South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1891-09-04
THE INTELLlGENCER
FRIDAY. SEPT. 4. 1891.
CASH TwENTY-sEvEN

salesman In . large Boston store an
apa'e girl OF twelve ran mp 10 the
counter. saying Twenty Seven. ~ sh,
reached it.
Well Twenty -scven, you took you,
time about getting here. growled the
salesman. and here's this lady in q
hurry to get her train. Be quick
now.
Twenty-seven darted away, soon
came back With bundles and change
and said ssucily, The lady'd hsve got
her change sooner il you hadn't stop.
ped mo SOS to show her how we'll you
could jaw a Cash.
None OF your impudence here, be-
gan the salesman angrily, as he saw
an appreciative smile on the face OF
the lady, who was putting her bun.
die into her large shopping bag. Tue
call OF Cash {! Cash from q neis h
boring counter prevented any reply
from Twenty seven, who rushed away
to answer II. As sue ran she stopped
TO pick up book which lay on the
floor. 1t was not new, but had evil
IDENTIFY been much read. She looked
at the title and saw that it was a sto-
ry, then glanced at the people near to
see who had dropped it. A young
lady with pleasant face was nearest.
Did you lose this 2 asked Cash. hold,
/ g up the book.
l must have dropped 1t just now ,
said The lady; then seeing the look
OF disappointment on the child's face.
she said, Are you fond of reading 2
You may have the book if you'd like
It.
Oh, thank you'll 1 love books. said
Cash, when a walker came up, and
began roughly. Cash Twenty seven,
why don't you go to the linen coun.
ter there instead of gossiping With the
customers ? Cash started aud went
toward the linen counter. giving q
grateful smile to the LAZY, who turn
ed 10 the walker aud said, Mr.. Green,
is there auy rule forbidding customers
TO speak to the cash girIs ?
l beg your pardon, Mrs Ellerton.
did not zee i, was you. Our cash
girls would waste 80 much time and
keep customers waiting so long for
their change if We let them talk 10 ey-
cry one that We have had 10 forbid
their stopping to speak 10 any one.
am sorry, then, that my careless
ness got the child into trouble, said
Mrs. Eilerton. l dropped book
and che picked it up and asked If /,
was mine. Tbs.'s ALL
That was ell right. said the walker,
bat is not often Cash has good
reason for delay. They're a very Try
ing lot and be went off to tell an old
lady where to fad the lace counter
tue real laces, you know; not the
miserable limitations.
When the noon hour came Cash
Twenty .seven declined all invitations
to walk or talk and sat in q corner
eating q wedge of pie and reading
the book given her by the lady.
IL had several stories Of widely diff.
ferent kinds. The frst was q short
fairy tale, about q princess who had
everything she wanted, married the
prince, and lived happy ever after.
ward. This left Cash Txenty-sever
wishing that she was princess, and
could have another piece OF pie FOL
dinner; one piece was 30 little after
being on oue's feet al the morning.
All the afternoon she thought oil
the happy princess, and wished thai
she was q princess herself, till by
five o'clock IL really seemed to hel
that IL was not worth while TO bc
anything if she could not be O ptin-
ces and live happy ever sfterward.
Iu very Discontinued mood Casl
Twenty seven started homeward, /,
rained very hard. and she had neither
rubDers, umbrella nor waterproof
CLOAK.
The princess would have a hack
she thought, aud ride home comforta.
BILE, and nice hot supper-oyste
stew, shouldn't won ter-Wben sh,
gets there. A princess has kins
Tor her father, aud that's what's Ia,
matter, guess. My father amt
king; he's only Drunk Joe.
Drunk Joe Was not at home tina
night, aud his vile hal q pair o
trousers to floish for tie sIop shoI
for which she worked so Cash Tween
ty seven pulled an old chair mp 70 th
table on which the lamp stood an,
began a second story. IL did not in.
tergst her much, so she turned owe
the pages tall she cams to the las
story OF all, which was headed Th
Kings Daughter. There's auolhe
princess sue said TO herself. II
read that aud see it she was Away
happy and had every thing she want.
ed.
1t was a very different story iron
the FIRST, and told how young gu
starred q club Of ten girls Of her ow
age, a3d how they tried 10 do some
thing good every day and TO he'll
people about them. II told OF ihei
weekly meetings, where each mem0e
OF the ten told what she bad don
during the week, and how many PEG
pie she had helped. II told what th
ten did with the money raised by tn
weekly fees of contributions, and
ended with an earnest appeal TO a.
the girls to become Daughters Of th
King, and do good all their lives, ex
planning that every girl could he
Daughter OF the King, no matter wins
her condition OF life.
Oash Twenty seven went 70 be