The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-16
SHE HELPED HERSELF.


Good Time.
81 am sorry to deny you, my
daughter, but l can't possibly afford it.
Business is very dull just now, and it
is hard to get hold of any ready
money"
"Never mind, father" answered
Nan, cheerily, as she saw look of
care resting on her fathers brow.
'I'll set my wits to work and see if |
can't find some way to earn the money
myself, and if | can't, we'll, it won't
break my heart not to 60"
THANK you for being so brave about
it, DEAR" answered her father, giving
loving pressure to the little gloyed
hand that rested on MS desk, and Nan
babe him good-by as brightly as if tears
were not very near her eyes,
She did want twenty-five dollars so
badly. The graduating class at the
academy had planned to have camp
ing party IN the mountains, and as the
expense was to be shared by several, it
was comparatively light.
Nan knew her father was very in
dulgent, and that it was a real pain to
him to have to deny his only daughter
any thing, so she did not let him guess
how keen her disappointment was, but
bore it brayely.
1t was sore disappointment,
though, for all that, and her pretty
eyebrows met in a straight line as she
frowned, habit she had when she was
thinking deeply. If there was only
some way in which she could earn the
money, but what could she do? She
pondered the qusAon as she walked
down to the post-oilice. The mail was
not quite ready for distribution, and
she waited for it, gazing abshactedly
at the Jars of stale candy in the win
dow, that she sometimes thought had
been there since the beginning of the
store. The mail took longer to dis
tribute than it used to, for the hotel
was full of summer boarders.
''Haye you got any caramels?' Nan
heard young lady ask of the post
master, who was storekeeper rs well.
'Isn't there any fresh candy to be
bought in this placer"
If you would like to try little of
this began Mr.. Weldon, going to-
ward the dusty jars, I'VE have no car
amels on hand Just now.'
"No, | don't want any of that, -
was the decided answer, as the young
lady swept out.
Il shouldn't think she would, "
thought Nan disdainfully. II could
make better than that myself
Nan was quite renowned for her skill
in candy-making among her acquaint-
ances, and this was no vain boast,
Perhaps some subtle connection be.
tween the young lGdy's demand fol
caramels, and the consciousness of par
ticular skill in making that especial
CONNECTION, brought the next idea into
Nan head.
Her face grew radiant.
Eureka she cried. 81 have it.
see the trip rising before me, l smell
the pine forest, for am sure now tina
| can 90.
The next morning Nan arrayed her
self in huge bingham apron tina
threatened to engulf her trim figur,
and went into the kitchen. She spen
the warm morning in hard work, ant
the result of her labors was seen tina
afternoon when she took a large box o
delicious caramels of several varete
down to Mr. Weldon's before mai
time.
"Mr. Weldon, have come to max
a business arrangement with YOU if
cam" began Nan, bravely, though sh
was conscious of little shyness.
"Well, what can | do for you, Mis-
Nannie?' he inquired, encouragingly
"a want to make candy to sell, be
cause l want to earn a little money TO
a particular purpose" began Nan
blushing, "and l want to know if yo
, would be will ng to sell it at forty cent
pound, and keep ten cents poun
to pay yourself for the trouble"
"Well, l would do that with plea
, ure, only, Miss Mamie, though | don
doubt your candies are excellent, yo
see, homemade candies are hard [
sell, because they are never as attra,
. tive in appearance rs the regular col
, PETITIONERS make, even though the latte
may be inferior
4 do these look home-madepn
With conscious pride Nan opene
, her box.
"Bless me, did you make these you
I, self?n exclaimed Mr. Weldon, in ei
, thusiaStic admiration. "Why. the
are very shipshape. You leave then