Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-01
A GINGHAM
FEE
Copyright, 1871 By Associated Literary
Press)
BY j. T. GREENLEAF

OCAp EIunh hAhOiNhy bsAE f'HCs A@%'
Der Of the firm Of Kllsbres & Arnold,
attorneys, spied a pitiful, sCb-shsken,
brown ginghsm heap euried up on
an old bench.
Seating himself beside IL he drew
the dsinty head with its shining red
gold brsids to his shoulder took q
little wet wad out OF one Of the
small hxnds and replaced it with a
large square Of linen frum his own
pocket.
Jennie, darling, tell your old
man, all about it as soon as you can
get your BREATH" he said.
"Oh,. Frank" she stsmmered, be-
tween gasps, "father has, EDst all ne
has paid on this home"
"Why-how's that?" he asked, as
he slipped a large white hand under
the round chin.
"Be-be-because he's just been
over to- see the executor Of Mr.. Har-
ris' will and he says that there is no
record of any payments at all upon
the contract"
''Whatl No records?' I thought
he had been paying S. a month for
years."
"Smre-he has"
"Whepe are his receipts, thenT
asked the lawyer.
"In the hOuse-and that is the
hopeless part of it-for not one OF
them is signed-and-" Down came
the food of tears again.
"Do you mean to tell me that
your father accepted them thus de-
fective?"
'+He says that Mr.. Harris told
him they were just as much of q rec
ord Of the transaction as If they
were signed" she answered.
''Well, 1 declared and 1 .sappOse
next he will feel justified In recall
ing his promise to let me have you,
now that the work Of years has to
be done over" growled the lover.
"That is what he said at first, bat
] influenced him to promise that if
you would take up the case for us
against the Harris estate and win it
/ might marry you. If you do sue
coed the home would be ours" fall
tered Jennie.
"That puts it on a better footing,
dearest, for with such a fee in
sight"
'1n an old gingham dress" in
terrupted she.
PA man ought to win every time"
finished the lawyer.
"Then you don't consider it an
entirely hopeless case?" asked the
girl as she raised her head to look
him in the face.
II can't tell yet, but I'll do it if
anybody can. And now l want to
make a little bargain with you, first
of all. You must pay me a good,
big retainer at once and then, from
time to time, you'll have to give me
more for disbursements as the case
progresses, Miss Chamberlin," an
nounced the attorney.
"How much will that be" asked
the girl with quickened respiration,
"for Pm dreadfully anxious to
know, as it will have to come out of
the money l have put away for my
outfit"
"Well, let's see, answered Frank.
81 will have to have two-I rather
guess about three, kisses for the"
"Oh, Frank, you are such tease
you scared me-but here" she
cried, discharging the obligation
then and there" and-I'll pay you
a little more every time / see YOU"
she added with a sigh of content
ment.
"And how soon will you marry me
if win?" persisted the lover.
Gust the minute you get a de-
cision-verdict-in our favor" re-
piled the girl.
"That settles it," said Frank,
"and now let's 60 into the house and
make your father acknowledge his
..ew offer and then I'll take the pa
pers and 60 to work at once. But
after all can't understand why Mr..
Harris should do such a thing. He
had a reputation for being very close
and queer but never dishonest"