The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-01-24
Financial DEALINGS
Or Duguau'5 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. He was in a con-
fidential mood.
"I've been tryin to make some money
again." he said.
1902" said the visitor. 'But that's
nothing new. Is itY"
well. don't know" replied the boy,
curling himself comfortably among the
pillows on the lounge. 81 s'pose try
often enough. but 1t looks like ] amt
money maker. Pc says | am cut
out for confidence man. but don't
seem to get the best of him ever. Say,
do you keep books, an do you know
when you have too much money!"
81 never found out that | had ton
much"
well, pa has. an 1t makes him feel
bad When go down to the office
| see ell kinds of money around-dol-
lars an half dollars an quarters till
you cant rest. an nobody seems to pay
any attention to 1t. particular. ast
pa about it, an he said that he knew
to cent how much they was because
he kept books IN made them balance
every night. was wonderful whether
he'd know the difference II took a
little OF 1t. just what needed. | don't
like to asst pa for money"
"WhyT
Vance wriggled little and bit his
handkerchief WELL" he said at last,
"he always wants to know what |
want to do with It,"
impairment curiosity. Why don't
you get him to make you fixed allow,
ance-so much a week."
Il did try. ! wanted him to give me
nickel day. don't want whole
lot of money. but | like to have some.
Ted Cunningham always has money,
an when he 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"
81 thought | 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 l put the so cents
that you gave me that day In with the
other so cents In the tray. didn't
like to take any out, because | didn't
know but 1t 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 mo didn't say any
thing more about him beln too late for
dinner, an ! didn't like to say about
me havin put the so cents In, because
thought he wouldn't like 1t. l 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 II happened. didn't do 1t, 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
as that again or he'd make me need
sFin graftin. he said that he worked
four hours on account of what I'd
done, an 1t wouldn't have been so bad
II there bad been 80 cents too little. |
ast him why, an he said that then he
corld have called II a mistake an paid
the 30 cents out of bis own pocket.
don't see why be couldn't have given
the 10 cents away to somebody an said
Z was a mistake. do yon?"
at looks TO me like false logic" said
'he visitor Ibid you maize up your
mind 10 FIX 1t for a shortage next
imeT
~ don't know what you mean.
didn't do anything told ma want.
ed 10 rake some money. an she told me
To- think Cp 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 me dozen chickens for.
She said that depended on what
wanted, whether ii was Plymouth
Rocks or Brown Leghorns or banties
or what So said Plymouth Rocks,
an she told me she would let me have
a dozen of them for $50.
II knew that / couldn't get that
much money. an thought might just
as well buy eggs an set them under a
common hen"
"That was a bright Idea"
Eyes; Mrs Mcclellan told me 1t
would be the best thing could do. an
then | could raise dozen chickens an
sell them for SO myself Ma gave me
the dollar to huY the eggs an loaned