Charlevoix county herald., 1906-06-23
TEE OLD ALAMO.

utmost efforts and careful economy, ne
grew rich but slowly. Twice year ne
wrote to Nina, bidding her wait. lie
had at length secured a pootpIack
| stand of his own, and was free man.
But Nina, in far-away Genoa, had
| no desire to wait. She had already
waited too long, by her own calcuia-
| ton. and wanted to come 10 America
and wed her Angelina. She wrote 10
| Philadelphia, as the name is spelled IN
| Genoa, and told Angelina that lie was
| short. and that it was wise to make
| the most Of it while it lasted. There
| is no real way to lengthen 1t out,
though Nina didn't say so in those
| words: probably that is how she left.
At all events, Nina, who had become a
lady's maid in Genoa, eventually had
the opportunity to come TO America
with her patroness; and so she came;
Angelina hadn't expected her, ana
When she arrived he had $40 in the
savings bank, where the vaults are
lust bursting with money. Often
when he went to deposit his dollar or
two. Angelina looked longingl.. at the
vaults. and wondered why he, too,
could not be an American millionaire
and earn 81 or So week, every week,
and live in a large house and nave
iust what he wanted to eat. Then ne
thought of Nina, and became patient
and went back to work. And so when
. Nina arrived ne had $40: and more
over he had learned that In America
that is not much money.
However, he was overjoyed to see
Nina again, and she was radiant wher
she saw him. She remained in hel
} place of employment, while Angelina
{ was to save up his earnings. WheI
the latter should have grown to HlO'
, II was determined they should II. arr
mot before. She, too, saved hel
wages. and Angelina BACKED boots ant
dreamt of the 500 still far away. ON
!. day a big, red-faced American, wh
boarded in the hotel at the corner, sa
down in Angelino's chair to have hi
boots BACKED, and read the pape
while Angeliro worked. All at one
@ the big, fat American began to laug
and then roar Angelina looked up /
q surprise and gazed at him.
y "That beats ALL" said the America
= aloud "Binnick going to mary: HI
i ha. He's old enough to eat hay"
s. Angelina being interested In anythin
ID that related to marriage, asked in n
II broken way what was the cause
II the merriment. The customer pointe
O. to the list of marriage licenses in II
m paper and said:
10 nick, that keeps the paint store. Al
ie he's going to get married. You kno
u old Binnick?"
m Angelina knew old Binnick. Heg
IN a hundred dollars?" he aske1.
er "a hundred dollars. Why, he's g
4. a barrel of money-a barrel"
mr. "How you know he get married
10 ah?" asked Angelina.
~ And then the man whose boots we
gu BACKED explained that old Binnici
Is name was on the list of maria
licenses issued at the City Hall.
"Then he get married." said Ang'
2 mo.
Angelina asked no more. Here w
a fresh complication. What II !
name were to appear in the paper I
fore ne had 500? The thought caus
him anxiety. Nevertheless he kn'
the Government was omnipotent,
that IL II ordered him to marry, mar
I'm he must, money or no money.
onI SO Angelina worked on and worri
not a little over the possibility OF
name appearing In the list OF tho
doomed to marry whether they h
or money or not On Sunday he visit
nts Nina, who noticed his abstraction
asked the reason. Angelina wo'