The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-05

thing of. Nifty, you win clear on that
I amount. Show me at the end of two
years that you have kept your prom
/ Use, and I shall be proud of you
where / am now little afraid your
liberal ways. may lead you into diff
culties."
Trust me, sir, trust mel" cried
the hopeful Marvin, filled with hun.
, dred plans to save the pennies.
Milly, and Marvin were married in
due time. The vine-embowered cot
tage on. Maple street became their
home. Marvin began his sacrificial
carer heroically. Milly petted and
praised. him SO enthusiastically when
he proudly brought home the first re-
ceipt for twenty-five dollars from the
bank that the artless fellow actually
looked; forward to the next pay day
as a sort of regular celebration.
They were happy as doves in a
cote Mrwas wonderful, the many lit
tie economies they planned and car
ried out. Marvin tried his hand at
planting. vegetables, and Mile raised
q brood Of chickens. Club life and
good fellow friends seemed to Marvin
now like q far away dream.
One. beautiful summer evening
Marvin; came bounding up the garden
walk like a person dancing on air.
and waving q nuttering strip of paper
In his hand.
"The last payment. Millie!" he
A1A IT. h-~ Ill ~
is all paid off," and Millie fell into
his arms and tried to tell him for
the, thousandth time what a splendid
man he was.
Papa Worthington strolled down to
the cottage In the evening. His
broad face was rather unusually BEAM
ing. and he suggested person ex-
pecting to hear some news.
About those payments" began
Marvin, with conscious pride as they
adjourned from the porch to the coy
little parlor. There's the final note
of the six hundred dollars"
Well, we'll" commented Mr.:
Worthington in an apparently graft.
fed tone, 81 declare, Marvin. l. am
more than pleased. proud Of YOU. I'm
fact. You see, saving has, not been
SO hard after all"
"Hard?" echoed Marvin. why. KS
just delightful! I've. got: a. hundred
dollars in the bank; in, Miily's name,
and we're going to build it 10 thirty
dollars a month as a, nest egg for an
other real estate Investment. MiIly.
show your father the, vegetable and
eggs savings"
Very proudly Milly produced a little
tin box and showed aad ratified its
contents.
"Forty.seven dollars and fifteen
cents. papa" she ehtrped. What do
you think of that?'-
II think you are a famous pair"
declared Mr.. Worthington with en-.
ergy. Here. Mile. add that to your
little treasure heap"
Marvin stared. He sat petrified.
Very deliberately pretty Mile drew
from an envelope six one hundred dol.
lar bills and some minor bank notes.
Il did 1t for your own good, Mar
Vhs eApIdineu MT. WOTlnlnSIOn.
There are no real payments due on
the cottage wanted to see you study
economy. and you've done 1t nohly."
'Will you forgive my share in the
innocent deception. dear?" asked Mil.
lie. wistfully.
Say" answered Marvin, choking up
with grateful emotion. when a fel.
low finds his life lined up the way
mine Is through the thoughtfulness of
I the dearest wife in the world and her
grand old father"
A kiss for the one. a warm hand.
shake for the other. and Marvin
Bates faithful friends knew that their
experiment had permanently sue.
ceeded. and that the big,hearted hus-
band and son-in-law was "a good fell
low" indeed!
(copyright. 1912. by W. q. Chapman.l
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