The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-10
WHATTIM ANDJESS DID
BIZ EBEx E. RExFoRD.

! 1t-NNAs 0AAtSa al Negs auA AiOAC thdA
once he had walked up at midnight and
found her still at work.
ooh, mother, do stop sewing and go
/ to bed, he would say at such times. -
'fYoI must be tired out"
- es, Tim, I'm going to bed very
soon, now" she would answer 81 just
want to finish this seam, first"
AS ] have said, TIM was thinking
about his mother as he went h1meward,
and Just as he was wishing that he could
do a great deal more thar he was doing
to make her work lighter and life less
wearisolne, he came 10 a place where
some men were unloading a lot of sew
Ing-machines.
''Must be going to start shop here, +"
he thought, and stopped TO watch them
at work.
my don't l wish could buy one of
th N machines for mother" thought
Tim. III she had a machine she could
do more work in four or five hours than
she can do now in all day, an do it
easier; an Jess an | could help her lots
O. times after we'd learned to run the
thing. wonder how much one of EN-
costs. Most fortune, s'pose, with a
little sigh
Here, you boy, if you hain't any
thing else 10 do, l6nd hand an help us
get these machines inside before it be-
gins to rain, " said the man who seemed
10 be owner OF the stock. "You can
earn ten ceEts in next to no time"
''All right, Sir, said Tim, with alac-
EIty- Ten cents would help a good deal
in poor family, and he was just the lad
10 not let such chances slip.
In little while they had the machines
inside, and the drayman drove oif~and
left Tim with the machine man.
Il s'pose, sir, one o. these machines
costs good deal, don't itl" asked Tim.
''Aot such a great sight" answered
the man New ones come higher'n poor
folks ike to pay, but second hand ones,
ike this, nowf--indcatiug machine
that looked about as well as any of the
nthers as IA IS Tim was able to inds=s---
sns warrant it to be est a. good as a new
one that you'd have 10 pay double that
for take old ones in trade, you see,
an FIX EN- up so they're as good as ever,
beia' tinker, an l sell 'em cheap
Want TO buyf"
I'D ike to. " sain Tim, with longing
In voice and eyes. HBut don't happen
TO have fifteen dollars"
Work an earn it, nsaid the man.
81 work an earn all / can, now" said
Tim Il sell papers, yon see, an it
takes all mother'n can rake an scIape
70 live on, so couldn't save ANYTHING to
buy a machine with. But I'd like to.
al the same. Mother, she sews, but she'd
neTer'd run in debt for a machine.
just wish I could buy her one
EDO extra jobs an save up what you
get for EN-, an you could pay for a ms
chine, said the man.
IL don't s'pose you could give me
jobs, could you" asked Tim. eagerly
''Well, ! might, now an then" was
the reply. 'Tll tell you what I'll do.
Pna one o. them folks that's always
-==iilin' to hein folks tkat'll try to help
themselves III give ,sa II the chorin'
round have 10 have done, at ten gents
job. I'll give you credit-slip for eacn
one, an if you pay in ten cents in cash
any time, I'll give you a slip for that,
too, an you can keep the slips till they
come 70 the price of machine, an when
you've got ffteen dollars worth of 'em.
you can have your pick of any second
hand Machine in the store What dy'e
ssYi"
'F-rIl do it, )" said Tim, with kind
Of gsEp. The magnitude OF the trausac-
ten almost took his breath away.
San right, then" sad the machine
mlln. ''Do you want slip for the Job
you've done tonight, or the cash7'
'T'll take a slip, said Tim. 'If Pm
going to buy a machine might as we'll
begin to pay for it on the start"
That's business, said the man. He
wrote on card: ''Due TO bearer ten
cents on account. and Tim pocketed it
with a feeling of importance. 1t was al
most ike putting money in the bank
You can drop in when you come
along, nights or mornin's. an see If
there's anything to do" said the man.
q WILL" said Tim, and started off
home on q RUIZ,
''Oh my, but amt l in for it now,
tho - thought he 81 wonder what
mother'd s4y If she knewl But | won't
tell her thing, for something might
happen az the machine not come after
all But vi tell jess, aud let her keep
the slips fol-, me =
The lad lad such a bright, excited
look that bis mother asked him what
had happeaed to him as they sat down
TO supper.
ss0h, nothin'," answered Tim, with
chuckle that MADE Jessie look at him
with suspicion
After supper he watched his chance
and whispered 10 Jess to "come out, he
wanted to tell her something" in low
and mysterious tone that aroused all that
young damsel's curiosity at once.
"What is it, Timp she asked, as soon /
as they were in the hall, out of any
body's hearing. ''Hsye you got some
thing for mel''
'Yes; I've got something for you TO 4
keep" answered Tim, producing his |
slip. "YOu see, jess, I've made bar /
gain for 8 sewing machine, looking at /
her keenly TO see how she was impressed (
By the stupendOus announcement. /
ayes, sir, " with an air Of greater i'm
portance than Vanderbilt ever wore /
when he had completed the purchase Of /
railroad, 'Tve agreed TO take ma
chine I'm TO pay for it as fast as can.
an the mans to give me slip every /
time pay in ten cents, or do job for |
him, an want you TO keep 'em for me.
Here's the first one. Be awful careful of 1
it, and don't you let mother know the
first thing of what's going on. You
won't, now, will your
ssNo, won't, answered Jess, wonder
ing, tho, as she promised, if it would I
be possible for her to keep such great I
secret to herself "ssy, maybe | eau