Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-02-08
Financial DEALINGS {
OF Duuuau'S Bou
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 lie was In a con-
idential mood.
1--WE been tryin to make some money
again." he said.
"So2" said the visitor. But thats
nothing new, IL itr
well, | don't know" replied the boy,
curling himself comfortably among the
pillows on the lounge. 81 s'pose ! try
often enough, but II looks like | amt
money maker. Ia says | am cut
ont for confidence man. but ! don't
seem to get the hest Of him ever Say.
do you keep hooks. an 40 you know
when you have too much money"
IL never found out that had too
much"
"Well. pm has. an II makes him feel
bad. When go down to the Office
| see all kinds OF money around dol.
lars an hnIf dollars an quarters TIL
you cant rest. an nobody seems to pay
any attention to II. particular as'
pa about It. an he said that he knew
to a cent how much they was because
he kept books an made them balance
every night. I was wOndern whether
he'd know the difference II I took u
little OF 1t. just what I needed. | don't
like to ast pa for money"
"WhyT
Vance wriggled Il little and bit his
handkerchief well" he said at last.
"he always wants to know what
want TO do with IT,"
"Impertlnent curiosity. Why don't
you get him TO make you fixed allow
ance-sO much week.
II did try. wanted him to give me
d nickel day. | don't want whole
lot Of money. but | Ike 10 have some.
Ted Cunningham always has money,
an when he wants me to pitch to u
crack or anything have TO own up
that I'm broke"
puts you In an embarrassing stu.
alton"
II Thought | would see whether pa
could tell about his money, an NJ when
Mr. Jones was gone to lunch an pa was
In the bnck room ! put the 30 cents
that you gave me that day In with the
other 80 cents IN the tray. I didn't
like to take any out. because ! didn't
know but It might be 50. 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 no long after we was
through Ma asst him what made him
30 late. an he said that he had been
hhvin the dickens own time over Mt
the office brcausc Mr. Jones an him
couldn't make the cash balance. There
was 80 cents over. He looked awful
mad about It. an ma didn't say any.
thing more about him bein too late for
dinner. an didn't like to say about
me havln put the 80 cents In. because
thought he wouldn't like II. I thought
the best thing | could do was to tell
ma. so told her. nm she said that had
better go 10 pa mn tell him ! was sorry
an how II happened didn't do II. but
| guess she did, because pa threw down
my ~ cents at the breakfast table In
the m0rnin m told me never TO let him
catch me NJ any such monkey tricks
M that Hgar or he'd make me need
skin graftn. He said TINT he worked
four hours on account Of what I'D
done m II wouldn't have been 40 bad
II there had been 10 cents too little. !
asst him why. an he said that then he
could have called II n mistake an paid
the 20 cents out 81 his own pocket !
don't see why he couldn't have given
the 10 cents away 10 somebody an said
Il was n mistake. do your
at looks TO me Ike false logic" said
the visitor did You make up your
mind 10 AZ Il for shortage next
timer
~ don't know what you mean. ]
didn't do anything I told ina 7 want
ed 20 make some money. an she told me
to think up some way an she would
help me n she could. and no I thought
I might r'ip some chickens. 40 ! went
20 Mrs Mcclellan an asst her what she
would Nnl' nc dozen chickens for.
Bhe said that depended on what I
wanted, whether II was Plymouth
Rocks or Brown Leghorns or banties
or what SO said plymouth Rocks,
an she told me she would lot me have
q dozen Of them for SO.
II knew that ] couldn't get that
much money, an I thought ! might Just
as well buy eggs an set them under O
common hen"
"That was a bright idea"
"YSs; Mrs. Mcclellan told me II
would be the best thing could do an
then could raise dozen chickens an
sell them for s25 myself. Ma gave me
The dollar to buy thu eggs an loaned