Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-01-12
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tons and. good wishes. but to an in
quiries as to what she :, was going to
do with her money she said she must
have time to think It over. When she
had been given a fortnight she was
ready. She. announced that she was
going to. have a: good time: on her
money. and she started right in.
Sarah had always wanted a bottle Of
ketchup., Now she bought one. She
had :longed for rocking chair for
twenty years. Now she paid s. for
one and sat up long after her usual
bedtime to rock back and forth. Then
came pair Of tan shoes. then q new
looking glass, then brown stockings
where she had always worn black. She
stopped there to count her money, and,
finding that she had about $3.50 left.
she was encouraged into other extray-
agances. Then she suddenly developed
what the villagers called a. "streak."
Her minister, who had heard Of: her
reckless expenditures. calledsto sound
q note Of warning, but bumped: up
against bit Of obstinacy totally I'M
looked Tor. He had once invested half
q years salary In Wall street ON . sure
thing. and, though he had lost It, he
claimed to be business man., He
was going On; to tell Sarah that abe
must do so and 80 when she interrupt
ed to say that she felt herself entirely
competent to handle her money 1.r,...,,-s
Then q second streak was developed
The old: maid announced that she was
going to have = good time With her
cash. In spite Of warnings and afGu2
ments and protestatio0s she sea e6 fQe
Boston and took the best roonan, at the
best hotel She atsIaf fried oystsr1s
Holsters and GRATIS. She dRznk ~
and tipped walters. She rode IN .taz3s
and attended theaters. . :s:s,>ss-ii,,
She next went to New ]Xerk eatZ ard
repeated her peEfosmanceih sBletqD.
only more TO- She became Acquainted
with 80 called count; and hAs sv4D7
died her out of $1,000 st The: fAekg :9qe
into the papezs. :" and when ahs got
home she found that special prayer
meeting had been; held on her: aecopnk
II am sorry You went to the TROUBLE"
she said to her. minister. ';!::%s, s,a,e-:s..as
But you needed It, :aistaf Johneen-
""Well, / don't know: I;always.Want-
I'd to know counts and lerds and dpkeo,
and I've got OF for*$1 GOO where moee
than 200 American women have paid
several millions each. Hsfs plain, 10 pc
seen, parson, that you: are: no: business
man." :. -: -, ;~:-:., z.>:rae,:a
Sarah took hier in core. She Aid
It without advice and lost II, though
ahe might have lost It. just the same
had every resident Of the village I'D
vised The news stirred up the. Vii
tage again, but Sarah was complacent,
even smiling: It all belonged TO- q
good time, she said to all Then 'she
announced that she, was going to Eu-;
rope. She was a member Of q church,
and now some Of the other, members
raised the question Of ''churching"
her. The majority weren't quite clear
on the matter, however, and nothing
was done. Sarah took I'm Europe for
six months She ate Of everything
there was to eat. and she saw all there
was to See She had maid. and she
bought her clothes in Paris. She knew
that her money was being lrapidly ex-
hauated hat she d,d not lnihch On that
account It thus came about that
when she once more landed IN her
native village the sum 81 Of $3bo repre-
sented her, original $4,000 -
Did sarah. johnson collapse III the
depot7 Did tears blind her Is abe en-
tered her little weather beaten cot
taxe? Did she sit down On the noor
and bew,ail and wish she hadln.t done
II? oh, 10. Sarah wasn't TINT Kind