The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-10-27

'iI inches every ,iHc ! aim for hey. Looi
At that Figure tor a every time. Be
bad a, it 10, h's more leslele lhan my hsrd
writing.
Why dobl ycu ( We the eifl good TAX
lax 70, 10 shes worth tslirg pains with.
Wei, eotfeslei NJ. Wolfe, inserting
frtsh sheet, and wnh oro heavy forehnge
labercusly tieIlag o The date, 20 tell ih'
truth have. went around there ot'
night lbou, three weeks ago and talked 4
her Ike grandfather. fou Know yo'
can't te right hard down on little, light
hearted lh!rg Ike th,t. Her mother doesn't
seen much older lhsa she is, and they GER
talnly do nttd the money. ! talked te
them both. They--,hey SET med pleased
Humph exploded Mr.. Armstrong, indig'
nantly. talk to her.
40, you won'f, rad Mr. Wolfe, restiss
his large, calm eyes fora long moment on
his rsr,rer's pc tuibed eountensnce. TAli
iast rolls q hit slrl Ike saiad dvsslne
from an led tomato, 5 ne sort Of liL'
dergsrten method nil sht work better. I'm
willing to ,tki little pains slth Ter be-
cause Of her ia h r Ml.hty nee chap was
Old Samuel BIS Now doa'G you worry
Armstrong. Shell be trt to wo.k thir-
teen hours DAY. tie way you d., before
I'm dore with LCr hsysn' quite figured
the way cut YET, bd | hipk zee light.
Nothing o. p pr bad tvtr Looked quite
90 beautiful TO k,s IS tie check she had
received q. tic end OF The 4 st months
sadly neglected work. The envelope, ad.
dressed to Miss Tskls Bliss, and placed on
her table, had greeted her tie morning she
WAS so digrsctfelly late from oversleepirg
after Mildred Hll's cemirg-out party,
For three dsJs aft,rSsrd T.kla had exper-
ier ced, st break tatt. time, something sur
prisingly like sense Of duty. II hurried
her to the { n e and kept her there until
closing timc, But the glamour OF the check
and the urp eoedented sense OF duty flick
cred out together by the afternoon OF the
fourth day, when tt kla sueeumbed, at hslf
past tive, to enptation in the form CT q
naphtha launch picnic.
Mr.. Armstrong noticed that his partner
frequently paused il hia work to lean back
and regard Tekla with pr7z'ed, almost re-
eyes. S1metimes, while so en-.
gagged, he scrijbled something In little
book that he carried In bis walstcoat pock.
ct. Toward the end Of the month the puz-
zled expression departed, but the sorrow
Mr.. Armstrong could see that
although the kind-hearted old man had
made up bis mind to deal with Tekla, he
was far from happy over the prospect. She
herself had no misgvlpgs. She continued
to arrive late. to 20 home early, aud to alb.
sent herself whenever she happened to feel
] ke 1t.
You do have IN easy time IN that office,
don't your laid Geraldine Peate, meeting
Tekla one neon in holiday attire. | don't
dare ask for day of once In six weeks.
Oh, I'm not afraid returned Tekls, sirly.
Mr.. Wolfe Isn't the fcolding Kind. He says
I'm the neatest typewriter he's had-when
I'm there. Mr.. Armstrong locks like a
thunder Gle all the time, but Mr.. Wolfe
let's me 20 any time lax.
But, asked Geraldine, curiously, haven't
you any Coincidence iu the matter'
Not scrop, laughed Tekla.
should think, said Geraldine, that you
would like to feel sure you were earning
your salary.
As long as I'm getting 1t, returned Tekla,
I'm satisfied.
Pay.dsy was approaching and Tekla was
glad. Jdst before that important date Mr..
Wolfe said, ,one morning, "Never mind Miss
Bliss's check, Armstrong. I'll attend to 1t
myself"
1t was the thirty.flt Of August, and for
.he first morning In two weeks Tekla was
not late. After hanging up her hat, she
turned expectantly toward her table; but
40 white envelope greeted her. A moment
ater Mr.. Wolfe rose from his chair and
aid large, oddly lumpy eLvelope before
her. As Tekla picked 1t up, Mr.. Wolfe
urned suddenly to his partner.
Armstrong, you remember that appoint
nent with johnson at The bank.
Thus considerably left alone, Tekla op.
med her large envelope, Inside were twen-
y seven smaller envelopeF, IN the outside
4 each OF which was printed "el.ll. Please
c unit immediately" Beside this, each
mall envelope bore date, one for every
ay In August, the Sundays excepted. Tex
q, woldeii irg what this meant, opened one
4 the envelopes, spread the enclosed coin
IN her table, ard counted.
Why, exclaimed Tekla,I must have made
mistake. I'm eighteen cents short.
But the second count brought no better
etult. Niuety three cents was all the
,scksge contained. Lsyiag 1t aside for
ature consideration, Tekla opened the next
my envelope. SlmethDg was wrong with
hat, too. Ii contained only seventy.elght
ants. Three packages contained the full
mount, ,one dollar ard eleven cents. Thtse,
owevtr, were feet by two Others, hold
q respectively nitetetn and fourteen
ents, while third enclosed sbsolutely
othipg but large Canadian penny. Tekls
asped, and looked at the date. 1t Was G
ugust tenth.
Now what, mustd T,kls, beginning to '
.e light, was eoing OIL Oh, zee, that q
~ Elizabeth Buttons brtboay. | tele. d
honed Mr.. Wolfe that wouldn't be down y
scaule | was Invited to help EIzibeih y
.lebrtte.
Tekls, witha nash creeping into her Q
aeeks, counted the money. II amounted
niteen dollars and seventy fse cents A .
lp cf paper attached TO the newe,t Of the
,llsr bills caught her attention. She read n
ie words IAN honest dAy deserves an
onest dollar"
IAN honest dsy az honest dsy,' repeat G