American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-04-04

his way through the half-holiday crowd
and entered another place.
II have a pain in my stomach, so
please give me something for it, ana
can you change q fifty-dollar bill?" he
said pleasantly.
"What is this-a m~onologue?" asked
the man, "or did you come in here for
the customary reasonT'
"I have a pain and a f~fty-dollar
| bill, and | want both of them changed
James replied.
IF 1 had a f~fty-dollat bill, I'd have
a pain myself" said the nan "Whatn
you have2'
James told him Immediately and
spent several minutes explaining the
difficulty of getting a bin changed.
keep on up Broadway" advised
his host. you're bound to hit it soma-
where"
Fourteenth street doomed up on the
Sidell horizon, and still the crisp III
nestled in his waistcoat-pocket.
Reiigiously, he made every stop, or
dered a drink out of sheer necessity
of ordering, and asked for change,
At 5 o'clock, he was at Ninety-sfxth
street, and behind him trailed an I'M
ending string of lighthouses, in every
one of which his request had been re
fused.
"This is a hard and cruel world" no
moaned.
Then he sat down on the curbstone,
took out his handkerchief and began
to cry. A friendly policeman urged
him along.
"Not a friend In the world" he told
the officer. "Nothin' but a ~ifty-dollar
| bill, and I can't get it changed, and
| when l get home to my Olive I'll be
killed deader than a herring.
where's a good orphan asylum, Of
5 fcer? l want to go to a good orphan
: asylum and lay my head on the little
Y white cot and forsake the world"
The policeman shooed James Joseph
d away from him, and at five minutes
of 7 the long overdue husband OF
h Olive steamed into a harbor at .l46th
r street and made a dying request.
81 think 1 got it,. said the man
kindly, because he knew Mr.. Sidell.
"Thanks,' said Mr.. Sidell in a re-
v lieved tone. He dipped into his vest
pocket, pulled out O'Rourke's joke five.
spot and laid it reverently upon the
wood.
d "What's that2" said the man.
r "That's the fifty" said Mr.. Sidell
with dignity.
IS Look at It," said the man.
NJ Cf1,1I .YinlynJ ~ nm looked at
1t, and then the terrible truth rushed
over him.
10 S%orrowfully and YEARLY, James 10
seph trekked out through the swing
40 ing doors and another thought hit him
M violently.
Until thai moment, he had an excus,
2' for Olive. Now he had none.
Could he tell her that he was si1
hours late because he had been try
>. ing to change. a ~ive-dollar bill?
Reply: He could not-and continue
III on living terms with wife.
He looked up and encountered thu
gaze of one who was studying him in
IN tently.
"Why, cambridge !" said James JO
seph in delight. what brings yo1
of up here2"
"You look all in," replied Balm
bridge. "What have you been doingf
Cd Mr.. Sidell took his friend by tn
- coat-lapel and told him all, conceal
Of ing nothing.
"Do you expect me to believe that?
said cambridge dryly.
ya 81 hope to die If 1t isn't so. An
90 hear me-if you won't believe 1t, wha
"a chance is there when / tell 1t t
Oliver"
,is "No chance whatever"
"Then there Is only one thing {
ION do. You must lend me 500. I'll pa
.od you Monday. But If / am to continu
az having a home and a wife, I've simpl
got to have a hundred-dollar bill whe
no 1 open the front door at GAL"
For a long, long time, Balnbridg
hesitated. Then he said
"All right, James Joseph, I'll say
~ your life. But you will pardon m
-, If l follow you to your door at a d.
cent distance and watch you maB
your entrance"
,Iv "Sure," said James.
cambridge produced the bill al
, -, handed 1t to Mr.. Sidell.
"Now let's start. What are yc
going TO tell your wifeT'
Leave 1t to James Joseph" sa.
that gentleman. with this bill, I a
a 7 safe"
cambridge watched him enter h
!, q home. He stood on the corn
for an instant, then turned and slow
walked away.
noe "My dear Olive" James was sayin
"the boys at the office-yOu know Il
tho boys-they arranged a little testlrn
NAL, a tribute of affection and esteem
inc didn't know a thing about 1t till tn
,i+t afternoon, not q thing.
mol AND I've been trying all afterno'
ovaI to get the blamed thing changed
ing you could spend it. It's all for yo'