Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-15

"rhat's all YOU know about the mat
ter" said Jenny, elevating her nose.
"Well. | don't care. Spend the money
as you choose. Only, Uncle Moses was
my relative"
".And the money was left to me, Mrs.
Evarts." said |.
Jenny locked at me with her eyes full
of tears.
"Oh. Charles" said she, chow can
you speak to me sO:'
because I'm brute. Jenny" said |,
fairly melted. "Forgive me. and We'll
fling the paitry old hundred-dollar bill
into the fire before Wen let 1t scatter
the seeds of division between u.s."
mo. Charley. don't do that" said
Jenny, laughing through her tears.
I.et's-put 1t in the savings band"
agreed said |, sealing the bargain
with one of our old-fashloned kisses.
"And apropos of savings banks. did l
tell you about GreeneT'
mo. What about Greene!"
"Why. he and his wife have just
moved into the prettiest little Gothic
cottage you ever saw, just the other
side of the Harlem Bridge, with lawn
and garden, and space ~ keep little
Alderney cow"
Rented it!"
mo, bought it,"
"Why, Charles, how can that be:
Greene has only two or three hundred
year more than you, and 1t takes
money to buy places in the country"
"All savings banks, my dear said l.
"Greene tells me that he and his wife
have been saving up for years, with
special reference to this country home
for their children. They commenced
with tiftycent piece"
I'VE can do better than that" said
Jenny. with sparkling eyes. "Plea>e
God, dear Charley. our little fellow
shall have green and sunny place to
play in before he Is many years older
And III do without the silk dress"
"And I'll make the old overcout last
another season, at the very least"
added.
And we'll give up all such nonsense
as new carpets"
"And gold watches
"And foolish suppers and wines and
everything else that isn't absolutely
necessary" added Jenny, comprchen-
sively.
The next morning, bright and early,
as soon as business hours would per-
NIT, l went and deposited the hundred
dollars in the nearest savings bank.
A week afterward Mr.. Manyply drop.
ped in. in a friendly way. Manyply is
the lawyer who transacted Uncle
Moses NIanson's financial atfairs-a
plump. bald-headed, deep-voiced old
gentleman. who always dresses in
spotless black and wears big seal
ring on the little tngeg ., his Jet |eYl-
vested that hundred dollars, have you:'
EYES," said l, with the complacent air
Of one who has an account In bank.
But how did you know it:'
"Oh. l know Il good many things"
said Mr.. Manyply, oracularly. But
what's the idcn of IT,"
ECONOMY" struck IN Jenny, proudly.
1--WE are saving now, Mr.. Manyply. We
mean to have n home for little Charley
Il garden full of roses and pinks and
strawberries one of these days"
"And very laudable ambition"
said Manyply in that smooth. oily way
of his. "llow much would such plac e
cost now:"
CHARLES thinks If we waited for a
bargain we could secure 1t for about
$1,000" Jenny answered. promptly.
buy it now, them" said Mr.. Many
ply. Heres check for eight thou
sand"
"Eh!" cried I. breathlessly.
"A check" the old lawyer went on.
"signed by your Uncle Manson, payable
to the order of his niece, Jane Anne
Evarts. All! you may well look aston
ished. He was an eccentric old chap,
this uncle of yours, Mrs. Evarts-and
have his written instructions to keep
an eye on the manner In which you in
vested that hundred-dollar bequest Of
his. If it Is squandered in any foolish
way he writes, there Is an end Of the
matter. Put my money all in the Hos
pital for Hunchbacks. IL they show
any disposition to save help them along
with this check for eight thousand dol
lars, to be expended only In the pur-
chase of real estate My young friends.
congratulate you"
And Mr.. Manyply's spectacles beam
ed upon us like two full moons.
This is how we became possessed of
our lovely little country home, where
Charley thrives like growing flower
and Jenny fits about in n broad-brim-
med gardening hat. trimming roses,
pruning gooseberries and planting lily
bulbs. And the hundred-dollar bill lies
untouched in the savings bank.
ut shall be Charley's fortune" says
my wife. ut would he shame to
touch it after It has wrought us SO
much good"
And quite agree with her.-New
York News.