New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-28
James Financial
Embarrassment
By HELENA SMITH . DAYTON

thusiasm she usually displayed on such
occasions "Of course it never would
have occurred to the extrayagant I'M
known admirer to send 81 cents worth
of postage stamps instead.'
Jane glanced toward her desk, where
a neat pile OF brown envelopes stared
her reproachfully in the face.
An entire weeks work held up be-
cause the brilliant young writer, Jane
Gaylord, lacks the necessary postage.
she groaned. las it's all timely stuff
and special orders-I may as we'll de-
stroy it unless it goes today. [ may as
we'll 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 trifing
sum at once.
ASK your mother for so cents to
see the elephant 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 1 could hustle around
| and get it-but so cents!' 1t seemed
| as if mocking voice echoed, ITO see
| the elephant jump the fence"'
of course" she went on sareaStical-
| ~, Il might waylay little children and
steal the pennies from their moist
| palms, or | could make these violets
| into small punches and sell them on the
street corner-hower girl in a tailor
suit and Paris hat would be novelty!
There must be some way of raising 80
cents without selling my possessions.
| 1 never approved of getting the pawn
shop habit-its hard to shake, once &C.
Quired. 1 don't like to let little fifty
ce1ts-to-see-the-elepha get the best OF
| me.
WHY, l won't need another penny
until my check comes. Ny board is
paid in advance, and before anything
Is due therell be lots of checks. But
I must have so cents to see
Jane stopped impatiently. and, as II
the narrow confines Of her own room
were sitting her, 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 a dollar" he was saying.
Run over to Carter's 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. ''Tu be back
with 'em in a jiffy." He came down
the stairs two at time.
john called Miss Gaylord softly.
I'm on an errand for Mr.. Gleason
but when I get back
Yes, yes! It's about THAR she inter
rupted. Il want you to do me partic
ular favor, John. It's all right, but
rather unusual. I have some new mag
aZines-the very ones Mr.. Gleason
would like. I've more than I can read
: It would save you trip out in the
storm-the magazines are really just as
new as you could buy at the store
Would you-buy them from me?'
It was out at last. Jane never ha(
felt so shy of any one in her life as shs
did of the astonished little hall boy
"Sure Miss Gaylord" he said with
out hesitation. I'D do anything fo
you. It's on the level, amt it,"
Yes John, strictly on the level" sh'
answered, with little laugh that sug
gested tears.
"Have 'em ready when I come back.
he whispered.
you are a dear boyp' cried Jane.
She fed back to her room in pani
of nervousness at what she had done
She selected several magazines Of re
cent issue and was back at the doc
long before the return Of the boy.
IF l was back with the books to
, soon he'd get on to It," was his naiv
explanation
And, john" she pleaded in q voic
that shook. please give him this DO
of violets. Don't tell him who sen
them. But he has been so i'll, poo
, man! You see, it will give good meas
ure for the so cents"
John nodded wisely and took hl
way upward.
Good boy, john" she heard Gleaso
say a moment later. Couldn't hav
made better selection myself. vi.
: lets too? No name given? You won
tell? Very we'll if you promised Nc
to, of course
Back in his study Gleason tossed tt
violets carelessly on table alread
loaded with flowers and took up
, magazine eagerly.
Il hope my little Jane has a story
this MONTH he said, scanning the t
BILE Of contents. He passed his ow
7 name, but James was not there. 8
took up another, and again was he di
appointed but in the third magaZiI
James name headed the list. He W.
~ turning to her story when a sheet
paper huttered out. On the close
written page his own name caught
eye. Naturally he read every wor
though it was obviously part of lie
ter.
ssYou remember it ran. how
used to rave about Peter Gleason al
his work. Strange that he shou
come to board at Mrs Stuart's and