The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1906-06-29

| utmost efforts and careful economy, he
grew rich but slowly. Twice a year he
wrote to Nina, bidding her wait. He
had at length secured n bootblack
stand of his own, and was a free man.
| But Nina, in far-away Genoa, had
| no desire to wait. She had already
| waited too long, by her own calcula-
| ton, and wanted to come to America
and wed her Angelina. She wrote to
Philadelphia, as the name is spelled in
| Genoa, and told Angelina that life was
short and that it was wise to make
| the most of it while 1t lasted. There
| is no real way to lengthen it out,
! though Nina didn't say so in those
| words; probably that is how she left.
Az all events, Nina, who had become
! 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. and
when she arrived he had $40 in the
savings bank, where the vaults are
just 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 IS week, every week,
and live in a large house and have
just what he wanted to eat. Then he
thought of Nina, and became patient
and went back to work. And so when
Nina arrived he had $40; and more
that is not much money.
However, he was overjoyed to see
Nina again. and she was radiant when
she saw him. She remained in her
place of employment, while Angelina
was to save UP his earnings. When
the latter should have grown to 500
it was determined they should m arr
not before. She, too. saved her
wages, and Angelina BACKED boots and
dreamt of the 500 still far away. one
do rnI- Arnn ha
boarded in the hotel Mt the corner, sat
down in Angelino's chair to have his
boots BACKED, and read the paper
while Angelina worked. All at once
the big, fat American began to laugh
and then roar. Angelina looked up in
surprise and gazed at him.
THAT beats ALL" said the American
aloud. "Binnick going to mary. Ha,
ha. He's old enough to eat hay"
Angelina being interested in anything
that related to marriage. asked in his
broken way what was the cause of
the merriment. The customer pointed
to the list of marriage licenses in the
paper and said:
"see that-that's Binnick-old Bin
nick, that keeps the paint store. Ard
he's going to get married. You know
old Binnick?"
Angelina knew old Binnick. " He got
hundred dollars?" he asked.
"a hundred dollars. Why, he's got
a barrel of money-a barrel"
"How you know he get married.
ah?" asked Angelina.
And then the man whose boots were
BACKED explained that old Binnick's
name was on the list of marriage
licenses issued at the City Hall
''Then he get married." said Angel
ino.
Angelina asked no more. Here was
a fresh complication. What if his
name were to appear in the paper be-
fore he had 500? The thought caused
him anxiety. Nevertheless he knew
the Government was omnipotent. and
that If 1t ordered him to marry, marry
he must. money or no money.
So Angelina worked on and worried
not little over the possibility of his
name appearing in the list of those
doomed to marry whether they had
money or not. On Sunday he visited
Nina. who noticed his abstraction and
asked the reason. Angelina would