The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
HIS FIND
BY ROxANNE LEE


driving the machine. Ii was a hot
day, one Of the hottest of the season.
The man. coming TO tree in the midst
Of the wheat. rested his sweating
horses and himself as well. The girl
took a tin cup. went 10 the spring.
house, filled the cup with ,buttermilk
and started down the hillside. Upon
approaching the man she said:
Its so hot. Jim. that | thought |
would bring you n cool drink"
ITS mighty good of you to think OF
me. Annie" And. taking the milk, he
| drank II down. then continued: This
is my last day of this kind of work.
I'm going to the city tomorrow morn.
| ing to make my fortune"
Got anything to make 1t with, JimT
only strength and pluck"
I'm afraid strength and pluck alone
won't so very far toward making a
fortune. I've heard my uncle. who
was a city man. say that the first
thing necessary to make money Is to
get money TO make It with"
men i IuuSt DcSln Dy ShNlDP,
He had no right to spend his time
chatting so he shook the reins over
the horses backs as n signal for them
TO go on with the work. Annie turned
away, asking what time Of the day he
was going. and he said, "On the 0
o'clock train" She bid him goodby
with mist in her eyes and went back
to the farmhouse.
The next morning the young man,
Joshua Gibbs. left the house where he
was staying and struck path leading
across lots TO the station. Coming TO
a stile. he saw lying ut It's foot with
one corner wedged in under the wood
which protected ii from blowing away
what looked like bank bill. Stoop-
Ing, he picked IL up and found that II
was what he had supposed IL to be.
and the denomination was 500 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. While bordering he
heard q distant whistle of the coming
train. Having no more than time be-
fore its arrival TO reach the station. he
put the bill in his pocket and proceed.
ed on his way. On reaching the city
he wrote the postmaster OF the town
he had left Of his find and said he was
ready to return it on proof
Joshua secured n place as porter in
store. holding on to the bill for
claimant who never turned up. One
day the owner of a newsstand died.
and his stand and stock were offered
for sale. Joshua gave the $40 for II |
with IL. He proved TO be a shrewd |
business man, was polite and attentive |
to his customers and. having an hon |
est way with him. rapidly built up
the business. He added stationery |
and gradually increased the variety of |
his stock until he was obliged to take |
n large store. The thoroughfare on
which he was located became more
and more valuable The result was |
that within five years Joshua had |
what he needed for his private ex-
penses and was laying up money.
More than this. one of his customers.
taking a fancy to him. gave him In.
formation as to certain Investments.
all OF which brought him good inter
est. and some Of them increased con-
slderably in value.
When Joshua became prosperous he
bethought himself that, being a 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
to remember Annie Saun-
ders. who had on hot morning FIVE or
six years before brought him that Gun
OF buttermilk He remembered how
cool 1t had TASTED and how pretty An.
ME looked as she handed il TO him.
The city girls cheeks In comparison
with hers, made rosy by the country
air. looked very wan. He wondered II
she were still where he had left her.
Joshua kept Annie in mind till
one day he decided he would go and
see her. He did SO and as soon as he
reached the place where she lived
learned that she was still at the farm
''S 't'''Nu out w ullu HIS WHY
lending him across the stile where he
had found the twenty dollar bill that
had been the basis of his prosperity.
Sitting there, he fell to musing on his
find. and. suddenly looking up. he saw
Annie coming along the path He rose
10 meet her. and she recognized him
1t once.
Sitting together Joshua told her of
his finding the bill. how he had writ.
ten with view to tracing its owner
md how. finding no owner for it. he
had invested II In a business that was )
making him, If not rich at least well
70 do The morning was pleasant, the
birds we're singing in the trees. and $
here was distant sound Of moving 8
machine. Joshua could not be long S
'way from his business. and. assisted q
Dy the surroundings. he made short
'hrift of telling Annie what he had q
'ome for. She didn't ask for time 10
consider. but told bin she had loved (
him ever since he had been a farm
hand q
This was surprise to him. but n [
greater one was I'm store She confess.
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