Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-04-27
$40 ENCLOSED
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BY LIZZIE NJ. PEABODY

| " AsI-' hy Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
There's the vegetable truck r Myra
called hastily. Hurry. Efie! Tell the
vegetable man to bring in the potatoes,
cabbages and the other things | told
you OF this morning; and be sure not
to forget To ask Mrs. Seayey how the
baby is. She is out at her gate buying
something"
After greetings, Efie stood silently
by the truck until Mrs. Seayey had
given the Euckman $40 bin TO
change, and then, with lavish dis
play of pretty white teeth and dlmples,
she smiled into, the roguish eyes OF
Sim while giving her sisters order.
| Then the neighbors began talking
about the baby and Sim, who had
taken his hired mans place on the
truck that morning, decided that,
rather than interrupt their converse
ton at that time, he would take in the
vegetables then, and would give Mrs.
Seavey her change afterward.
Perhaps his thoughts were of Myra
and Ellie who were both young and
very pretty instead of being on his
| work; but anyway, when he had given
Mrs. Seavey the change the bin was
not TO be found, although the three
ladies helped him look for 1t.
I'm call again soon, IL l may" he
said upon leaving The bill may be
found little later" he added.
He did not come again on his truck,
but came again very soon in his car.
and after that, came often. always in
yiting the girls to go on long and
| pleasant drives
| Myra was sure that uifie was the
chief attraction, and she was glad to
see her so happy with Sim; for her
sister had been feeling depressed OF
late owing to a quarrel with Johnny
| Ware, and Johnny had gone to a dis
| tant town to work and had not written.
Both girls enjoyed the company Of
the young man. Sometime in the win
ter, however he surprised the elder
sister by asking her to be his wife,
and she, longing to say yes, but think
of Efie's terrible disappointment, said
nc" with heavy heart
Sim pondered What was Myra's rea-
son for refusing hlm2 Then he burst
out boylshly: do you like me,
| Myra2 | know you do Listen WIN
you marry me next spring II that $40
bill is found before that timer"
yes Myra ventured, softly.
II was only week later that, as
she was removing the coarse, out
standing outer leaves from head Of
| cabbage, she discovered a $40 bin
lying crumpled between the leaves.
With trembling hands she returned
it to its hiding place, and taking the
cabbage back to the cellar, exchanged
1t for another But she kept her dis
| while longer,
Twd weeks later, the morning after
the minister's old-fashioned donation
| party, Myrs appeared from the cellar
way looking strangely pale. 1.-The
| cabbage that was on the lower shelf,
away back in the cellar-where is 1t,
| Efie?" she asked hastily.
And Efiie, watching from the win
dow for the morning pOstman, an
swered carelessly:
'Sim found 1t and sent 1t with the
others 10 the donation party"
Myra turned and went slowly to her
room. "Oh dear /" she moaned III only
the minister hadn't so large family
and the children were not all so fond
OF cabbage Ny secret will soon be
known now. Poor little Enie"
Where are you, Myra?' Ehie called,
few minutes later. Her eyes were
shining, her cheeks glowing.
i've got the loyeliest lettsr from
johnny she cried and I'm so
happy
"Sim had hardly entered the room
that evening, when the minister came
in ut was SO good of you to plan
the pleasant surprise in the cabbage"
he remarked after a while, and he
smiled in turn at Sim and Myra, with
out meeting the kindly, comprehend
ing look he had expected
"The SO bill" he explained "Was
it sent by mistake? We-I-thought-"
Sim thought quickly ono mistake
at al sir, he said, genially. "The
bill is yours. in fact hope very
soon TO present you with another,
which VIII be enclosed in a different
sort Of envelope" and he smiled at
Myra, whose cheeks were very red
Later in the evening he cheerfully
agreed with Myrs when she contented-
ly remarked that affairs had gone won
derfully well after all, but he failed to
mention his visit to Johnny Ware, and
his success in making that young gen
tleman very jealous; the result OF
which was the loving letter 10 Efie.
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