Evening journal., 1913-06-27
FIND
By RoxANNE LH

day. one OF the hottest OF the season
The man. coming TO tree IN the mldS
OF the wheat rested bis sweatiu
horses and himself as we'll The gir
took tin cup. went TO the sprinI
house. filled the cup with buttermill
and started down the hillside Upol
approaching the man she said:
-lt's so hot Jim. that thought
would bring you q cool drink.
Its mighty good Of you TO think oiI
me. Annie, And. taking the milk. d,
drank It down. then continued: ~'rh
is my last day Of this kind or woli
I'm going TO the city tomorrow mort
ing TO make my fortune
~Got anything TO make It with. Jim
"Only strength and pluck"
I'm afraid strength and plnck alont
won't go very far toward making
fortune. I've heard my uncle VIII
was city man. say that the hrs
thing necessary to make money is q
get money 20 make II with"
''Then ! must begin by saving"
He had no right to spend his tim,
the horses backs as a signal for then
10 go on with the work Annie turner
away. asking what time of the day h'
was going. and he said. "On the
O'Clock train" She bid him Goodb,
with mist In her eyes ana went bach
to the farmhouse
The next morning the young man
I.F It. rhnr l
was staying and struck path leadir
across lots to the station. Coming 3
stile be saw lying nc its foot wit
one corner wedged In under the wnn
which protected It from blowing awe
what looked ike a bank hill. Sto't
Ing. he picked it up and found that
was what be had supposed II 20 h
and the denomination was 500 y
looked about him for the nerson VII
had dropped f. but no one was
sight. He was puzzled 20 know wha
TO do with t. While pondering d
beard a distant whistle Of the comm
train Having no more than time m
fore its arrival TO reach the station. ls
put the bill IN his pocket and procer'
ed on his way. On reaching the cii
he wrote the postmaster Of the tow :
be had left Of his hnd and said he wa
ready to return It on proof
Joshua secured n place as porter ti
store holding on 10 the bin FOR
claimant who never turned np. Ou'
day the owner Of a newsstand dird
and his stand and stock were ofere,
for sale Joshua gave the $50 for &
and entered upon the work connectr'
with II He proved to be a shrew'
business man. was polite and attenti,
20 his customers. and having an hon
EST way with him. rapidly built nj
the business He 0dded statloner
and gradually Increased the variety q
bis stock until he vas obliged 20 tai
largo store e'he thoroughfare o
which he WIS located became mcr
md more valuable The result wa
that within five years Joshua ha'
y whit he needed FOR his private es
penses and was laying mp none
More than this. one OF his customer
taking fancy to him. gave him O
Formation as 10 certain investment,
all OF which brought him n good inie
est. and some OF them Increased cm.
siderabiy IN value
when Joshua became prosperous D.
bethought himself that being a ma
Of business with no bachelor tastes
would better marry He had no wor
an In view his object being to have
home Thinking the matter over. &
happened 20 remember Annie SAu
ders. who had on a hot morning hve ,
six years before brought him that Ca
OF buttermilk He remembered ho'
cool It had tasted and how pretty A.
ME looked as she handed II TO hin
The city girls cheeks IN compariso
with hers. made rosy by the COUNT
air. looked very wan He wondered
she were still where he had left her
Joshua kept Annie In mind O.
one day he decided he would go nt
see her He did SO and as soon as .
, reached the place where she liv'
learned that she was stil al the fart
He started out 10 find her. his W,
leading him across the stile where
! had found the twenty dollar bill tn
hed been the basis OF his prosperlt
Sitting there he fell 10 musing on b
find. and. suddenly looking up. he 81
Annie coming along the path He r0
to meet her. and she recognized hi
al once
Sitting together. Joshua told her
his dndiug the bill. how he had wrI
ten with view to tracing It's own
and how. finding no owner for IT,
had Invested IL IN "A business that WI
making him Il not rich. al least W,
10 do The morning was pleasant. q
birds were singing in the trees an
there was distant sound Of a mowii
machine Joshua could not be nl
away from his business. and. assisi'
by the surroundings. he made shu
shrift OF telling Annie what be D,
come for She didn't ask for time
consider hut told him she had iov'
him ever since be had been a far
hand
This was surprise TO him. but
greater one was In store. She confes
I'd that on the morning Of his departp
for the city she nad preceded him
the Stile and mad placed there the b
hr mad found one which she had N
I'd for a new gown She asked him
her nncie's theory that II takes mon
10 make money had not been proved
A Quaint Description.
You get some swift couversatio
r-ffhou4 fnfopffon.l lfutotfpr rs .