Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-08-08
"A
Bag of Peanuts
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BY ALDEN CHAPMAN
By ALDEN cHAPMA

Warren Dole drove delivery wagon
with the same vim, abandon and en-
5oyment that he would have exercised
had il been a chariot. He had opened
ais eyes wide, in the midst of keen
pleasures and great expectations,
letter had come from an indulgent
uncle apprizing him Of the fact that
q great flood had swept away the
plant upon which he depended for
his revenue.
Coming on to stand by your side
and work tooth and nail for you"
wrote the loyal-souled Warren, but he
received a reply, prompt and final:
rs ay where you are and make a
man of yourself There are too many
gathering up the wreck of my for
tune already"
Then Warren went he rounds of his
friends clearly appri SEQ of the diff
ference between an b -ir expectant and
> pauper without eFen a position, sold
of his bachelor belongings and re-
moved from sumptuous suite to
email room in a cheap quarter. He
sent the proceeds to his uncle and
started out to face life with a capital
comprising perfect health and a clear
conscience.
Warren chuckled as he drove. little
covered delivery wagon the first day
Of his acceptance of the only job that
came has way He possessed a rare
sense of humor and the quaintness of
his position amused him. In the back
" the wagon was great wooden box
that usually held bushels and bushels
Of crisp sailed peanuts. Warren was
in fact one of a numerous group who
went around daily and filed the glass
penny-in-the-slot machines which held
@Grigsons Famous One Cent Lunches"
The machines were set wherever there
WAS d likelihood of the passer-by beic@
attracted by the fact that the expenGI-
ture of mere cent would secure
toothsome handful of the anomalous
fresh sailed peanuts.
One of tn. most ardent of the Gus
toners Of the luxury was Benny Lee.
He had acquired penny one morning
and had started out early to invest in
his favorite esculent. Warren, on his
way to headquarters to secure his
Daily supply, saw the little fellow APP
proach a corner machine, insert his
penny In its slot and turn the supply
controlling knob. No result-the glass
c0ntainer was empty. Little Benny
shook the machine, pounded it, look
of distress on his face, and he began
10 cry. Warren pulled UP promptly.
Empty, my little man" he spoke.
Nov hop up here beside me, and I'll
see thar you get :he most famous
penny's worth of peanuts any boy ever
happened onto"
IL was less than a mile to the ware
house. and once arrived there Warren
gave Benny big paper bag and led
him TO chute.
Hold it under the end here" di-
rected the big-hearted Warren, and
Benny's eyes bulged as at the touch of
a lever the chute disgorged torrent
Of peanuts. filling the bag to overflow
ing. Within an hour Benny was back
bone with his wonderful story of a
rial living Santa Claus and his Won
derful treasure.
1t was that same afternoon that
: Warren Dole, passing tree-shaded
yard near to the point where he had
met little Benny. halted to survey a
scene that did his heart good. Seated
ON the grass We're nearly dozen little
children, an ! near them wooden plates
heaped high with peanuts. Benny was
IN view as host of the happy coterie,
while near by, dishlng out lemonade,
was a graceful, sweet-faced girl, I'M
mistakenly his sister
''oh. there's my friend! cried Ben
ny. and bolted for the fence. The
youne lady followed him, for Benny
had seized her skirt and Insisted on an
introduction to "the bestest man in
the world" and when a few minutes
later Warren pursued his way, it was
with lovely face dancing before his
mental vision.
II got to be so before the month was
over that Warren Dole called fire.
quently at the home of Adrienne Yves.
ton. He had come to learn that the
grizzled, harsh-featured man he occa-
sionally saw about the place was Ben
ny's father and Adrienne's stepfather.
Mr.. Weston was a drinker, treated the
two with little kindness, and Warren
with Jealous pang learned that he
was intent ON marrying Adrienne to
favorite boon companion whom Adri-
enne detested. IN tears, after she and
Warren had become better acquainted,
Adrienne told of her misery and her
fears.
MY stepfather says he will take
little Benny away from me and turn
me out on the street if / do not marry
his friend" sobbed Adrienne. He
has got so, too. that when he Is in
drink he abuses both of us dreadfully."
and from the confession there grew
a plan that solved all the distress OF
the troubled Adrienne.
One afternoon when the cruel stem
father was on one of his drinking
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