The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-02-08

breathless. but I've got to take dinner
downtown tonight. and keep car fare
.or tomorrow morning. I'm not so
fortunate as you girls; have no
mother TO lend me car fare. And !
won't ge, my salary until tomorrow
night"
And then it'll be a check and you
can't cash II until the next day"
groaned Alice. with sympathetic COM
prehension. "Well--nobody knows us
here, 30 we can't ask them to trust us.
And we haven't any jewelry or any
thing we could leave as security, even
II we wanted to- Wen have TO pool
our expenses and money and do the
best we can"
The contents OF the three pocket
books we're emptied on the table, UNI
der cover Of punched napkin. and
breathlessly counted The combined
wealth OF the trio amounted TO s2.0t.
the sum total OF the three checks sl.95.
The girls laughed nervously, and Alice,
always the spokesman, took charge OF
the affair.
well. here's nickel for your car
fare home. Jennie" she decided;
you'll have to do the best you can
about luncheon tomorrow. Try 10
borrow dollar. and I'll do the same.
and you telephone me tomorrow morn
Ing. Then whichever OF us Is in luck
will take the other out to luncheon.
"Ive got railway ticket home. so
can do without car fare. but here's
dime for you, Marchesa don't
know what you'll do about dinner. I'M
less you can catch your cousin and got
some money from her You simply
can't have enough money from here to
pay car fare home tonight and to-mor-
row too As Il Is we have only nine
cents more than we need. and we've
taken Is out We're six cents short Of
this bill"
More calculations we're undertaken,
excited discussions ensued, but the re-
suit remained unaltered. Car fare must
he retained. since all lived some dis
lance from the city. The head waiter
and manager. surreptitiously studied
by the anxious young women, were de-
cided as quite impossible in'the way of
explanation and appeal. The minutes
few, and all three were overdue at
their respective stations of duty. II
was Jennie who at last rose to the oc-
casion. with a gulplng sigh.
There's no help for It. I'm ashamed
to death, and shall never be able Ia
look my fellow creatures In the face
again. but-here goesl" she exclaimed
wretchedly. fortunately we've lot
of pennies in that unholy heap of lucre
You two go to the door quickly. when
, we start. and I'll scatter the money all
} over the cashiers desk. You call tc
, me TO hurry. and wen all dash out
| while she's picking up and counting
the change
Our little ALL" grinned the IRE
| pressible Alice, pouring the COLLECTED
Q coins into Jennies palm. but Jenni'
9 was past smiling. With the air OF on
going directly to execution, she stroll
: to the desk and duly scattered tn
4 money, while the others adjured he
d TO hasten in nervous. excited tone
y that they vainly strove TO rende
$ steady. Some OF the money rolled Z
} the floor. and the head waiter an
manager. STOPPING TO assist the cash
/. Ter TO recover IL, looked curiously a
a the departing trio.
: Thank heaven, that's overl" eS
S claimed Marchesa, az they slipped deS
O terously into the next building an
out into the nearest intersecting street
II you did that beautifully. Jane; III
i. proud OF you. Now they'll never b
II quite sure whether they lost the cd
"a pennies or not"
10 But how are we 10 pay them
e moaned Jennie. while Alice admitte
IS that she. too, felt like criminal
scouldn't look In the mirror or say m
If prayers, knowing I'd cheated a resta,
= rant out of six cents, and I'd rather d
a. than own up that we knowingly CAV
70 them short change"
IT Same here was Marchesa's al
swerlng groan.
ID "Well send them three postal
90 anonymously" was the brilliant fin
* decision, attained after muchs anxiol
IL study. and this was presently accom-
I'd plished. But TO each member of II
group that particular restaurant wi
as always remain place to be avoids
I'd with horror. and the Dutch treat" ru
he concerning the weekly luncheons hi
m been vigorously reinstated for keeps
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