| Show l Evel I T le ARY V RY GRAHAM BONNER BOWER cannel tor con il n It im lUN N i union unan IONA ION A SCHOOL BANK They were back nt school again on nil all days but the Saturdays and Sundays Sun Sundays Sun Sun- days and holidays though they often orten lu had d adventures after school was out In tn the tho afternoon and often offen In school too It was vas bright and early In the morning mornIng just Just Just before school opened opened- that Douglas saw V n a great many ninny of ot the theother theother theother other children hurrying We must get to the tho bank bank they I said What bank asked Douglas and ond added You wont won't have hn time to ta go to ta ft Q bank before school opens The banks are way way down own town At least the one I went to was was and and the oth oth- J s ej-s well ers wel i dont don't know Just where they thy arc are but they are not around here Indeed one ono bank Is said the tho boy who seemed r more oro eager enger titan than nn any of ot the others Perhaps you Jou would like Uke to come too put In another mother boy Where Is this bank asked Doug Ins las He ne was so much puzzled The Tho children looked so surprised that he only knew of ot town down banks s or banks bunks far away and they seemed to say by the tIle expressions of ot their faces Well we wo have hn n a surprise for you youl youlAnd ou t I tAnd And to think you 30 didn't know V about ours before t Indeed they had a n surprise For Forto Forto to the great surprise of ot Douglas and of ot Dorothy too when she heard heald about It the c children In this school had bud a n real school bank which was run by some of tho the ol older er pupils with the help of two teachers teacher The children chil din dren put In their cards which were then marked with the tho amount o omone of mone money they were saving sang There wits was another section for the tho children who were drawing out their mone money Some of them wanted to get birthday presents while others had saved paved up enough for roller skates and ond different things that they had wanted for some fome time it a n tine fine scheme schemer asked one of the children Could I belong to It too asked Douglas of one ODe of ot the children I am amIn amin In this school Ive I've not been here long enough to know nil nU about this school though sold said the children of ot Yes course you can enn belong We all nU are members In our class class and and you are allowed ved to 1 1 c n The Other Children hildren Hurrying belong no DO matter which class lass yon you ere are tn In But nut I only have ten teD cents said eald Douglas And An I only have havo five O added Dorothy who was with them thero now You can begin with five fi cents inthis In InthIs Inthis this bank explained one of the bo boys bogs s So Douglas and Dorothy e each ch got curds cards and ond put their money In the bank bante What n a wonderful Idea Iden said Dorothy When birthdays come we wont won't have to ask for money every time And nd when we really want t something something some thing we can cun save up for tor It this way said Douglas Im going to save 0 toward 1 a n tool chest he he added |
