Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
r haven't you any conscience in the

haven't you any conscience in the
matter?"
mot scrap" laughed 1ckla.
81 should think" said Geraldine.
'that you'd like to feel sure you were
earning your salary
Gas long as I'm getting it." returned
Tekla, I'm satisfied"
| Payday was approaching and Tekla
was glad Just before that important
date Mr.. Wolfe said. one morning,
Never mind Miss Bliss's check, Arm
strong. I'll attend to it myself"
| 1t was the thirty first of August, and
for the first morning in two weeks
Tekla was not late. After hanging
up her hat, she turned expectantly
toward her table; but no white en-
velope greeted her. A momglt later
| Mr.. Wolfe rose from his chair and laid
a large, oddly lumpy envelope before
her. AS Tekla picked it up, Mr.. Wolfe
turned suddenly to his partner.
Armstrong" said he, 'you remem-
Der that appointment with Johnson
at the bank?"
Thus considerably left alone, Tekls
opened her large envelope. Inside
/ were twenty-seven smaller envelopes,
on the outside of each of which was
printed SILL. Please count immedi.
ately." Besides this, each small en-
velope bore date, one Tor every day
in August, the Sundays excepted.
Tekla, wondering what this meant,
opened one of the envelopes, spread
the enclosed coin on her table, and
counted.
why" exclaimed Tekla, "I mast
cents short.
But the second count brought no
better result. Ninety-three cents was
all the packet contained. Laying it
aside for future consideration, Tekla
opened the next tiny envelope. Some
thing was wrong with that that, too
1t contained only seventy-eight cents.
Three packets contained the full
| amount, one dollar and eleven ceats.
These, however were offset by two
others, holding respectively nineteen
and fourteen cents, while third en-
closed absolutely nothing but a large
Canadian penny. Tekla gasped, and
looked at the date. :. 1t was August
tenth.
"Now what" unused Tekla, begin
ming to see light, twas I doing on
Oh, yes, that was Elizabeth Buttons
birthday. l telephoned Mr.. Wolfe that
| wouldn't be down because I was in
vited to help Elizabeth celebrate"
Tekla, with flush creeping into
her cheeks, counted her money. It
amounted to fifteen dollars and sew
enty-five cents. A slip OF paper at
tached to the newest of the dollar
bills caught her attention. She read
the words: can honest day deserves
an honest dollar
"And honest day-an honest day."
repeated Tekla, regarding with misty
eyes the heap of silver and copper
coin. docs he mean that the other
days weren't honest?"
An hour later, when Mr.. Wolfe and
Mr.. Armstrong returned, Tekla's
cheeks were red, her eyes were reso-
lutte, the machine was giving forth
short, sharp, metallic clicks, and all
round the Industrious girl were neat
ly typewriter pages, for Tekla was
doing an honest days work.
| She did not have a relapse to her
old, easy-going habits. Nothing was
said, but when payday came again,
Tekla received two checks, Mr.. Arm
strong's for, thirty dollars and Mr..
Wolfe's. for fourteen dollars and twen-
ty-five cents. Choosing moment
when Mr.. Armstrong was absent, TEX
Ia laid the second check on Mr..
Wolfe's desk. s
Il didn't earn it, said she, briefly.
mot last month, perhaps" said Mr..
Wolfe, pushing the slip toward Tekls
and smiling, ''but you've more than
made up for it since. Mr.. Armstrong
says you're worth two Miss Dodds.
That's a good deal from Mr.. Arm
Strong, you know"
ooh, I'm glad!" breathed Tekla, fer
vently. That's worth all the picnics
I've missed" YOUTHS Companion.