904, which he recently
purchased Of an old colored woman. to
whom he paid so for it. Mr. Smith has
/ been offered 5000 for the coin, which is an
extremely rare one, only four other perfect
specimens being known to exist, one Of the
four being in the collection at the United
| States mint. Mr.. Smith values his speci-
men at $1,000, which extravagant price
any numismatist who wishes to secure the
coin viii probably be obliged to pay. since
1t Is the only one of its kind in the world
which Is for sale
Now, don't you see, supposing We
can sell this for even 5000, YOU can
buy the house, pay all the bills, and
still have money enough left to move
with. Dear old grandpa, He would
be 50 pleased to knowthat the pocket
piece he gave his first granddaughter
had done so much good. Mother al
ways taught me to regard it as some
thing very precious, because he gave it
to me one afternoon, and the next
morning they found him dead in his
bed, Just as though he had fallen
asleep. She never even was willing to
punch hole in it, and let me wear it
to cut my teeth on, as he intended
F., should do, lest should loose it. Why
don tyousay something, John? Aren't
you glad? Don't you believe it?''
Mr.. Ruther was intently studying
/ the precious coin, which, though dark
from long lying by, was as perfect as
when first issued. He looked up now,
with face OF infinite satisfaction and
/ relief
Il was waiting for you to get