Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-04
FROM LUCME'S DIARY

TO go east with him for a little trip
| while Cousin Fannie and grandmother
are still in the country Yesterday !
bought new fall suit to travel in and
TINS morning | began refmnishing one
OF my afternoon costumes.
| Mother | said, after / had been
| ripping braid off the skirt till | was
tired, all this gown needs is the new
braid and good pressing. / think
| I'll let you finish while | take our
| FAMILY silver to the bank
| Our family silver. repeated moth
er laughing. How grand that
sounds, Lucille! think our new solid
pieces will be quite as safe here in
| Tllly's care as in a bank
But, mother" / explained, every
| family OF any consequence at all sends
It's silver to the bank when leaving
| home. It's the correct thing
| "Oh, if it's the correct thing OF
course Wen have to do it." said moth
Ell, sarcastically
Without waiting for more direct
| consent | went downstairs and packed
| our silver in a satchel. Then dressing
Tor the street, started downtown
| with 1t. | was thinking as | stepped
| into the street car of an extremely
| good-looking cashier | saw at the bank
| the other day, and | wondered if |
| couldn't get father to introduce him
to me. It's such good thing to have
a friend in bank
| The car had gone only block when
| saw Arthur Knight coming down the
street in his automobile / wanted to
| tell him that ! was starting east to-
| morrow, SO | stopped the car and hur.
| ried off at the corner just in time to
| meet him.
OF course he picked me up, and we
| had fine run through the parks AS
we turned toward the city again he
said, Where were you bound when
my luck brought you my way?"
Il was going to call at fathers
Office, | said.
Hell be out at lunch by the time
We could get there said Arthur.
| let us have something to eat our
| selves before | take you there"
| We fingered so long over the delic-
| ious luncheon which Arthur ordered
| al his club that 1t was 4 O'Clock when
| we stopped The car in front of the
| building where fathers office is Just
| as | was getting out father came into
view through the big swinging doors.
l ha
| ness early tonight. Did you people
| guess it and come around to take me
| homer
| Get in q 4 I'll take you the long.
| est way home in no time said Arthur,
cordially
First, | want you to go to your
| bank with me, father" | said.
! It's after banking hours, Lucille, so
if you have large sum to deposit I'll
| take care of it for you laughed faith
er, who was in very genial mood.
I said nothing more about my err
rand until | reached home. When
| mother said to me, Lucille, did you
| really take the silver to the bank after
| all? lilly has just told me she can't
| HHu enough TO SET the JdUl0.
YES, | took it, I answered, but
| it was too late to get into the bank,
and | think-that isl must have left
the satchel in Arthur's automobile"
How dreadfully careless of you'll"
| cried mother,
I'm call up knight Immediately and
| he'll bring ii over said father reas-
suringly.
| In few moments he returned from
| the telephone scowling. Lucille" he
said, Knight says your satchel is not
| in his car He tells me you had no
bag or parcel when he met you. Now,
| where do you think you left that sill
| ver?''
why, how can / tell, father9 When
| you speak to me that way and look
so fierce / can't think of anything"
couldn't keep the tears back, and
father, looking at mother, who was
sobbing something about how much
she had always thought of her we'd
| ding spoons. said harshly
Crying won't do any good, Lucille.
| Were you on a street carr"
| Yes
Then I'll call up the car barns.
| There's one chance in thousand that
! an honest person got that bag"
| He rushed to the telephone, and
mother continued to weep. | thought,
| in view of the little value she had ap-
peared to place on our silver when
was so anxious to put 1t into safe
keeping, that it was very inconsistent
| of her to make me uncomfortable by
| such display.
TITS not been brought TO the barns"
was fathers do1eful report.
We sat down to dinner in the midst
| of dense gloom that was not lifted
until we heard Arthur's CHEEKY voice
| at the door,
| t'Here are the family heirloOmS all
| right" he called as he came into the
dining room and set the satchel on the
| table. After our ordinations he said,
| s"The conductor of the car you got off,
Lucille, happened to see you get into
nv car, and he recognized me, SO he
brought it over to the house after his
last trip, arriving only a few minutes
ago
| well, now, mother, you see | didn't
lose your silver" | said, but she was
too busy counting out the dozens to
answer.
mo, of course not said father.
| "You relied with touching faith on
| luck to take better care of it than you
could yourself. But I'll tell you, my
dear that good fortune wouldn't have