The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-03-25

bill, and I can't get it changed, and
when l get home to my Olive I'll be
; killed deader than herring.
where's a good orphan asylum, of.
ficer? want to go to a good orphan
! asylum and lay my head on the little
white cot and forsake the world"
The policeman shooed James Joseph
! away from him, and at five minutes
i of the long overdue husband of
Olive steamed into a harbor at 146th
street and made a dying request.
81 think l got it," said the man
kindly, because he knew Mr.. Sidell.
Thanks" said Mr.. SideI in a re-
lieved tone. He dipped into his vest
pocket, pulled out O'Rourke's joke FIVE
spot and laid it reverently upon the
wood.
whats thatT said the man.
That's the fifty" said Mr.. Sidell
with dignity.
Look at it," said the man.
Mr.. Sidell picked 1t up, looked at
1t, and then the terrible truth rushed
over him.
SorTowfully and YEARLY, James Jo-
seph trekked out through the swing
ing doors and another thought hit him
violently.
Until that moment, he had an excuse
for Olive. Now he had none.
Gould he tell her that he was six
hours late because he had been try
ing to change five-dollar bill?
Reply: He could not-and continue
on living terms with wife.
He looked up and encountered the
gaze Of one who was studying him in
tently.
! "Why, Bainbridgel" said James Jo-
seph in delight. "What brings you
up hereT
"You look all in," replied Balm
bridge. what have you been doing?"
Mr.. Sidell took his friend by the
coat-lapel and told him all, conceal
ing nothing.
do you expect me to believe thatf"
said cambridge dryly.
Il hope to die If 1t isn't so. And
hear me-if you won't believe 1t, what
chance is there when I tell 1t to
Oliver"
"No chance whatever"
"Then there is only one thing to
do. You must lend me 800. I'll nav
you Monday. But If / am to continue
having home and wife, I've simply
got to have hundred-dollar bill when
l open the front door at GIL"
For a long, long time, Bainbridge
hesitated. Then he said:
"All right, James Joseph, I'll save
your life. But you will pardon me,
If follow you to your door at a de-
cent distance and watch you make
your entrance"
Sure" said James.
cambridge produced the bill and
handed 1t to Mr.. Sidell.
''Now let's start. What are you
going to tell your wifeY
Leave it to James Joseph" said
that gentleman. with this bill, I am
SAFE"
cambridge watched him enter his
own home. He stood on the corner
IOr an instant, then turned and slowly
walked away.
my dear Olive" James was saying.
1.-THE boys at the office-you know the
boys-they arranged little testimo-
NAL, tribute of affection and esteem;
didn't know thing about it till this
afternoon, not thing.
"And I've been trying all afternoon
to get the blamed thing changed SO
you could spend 1t. It's all for you;
not cent of it for me, because it's
a token of regard and esteem; couldn't
get it changed anywhere; even the
banks didn't have the change, and
Monday you can go down town and
buy hundred dollars worth of shirt
waists"
James Joseph smiled placatingly and
laid the century note on his wifes
folded hands.
James," she said, without altering
the expression on her countenance,
your bed Is turned down."