The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-17

gage by which he had raised the
money for I4aura's education and had
little money laid by. He and ma
were in q fair way to prosper: but
they did not change their way of liv-
ing. h first vacation they had ever
taken in their lives came when they
went down that winter to visit Laura.
for a few days. They would perhaps
no have gone then il she had not
come all the way from New York to
fetch them. The very thought of go
ing frightened them. but Laura pilot
ed them SO skillfully that after the
first starts and thrills they almost
to the theater and the opera. to the
big stores and to a big cafe. Her
husband took his turn at showing
them the sights. Ile was just as nice
to them as Laura was. And they
liked him Just as. we'll as they could
Ike anybody they stood so much in
awe of.
Mr.. Macdonald was specializing n
little and he wanted pa to 90 in. with
him. Pa hadn't. the least idea Of
making money in n other way than
at the rate Of one.third profit on
flour and coffee and starch. The
most iron he had ever seen in his
for railroad shares-his brain refused
to grasp the idea. And mas was no
better. But anything Mr.. Macdonald
9 must be right. In tho END ia
put all the cash he could rake and
scrape into Mr.. MacDonald's hands.
ne couldn't have felt any safer about
1t it had he buried it in the cellar. a
could look after. any amount OF
money-pa. and ma both knew that.
They were Very glad to be home
after their visit, The old house
looked very shabby after Laurai's
handsome new fiat and Weytmorc
seemed very Quiet. but it was all
n and they were used to It. IT
city. sea-
.Laura's young and. besides. she's
a three years Of 1t. It's ali right
tor her." said ma, but. Ia, pa..
Monldn't live there O. month il you'd
Though why they call tiBrondway
beats me. faint a mite widcr.n
Trout street. il tits as vide"
telegram from Mr.. McDonaidoa
telegram that pa and
ma puzzled over in vain. what did
tney know about margins and. par
values! 1t was we'll that the teIe-
gram was followed right up by q
letter-a big letter from the lawyer,
a long one from Laura, and. q check
with 90 many ciphers. IN the upper
right hand corner, and such 4 toodly
figure preceding the ciphers tina %
and ma turned white as they tried to
read them with their dazed old eyes.
This much they made out finally
the check was money. real money.
The speculation was a success Mr..
Macdonald had manipulated the
stocks SO clcverly that he had cleaned
up enough for them to live comfort.
ably on for the remainder of their
lifetime. They could not conceive
how he had done It.. They only knew
that he had done IT, n the result
was in their hands. That blue slip Of
paper represented twice the earnings
OF all their years OF toll. They were
rich among their neighbors-rich.
And o arose the question: What
should they do with their money?
They had their home and 9 paying
business. TO be lurss the furniture
vas worn out. but they loved II.
They looked about at the old home
like things and realized that they
could not change a thing. They had
cashed the check and put the money
IN the bank and there 1t lay, idle. do
ing nobody any good.
II can't think Of g thing I want
to use II for" pa said.
Nor l." ma sighed. Then she
Frightened. u know o what Laura
meant when she said that time that
she wanted t" know how TO mse
lmoney in case she ever had any.