Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-04-19

"ucii hc lidu COHlpleieu ING purchase OF
a railroad, ..'ve agreed to tako ma
chine. Pm to pay for it Us fast as / eau,
an the mans TO give me slip every
time pay in ten cents, or do job for
him, an 1 want you to keep 'cm for NO.
it, and don't you let mother know the
first thing of what's going on. You
won't, now, will youf"
ing, tho, as she promised, if it would
be possible for her to keep such great
secret to herself. "Say maybe i can
do something to help, Tim Ncxt time
mother sends me to carry work home
Pm going to ask if there amt some lob
can do for the folks Won't it be
nice If we eau get a machine for mot herr
She was wishing yesterday that she had
one."
''Shc shall have one" said Tim. "I'll
stick to it till pay for one"
How long do You s'posc, itll ta'lc'"
oh, ! don't know. A good while.
suro," answered Tim. 'sBut wo II have
1T some time. l moan business"
Two more slips" said Tim 10 Jessie,
next night, rs they "wcnt into ,nsul,a-
ton" in the hall THAT makes three.
Only hundred and forty-seven more to
get, with chuckle. ON tel you what,
jess, | keep an eye out for extra Jobs
nova days"
only a hundred an forty. more to
get" said Jessie, proudly producing II
slip from her pocket. "1vc earned
something to-day MS we'll as YOU Got
ten cents for taking care of the machine
mans baby. They live upstairs O or
the shop, m he says may come twice n
week an help his wife The baby's
awful cross, hut l don't mind that s
longs I'm fo'plng pay for the machine"
"Hooray" cried Tom, ilinging up h 8
old cap in delight. '.We're in luck,
amt wei But m0ther'll mistrust some
thin If you keep goin' to take care of
the baby; won't shep'
~ told her | was going to have some-
thing for it sometime" said Jessie.
"She thinks like to 60"
~ do wonder what those children arc
doingi" thought Mrs. Wylic, more than
once, as the weeks went by. "Thcy're
trying to keep something from me, |
know; they look so knowing and mystic
rionS, and hold SO many secret meetings
in the hall But it isn't any mischief,
Pm sure, and | won't ask them to tell
me If they don 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 'strcak of luck" and n do en-
would come in week. They were
counted over and over, till some of them
began to show signs of wearing out.
less kept them in an old cigar box,
hidden away under the stairs. Often in
the night she woke up to wonder IL they
were sale from burglars. She went to
see if they were there the first thing
every morning.
What if we should lose thom?" she
often said TO herself, with n catch in her
breath. at the bare idea. "Wou!dn't
Tim fee! Just awful if we were to fail
now"
How the boy and girl worked to make
success of their Undertakings They
went about on the alert for "iobs;" and
because their hearts were in their work
they succeeded beyond what they hnd
dared ho C for They did whatever was
given them to do faithfully and well. and
won the respect of those who cmp owed
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 thom along. 81 like to do it,n said
ono Of their employers, "because they're
will ng to work and earn their monty.
They don't beg for it. and when they have
anything to do they don't half do it, as
some children would What they do
they do as it ought TO be done"
From this you see that while Jess and
I'M were making q success of their un-
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 it2" cried
'ess, in kind of solemn way.
eyes. it's paid for" answered Tim,
drawing a great breath of relief
90, an we ring it home tomorrow 2''
asked Jess.
"l'ou Just bet it'll be brought home
Tomorrow, said Tim. "Say jess, what
do you spoc mother III say2"
81 don't know" answered Jess; "but
wouldn't wonder if she cried"
"lve brought the slips, SIR" said Tim,
to the machine man, bright and carly
next morning. Count 'em, an you'll
find there's hundred an fifty of 'em.n
That's business" said the man.
you've done WE'LL You've got the
sand. You'll get along, you will. Yes,
theresa hundred an fifty. Now what
machine III you have, young MANI"
81 want the bost one you've got for
the price," said Tim. 81 want somethin'
that runs easy. an does good wori. I'll
let on pick it out for me-"
can right" snid the machine man.
Chores one now that's leetle extry-
got more drawers an such things. YOU
see, than most of 'em. 1'll warrant it as
good as the day it come from the factory.
You can't get one for any more money
that'll do better work"
"pil take it," said Tim. "Will YOU
lend me your wheelbarrow to take 1t
home with"
'.'fhe idea," laughed the man, $50
tnlIin' that machine home on a wheel
barror. I'll send my nan round with it
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