The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-18
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where you ever got the money!"
"Oh, WE'LL" returned Tibi, mysteri-
ously. II got it--that Is. am going
TO get it
You know I'm saving those maple
syrup cans. Dick Thompson is keep
ing the rabbit for me. but he won't
keep IT. after next week. I've got to
have those syrup tins!"-
"oh, I'm not going to take the sy-
rup tins Dicky,"
We'll, see you don't" He depart
ed. He knew quite well that Tibi
wouldn't touch them. Tribi ran after
him.
Say. Dick you didn't think I'd be
SO mean, I'll tell you what! I'm
soon going to have ever so much
money--1m going to sell that old die.
tionary-and If ] have any extra. I'll
let you have 1t toward the rabbit"
Tibi was carried away by her own
generosity. !
\ Dick looked at her TITS awfully
good of you. Tbs" he said doubt
fully. but | don't believe you'll get
anything much for that old book after
I the way we two have banged 1t
around. ] guess you'll need most of
the money yourself, you're so set on
going to see Maude Adams" and he
pushed into his room and left Tibi
standing in the hall.
htii SIie pSLh W Jkepd Let .
] hurry! You go home and come back
for me at one O'Clock. I'll take the
dictionary to that old book store that
we pass on our way to school Dear,
! am so glad that / thought of that
book,''
/ Two minutes later Tibi was on the
trolley car and the conductor was
grumblingly accepting five pennies.
They're all have" Tibi. apologiZed,
truthfully. There was just one penny
left in her purse. OF course Tibi had
to take the car. How could she carry
a great volume for six long city blocks.
Her arms ached even now--but there
wouldn't be any dictionary soon.
Tibrs thought drifted. She saw
herself with Reba waiting at the long
line around the box office and with
three crisp dollar bills in her little
red purse and rapture in her heart.
of course with this vision Tibi forgot
to stop the car at the right corner.
She was carried by the shop and had
TO lug the heavy Webster back one
whole block.
i've come to sell you this diction-
airy" she stated, as he pushed her way
through the dust to the counter of the
old book store where a red-haired
individual stood regarding her.
''Eu-m-mi I'll take A look at it
He opened the parcel. Don't have
much call for Dictionaries he COM
mented.
It's very fine one Tibi urged,
mindful of Reba's instructions.
She waited while he looked through
: the book and glanced at its date.
/ Then he showed il toward her.
Don't want it. Don't take anything
so far back as that
!, Tibfs heart almost stopped beating.
She gazed at the man in bewilder-
ment. Then, mechanically, she tied
the string around the brown paper;
mechanically she made her way to
! the street. mechanically she turned
l toward home. The gongs of the cleo
trio cars thumped impatienty at lazy
l trucks and grocery carts, the elevated
: trains overhear squeaked and rumb1ed
! with their usual noisiness but Tibi was
in the desert of her own suffering.
1t was the dictionary that finally
brought Tibi back to the vibrant world
about her. Its weight was really too
much for a pair of arms like hers.
= She had to stop at corner. While
she was resting her eyes roved down
:, the small side street A yellow sign
, glared back at her: Old Books Bought
: and Sold.
' With renewed energy she grasped
the fat volume and picked her way
" down the rough iron staircase that
led to the basement
"A boy was sorting magazines by
the light of Pickering gas jet
BOSS out" he CALCULATED.
I Tibi hesitated. DO you think he
would buy a dictionary" she inquired
Dunno! en- wait, il you want. -
! Hc proffered her an empty box to
SIT upon. Likely he won't be back
!. for a long while" he suggested en-
. gouragingly.
l TIbi, however, sat stolidly upon the
box with the Webster beside her. il
was eleven O'Clock She wondered
t her eyes were glued to the face of a
= large nickel alarm clock. Five. ten
r fifteen minutes passed,
There was sound upon the steps
burly man in red flannel shirt
sleeves entered. He came toward Tibi
: and regarded her quizzically
, Got somethin' in the way Of q
, dictionary, so the boy says. Let's see
: it,"
! 1T is a very nice book"
Eyes. / daresay Plenty of words
in 1t, amt there" he chuckled
, Covers pretty bad No, sissy. Guess
/ don't want the book
t Don't want it, echoed Tibf. Not
: even--even for--for two dollars?"
Two dollars No If you don't
! want to carry it home, III give you
fifteen cents for IT"
The boy at the counter suppressed
IA giggle.
= ~&A4~x~a~~sfruggle out of Tibi's
left eye and splashed upon the leather
cover of Websters Unabridged.
r We'll. make it twenty cents the
| man said kindly. He was thinking
e of his own little girl
THANK YOU
e The dictionary was sold. Two ten
s. cent pieces were in This red purse
q where two dollars should have been,
= where at least one dollar ought to have
been 1t was quarter past twelve.
4 Yes all was lost
4 How Tihi ever reached home she
. did not know. 1t was quarter TO
. one when she opened the area gate
that Dick had left. ajars He was in
e the hall pretending to wipe. his boots.
4 He stopped as Tibi pushed past him
o and glanced questionnigly at her. AS
q she ran upstairs, he stood doubtfully