to catch a blaze only old newspapers were better and he had of these � another evidence of his lord and master s wretched disposition it was a sad world to work in almost every ng was against him still he fought as as he could against waste and extravagance his own were rigid he would wear the same suit of ut down from one of s expensive of years before every sunday for a couple of years les ter s shoes by a little stretch of the imagination could be i made to seem to fit and these he wore his old ties also � the black ones � they were fine if he could have cut down s shirts he would have done so he i did make over the with the friendly aid of the cook s needle s of course were just right f expense for s clothing the remaining stock of s discarded clothing � shoes shirts suits ties and what not � he would store away for weeks and months and then in a sad and gloomy frame of mind he would call in a tailor or an man or a and dispose of the lot at the best price he could he learned that all second hand clothes men were that there was no use in putting the least faith in the of any rag dealer or old shoe man they all lied they all claimed to be very poor when as a matter of fact they were actually rolling in wealth had these stories he had followed them up he had seen what they were doing with the things he sold them he declared they offer me ten cents for a pair of shoes and then i see them hanging out in s z i front of their places marked two dollars such robbery my god they could afford to give me a dollar smiled it was only to her that he complained for he could expect no sympathy from so car as his own store of money was concerned he gave � the most of it to his beloved church where he was con to be a model of propriety honesty in fact the of all the virtues and so for all the ill winds that were beginning to blow was now leading the dream years of her existence in spite of the doubts which assailed at times as to the wisdom of his career was invariably kind and considerate and he seemed to enjoy his home life everything all right she would ask when he came in of an evening sure he would answer and pinch her chin or cheek she would follow him in while always alert would take his coat and hat in winter time they would sit in the before the big grate fire in the spring summer or fall preferred to walk out on the porch one comer of which commanded a sweeping view of the lawn and the distant street and light his before dinner cigar would sit on the side of his chair and stroke his head your hair is not getting the least bit thin aren t you glad she would say or oh see how your brow is wrinkled now you mustn t do that you didn t change your tie this morning why didn t you i laid one out for you oh i forgot he would answer or he would cause the wrinkles to disappear or that he would soon be getting bald if he wasn t so now in the drawing room or library before and she was not less loving though a little more she loved odd like pigs in the spider s hole baby and the like shared in these simple amusements he would work by c l the hour if necessary to make a puzzle come right was clever at these mechanical problems sometimes she would have to show him the right method and then she would be immensely pleased with herself at other times she would stand behind him watching her chin on his shoulder her arms about his neck he seemed not to mind � indeed he was in the wealth of she bestowed her cleverness her gentleness her tact created an atmosphere � which was immensely pleasing above all her youth and beauty appealed to him it made him feel young and if there was one thing objected to it was the thought l� of drying up into an old age i want to keep young or die young was one of his pet remarks and came to she was glad that she was so much younger now for his sake another pleasant feature of the home life was s steadily increasing affection for the child would sit at the big table in the library in the evening her books v would and would read his interminable list of german papers it grieved the old man that should not be allowed to go to a german school but would listen to nothing of the sort we ll not have any thick headed german training in this he said to when she suggested that had complained the public schools are good enough for any child you tell him to let her alone there were really some delightful hours among the four liked to take the little seven year old school girl between his knees and her he liked to the so called facts of life to its and watch how the child s mind took them what s water he would ask and being informed that it was what we drink he would stare and say that s so but what is it don t they teach you any better than that well it is what we drink isn t it persisted the fact that we drink it doesn t explain what it is he would retort you ask your teacher what water is 