Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-01
Financial DEALINGS
OF Du0vdv'S Bov
He Tried Hard to Make Money, but
Always Failed.

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Dugway was out, but was expected
back shortly, and Vance undertook to
entertain the visitor. He was in con.
idential mood.
"Ive been tryin to make some money
again." he said.
"So?' said the visitor. "But that's
nothing new. is it?'
"Well. don't know" replied the boy
curling himself comfortably among the
pillows on the lounge, II s'pose l try
often enough. but 1t looks like ! amt
a money maker. Pa. says l am cut
out for confidence man. but l don't
seem to get the hest Of him ever. Say,
do you keep books, an do you know
when you have too much money"
II never found out that had too
much"
"Well, pa has. an it makes him feel
bad. When 60 down to the Office
| see ell kinds Of money around-dol
lars an half dollars an quarters till
you can't rest, an nobody seems to pay
any attention to it. particular. l ast
pa about it. an he said that he knew
to cent how much they was because
he kept books an made them balance
every night. was wonderful whether
he'd know the difference ii [ took a
little Of it, just what J. needed. dent
like to asst pa for money"
"Why"
Vance wriggled little and bit his
handkerchief. "Well," he said at last,
che always wants to know what
want to do with it."
"Impertinent curiosity. Why don't
you get him to make you a fixed allow.
ance-so much a weekY
Il did try. wanted him to give me
a nickel a day. don't want whole
lot Of money, but l like to have some.
Ted Cunningham always has money,
an when lie wants me to pitch to a
crack or anything l have to own up
that I'm broke"
"Puts you in an embarrassing stu.
alton"
II thought l would see whether pa
could tell about his money, an so when
Mr. Jones was gone to lunch an pa was
in the back room put the 80 cents
that you gave me that day in with the
other 80 cents in the tray. l didn't
like to take any out, because l didn't
know but it might be so. Then ma an
me went home, but we had to wait din.
ner for pa that night. an then he didn't
come for ever so long after we was
| through. Ma asst him what made him
so late an he said that he had been
havin the dickens own time over at
the office because Mr.. Jones an him
couldn't make the cash balance. There
was so cents over. He looked awful
mad about II, an ma didn't say any.
| thing more about him bein too late for
dinner an | didn't like to say about
me havin put the so cents in, because l
thought he wouldn't like 1t. thought
| the best thing could do was to tell
ma, so told her. an she said that had
better go to pa an tell him was sorry
an how 1t happened. I didn't do it, but
guess she did. because pa threw down
my 80 cents at the breakfast table In
the mornin an told me never to let him
catch me at any such monkey tricks
MS that again or he'd make me need
skin graftin. He said that he worked
tour hours on account Of what I'D
done. an 1t wouldn't have been so bad
II there had been 80 cents too little.
asst him why, an he said that then he
could have called 1t mistake an paid
the so cents out Of bis own pocket.
don't see why he couldn't have given
the so cents away to somebody an said
It was a mistake. do your"
ut looks to me like false logic" said
the visitor. ibid you make up your
mind to Ak It for shortage next
lime"
II don't know what you mean. !
didn't do anything. told ma want
Ell to rake some money, an she told me
to think up some way an she would
help me II she could. and so ! thought
might raise some chickens. so went
TO Mrs. Mcclellan an asst her what she
would sell mo dozen chickens FOR.