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Show "Until the First" CHERE was onco a certain Young Man who had a Douco of a Time making Both Ends come together until ho happened hap-pened upon a Magic Phrase which seemed to Turn tho Trick for him. It wasn't exactly all Beer and Skittles, Skit-tles, y'unnerstan,' but after ho had learned how to Swallow his Pride without so much as even moving his Adam's Apple ho flgured it might bo a Whole Lot Worso. Besides, he got Used to It and let tho Other Fellow do tho Worrying. Ho had boon Dubbing Along on a Two-by-Four salary and Portioning It out in a way that not even Jawn D could have found fault with. So much for Room and Board, so much for Clothes, so much for the Savings Bank, so much for tho Collection and Not a Blamed Cent for a Good Time and Foolishness. And every ono of these items, mind you, Paid on tho Day Due. Ho was a modoll And ho suro could Count tho Pennies. But, somehow, tho Dollars didn't seom to Tako Caro of Thcmselvos, tho old adage to the contrary 'Notwithstanding. 'Notwith-standing. So he began to Tako Thought and presently, with tho Shining Ex-amplo Ex-amplo of another young chap in his ofllco boforo him, he camo to a Conclusion. Con-clusion. Now said other young chap in the ofllco was a Lallapaloozor. Ills pay envelope wasn't a bit Fattor than Our Hero's. But it was never noticoablo that ho Choked tho Eaglo to death beforo he let go of a Penny. No, Indeed; In-deed; most always said Eaglo gasped for breath becauso of tho celerity with which he had been thrown Fast and Far. And this second young chap lived on the Fat of the Land, not ovon hesitating to uso a Jitney regardless whenever ho wanted to. Ono day, toward the end of tho i " - wi yW00s MmW Btnll M If 4f But Not Without Grave Misgiving. month, this Spend thrift camo to Our Horo and put up a Grand Plea for the loan of Twd-Blts until "until the First." Now, as it happened, O. H. had gone without lunch and had walked homo ono day early In tho month, so he was exactly Two-Bits ahead of his monthly schodule. Pay-Day Pay-Day was only Four days off so so O. H. fell for it, but not without Grave Misgivings. Time did Its usual Fuglt-Stunt and "tho First" rolled round. But thero wasn't tho slightest roll to that Two-Bit Two-Bit Piece, at least not In tho direction direc-tion of O. H. Tho young chap who had Borrowed It looked him Straight in tho Eye without so much as Blink- , m lng and he never Said a Word. j B O. H. sat down and Thought No i 1 doubt tho Borrower had ovorlookod ! ;H such a small amount; but would ro- ' B call It presently and Como Across. At ( B all evonts ho would Allow him a Few B Days grace. Of courso when the loan I had been made It was "until tho B First" but oh, woll, It was Just like having Monoy In Bank, etc., etc I But tho Fifteenth of the Month Our (B Hero loot his Patienco and collared B his Courage enough to Button-holo B said Borrower and Ask him About It. jB So Sorry! He h,ad Overlooked It En- fl tlrely; truth to toll, he (tho Borrower) , B was just a little Hard Preyed then, ' B but would Repay "tho First" of next j B month Suro! And that was all thero B was to it! Perforce, O. H. had to bo ; ' Content. Bfl He's still Waiting for "the First." ; But, be It noted, all. this happened ' Years Ago and ho now is working tho "until the First" game for all thero Is ln it which often Isn't more than a Jitney. H Gradually he camo to the Conclu- slon that it Is better to be the Stlngor than tho Stung. And that phraso H "until the First" falls as blithely from , his lips now as It did from tho lips of tho Borrower who got a Strangle- H Hold on that Two-Bit Piece. Out and j out, ho's a "small change borrowor." And he's Making Good at it. too. That is, unless you tako Into Consld- oration such things as tho fact that he , has no Friends and no Acquaintance- ship that lasts over two months; that j H ho is Despised by everyone; that ho i can't tell a Llo when ho's tolling It j H from tho Truth; and that ho's always Broke dead Broke. H Asido from this, perhaps, hes All lH Right. H Also, he hasn't any trado-mark on !H that phrase! . i iflj |