Putnam patriot., 1910-06-24
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 TT was feur weeks before Mr san- defs eauld leave his brother and eume a8Me. and HaeB be nHaiix
 < ad get bHek he found tie nioH= iHa alf d9ae and the girls picking np= ptes
 sf'H hafe fo help you aow 10 pay Yau baek he said and iH spite ef the flfls, pfatests that ihey dian't Bee'l and didu't want aHy masculine assistance.
 h. puf OH hIs everalls and began to heip fhem gather the luscious fruit.
 in aeeofdance with Mr rearson's in sirnetiens. fhes were plactng ihe ap- pies in huge piles and covering tbem
 with straw uutll they could provide some more permanent place to store them
 T wish we had cold storage house. . said Gladys These Wealthys won't keep very long any other way. and they aren't worth much now. You ought 10 have sold them 10 Snyder. said Mahcl.
 You dont catch me selling apples To n trust" Gladys answered I'll mnke them Into pies and let Jeff eat tliem first What are you going to do with themfa her father asked "There must be ncarly seventy barrels of these Wenlthys..
 We might make them into cider. suggested Mabel
 I've thought of better plan than | that" said Gladys. "'Fhe Gleu City | Cold Storage company stores apples 1 for q dollar fl barrel sa Mt Pearson told me. The Wealthys will keep In storage till the middle of February, ! and by that time they'll be worth Si | IT S5 barrel
 The next day the girls left their fla | ihef to pick apples alone and went to town to talk with the storage man. Eighty barrels did you say 3 asked I the manager when Gladys had explain l ed what they wanted sl guess We can handle that many all right. What did you say your name wasG' he wen, | on, drawing his book toward him. | He gave surprised whistle when | Gladys told him aud excused himself | for moment
 l "im sorry. he said as he came back. "hut l find that We haven't any l more room. Good day l The girls stared at him In blank sur. l rrise, and Il was not till they were 1 halfway heme that Gladys suddenly | exclaimed It's Snyders doings. Ma. l bel You know. he said We couldn't
 sell our apples unless we sold them | ie him Hut well show him yet l "i don't see how Mabel objected l Wed better have let him have them 1 aud sasea auy trouble s l Ii took about week longer to In. l>h picking the apples. After they were ali piled and covered with straw | Ar Saaders helped the girls load up
 wagon load and they started for | town to pedllr them. 1 They found Ii uo trouble at all to | get rid If them al a dollar q bnshel 1 fnr snyder's corner vas already be- i ginning h make Itself felt Ky the 1 middle of the afternoon the entire
 lead was gone The girls drove around l hy the bank. and Gladys ran in and
 deposited Sia. There was still Sle left | of the money the apples had brought | rie girls had leng before agreed that l some Of the urst ample meney was to be used to buy that long wished for 1 silk dress for their mother Ky the | tune they had selected the dress and | Trimmings To % with lt and reached | home 1t was almost dark. Guess what we've got fer yeu. | mommie," cried Mabel. dashing into | the Kitchen like young whiriwind l and throwing the folds of the dress | around her mothers shoulders.
 Mrs. Sanders was an undemonstrn. l tixe little woman. but she had to gath
 CT up the new dress quickly to keep
 couple of teardrops from falling cn it
 "what would do without my two
 ssrlsss she sald aud then turned 10
 her cooking as if nothing had happen. ! esi
 Hut the girls understood. and when
 Mr. Sanders cane in and the supper dishes were doue they made the nttie
 mother sit h the rev&lnI chair whste they drapssi The folds of silk arvund
 her. and their father agreed with them
 that 'sshe looked just like uue~n.
 though he bad very hary Idea whst . queen locked liae
 ~wasnr 1t runys said Nafei just
 herere she dropped Co sie~r that night,
 Let's spend al our moaey that NAY
 instead es going te eoilese."
 The next morning they were up and had their wagon loaded when th< sun
 came peeping up ever the haystsck.