The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-06-26
At DOUBLE-ENTRY'
Teacher Had Brought His Pupil
= Point Where She Might
Accept Position.

q '"tulant little jerk. u lol Vi
she scolded, with a wrinkle
in her pretty brow, gathering up
the accumulated litter of advertising
papers and cards; groceries, mar
kcts, drug stores, souvenirs, trading
stamps-T'm so tired of seeing them
If people must litter up the porch
| wish they'd leave something new
and helpful~ She bundled up the
collection s~cornfully, ready for the
waste basket, when a small, neatly
printed white card met her eye.
With a characteristic birdlike tilt OF
her brown head, she read it through.
" Bookkeeping taught; evening
lessons given to classes or individ-
uaIS.' Why, he's right here in our
block-Brian Bonner, 1886 Linden
row; must be some relation to the
nice old lady who sent Sara some
jelly when | first came, for she SAID
it was from Mrs. Bonner"
Hurrying in, she disposed of the
offending papers, but she saved the
card, setting it up on the dining
room mantel, within easy reach. And
as she attacked her Saturday clean
ing, she turned over in her mind the
idea which it had suggested. If she
knew more about bookkeeping, she
pondered, it would help her to keep
the house accounts better, without
bothering her tired brother in the
evenings. Mathematics had always
been hard, ever at school. And then,
maybe, when Sara got well enough to
spare her, she could get a position as
cashier somewhere. 1t wouldn't be
right to stay on and be a burden,
after Sara was able to do her own
work, though Sara was the kindest
of sistersin-law, and she loved the
home. She would ask Toms advice
and get him to see whether this Mr..
Bonner was a gond teacher, and ask
Sara again about the nice old lady.
About a week later Freda stood a
the front door Of her neighbors, half
way down the square. a sweet-faceC
! elderly woman answered her ring
! and, upon learning her GRAND, tool
her intoyA pleasant living room am
introdu6d her son, a tall, somewha
shyAooRing Young man, with a frank
hndHv face. Freda liked him a
s Orce, for the way he smiled at hi
9 mother and tucked her comfortabl
!. mo the biggest armchair marke,
p him as a good son. When Fred
made Inquiries as to his bookkeepin.
classes, he laughed, with a minglin
Of humor and embarrassment.
, GLASSES is perhaps too ambition
. a word, Miss Whiting, for the oni
u one | can boast is composed Of sma
u boys, and meets at the church guilC
But | shall be glad to help you
< You want to take lessons, for / hav
had some experience, though I'm n'
a prodigy of learning
-. "He has been assistant bookkeept
u with the Corning company for 6v
- years, with a pretty good chance
promotion" put in his mother, vii
2 pride, for the firm was an old ar
honored one, and the son smile
again and shook his head at her b
fore going on to state his mode
terms. Freda arranged to take Of
ne lesson a week, and found out VII
she would need in the way
n supplies, then rose to go, feelil
that the new acquaintance would
a pleasant spot in the monotony
her days, aside from the value Of
lessons.
ht Brian might go to your house,
you're so near, if you'd rather" 81
gested the old lady, kindly, as tn
went to the door; "but he has I
lights 30 well arranged for such VIC
here, and l miss him so when b
out in the evening; 10 maybe y
won't mind coming to u.s." A
Freda readily agreed to this arran.
! ment.
The lessons went well from
sas start, for Freda was a patient, c.
TO-. scientio,s student, if not a brillii
GRO one, and she honestly wished to
- rtase her usefulness to the g
sis~ter-in-lsw, whose maimtay
had been during a long and tedi
illness, a well as to fit herself
HIS self-suPpOCt. And young Mr.. B
been ner was patient and considerate v
OF har m;atokos ond knau his auh,