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They footed up two dollars and six and a quarter cents, or the young clerk thought they did. We do not hear nowadays of six and a quarter cents, but it was a coin borrowed from the Spanish currency, and was well known in my own boyhood.</font></p><p Align=Justify><font COLOR="#000066">The bill was paid, and the woman was entirely satisfied. But the young storekeeper, not feeling quite sure as to the accuracy of his calculation, added up the items once more. To his dismay, he found that the sum total should have been but two dollars.</font></p><p Align=Justify><font COLOR="#000066">"I've made her pay six and a quarter cents too much, " said Abe, disturbed. It was a trifle, and many clerks would have dismissed it as such. But Abe was too conscientious to that.</font></p><p Align=Justify><font COLOR="#000066">"The money must be paid back," he decided. This would have been easy enough had the woman lived "just round the corner," but as the young man knew, she lived between two and three miles away. </font></p><p Align=Justify><font COLOR="#000066">This, however, did not alter the matter. It was night, but he closed and locked the store, and walked to the residence of his customer. Arrived there, he explained the matter, paid over the six and a quarter cents, and returned satisfied. If I were a capitalist, I would be willing to lend money to such a young man without security.</font></p><p Align=Right><font COLOR="#000066"><i>Retold by Horatio Alger</i></font><i></i></p></td></tr></table></td><td></td></tr><tr Valign=Top Align=Left><td Height=100></td><td Colspan=4 Align=Center Valign=Middle Width=500><!-- Start of Picture (Picture204) --><img ID="Picture204" Height=100 Width=500 Src="./Belle004.jpg" Border=0></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table Border=0 Cellspacing=0 Cellpadding=0 Width=661 Nof=LY><tr Valign=Top Align=Left><td Width=50 Height=16><img Src="./clearpixel.gif" Width=50 Height=1 Border=0></td><td Width=611><img Src="./clearpixel.gif" Width=611 Height=1 Border=0></td></tr><tr Valign=Top Align=Left><td></td><td Width=611><!-- Start of Text (Text193) --><p Align=Center><font COLOR="#000066"></font><a Href="./touching_stories.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">True Life Stories</font></a><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">|</font><a Href="./presidential_trivia.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">Activities</font></a><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">|</font><a Href="./recognizing_character.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">Recognizing Character</font></a><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif"><br></font><a Href="./giving_suggestions.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">Giving Suggestions</font></a><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">|</font><a Href="./quotes.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">Quotes</font></a><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">|</font><a Href="./historical_refs.html"><font COLOR="#000066" Face="Goudy Old Style,serif">Historical References</font></a></p></td></tr></table><!-- End of the Body for this Page --></body></html>