The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-10-03

we do about the roof"
The better half was worrying
little private worry. had mine, too.
like the fact that chose Rhode Island
Reds instead of White Leghorns and
the burned things went broOdy every
night, and that cut egg production to
nil. with feed so high.
81 am trying to arrange for that
roof, Sweetness" said l. in a dignified,
resigned tone! She shifted and ran
into the house.
mot thing worth the powder TO
blow it to blazes, Honey" said one
day as | tossed the mail to her.
Honey riffled the heap. Then she
selected a skinny letter. which she
hurriedly opened. She drew out
thin sheet of paper. Her eyes COW
cred the few lines quickly. A stran-
gIed sound startled me.
Jimmy, Jimmy-oh. read-this"
l took the letter. Two hundred mil
lion dollars! From relative I never
even knew existed. I washer to
but l couldn't read those dancing fig
ures We beat it for home and moth
er. She shared the excitement but we
were all too dazed to think about the
real meaning of so much coin. that
night.
1t was funny that G. K. Kinald
drove I'D to the place that very night.
he and the missus. OF course, we
spilled the good tidings at once. G.
X. gasped. He had been as hard hit
as we were by hard times.
BOY. howdy! How'll you enjoy It?
What'Il you do with it,"
l hOoted.
do with It? I'll spend II. Been
poor long enough. Going to salt ST.
100000 in good securities so I'll never
have to be pinched again."
lucky dog!"
He sighed.
Lets go for a trip. G. K. I've got
plenty of cash. Let's go to Tamna."
The better half snorted. Trip?
Tampa? Why. we often drove that
forty miles even when we were poor!
But I said in superior manner:
"Sniff, lady. I got an errand
there"
You'd have passed out, If you'd
had that day with us, reader. We
went straight to the Wallis-Day auto
shop and I inspected every model on
the floor. I'd pinned for one of those
nifty boats for years. Now. I was
buying-yes sir, and what's more. I
hnx Z ~
old bus took us to Tampa but she
didn't take US home!
l picked out two Of the sportiest,
biggest cars that place had in stock.
It was something to see two swell
autos being sold at one time. and spot
cash paid for them, too.
kiss the flivver fare-you-well, G.
X. Let's CO."
We wept few publicity tears and
tenderly patted the old bus. A news
paper photographer was taking pic
lures of the ceremony. Then we each
took the wheel of a big Wallis-Day
and started. Fun? Boy, you should
have seen the way that crowd scat
tered when we pretended we had no
idea how to handle such a large car.
But finally we got tired of such fool
ishness and roared off for home.
The wife greeted US with a howl.
"Oh. you got new cars. Say.
where's mine? l want a car of my
own"
swell. I gave you $4,000 this MORN
ing and don't want to hear from you
for a month";" said |, kissing those
pouty lips. She smacked me on the
cheek and slid under the wheel of my
new boat.
"Tll get the mail. Perhaps some
one will leave me few millions to-
day if you're going to be stingy."
G. K. was uneasy.
"Say, Jim. I want to do something
for all this. It's not right for me to
accept so much"
"What'll do with all that coin IN
less you help me spend little? And
you can do something for me. I'm
going to build house. This shack is
a mess"
.'Do get the plumbing contract"
G. K. is good business man.
"No. sir"
He was little huffy.
swell, what do you mean them"
"YOu're going to drive to Tampa
tomorrow for me. get You the best
architect and his best plans and bring
the whole shooting match here for me
to o. X. You sit in the back yard
under that orange tree and supervise
the details all summer. Then I'm
sure get what I pay for"