Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-06-25

Rhs 1radinr yonturs % q Ioutkfui MEN,
Der ~ enc oratebar Famny.
when thcy pnt tbo price Of peanut
1riitlo down 20 ~ cents q pound IN che
DIG cioses Maudo 0rniohar. she oldest
q tho o,niohaf children. bad an idea
Peanut brittle costs 20 cents o pound In
che grocery stores and confectionery
sforcs % arounl where che Oraiobars
live Mando's idea was 20 take some a
her money-she 10 thrifty and always
has aiittio money-and buy peanut britt.
tls a. one Of tho BIG stores AZ 10 cents
and JOB Il out 20 the children AZ 90
she Thought that abe could rely on the
trade % che Grntebar ~houlchold, where
nhe was we'll known. ard tho sequel
showed that her confidence was not mis-
placed
Maudo bought three pounds Of paa-
mus brittle AZ ~ cents a pound, SO cents;
ear fare added. 10 cents; total invest
menb 20 ccntA Sold &c 20 cents q
poand this woaid manifesuy hiring On
90 ccntG 90 that Mnude expected %
snake a cents On the deal Trade opened
very niskiy. Failip and George and
Clara. che other 0rasebar children.
transferred their entire trade in peanut
brittle 20 the home store Maudo sold In
any quantity asked fora single ponny's
worth, ~ desired This made it very
handy for George and Clara the two
younger children. who could run into
their mother'sroom and ask for aponny
aud then sooot into Maude's room and
buy peanut brittle with t.
Maude used q toy scale and weights
that had been given TO one Of the chill.
dren a. = Christmas present This wa
bad, for the weights had never been
sealed. and despite her thrift Maude -
generous, and what between the an
sealed weights and her WI generosity
Whenever the children bought I cents
worth abe really gave thom nearer 3
cent? worth. 20 that when Che peanut
hEittlo Was half gone, and she should
havu had 80 cents, she really had only
81. But this loss might have been re-
trioved and the deal still closed at q
profit II Maude Ind not begun to give
credit Maude know we'll enough that
that wasn't business, but what could
she do when little Clara came along and
said mother'd gone out, and she wautod
. cents worth Of peanut brittle and
asked Maudo to trust her for IL till
mother came In. Could Maude refuse to
trust her own little sister for a cents
worth Of peanut brittle? Why, certain
y not She let her have It.
At tho end Of a week George and
Clara had run up a joint account Of 10
cents. Then Maudo shut down on them
absolutely. No more peanut brittle, ex-
copt for cash and the payment Of all
book indebtedness. That threw them at
once back upon their mother. Called
upon for 10 cents all at once instead Of
for pennies separately, Mrs Gratebar
investigated. She found the two young
q children in debt to Maude, and
Maude herself uncomfortable over the
situation. Philip had bought 10 cents
worth of brittle, so that the total cash
receipts had been 81 cents. But sven
counting whao the little children owed
as good there wasn't brittle enough re-
naming on hand, even IL sold for cash
and at full price, TO make good the
original Investment.
Things were getting complicated, and
Mra Grntebar acted promptly. She paid
tho children's debts, and then at once
bought the entire remaining stock Of
brittle and divided it among all the
children. MrA Gratebar paid 10 cents
for this remainder, 80 that after all
Maude closed ont the deal at a small
profit, but It wasn't enough to pay for
the bother. and that would have been
sufficient TO deter her from all such ven
lures IN the future, even II this had not
been tho express understanding with
which Mrs. GratebaF came 10 the res
oue.-EeW York Sum.