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Show oo I- JUST FOLKS By EDGAR A. GUEST. I 4- BILL'S COMING BACK. I 'Til pay you tomorrow. Be here I'll havo the money to give to you H I cannot pay now for sufficient I But I'll have it tomorrow, for Bill's coming back. H "Who's Bill?" I Inquired. "And what is ho lo me?" H And this was his answer: "It's this H I did have the money to pay you, but Ho needed a lift, so I loaned It to j( ' He'll pay It tomorrow. He said thit " H he would; H Ho gave me his word, and his prom- ll lse is good. There are many whose methods are H careless and slack, H But yon ran depend on it, Bill will ll be H I smiled as I heard him and. shaking my H "I've had many a promise Just like H that," said. H "And the risk you have taken Is ll shaky, fear But he answered "Ho promised, and al Bill will be here." I called the next day and I said with "Well, tell me the truth, did your old friend come In?" H "He did " ho replied, "and it never occurred H To me that he wouldn't, for I had hb It may be that many are richer than And many, perhips, are much clct- I fancy that hundreds whose wallets are H Would give all they had to bo trust-like trust-like that! |