The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-29

lHLO bne tank."
"Well, L PROMISE" said Mr.. DO.
lame.er. laughing at her earnestness
Ihen he looked thoughtful 70, sew.
eral minutes
"How long must the experiment.
last to convince you?"
well, think a month would dir.
don't your" W.
IL think it would" he answered
dryly.
Mr. Dclameter forgot his agree.
ment Till just as he was being Maid
OIL, the next day, and then. being
a man of his word. he stor ned on
the way home and emptied his pock.
cts Into the Golfers O. The bank. car
rylng away with him a solitary nickel.
which he had overlooked, in the
pocket where he kept his car fares.
linen the whole affair slipped from
his mind.
lie was opening his lunch box at
noon, when, as luck would have il.
there suddenly appeared before him
a friend OF his boYhood days who had
grown rich and arislocratic in the
years since tlleY a met.
Mr.. Delameter, in an cyuberance
Of hospitality, Immediately conduct
ed MIN to the hiIh-prited restaurant
IN the vicinity, ordered IA dinner in
keeping with the place, leisurely dis
cuss d it with his friend, and at its
close com lacently drew forth and
opened his pocketbook.
HIS feelings at that interesting mo-
ment may be better imagined than
des ribcd, as the novelists say.
That night he was glum ali D D
time, and afterwards buried himself
in The day-bctorc's newspa or till
bedtime.
When morning came he fingered
about after breakfast was over, with
no ostcnsibIe reason, at last made a
feint at starting and then came back
again.
'Oh, by the way" he sa d. with a
fine air Of carelessnesS. Il had to
borrow some money yesterday"
GLOW much?" asked his better
hall, with a little blush.
''livc dollars"
"What for:' tremblcd on Mrs. Del
ameter's lips, but she did net say it.
She simply handed him the exact
sum.
Il guess you'd better let me have
little for al fares while you're about
It,"
A ten cent icce was carefully Sc
lcctcd and laid in his palm.
Mr.. Diameter did not forget his
straitene1 condition that day.
He remembered it o. course, when
he sent the bill to his fr end: he felt
it when he passed IA fruit stand on
which were displa ed some particu-
larly fine oranges; it WAS called to his
attention when the little lame 10y
with candy made his usual round Of
The Office: it was painfully present to
his mind when a man with a sub
scription pa or, whereOn figured the
name of / diameter. came to collect
the money subscribed, and the lack
was kccnly appreciated when he had
20 forcgo buying. his usual evening
paper.
The third day nc braced up, and,
with a re uctance he was wholly un.
able to conceal. requested the mean
whcrcwith TO buy d PAR Of light
trousers.
The louit tn day was sunday. Mr..
lelamcter thought or the contribu-
ton box ami decided he wouldn't at
tend church. His head ached, he
said.
The fifth day the gro er called at
the Oh &c for his pay and Mr.. Della.
meter mumblcd something about
''pockctbook in ether pants" sent
him TO the house, though in former
days he had po0h-pOOhed The idea OF
that being the more convenient way
and had dccrecd that the gro er
should come to the O,hcc for his
money.
The sixth day Mrs. Delameter,
with unlo0ked.for generosity, gave
him fifty cents when he asked Tor car
fare. and on the strength al this he
hailed anna with strawberries on his
way home at night, Bought t"o
boxes ana found that he vas six cents
shOlt.
Tie seventh day Mr.. Dclamctcr
realized that the experiment wasn't
working cutie in the way he meant
it should, 50 he pulled himself to-
gethcr and boldly asked for d SO
bill.
..What for" Quericd his wife, as
though with an effort.
'l-wcll, ] want TO get Il pair or
boots"
..Ncn's boots come high, don't
thew" falte.ed Mrs. D%elanctcr, with
an artificial smile, as She opened her
rUcketbOok. ~
'Oh. the boots won't he more than
81: probably, nut | cue, l can MAKE
away with the rest"
A., hn1nu,ntor hnsitnfn1 hIushn0.