The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-17
THE FARM.
Story Of Ny Nickels and Dimes.


lege, with scarcely ever ten-cent
piece in his pocket, 1t looks like big
talk for him TO write story about
his savings, either little or big. But
knowing when a boy that If ever
expected to get a start" in the
world must get 1t from little things
and not big ones, small savings seem
ed the most important part of my
financial transactions.
| well remember number of years
ago that | determined to put aside all
the dimes that could spare from
my regular expenses searched high
and low to find just the right sort of
a, thing in which to keep my savings.
4 sack isn't very good, because the
l'end is too large and the money comes
out too easy. A cigar box does
pretty well, but there is the same
objection to It that there is to a
sack-the lid is so large that you
can get both hands into it If you
want to. Then, again, It has been
my personal observation that boys
who tamper with cigar boxes too
much put their nickels and dimes
into the pouches of the other fell
lows, instead of their own. | tried
the top bureau drawer with some
success and into one corner of this
drawer dropped my spare dimes
They stayed there very contentedly
until the first old settlers picnic oc-
i. Cured and then five of those dimes
found their way into my left trousers
pocket, and escaped at the lemonade
stand ON the picnic grounds. 1t is
lots easier TO spend a dime than It is
to make 1t, judging from my own
experience, and when ! opened the
bureau drawer the next day that
scant little pile of dimes looked re-
proachfully at me and said in plain
language: IF you don't take better
cape of us we will have to look for
--other quarters"
bought me a lock and put II on
that drawer and then hung the key
three feet above my head on the wall
and felt sure that would be more
careful about spending the money,
because II was locked up. | did not
seem to know that 1t would be as
easy to unlock the drawer and take
the money out as It was 10 put 1t in.
My temptations TO spend money We're
not very frequent that winter, and a
good many dimes ratified around in
that bureau drawer by the following
summer. OF course | made no effort
TO keep track of the amount that
WAS putting away small piece OF
paper and a pencil with cord tied
70 one end and hung on the wall
would have been very easy matter
TO provide. and a sure way of know
ing at any moment just the contents
of that drawer. But early learned
that it added much zest and relish
TO the plan, to keep in utter ignor-
ance of the exact amount of money
put away.
have known a girl TO apparently
think the world and all OF boy JUS
as long as she was not quite sure
how much he thought of her. but
when she discovered the exact heights
and depths of his affection, for som,
unknown reason she often lost in
terest in him. So would adyis,
anyone who undertakes to save hi
nickels and dimes, not to keep ~
account of how. much he has.
One night in June there was q
reception at Blackburn College. anC
l, among one hundred others, wa
there. Along toward going-home time
which was then land ought to be yet
about ten o'clock. an intimate frien,
of mine by The name of Frank Brun
ton and we're talking to two mic,
country girls and ! reckon we dit
hang ON good while, and final.
Frank proposed that we all go dow
town and have some ice cream Tn
girls seemed willing. and who eve
saw girl without an appetite 70
ice cream?
What must do? did not hav
one cent of money about me. Fran
Brunton was telegraph operator 70
the c. & A., and drew regular sal
airy, and so, OF course, had plenty o
money. But that did me no good
] couldn't ask him for loan RICH
before those girls, and for about fou
minutes did some tall thinking
Finally, remembered that HaTr,
Barker was there and he likewis'
always had little money ON hi!
person. So ! excused myself on tn,
pretext OF wanting to tell Harr,
something before went and scoot
ed over to where he was and wills
pered In his ear: For goodness SAX
loan me dollar" He slipped TIL
money into my hand and wen
back as proud as Lucifer. TO thinl
that | was going with my first lad