The Monmouth inquirer., 1906-10-18
James Financial
Embarrassment.
By HELENA SMITH DAYTON

occasions. "Ot course IL never WOuu
have occurred to the extravagant IN
known admirer to send 80 cents worth
of postage stamps insteadr'
Jane glanced toward her desk, where
neat pile of brown envelopes stared
her reproachfully in the face.
IAN entire weeks work held up be-
cause the brilliant young writer, Jane
! GAYLORD. lacks the necessary postage!'
1 she groaned LAS it's all timely stuff
! and special orders% may as well de-
stroy it unless it goes today. may as
well give up looking for that check and
do something desperate" Jane paced
up and down the apartment trying to
think of method to obtain the trihing
sum at once.
ASK your mother for so cents to
pee the els hant jump the fence she
repeated for the hundredth time. The
silly Jingle refused to be dislodged
from her head There I go again. II
it were only $50 could hustle around
and get it-but so cents!" 1t seemed
as if a hooking voice echoed, ITO see
the elephant jump the fencel'
"Of course" she went on sarcastical-
ly, Il might waylay little children and
steal the pennies from their moist
palms, or | could make these yiolets
into small punches and sell them ON the
street corner-fower girl in a tailor
suit and Paris hat would be novelty!
There must be some way of raising 80
cents without selling my possessions
l never approved of getting the pawn
shop habit-it's hard to shake, once ac-
quired. l don't like to let little fifty
cents-to-see-the-e,egh get the best OF
me.
"Why, l won't need another penny
until my check comes. My board Is
paid in advance, and before anything
is due there'll be lots of checks. But
I must have 80 cents to see
Jane stopped imratiently, and, as If
the narrow confines Of her own room
were sitting Der. she opened the door
and stepped into the hall. She paused
as voices FROM the upper landing float
ed down to her She always paused
when she heard Peter Gleason's deep
tones.
Here's doliar,'' he was saying.
run over to Carriers and buy me three
or four magazines. Haven't seen one
for month, so anything you get will
be new to me. And you may keep the
change, john
THANK you, Mr.. Gleason came
Johns squeaky answer I'm be back
with 'em in a jiffy." He came down
the stairs two at time.
"Johnv' called Miss Gaylord softly
"Tm on an errand for Mr. Gleason
but when I get back
Eyes, yes! It's about thatv' she inter
rupted. Il want you to do me pdrtie-
ular favor, John. It's all r.gAt, but
rather unusual. have some new mag
azines-the very ones Mr.. Gleason
would like I've more than l can read.
1t would save you trip out il the
storm-the magazines are really just as
new as you could buy at the store.
Would you-buy them from me?''
1t was out at last. Jane never had
felt so shy of any one in her life as she
did Of the astonished little l,g boy.
Sure, Miss Gaylord" he said with
out hesitation. I'D do anything for
you. It's on the level, amt it,"
Eyes, John, strictly on the level she
answered, with a little laugh that sug-
| gested tears.
Have 'em ready when l come back, ;"
he whispered.
you are dear boyr' cried Jane.
She fed back to her room in a panic
Of nervousness at what she had done
She selected several magazines of re-
cent issue and was back at the door
4 long before the RETURN Of the boy.
IF l was back with the books toe
/ soon he'd get on to it." was his naive
explanation.
/ "And, john" she pleaded in voice
that shook, please give him this box
of violets. Don't tell him who sent
4 them But he has been so Ill, pool
/ man! You see, it will give good meas
ure for the 80 cents"
\ John nodded wisely and took hi:
way upward.
/ "Good boy. John" she heard Gleason
/ say a moment later Couldn't have
maze DeLtef SelecllOu myself. VIC
lets too? No name given? You won'i
tell? Very well if you promised moi
to, of course"
Back in his study Gleason tossed the
violets carelessly on a table already
loaded with flowers and took up 6
magazine eagerly.
Il hope my little Jane has story In
this month"; he said. scanning the ia
BILE of contents. He passed his OWE
name, but James was not there. He
took up another: and again was he dis
appointed, but in the third magazine
James name headed the list. He was
turning to her story when sheet OF
paper futtered out On the closely
written page his own name caught his
eye. Naturally he. read every word
though it was obviously part of let
ter.
You remember" it ran. 'hosv
used to rave about Peter Gleason and
his work? Strange that he should
come to board at Mrs. Stuart's and be
taken so Ill almost Immediately after
and that should have the privilege OF