The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-11-08
Accounts

dOW MOcn money ulu VIZ nave WIEN
We started our weekend trip3"
II gave you $40 to keep for me-" said
the girl with the knitting. II think 1t
vas $40. hut 1t may have been $l5-"
Sand I gave you twenty" intrrrrsrd
the artistic looking girl. VIII" was cm.
hroidrring Il Stnock IN cuhiSt cOlOrs.
'Twcnty dollars aud tifty-fuur cents.
and Mabel owes me- Il dollar and nine
ty-six cents that let her have for silk
stockings. and only spent"
"Wnit Il minutc!" urged the young
woman With the pencil. who was fig
uring rapidly. "iou couldn't have
given me so much-I only had 500
when we started. and some Of 1t was
Mahel's and part Of 1t was my own.
Well. I'll divide 1t ur the hest can;
1t will be nearly right. Now. let's see;
what did you spend. Hclen?"
The knitting girl thouEhtfully bit the
end of a celluloid needle.
'Hotel hill" She began, "and choco-
late sundacs. two If them. How much
Is that? Well. you ought to know. Lucy.
I wasn't keeping count. Anyway, that's
what bought.
''Oh. yes" she continued. "and got
that waist in Oldport. So. only think
I'll send 1t back because the manicure
woman in the hotel had one just like it,
If get the money back for it do you
have to count that in? Oh. and !
bought two hair nets and some cold
cream. only Mabel used most Of that.
Better put it In her list. guess that's
all. How mucll-SS.oO? Why, I'd no
idea 1t would he SO much. Oh, well, we
had good timer
The artistic girl had been engaged in
carefully counting on her fingers.
"My bill is exactly $685." she an.
nounced. "That means have about
ten-something coming back to me. You
see, bought that purple hat and a
pair of smoked glasses and ten sun.
daes and soap-it's $9.37. Stamps? Oh,
yes, did use'a few. Hotel bill? for.
got 1t. oh, well, I'll have something
coming back, anyway, won't I? I sim.
ply have to buy that blouse I saw yes.
terday, and won't get another al.
lowance for two weeks. Oh, you fix 1t.
Lucy!
Lucy nibbled her pencil, turned the
page and began all over again.
"Too bad Mabel isn't here" she muir
INJURED. II don't know exactly how
much she gave me, but I think 1t was
$40. She used more stamps than any.
body-two special deliveries to Phil
every day-that's about dollar. Anc
she ate lot, too, and sent two tele
grams. Did Mabel buy anything much;
I don't seem to have any account Of
that"
"she bought silver frame for Phil's
picture" said the knitting girl. "rm
not sure how much it was. I think hers
was a bargain, but they're 81 in the
city. You'd better call it 81, it's sc
much easier to work with even mum.
bers. What did you spend, Lucy?"
The secretary looked blank.
"Why, don't believe l kept track"
she confessed. II must have bought
something, though. Hotel bill, oh, and
stamps stamps stamps - stamps -
And that blue waist! Don't you want
to buy that from me, Helen? It's awful.
ly sweet, only don't like it. I wish
you would, it would make the accounts
lot easier"
The artistic girl put aside her EN-.
broidery and began to rattle the Japa.
nese teacups.
Hurry up, Lucy!" she urged. "It's
getting late. Accounts are an awful
bore, aren't they7"
TITS funny" Lucy murmured
through mouthful Of lead pencil. 1T
doesn't seem to come out right. We
started out with about $50 and we
ought to have about $50 left, but there
Is just two dollars and thirty cents,
wonder what's the matter"
mabel must have spent a lot we
don't know about" suggested the
knitting girl. Anyway, what's the
use Of fussing2 Well never get It
exactly right and it's an awful bore.
Why not just divide what's left be.
tween the four Of us7 That will be
easiest"
The secretary threw down her pa.
pers with q sigh.
Gall right" she said. Lets. And
don't ask me to keep the accounts on
our next expedition. I've managed all
light this time, but it certainly has
oeen hard work -