The Cairo bulletin., 1907-02-26
HER FRENZIED
FINANCE

mail.
TOO bad he returned, sympathet
ically Cant you staye EN- of any
longer? I'd get a gun and shoot EN-
all Then your troubles would be
over"
What are you talking about?" she
demanded with hauteur,
Creditors, OF course Haven't
| lived and suffered, too? Do they send
collectors, Polly?' This last in con
| fidential undertone.
| Polly's dignity crumbled. Yes, they
do--the impolite things
"Impolite collectors the masculine
| relative brstled,
Mercy, no, They're too polite--so
mysterious and confidential. ! meant
the dry goods stores were impolte 10
send the collectors
oh" with amused appreciation.
i've thought of that myself,
Il tell you, the first OF each month
vow III never get another thing
charged as long as live. It's perfect
" disgraceful the way little things
count up. A card OF buttons. a spool
of thread and few other trfies that
/ positively had to haye-and there
you are with bill for s37.45. or
course. / always buy at the stores
where my account is paid up the best,
but sometimes they all get behind at
once, and then ] am in mess.
"All? How many accounts do you
run, child?"
Five. SO. you see, | nearly always
have credit somewhere
Quite a financier Well, Polly, |
hate to see you look so disconsolate.
Would a Ave or a ten
"A drop in a bucket" She drew a
deep sigh.
But, Polly
"Oh, never mind; I'm learning to
take care of myself beautifully. J
snubbed a credit mau the other day
You did,"
Yes. You see. very taetlessly
walked into the store where | owe the
most and asked the cashier to let me
have the money on $50 check that
The Partrite Lumber company had paid
me for the big piece OF typewriting
I've been doing for them evenings.
The minute | had spoken it popped
into my head that the cashier might
wonder why | wasn't applying that
fifty on account | couldn't, you see,
because my dressmaker wouldn't wait
another day for her money. Well. as
luck would have 1t, the cashier asked
me to step In and get the credit man
@. X on my check, and walked into
his pen with my head up. and what do
you think that inquisitiye man did?
He asked what the Partrite Lumber
company gave me that check for. ]
was equal to it. | refused to tell him.
Polly"
Certainly. | asked him if he con-
sidered the Partrite companys check
good, and before he could say more
than YES | reminded him that all he
had a right to ask me in that case
was identification. With that ] pulled
out my monogramed watch, my EN-
DFOluGTHu
club ticket. lot of visiting cards and
a letter or two. and by the time
pointed my engraved umbrella handle
In his face he said some weak thing
like That's enough and snatched the
check and wrote o. X on it, laughing
all the time
NO wonder" chuckled the mascu-
line relative. The wonder Is that he
gave you the money. He must have
thought you looked honest. Why his
question was perfecly proper, It's
often asked II you're all right you'll
probably answer it In matter-of-fact
way. but IL you've come by the check
dishonesty the chances are that youIl
get clustered. Seer
.'Of course ! see. II | had realized
that he was insinuating that stole
that check J wouldn't have accepted
his old o. X at all | declare, If !
had the money this minute Id take II
straight back 10 his old cashier. But
| haven't--thsts the point. I'll have
NV revenge on his collector, though,
when ne COlltS dtphhh' a. " NO'N~'
than ever To him
oh. there's where YOU make a mis-
take. Polly. always keep friendly
with the collector.
You msy--lf YOU can. ! can't As
a class they're detestable; as indiyid-
uals they're intolerabe. freeze
them
Even when you have money to give
them?'
DO YOU suppose | give them mon
oy2 If had the full amount Of my bill
right in my hand when the collector
rang the bell I'D turn him away coldly
and take a trip downtown to pay II
rather than do anything that might
encourage him to call again
"Pshaw. A collectors got TO live.
and II tho bill has run until he has to
come. anyway, you might as we'll
no. sir, They'll never get one cent
from me. hate them"
Polly that's feminine. Listen,
now"
40 Use. You cant make me give
tbcm money II you talk all night
WHY. I haven't any money TO give
them. II had. don't yUn suppose ID
g. -, .hc eto-o aud keen tho halo