Show KEPT KEP T THE CLOTHES YOUNGSTER REALLY PAID FOR NEW SUIT little walters wlter revolt ended I 1 in n tragedy but for the first nimai alma hi he folt felt ho he had proper wearing apparel i little walter was getting good and tired of it it seemed to him that ho had never known a time when he had bad owned any clothes that somebody owned before him and hero ho he was 13 years old and large for his bin age people said ho looked down in disgust upon tho the brown knee pants panta that were wide enough for a show elephant they had bid once belonged to brother dave and brother dave had bad worn them about so BO much that even after they had been cut down people recognized them little walter sighed then a thought struck him ra a daring thought ho he slipped into the house by the back way and pried open the savings bank banh grandpa had given him in lt it was the tha sum of mostly tn in nickels dimes and pennies immediately after supper he slipped out and walked to town it was waa only a mile and a halt half and the stores stayed open until nine on saturday night what can I 1 P rt pt t a suit of clothes tor for mr air Tan tanner nerVI hi asked tho the leading merchant mr tanner considered how much have you got ho he asked shrewdly four dollars eh well son youre just in time were going to have a sale monday and all our boys 10 suits go for ill lot let you in tonight thus it came about that on sunday morning little walter showed up at breakfast in a now new gray suit hla his father and his big mother stared amazedly at him where did you got get them clothes clot beat demanded his bla fat batker loei bought em said walter trying to speak nonchalantly aint you got clothes good enough for you asked his mother hero here I 1 worked my fingers to the bone mak but walters father stopped slopped her with a wave of his hand you go upstairs and tako take oft off them clothes ho he said eald and fust thing monday mornin you take taka ern em back the idea of hla his bastin good money on clothes when hes got that good suit I 1 made out of sams last summer suit and some pants besides made out of daves said his mother indignantly little walter thought quickly it was a time for desperate measures thrusting a hand band into his hip pocket he worked his finger about aboud until he had bad poked a hole in the cloth 1 I cant take lem em back he said tearfully 1 I snagged a hole in the pants panta ills his mother whirled him about and examined him what hes done she said indignantly his father looked at him grimly hakeem Ta keem take em oft off anyway he said bald ill be up to your room in a minute later on little walter his face streaked with dirt sat tenderly on tho the edge of the croaking creaking bed any way he be said 1 I got some clothes of my own but gee pas paa strong dallas tex news 1 |