The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1899-05-17
A HUN DOLLAR BILL,


"HeIp me think have got to do
something. feel $3.50 responsible -
Peggy said to Mabel, who answered,
sticking out her chin: 81 do hope,
Peggy Crayshaw, nobody else won't
never die and leave you a.hundred
dollar bill You amt good for any
thing in the world, since your father
brought it home"
"lf he had just taken it with him ~
Peggy sighed; mother wanted him TO,
bat he said it was safer here. As if
anybody would think of picking pock-
cts at a wedding And they won't be
back until almost night. It's ten
miles at least to Cousin Fanny Cor
hams"
al never saw hundred dollar bill.
Let me look at yours-if you know
where it is" Mabel said, almost pen
sively. Peggy gave her red skirts an
airy dirt, saying:
"Of course know where it is (, Do
you reckon they would not tell me, so
couldn't get it the first thing if the
house should catch fire9''
''I thought maybe they hid il until
they could buy you those two cows with
it," Mabel answered meekly. Peggy
smiled, but said austerely:
Mother said l must not bs vain aud
purse-proud, and l don't mean to be-
but it will be nice to have a thousand
dollars all my own, when I'm q. And
father says he will give me the keep of
the cows for the calves, so the milk and
butter ia eight years will make me a
nice little fortune"
"Oho. You're like the milkmaid
over in the back Of the spelling book -
Mabel broke in. Peggy grew very
sombre. ''It's thinking about her
makes me 50 uneasy she said. "Sup-
pose something should go with the
money You know in the story books
something always does happen to the
money, when it is left at home, with
nobody bot girls to take care Of it,"
"You surely amt 'fraid of robbers?"
Mabel laughed. There never was one
in the country, father says. No tramps
nelther-n
"You never can tell what's going TO
happen, - Peggy said. Anyway, Pm
goin' to get out the money, and we'lI
study up where we'll put it, so it shall
be perfectly ssfe.p
why! It's just like any other bill !!
I thought it would be ever so big" Ma
bel said, as Peggy unlocked her fathers
desk, touched the spring of the secret
drawer, and drew out a bit of crisp
green paper. Together they spread it
fat on the desk, and traced the figures
with eager, happy fingers "You see
it's hundred all rightri Peggy said,
with note Of triumph which she tried
vainly to subdue. Mabel squinted at
it critically. "If was you, I'd pin it
tight to my underbody," she said,
then it couldn't get lost, and nobody
could find it.
THAT won't do at all. or course
robbers would look in our clothes first
thing, after they didn't find it in the
desk" Peggy answered. Besides.
we're goin' in the orchard for basket
of sweetings, and it might work loose"
80, know where it'll be safe Let's
put il under Seraphine's new face be-
fore We sew it on. Nobody in the world
would ever find it there Mabel cried.
Seraphine was her biggest doll, q stout,
bunehy rag damsel, who had new
staring. clear, white countenance every
year of her life. Ii the bill, neatly
folded, made her face somewhat bloat-
e1. As Mabel said, nobody that ever
livsd would guess the reason for il.
Peggy added, 1--WE mustn't put her
away in the closet or a drawer. That
might make the robbers think-we'H
Just throw her there on the window
seat, where we can keep an eye on her,
aud we will look like we had been
playing with her and had dropped
her."
Yes Mabel nodded, land if any
body comes, well pick her up AID slip
out TO the orchard. They never can
find Us if we get up high where the
leaves are 50 thick in the tops of the
trees"
"Let's go there right now. Fm APP
pc hungry Peggy said, reaching for
the basket. Mabel picked up Ssra-
phine, bat Peggy said with emphasis;
"MabeI Bert, is that all the sense you
have got? suppose we met the robbers
right at the door as We came back?
They'd know right Off we had a reason
for Juggling Seraphine around y
They'd just think we were fond of