The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-09
By ROxAnsnlE LEE


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There was rntfIe Of q moving ma
chine In d Held 81 sWheat. a giristood
Eln tie docrway 0f the cottage on the
EhnIsahd looked down on a young man
driving the macil.ne. Il was a hot
day, one OF the hottest OF the season.
Ihemad coming to ustree 81 the MIDST
IS ne Rheat. rested his swelling
horses ana htmscif as weil. The girl
took n TN cup. went to the sFrlng-
honse, hIicd the cup with butterGntlk
and started down the hillside. Upon
approaching the man she said:.
"Ifs so hot. Jim, TINT ] thought I
would bring y0u.a c0et drink.
'.Igs n1Eehf good oe you to think OF
me, Annie, and. taking the mill. he
drank ft down. then continued: This
| is my last day Of this kind of work.
Pm goingtO the city tomorrow morn
fng 10 nate my fortune.
sG0G anything to be It with, Jim 2
a.Only streneth ana pluck"
In afraid strength and pluck alone
won't go very fer toward making n
:fortune I've heard my uncle. who
was d city man, say that the frst
thing necessary to make money Is TO
get money t6FmakS IL with
.sThen I must begin by saving."
10 had no right 10 spend his time
chatting, so he hook the reins over;
the horses bachsihs d signal for them
to 70 on withfthe work. Annie turned
away, asking what, time OF the day he
was going. and he said, ION the 0
O'Clock train She bid him goodby
with a mist III her eyes and went back
to tie farmhouse.
THE next morning the young man,
Joshua Gibbs, left the house where he
was staying and struck path leading
across lots 30 the station. Coming to
q stlle he, saw lying at It's foot with
one corner wedged IN under the wood
which protected it from blowing away
what looked like a bank bill. Stoop-
ing, he picked II up ana found TINT 1t
was what he had supposed 1t to be.
and the denomination was $50 he
looked about him for the person who
had dropped It, but no one was In
sight He was puzzled to know what
to do with It White bordering he
heard distant whistle of the coming
tfAih, Having no moro than time be-
fore1ts arrival to reach the station, he
.put the bin in his pocket and pFoceeos
ed on his way. On reaching the city
he wrote the postmaster OF the town
he had leGtoE his flnd ana said he WAS
ready to return It on proof. 81 -'ls
joshua secured a place as porter in
q store, holding On to the bill for
claimant who never turned up, One
day the owner Of a newsstand died.
anidshis stand and stock we're offered
for sale. Joshua gave the $50 for It
and entered upou the work connected
with it. He proved to be a shrewd
business man. was polite and attentive
to bis customers and. having an hon
est way with him; rapidly built up
the business He added stationery
andgradually Increased the variety OF
his stock until he was obliged to take
a large store. The thoroughfare on
which he was located became more!
and more, valuable. The result was
that. within i've years Joshua had
what he needed for hfs private ex-
penses and was laying up money.
More than this, one OF his customers.
taking fancy to him. gave him In.
formation as to certain Investments.
WHICH Jill SN0NhAAGGsA-
est, md some OF them increased con-
siderably In value.
When Joshua became prosperous he
bethought himself that, being man
OF business with no bachelor tastes, he
would better marry. he had no WON
an in view, his object being TO have a
home Thinking the matter over. he
hamened to remember Annie Saun-
ders, who had on a hot morning i've or
six years before brought him that cup
OF b1ttermilk. He remembered how
cool It hhd TASTED and how pretty Ans'
ME looked asashe handed 1t to him
The city girls cheeks In comparison
with hers. made rosy by the country
air, looked very wap He wondered II
she were st1ll where he had left her.
joshua kept Annie in mind TIL
one,day he decided he would so and
seeYher. He did SO and rs soon as he
reached the place where she lived
learned that she was still Mt the farm.
He star ted out to ind her, bis way
leading him across the stfie where he
had found the twenty dollar bill that
llud been the basis OF his prosperity.
Sitting there. he fell to musing on his
find, and, suddenly looking ups no saw
Annie coming along the path: He rose
TO meet her. and she recognized him
at once.
Sitting together, Joshua told her OF
his anding the bill. how he had writ
ten with a vieW to tracing its owner
and how. finding no owner for It, he
had invested # In business that was
making him. n not rich. at least weIl
to DO. The morning was pleasant, the
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