The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-02

thing OF MiIly, you will clear on that
amount. Show me at the end of two
years that you have kept your prom
Use, and | shall be proud Of you,
where l am now a little afraid your
liberal ways may lead you into diff
culties."
Trust me. sir, trust mel" cried
the hopeful Marvin. filled with hun
bred 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
career 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
cote. 1t was wonderful, the many lit
tie economies they planned and car
ried out Marvin tried his hand at
planting vegetables, and Mile raised
u UIOOo VI ShiShCho- NiuO AiiS e'he
good fellow friends seemed to Marvin
now like far away dream.
One beautiful summer evening
Marvin came bounding up the garden
walk like a person dancing on air.
and waving Huttering strip of paper
in his hand.
1.-The last payment, Millie!" he
hurrahed "The six hundred dollars
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
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"
We'll, we'll" commented Mr..
Worthington in an apparently graft
fled tone 81 declare, Marvin. l am
more than pleased, proud Of you, In
fact. You see, saving has not been
so hard after all"
"Hard?" echoed Marvin. why, it's
just delightful! I've got hundred
dollars in the bank in Milly's name,
and we're going to build it up thirty
dollars a month as a nest egg for an
other real estate investment Milly,
show your father the vegetable and
eggs savings"
Very proudly Milly produced little
tin box and showed and ratified its
| contents.
"Forty-seven dollars and fifteen
cents. papa" she chirped. What do
you think of that?"
II think you are famous pair"
declared Mr.. Worthington with en-
ergy Here, Mile, add that to your
little treasure heap"
Marvin stared. He sat petrfled.
Very deliberately pretty Mile drew
from an envelope six one hundred dol
lar bills and some minor hank notes.
| 81 did 1t for your own good, Mar
VIM" explained Mr.. Worthington.
"There are no real payments due on
the cottage wanted to see you study
econc,Ny, and you've done It nobly."
"Will you forgive my share in the
! innocent deception, dear?" asked Mil
lie, wistfully.
Say" answered Marvin, choking up
with grateful emotion, when fell
low finds his life lined up the way
mine is through the thoughtfulness of
: the dearest wife in the world and her
grand old father"
A kiss for the one, 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 fel-
low" indeed!
Copyright 1912, by W. q. chapman.)