The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-04-27
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fuL"
That'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 looked at me with her eyes full
Of tears.
"Oh, Charles" said she, how can
you speak to me sof"
Because I'm brute, Jenny" said J.
fairly melted. "Forgive me, and wei
fling the paltry old hundred-dollar bill
into the fire before Wen let 1t scatter
the seeds Of division between us
mo, Charley, don't do that" said
Jenny, laughing through her tears.
"Lets-put 1t in the savings band.'
agreed" said l. sealing the bargain
with one Of our old-fashoned kisses.
and apropos Of savings banks, did !
tell you about GreeneT'
mo. What about GreeneY
"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 a garden, and space " keep a little
Alderney cow"
Rented itY'
"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 |.
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 II tifty-cent piece"
I'VE can do better than thatw 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 older!
And I'll do without the silk dress"
"And I'll make the old overcoat last
another season, at the very least"
added
And Wen 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, comprehen-
sively.
The next morning, bright and early,
as soon as business hours would per-
NIT, went and deposited the hundred
dollars in the nearest savings bank.
A week afterward Mr.. Manyply drop
ped in, in friendly way. Manyply is
the lawyer who transacted Uncle
Moses Manson's financial afalrs-a
plump, bald-headed, deep-voiced old
gentleman. who always dresses in
spotless black and wears a big seal
ring on the little finger Of his left hand.
so" said Mr.. Manyply, you've in
vested that hundred dollars, have youY'
Yes" said 1, with the complacent air
Of one who has an account in bank.
But how did you know IT,"
"Oh, l know good many things"
said MIR Manyply, oracularly. "But
what's the idea of it?'
Economy" struck in Jenny, proudly.
I'VE are saving now, Mr.. Manyply. We
/ mean to have IA home for little Charley
"a garden full of roses and pinks and
strawberries one of these days"
And very laudable ambition, y
said Manyply in that smooth. oily way
of his. How much would such place
cost nOwf"
Charles thinks II 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 check for eight thou.
sand"
"Eh?" cried l. breathlessly.
"A check" the old lawyer went on.
"slgned by your Uncle Manson, payable
to the order of his niece, Jane Anne
Evarts. All! you may we'll look aston,
ished. He was an eccentric old chan
this uncle Of yours Mrs. Evarts-and
have his written instructions to keer
an eye on the manner in which YOU in
vested that hundred-dOllar bequest Of
his. If 1t Is squandered in any foolish
way he writes, there is an end of the
matter. Put my money all I'm the Hos
pital for Hunchbacks. II they show
any disposition to save help them alons
with this check for eight thousand dol
lars. to be expended only in the DUR
chase Of real estate My young friends
l congratulate you"
And Mr.. Manyply's spectacles beam
ed upon us like two full moons.
This is how we became possessed o.
our lovely little country home, wher,
Charley thrives like a growing flowe
and Jenny fits about in a broad-brim
med gardening hat. trimming roses
pruning gooseberries and planting lily
bulbs. And the hundred-dollar bill lie
untouched in the savings bank.
1T shall be Charley's fortune" saw
my wife. 1T would be shame I,
touch II after It has wrought us $,
much good"
And quite agree with her.-Nev
York News.
A Republican Hat.