Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-10-26
...lets compromise. Lets buy ; new ST.

tinr-room and stairs carpet. I saw q !
beautiful pattern yesterday"
81 don't care very much for new car
pets as long as we live on second
floor" said Jenny. And you don't seem
to remember, Charles, that / haven't
had a silk dress since we were married.
Black silk is suitable for all occasions.
from wedding to a funeral, and real
ly think
II believe woman's thoughts are al
ways running on Dress muttered /,
somewhat contemptuously. I'm sure
that black alpaca of yours is beautiful
That's all you know about the mat
ter said Jenny, elevating .her nose.
"Well, I don't care. Spend the money
as you choose. Only, Uncle Moses was
my, relative
''And the money was left to me, Mrs.
Everts,' said l.
80, Charles" said she, chow can you
speak to me so?''
because I'm brute, Jenny" said I,
fairly melted. Forgive me, and we'll
fling the old hundred-dollar bill into
the fire before We'll let it scatter the
seeds of division between u.s.
No, Charley. don't do that" said
Jenny, laughing through her tears.
''Let's-put it in the savings bank
agreed" said 1. ''And apropos of
savings banks, did I tell you about
Greene?''
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 to keep a little
Alderney cow"
Rented it 90
No; bought it,
why, Charlie, how can that be-?
Greene has only 200 or 800 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 a 50-cent piece
1--WE can do better than that!" said
Jenny, with sparkling eyes. %And I'll
do without the silk dress.'
"And I'll make the old overcoat last
another season, at the very least I
| added.
The next morning, bright and early,
as soon as business hours would per-
nit, I went and deposited the hun
dred dollars in the nearest savings
bank.
week afterward Mr.. Manyply
dropped in. in friendly way Mr.
Manyply is the lawyer who transacted
Uncle Moses Manson's financial af-
fairs-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.
$50" said Mr.. Manyply, you've in.
| vested that 500, have you?"
eyes," said I, with the complacent
air of one who has an account in
bank. "But how did you know it?'
80, 1 know good many things
said Mr.. Manyply, oracularly. "But
what's the idea of it?''
ECONOMY" struck in Jenny, proud
ly. eve are saving now, Mr.. Many
ply. We mean to have home for oul
little Charley garden full of roses
and pinks and strawberries one Of
these days"
"And very laudible ambition,
said Mr.. Manyply, in that smooth, oily
way of his. "How much would sucf
a place cost now?"
Charley thinks if we waited fol
bargain we could secure it for about
$1,000" Jenny answered, promptly.
"Buy it now, them" said Mr.. Many
ply. Heres a check for $s.OO0.'
"Eh?" cried 1, breathlessly.
"A check" the old lawyer went on
"signed by your uncle Manson, pay
able to the order of his niece, Jan,
Anne Fvarts. All! you may well lool
; astonished. He was an eccentric oil
chap. this uncle of yours, Mrs. Evart
and I have his written instruction
to keep an eye on the manner il
which you invested that 500 ibeques
of his. If it is squandered in an,
foolish way, he writes, there is al
, end of the matter. Put my money al
in the hospital for hunchbacks I
they show any disposition to save he'll
, them along with this check for $4,000
to be expended only in the purchas
of real estate I congratulate you.
This is how we became possessed O
: our little country home, where Charlie,
thrives like a growing flower an
Jenny fits about in a broad-brimme,
gardening hat. trimming roses, prun
ing gooseberries and planting lii
bulbs. And the 500 bill still lies un
,. touched in the savings bank.
: cit shall be Charley's fortune" say
my wife. cit would be a shame t
touch it after it has wrought US S
much od."-Philadelphia Item.