La Junta tribune., 1906-11-10

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Il dunnoL- he coafe0ed siowiEA IAN
ainr even an Aee- l tried TO eo-sAOz
| as first an keep count but got o6 The
track- Nebbe q thousand two thou
sand. three thousand though faint
likely 50 much as the Last We've new
! er bought morein $50 or $50 worth sr
. time before. an lis hard to guess
But 5000 or 5000 is good for q
mighty big pile e-ssrn-"
The second day the goods came down
In boxes and barrels and kegs and bun
dies and in great square cases that rs-
auired two men 10 roll from the freight
platform into the wagon Lish hired a
team and a man TO help aDi did all TIE
hauling himself. The next morning TIE
bill came.
Iish oFsned and looked AT IL eagerly.
then drew a long breath and rubbed
his eyes and looked AT il again
He seized his cap and jammed il VI
ciousIy upon his head and left the
store. The village bank was upon the
principaI street. and the cashier was
an old friend IL was upon this bank
that Squire Brown had given him a
check for s. 3.Jsl The cashier happened
to be alone.
BY this time LIsh had regained con
troI Of himself Slipping the invoice
into his pocket. he drew out the check
and placed il In the cashiers window.
I'd Ike that cashed. Mr.. White.,' be
said. AN I want TO borry S6O3 bEe
Ye know Fin good for II. an anyhow
there's stock enough in the store"
.'oh. that's all right Mr.. Hopkins"
laughed the cashier. Il never knew
the time when your word wasn't good
for 500. But how happens IL you need
more just nowI You were telling me
the other day that you only intended
TO put half the money into goods now
and hold the rest as reserve"
IIsh grinned ruefuliy.
Il guess | want much used to buy
in" he confessed Look here"
lie produced the invoice and spread
il out in the window. The cashier look
ed IL over curiously.
Il don't know much about this line
OF goods, Mr.. Hopkins" he said al
length. but IL seems To me there's a
good many things here that won't find
much sale. Now. this six dozen door
bells. for instance"
The drummer said they were good
sellers" ventured Lish.
"Well. perhaps they are" acquiesced
the cashier. "Of course ] don't know.
But about the 5000 II were you l
wouldn't hire the money Just yet
Drummers have prices that are sup
posed TO cover generous system.
Didn't your man say anything about
itf'
lie said could have thirty or sixty
days time Jest as wells not, but | told
him I'd ruther pay cash"
Very good. provided you have the
money - pay and also provided he al
lows you a fair discount for paying Il.
You'd better walt and fnd that out. Send
the firm what money you have and Let
the six hundred 20 until the drummer
comes round again. You may yAe In
enough by that time to pay him. at klny
rate. find out his discount for cash. md.
II it's more than our interest. come tonne
and l viii let you have the money Only
don't hire unless you're obliged to-"
One morning a few weeks later Nathan
Taylor entered the store. Lish vas look
Ing over his account hook kept with a
lead pencil in much the same manner as
he had Jotted down Items while on the
S.4lrg At 1nOthtr cOuntef. en-
gagged In rubbing her hand back and forth
across a new piece OF velveteen which had
Just been taken from the case. Nathan
said. Good morning." and then paused
and glanced critically about the store.
with evident disapproval In his eyes.
You've done just what was afraid OF.
Lish." he said. at length. "a third Of the
goods won't sell In all the world. That
fellow was too slippery and has loaded
you with lot OF unstable stuff"
G.< raj ffF1as he "A
summer I-ish was sorely pressed for
money. and more than once he started
to the bank. but each time he turned
back before reaching there.
But the end did not come until another
winter. just one year from the time he
had left the farm Then one day a tall.
strongly built man In a heavy coat strobe
into the room.
Elisha Hopkins, I suppose?s - inter-
rogated.
Yes What can I do for yer.
The man did not answer. Taking q pa
per from his pocket. he unfolded Il delib-
erateiy and read in slow. ponderous
voice for several minutes. Then he looked
at the startled figure behind the counter.
Going TO pay uy' he asked
Can't Jest now" Lish answered weak
iy.
II suppose So" He walked to The coun-
ter and held out his hand. II nav e veil
take the key he said.
Lish nodded toward the door, frOm the
lock OF which the key had not bsss ~
moved The sheriff went and took n BUT
and then held the door open signiAaa3 siy.
| IAsh realised that II was for hin ~ So
out
How he stumbled across the rooaE and
out into the snow and acroas tAs ynrd
70 MS own house he scarcely knew, only
that II was . feeling of thaukfuinees
that sairy had not happened to Be IN tAs
store.
She was bending over the stove vhe, hs
entered and sank heavily into a chair.
"Goodness landr" she exciaiyneA. "a.
denly Strengthening up. What Il a.
matter. Iishy'
'Nothin' "-ireartly-"only the sher43a