The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-05-10

one.
"she shall have one, )" said Tim. "rn
stick to it till l pay for one"
Glow long do you s'pose, it'll takef'
asked Jess.
=" h, l dom. know. A good while,
sure, answered Tim. 'But we'll have
it some time. mean business
1.-Two more slips" said Tim to Jessie,
next night, as they ''went into cOnsulta-
ton" in the hall. That makes three.
ONLY hundred and forty-seyen more to
get, " with chuckle. '1'll tell you what,
Jess, l keep an eye out for extra jobs
now-a-d days.
"only ahundred an forty six more to
get" said Jessie, proudly producing a
slip from her pocket. "I've earned
something to-day as well as you. Got
ten cents for taking care of the machine
mans baby. They live upstairs over
the shop, an he says may come twice a
week an help his wife The baby's
awful cross, hut | don't mind that 3
longs I'm helping pay for the machine. :"
"Hooray!" cried Tom, finging up his
old cap in delight. ''We're in luck,
amt WEI But mother'll mistrust some
thin if you keep goin' to take care Of
the baby; won't shep
Il told her was going to have some
thing for it sometime" said Jessie.
'She thinks | like to CO."
II do wonder what those children are
doingi" thought Mrs Wylie, more than
once, as the weeks went by. They're
trying TO keep something from me,
know; they look so knowing and mystic
rious, and hold so many secret meetings
in the hall But it isn't any mischief,
I'm sure, and won't ask them to tell
me if they don't want to. I'll find out
some time.
As the days passed into weeks the pre-
cious slips increased in number. Some
times they came in slowly, then there
would be ''streak of luck, - and dozen
would come in a week. They were
counted over and over, till some of them
began TO show signs of wearing out
Jess kept them in an old cigar box,
hidden away under the stairs. Often in
the night she woke up to wonder If they
were safe from burglars She went to
see if they were there the first thing
every morning.
"What if we should lose theml" she
often said to herself, with a catch in her
breath. at the bare idea. Wouldn't
Tim feel Just awful if we were to fail
nowi"
How the boy aud girl worked to make
a success Of their undertaking. They
went about on the alert for "iobs;" and
because their hearts were in their work
they succeeded beyond what they had
dared no. e for They did whatever was
given them to do faithfully and well, and
won the respect of those who employed
them in consequence Some of the men
and women who gave them jobs found
out what they were working for and gave
them extra obs to encourage them and
help them along. 81 like to do it. u said
one IF their employers, because they're
willing to work and earn their monty.
They don't beg for it, and when they have
to do they don't half do it, as
some children would. What they do
they do as it ought TO be DONE"
Frem this you see that while Jess and
Tim were making a success of their IN
dertaking financially they were working
up good reputation for themselves.
Perhaps the proudest day their lives
will ever hold came when the last slip was
added to the number in the old cigar box,
four months after they had begun to
collect them.
- "Oh, Tim. it's paid for, isn't it9' cried
Jess, IN kind of solemn way.
"Yes> it's paid for" answered Tim,
drawing s.areat breath of relief.
*, ., an ysTEP & Christensen. =,
lyon iutho have given orders S
@ @7-s----S5 =
: .6now, answered jess; "but
wouldn't wonder if she cried"
"Pye brought the slips, SIT, said Tim,
to the machine man, bright and early
next morning. Count EN-, an you'll
ind there's hundred an fifty of EN-
That's business" said the man.
you've done well. You've got the
'and- You'll get along. you will Yes,
there's hundred an' fifty. Now what
Machine II you have, young mani"
81 want the best one you've got for
he price, said Tim. az want somethin'
hat runs easy, an does good WORK. I'll
ct on pick it out for me"
"All right" said the machine man.
Here's one now that's leetle extry-
got more drawers an such things, YOU
zee, than most OF 'em. I'll warrant it as
good as the day it come from the factory.
GU can't get one for any more money
hai'll do better work"
"I'll take it, said Tim. "Will YOU
end me your wheelbarrow to take it
lone with"
The idea," laughed the man, 80
akin that machine home on a wheel
,arrer. Pll send my man round with it
light away. He's got the horse hltched
- bv this time. Yon can ride along an
how him where yea i've"
Wasn't that happy ride for Tim,
houghl lie felt as if he were riding out
L state. He couldn't keep his eyes off
he machine. He thought it the prettiest
hing he ever saw, and once or twice he
,atted it when the man wasn't looking.
"Dear me, l wonder if he'll never
'ome," said Jessie over and over again,
S she waited in feverish impotence. az
ion't see what keeps him. Maybe some
Kings happened to the box" with a
hiver at the thought clark I do
''leeve l hear somebody on the stairs.
Yes, l do, an they're bringin' US some
hing. Oh ITS the machinel Mother,
here, quick"
What IS itl" asked Mrs. Wylie, COM
ng to the door.
"lPs a sewing machine, an it's
Tours, ;" cried Tim, with face so full of
that 1t was really pale; IAN
is paid for, every cent"
''Mine-paid who-how2" Mrs.
Vylie looked at the children in amaze
nent
''Yes, yours, paid for, Jess an me-"
houted Tim, concisely if not very clear
Y, while he waltzed Jess all around the
lall in his delight at his mothers sur
use. "Say, how'd you like the looks
# it2 A regular beauty, amt it7"
ooh, Tim oh, JessieI I" and then Mrs.
Vylie did just as Jessie had predicted
he would. She sat down and cried.
But she don't cry as if she felt bad"
Tim to his sister; 'does she,
iessl"-Ne1 York I1ldependent.
A Farmers Success.
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