The Glenwood post., 1924-04-10
Miss
Serr,ple's
Enterprise
BY ELLA SAUNDERS
@. 1874. western Newspaper Union, ,

%. 1874. Western Newspaper Union.)
T TITLE MISS SEMPLE had Just
- her dead fathers tiny farm. mort
gagged to the hilt, and three hundred
dollars, and what she could make out
Of her chickens. And she was fifty.
And she had always lived In Tam
town, and had never seen New York
or California. or had an evening gown.
or done any of the things she had
wanted to.
And she was wondering how she was
going to live, and II she would have
to accept Cousin Johns thinly dis
guised offer Of home which in re-
ality meant situation as unpaid maid.
81 just won'tl' said Miss Semple.
MY goodness, the wretched manW
This had no reference to Cousin
John, but to Tony Galuppi. Tony
very drunk, was driving his two thin
horses along the muddy road, trans
porting a load of coal, and lashing
them unmercifully.
Seizing her umbrella, Miss Semple
ran out Of the cottage.
"You leave those poor beasts alone,
you wicked fellow; they're doing their
bestl" cried little Miss Semple shrilly
Tony grinned viciously. "All right,
mebbe you like to buy my team and
wagonl" he snarled at her. "Me-rm
trough. Carting business not worth
d-n. Me 60 back to sunny Italy"
"Youll 60 to a SUMMER place some
day If you mistreat poor dumb beasts"
cried little Miss Semple. "How much
d'you want for them?"
"T'ree hundred dollar" answered
Tony.
Now Miss Semple believed in omens,
and she had just three hundred in the
bank. That seemed an omen to her.
"Done" she answered. You wait
herew
And, rushing back into the house,
she wrote out check for three hun
dred. Tony glared at 1t.
"Four hundredi"
''Three hundredl And you've sold |"
'You crazy woman. What you do
In the trucking business?"
"You mind your own business
Here's your three hundred. Put those
horses In my stable. And where's that
coal going tor
Coin to the depot" grunted Tony,
who had not quite got over the shock.
Attired in pair Of her fathers over
alls, Miss Semple drove the horses to
the depot and delivered the coal, much
to the amusement of the small boys of
the town.
"And now what am l going to dor
Miss Semple asked herself, as she stood
looking at the two thin horses grazing
in the pasture? "Why, I'm going into
the trucking business myself. II
Tony could, l can"
The news paralyzed the town. A
committee Of ladies from Miss Sem
ple's church called to demonstrate with
her.
$50 unladylike," they protested.
"Guess 1t isn't particularly ladylike
to sit down and starve, Is itT demand
ed Miss Semple. Anyway, I've got
the contract to cart stone for MI.
Bowers"
They held up their hands, gasped,
and disappeared. Miss Semple began
her carting. With the first money she
bought best quality oats for the horses
They began to grow sleek.
"We can always rely on you, Miss
semple," said Bowers at the end of the
week, when he paid her substantial
check.
Within another week Miss Semple
had obtained contracts which kept her
busy all the time The boys had
ceased to jser. And Miss semple,
seated behind her span, felt a new
zest In life. She had never lived
not a she was living now. She had
hired man to assist her, and the
money was simply pouring In.
One day, returning home, shs found
car before the door and q very scan
dalized Cousin John waiting with Cous-
in Tabby in the parlor. When Miss
semple appeared in her ovsralls gasDs
went up, hands were upliftsd.
"You poor thingl We've come to
take you right back with us. We new
er dreamed you'd come to this ex-
tremity."
"We've had such a nice little room
done over for you, Cousin Semple,
with pink-fowered wall paper"
Sorry" answered Miss Semple, 'but
I'm leaving for Palm Beach tomorrow
for two months. When come back
ask me again."