Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-04-12

Mrs. Evarts, said l.
Jenny looked at me with her eyes
full of tears.
"Oh, Charles, said she, chow can
you speak to me so p
Because I'm brute, Jenny said
I, fairly melted. Forgive me, and
we'll fling the paltry old 500 bill in
to the fire before well let it scatter
the seed. of division between US.
mo, Charley, don't do that, said
Jenny, laughing through her tears.
"Let's-put it in the savings bank.
Agreed, said I, sealing the bar
gain with one of our oldfashioned
kisses. "And apropos Of savings
banks, did l tell you about Greene
"No. 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 a
lawn and garden, and space to keep
little Alderney COW"
Rented it?'
"No, bought it. -
"Why, Charles how can that be ?
Greene has only two or three hundred
a year more than you, and it 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 COM
menced with 5O-cent piece"
eve can do better than that = said
Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please
God, dear Charley, our little fellow
shall have a green and sunny place to
play in before he is many years olderl
And III do without the silk dress"
"And I'll make make the old ov-
ercoat last another season, at the very
least" l added.
"And well give up all such non
sense as new carpets"
"And gold watches"
"And foolish suppersand wines and
everything else that isn't absolutely
necessary, added Jenny, comprehen-
sively.
The next morning bright and early,
as soon as business hours would per-
nit, I went and deposited the 800
in the nearest savings bank.
A week aftsrward Mr.. Manyply
dropped in, in friendly way. Mr..
Manyply is the lawyer who transacted
Uncle Moses Manson's financial affairs
"a plump, bald-headed, desp-yoiced
old gentleman, who always dresses in
spotless black and wears a big seal
ring on the little finger of his left
hand.
49," said Mr.. ManypIy, you've
invested that 500, have you?"
"Yes, said I, with the cOmplacent
air of one who has an account in
bank. But how did you know it?
ooh, I know good many things"
said Mr.. Manyply, oracularly. "But
what's the idea of it?'
Economy, struck in Jenny proud
ly. 1--WE are saving now. Mr.. Many
ply. We mean to have a home for
little Charley garden full Of roses
and pinks and strawberries one Of
these days
"And a very laudable ambition,
said Manyply in that smooth, oily way
of his. How much would such a
place cost now ?"
"Charles thinks if We waited for
a bargain we could secure it for about
$1,000" Jenny answered, promptly.
"Buy it now, then, said Mr.. Many
ply. Here's a check for $1,000"
"Eh?" cried l, breathlessly.
"a check" the old lawyer went on,
"signed by Uncle Manson, payable to
the order of his niece, Jane Anne
Evarts. All you may well look as
tonished. He was an eccentric old
chap, this uncle Of yours, Mrs. Evarts
and I have written instructions to
keep an eye on the manner in which
you invested that 500 oequest of bis.