The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-11

money uTCduluiLy. N1CLS UHdll GildO,
the next time she needed a new pair
OF gloves she did not like to ask her
father for the money to pay for them.
Somehow, money was valuable now;
and she mended her old gloves and
wore them n little longer. She won
dered sometimes if her father could
understand, when money was every
where needed, how it came to pass
that laces and ribbons and slippers
and plumes and gloves, and handker-
chiefs, must be had upon every occa-
sion. She was ashamed to wear so
many new ornaments.
One night her father came in rather
late, and threw himself into an arm
chair with a sigh. care you tired to-
night, John?" asked his wife, gently.
every weary indeed" he returned.
"%Johnson, M clerk, has left me sud
denly, and I have been trying to do
his work. found it too muchforme,
and yet there is really not enough for
him to do. Too much for one and
not enough for two; and / pay him
thirty dollars q month"
Jennie, who was employing her time
in making what seemed to be an end
less piece of rickrack, heard what her
father said. Thirty dollars q month!
1t seemed q small fortune; and she
wondered il she could possibly do the
work which young Johnson had re-
linquished. She did not dare to sug-
gest such a thing, but she thought Of
nothing else all the evening; and the
next forenoon she surprised her father
by making her appearance in his Of
fee.
"Well, Jennie, what's wanted?" he
demanded, looking up a minute from
his papers. 1t struck Jennie for the
first time that she had never been in
there before without wanting some
thing, and she began to feel ashamed.
Papa" she said, II came to try to
fill MI. J%ohnson's place Tor you this
morning"
"You?" said the father. "Go back
to your embroidery, child; youcannot
sit here all day making entries and
answering letters" He looked weary,
while he spoke with a smile.
"Try me, papa" said Jennie, "please
try me. If do not give satisfaction,
/ will go home again"
Her father hesitated, laughed, and
gave her his clerks chair, which he had
been occupying. She took off her hat
and gloves and sat down. 81 will die
tate q letter to Mr.. Randall Parsons,
Centreville, Conn.," he said, dropping
into his business manner; and holding
the letter to which he wished to reply,
he proceeded to tell the gentleman, in
ashort, concise way, common to bust
ness men, about s~omeleather. Itwas
| quite a long letter, and there was no
opportunity to ask any questions,
When it was finished at last, Jennie
gave it to her father in a very faint.
hearted way.
"Good," said he, shortly; ''try an.
other, Jennie" She wrote another
and then q third; and then there were
entries to be made in q great book
which her father placed before her. ii,
was a man OF few words, and did MOI
praise her work, but she knew it wa,
all right from the way he forgot tina
it was Jennie and not Johnson.
When the bells rang for the moor
hour he turned around on his chat
and looked at her. 'Jennie," he said
1--WE will go to the st. Cloud Hotel ant
take dinner IN honor of this event
What did you do it for, child?"
Because l wanted to carr som
money, papa
earn some money!" Her fathe
whistled. "You expect to be paid 10
your work, do your
Eyes, SIR" Jennie replied steadily
II earned two dollars, a week or tw
ago, and I never enjoyed the posses
sion OF money before. Father, if I ca
do Johnston's work and have his pa.
/ will never ask you for a cent for m
own wardrobe, and so it will be clea
gain for you, and a great deal bette
for me than to sit at home and max
rick-rack."
well" said her father, "come t
dinner, and | will think about it."
"Of course Jennie kept the place,
you say. Yes, she did; but it was no
altogether without some serious dis
appointments. No ever knew no,
many rides she declined when the hou
interfered with her Office work; whel
she came home tired with the day
work, socials and receptions lost thei
charm, and she was glad to rest alon
in her room Her girl friends laughed
at her, but, much to her surprise, tn
young men whom she numbere'
among her friends liked her the bette
for it. Once or. twice, in a fit Q
Observation-Disclosures, her father semitic
out with a messageto some manufact
urer;; and as she transacted the busi
ness with which she was entrusted il
a straightforward, ~business-like mar
ner, she was treated just as they woul,
have treated her fatherif he had com
in her place. She spent her money ia
more judiclously than she had eve
done whenit had been earned by som
one else. She bought fewer little TT
fes, less confectionery, and no orna
ments. Money was too precious fo
these things. She had fewer dresse;
but they were of far better materia
because, knowing her resources, sh
made better arrangements. Her lit
sisters and brothers had many q lon!
editor game Or toy, because, as Am
said, "Our Jennie, youknow, has lot
OF money"
More than this, unknown to he
self, Jennie helped every woman in tn
broad land who had taken upon he
self to earn her own Independence, jus
rs we all help on Gods cause when "
struggle for the right.
One day alarge wholesale dealer VIII
had frequent transactions with tt
firm Jennie's father represented, can
into the office on his way to a distal
city. eve had little trouble wit
your orders this year" he said as |
looked over his notebook. "Ic
have a very competent clerk"
"My daughter Jennie is my clerk
replied her father, with pleased smil
"and really l hardly know how Icou
get along without Jennie"