The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-18
BUTTE NEWS
AN INCIDENT OF THE DAY
How Little Girl Made TWENTY
- Five Dollars.
HOT BIDDING FOR A TIME
Started in to Clean Off Sidewalk for
Two Bits and Two Generous
Il. Men Went Down in
Their Jeans. -
HOT BIDDING FOR A TIME

One little girl at least is glad because
st. Patrick came along yesterday. She
is the bright little 10-year-old daughter
of widowed. mother who lives in the
southern part of town. The mother is
not blessed with the income of prince;
= indeed her income reaches its limit
- when the "a a week earnings are gath
cred together after special efforts over
@ tubful OF soapsuds.
The little girl strayed up town yes
terday afternoon, after the sun had
softened the caked snow on the side
walks. She saw her chance. She
stepped just inside the door and said:
Mister. will you give me two bits IL I
clean off your sidewalk?''
That / will, my little girl. I'll give
, you four bits" So he gave her a fire
:. shovel and she went at her work with
= an honest coin.
man happened along and noticed
~. the girl digging away, while the man
of the house looked on.
MY girl. what are you getting for
doing that?'
-Four bits, sir; that man there is go
ing to give it to me after l clean off
this sidewalk"
.e--.s I'll give you a dollar If you don't
-ss do it,"
- .."can I. Mister" asked the girl of the
-~laaan who had hired her.
No, not for dollar. I'll give you 81
If you clean the walk
I'll make it So said the other, the
girl looking aghast and wondering what
would come next.
Clean away. my little one. and I'll
give you a IS BILL" said the store
keeper.
The girl poked the little shovel into
a bank of soft ice and tossed a hand
full out into the street and scraped up
another and another and was brought
to a sudden stop in her efforts, when
the other man stepped up to her. and
holding a $40 bill in his hand. said:
Take this and trot along home.
No, you don't" put in the first con-
tractor. Clean off the walk and you
can have $15."
That staggered the second man. The
little girl asked both of them if they
were joshing. She now began to won
der If even her promised four bits was
good bargain. The men looked at one
another and the other man asked the
. -storekeeper if he meant it.
81 do; here's the s15. girl now go
ahead and clean the walk" She put the
SIS in her pocket and resumed her
work, while the second man looked on
sympathetically. The two men engaged
in conversation. The second man drew
$40 bill out of his pocket and said:
Il told you before that If you would
quit work and go home I would give
= you $40. Here it is. Put it in your
pocket with the SIS that the storekeeper
gave you and then youth have $25"
ao She didn't know what to do. She
rolled the three bills into a "wad" and
held them in her hands.
Can I take this money home, then
come back and clean off the waikiki"
Yes" said the storekeeper. She ran
home and in a short time she returned
with her brother, size larger than
herself. He carried miners shovel
and after a few minutes of energetic
effort the walk was cleared of snow,
and then the two men walked into the
store, away back to the rear, where
there is mirror and many bottles and
together they talked of the beauties of
life and some of its strangenesses. This
was merely one of the st. Patrick day
incidents, but true, nevertheless.