The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-17

for the sake of my own pride,-for
the sake of doing it.
She put the check in the clock for
safe keeping until morning After
Jack had dropped asleep she stole
out of bed and took it out of the
clock. What of robbers? Fire? 1t
was an awful responsibility-this
having such vast wealth loose around
the house. She got an envelope and
tucked it under her pillow and fell
asleep at last to see visions and
dream dreams. And Thomas Joshua,
awake early in the morning-an i'd
iocyncrasy peculiar to infants in some
quarters-saw corner of the envel-
ope protruding from beneath his
mothers pillow just above his head
and drew it forth. Kind angels a.
Weakened Mary and a wild shrek a.
Weakened Jack. For Thomas Joshua
was just preparing to eat fifty-fve
hundreds of dollars at one vast OK
travagant gulp.
One week later we took batch
of mail out and passed it to Jack
across the imposing stone.
Purse ran over many of the corner
cards on the envelopes and his face
wore a frightened look.
"DunsW he cried. "But why have
they arrived all at once?"
He ripped one open and read:
Dear Sir:
We enclose herewith receipt
in full for the money owed us on
North Sidney Bulletin invoices
after settlement of twenty cents
on the dollar by Judge Atherton.
Please accept our sincere thanks
for the same. You have acted
very fairly in this matter.
7ssssa ssssssssssAssss ssa-sssss+ s'ssSN'
Envelope after envelope he tore
open until there was wastebaske,
If papered clutter on the forms he
vas making up. And when he real
ized what had happened he went over
md sat down by the big press ane
an his fingers through his hair unit
t was a worse mess than Herbs cow,
lex had been in it's widest days O
5ophormoric riot.
Sam came over and wanted tt
know what had happened.
"Poor Mary's gone to work-ant
oaid up-everything l owe or eve!
1ave owed, out of that legacy she
lot from her uncle
He rubbed his hands nervously to
gether.
"Well, what did you want her to dc
buy a horse-car line?"
"No, but
"But what?"
Cant you understand how l fee,
about it-having a woman pay m,
5ills?"
eyes, I can. But l can feel too
what pleasure it gave to Mary wher
she did it."
pleasure! Spending money by
| mailing it out to list of names ana
never getting thing but so many
thank-you's?"
"Of feeling that she had been able
to really help you out of a bad sit
uation. Young man, you've got q
family and a future to work for ano
the god of luck has freed you from
debt. Show what's in you; go al
your task of winning success with the
idea that when the time comes, you'll
pay Mary back thousand fold"
| Jack went back to his stones, gath
cred up his mail sadly and put it II
his pocket.
He drew Mary to him that noon
time with great terrible man tear.
rolling down his cheeks. Gripped il
his embrace, her own features shin
ing, she knew then that he knew wha
she had DONE
"The rest-oh Mary-kcep the res
for Tommy's education. Promi5
met"
"The rest goes to help you get int
some good business. Then the bust
ness can pay for Thomas Joshua
education through theological
SCHOOL,"
Mrs. Hold came over to the Purse
: that evening after some thread t
match her mauve silk. AS she de
: clared afterward, if she'd seen tn
ghost of Julius Caesar walk into tn
room dressed in a japanese umbrell
and pair of rubber boots, she could
Mt have been more startled than whe