The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-13

around IL cents. but it was not SD in-
You never can tell" c~ynica1ly re-
torted Jane as she heaped saucers
atop plates and cups atop saucers.
THAT old dried-up guy that never
takes anything but stewed prunes and
bean soup-yqu'ye noticed him at the
table by end window: They say he
owns the middle plank of the board
Of trade.
Yes, I've noticed him. said Miss
Miller. HE nearly had q convulslve
tit one day because there wac = mis-.
take and he got. 12-eent cheek in-
stead Of q l%0-center. But he amt got
the WORKOUT. hungry look that these
two have. He's just got q stingy,
hungry look."
It was the next day after that con.
versat!on that the girl lay down the
usual dime and two pennies and a
check marked ,twenty-one. Miss
Miller pushed it back wenderingly.
Mover before had tho girl gone over
~ cents, You didn't give mo enough
"Why-oh: She's made q mistake.
] only got IL cents worth"
Miss Miller fro"yned and caught her
full underlip between her teeth. She
was responsible for the amount which
the checks footed up. And IL one
made It up out OF ones own pocket,
why. one could be doing it every day.
Maybe. tne s.rl got the wrong check;
maybe she didn't. In several years
~ea.htering at food clubs Miss Miiler's
p 1alas ,a f nan'a ef h ha! !! s s,i1l D .his
girl
y haven't the other money with
me-" she said in q small voice. iii
Ill have to leave something as
security-and-and bring it tomor-
row."
ooh, never mind" said Miss Miller
good %naturedly, FIRING It any time"
She guessed, with q twinge of scorn
for her momentary u~nchaTttable hesl-
tatton, that she could stand it II the
girl didn't. make up the . cents.
But the girl had = queer pride it
black S'i purse = 's She took : small all c ohansss
purse-a pretty little thing Of soft
green leather and mother of pearl
sides. "Ill leave this" she said. Its
worth more than nine cents" She
took Q nickle from tall the change
i held. Il have ITO keep this for car.
fare tonight"
fhen che, was zone, the impatient
line behind moved up q etep. ana
Miss Miller. feeling mean and uA'
comfortable. mechanically made
change and wished that she hadn't
heStated that one moment.
The line kept on, the 1l:aa rush
gave way to the ~. the 1870, the
1880. Mtas Miller watched the clock.
She was hungry. Eut it would be att.
er 2 before she could leave the then
dwindling lire, Some nj laid down
q thirteen cent check and three nick.
els. Aheantly she pushed beck two
cents and extended a tired haAi for
the neat check.
'Wher'd you get that little rocket
'book?" demanded some one hoarssly.
Min Miller waA yawninG, Her
hand fell from her open mouth. She
looked in surprise at the eager Ques-
tioner. It was the thin hungry man
whom the had discussed with Jane.
''WMy?" she asked.
II want to KNOW" he esid liercely.
ut isn't yours!" 1t was mor an ss-
sertiop than Q question. +
"You see," Miss Miller told Jane
afterward. 'he took me by surprise.
ana I didn't know as Vt really WA
any any Of his business. And ] yuak
Thought to myself that maybe the gira
didn't want him to fni her. You
W can tell. you know. seeing how
many queer THINGS happen in a city.
And 30 at hrvt ! wasn't going ~ tell
him anything At all. For few ratu-
vtes i pretended that il ives mine.
You know I WAS going to let the Rirl
know about him before let him
know about her. But he laughed,