The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1901-01-12
Observation-Disclosures
5 Finders and Losers s
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broadly speaking. girls are divided
n into two great classes--the ones

nROADLf speaking, girls are uiSioeo
n into two great classes-the ones
who find snd the ones who lose.
Meta is girl who finds. Ownerless
earrings and brooches and shirt studs
are scattered along her pathway, en-
treating her TO pick them up, which
ever way she strol,s. and iftie things
like horssshoes and four-leayed c!overs
seem to leap up in the most unlikely
places at the first sound Of her step
Guess what found to-day" is her
regular form Of greeting; so no one was
day at Ccorsia'a tea.
"Oh. don't knuvs." said Lillian. indif-
ferenily. probably a cotton handEer-
chief or sonie body's other glove
Lillian is one OF the girls who couldn't
find anything If they would. Possibly
that's the reason she assumes lie man
ner of one who wouldn't If she could.
Meta gave withering e,nce AT the
scofrer. Then she removed her Lady
smith hat and extracted from it's CROW n
roll OF money, which she spread upon
her lap. A $50, $50 and $40 bill
starei. cut.
| NOuutcTIs'l. EdSpeV Iiian.
| NO, sir Uncle Mac says they're as
good as any ever made"
| "You didn't find them, Meta; you're
joking protested Georgia.
"No joke about it. I was walking
down "ebaEh avenue, and stacks of
people were pnaaing in both directions.
, too, ba, su1deuIy there was an open
place about yard square right in
front OF me, and straight in the middle
OF it lay this money, all rolled up 1t
just seemed Us though he crowd parted.
/ and every bo,is looked the other way OH
purpose TO let me have it,"
"Weil, neyer." sung the chorus.
"WAat are sou going to use it for,
Meta?' somebody asked, but Lillian.
whose interest had reviyedrwonderful-
ly, didn't give her time to answer.
use il FORE" she cried do you
s'pose Meta would spend that money?
Think OF the poor woman who lost 1T"
"Woman, indeed," retortcd Meta.
"Uncie Mae doesn't think that. He
says there's 4 little pocket just inside
the waistbar of his trousers where he
keeps a wad OF hills-vhenever he has
one-aud that it's the easiest thing in
the world to slip the money in back OF
the pocket instead. of into 1t. And i
asked him If that ever happened to him.
You ought to have seen how guilty he
looked waen he said: .Once-but don't
Z tell Ellen.' That's my aunt, you know.
! Well, we ethnk--Jinele Mac md f<x+ifAt Z
some rich club fellow lost It, and that
he'd put it to eome extrayngant use
even if he had it again
"But can't help thinking about
some poor old washerwoman who
Z hadn', another cent In the world" mur-
Injured the b!ue-eyed innocent.
/ "Washerwomen without another cent
are so likely to go strewing $50 rolls
around" snid Meta.
More likely twas a schooI-teacher
with her months salary-and teaching
is such nervous work." suggested
Lillian.
.'or fagged-out woman clerk" add
ed Georgia.
"Well, wouldn't take it from a wom-
an any sooner than you would" de-
clared Meta. "Of course l wouldn't
mind so much if it belonged to man
But intend to advertise il. anyway"
"Ccrtainly!" exclaimed Lillian as If
she'd been thinking Of that all the
time. That's the proper thing to do
and blue-cyed innocent added: Il
should just use that money for adver-
tisins every day in every paper until
there wasn't cent left"
Meta pursed her lips. "Well, I'm tax
ing Uncle Macs advice about this she
said. ale says to study the papers a
day or two and see if the loser adver-
tises. Then, after that, he says to ad-
/ vertise:' .Found-Sum of money, at
such place, ut such time Not a
word 10 give false claimant any help
in Identifying the bills, you see. But
| he doesn't think I'll ever fnG the own
| er, and, say. girls, if he shouldn't turn
up. what 90 you say to a lake trip to-
| gether or some kind of regular spree
with this moncy?'
u couldn't enjoy it," said the right
eous Lillian.
Not uniess you gave half to hos
! pital,' amended another.
'.oh, ] don't know dissented Geor-
gia, Il think my COINCIDENCE would take
in trip to Mac!<inac."
Good for you.' replied Meta, as she
rolled up her wealth and put on herhat.
Wei spend it all for gum ii We wa:t
to. Georgia; and we won't treat them,
! either--see if we lo!"
They didn't see her again for three
weeks, and then she came flying into
luncheon at Lilian's with a look in her
eyes as If she'd just fallen heir to mil
lion in gold.
'l've bad the loveliest experience in
| the worid." she announced. 'You re
member that money found? Wei. ]
waited few days, as Uncle Mac said,
! and no one advertised the loss. SO PEI
one in niyself.- Told them to address y,
+ the newspaper Office, you kncw-the
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