The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-11-09
STRIKING IT RICH;
Or, From Kitchen to Parlor and
Back Again.
by Ethel AUen.l
CHAPTER VII.

Won ,ro,,+ ,o co 5orr, 70 to theatre +o-niylt ?p
:. N,,,,. ,-,,,,,-, ,,,o nd ,,I-ol nm tbaboby,r,
T answers rc.I cross like "Whv couIdn.t Won
have come in more o,,ct instead Of Iettin, the
door s1,,, ar,o- ,,o,,3n
! "Tbafs = nico way 70 talk r. mo when I've
! osLod Won, +o no 70 tho +boo+ro All ricbtr
( s+oy at homo tbon,u And what doas ba do
/ but wall, rfob+ STRAIGHT ont of the room
"Jim,n I calls "como hack here want
Won, I'll 5o to tho +hoo+re wos opIv in
| fun"
"War Won needn't on if Won don't want to y
| he SAYS nnttip, his bcod in tba door
"Pnt Pan dvi,,, +o ro Tint Como IN NOW
and keen RIGHT still while I'm gettin, tho babv
70 sIoon again yybot tbca+ro are Won ooip, +o ,
I wouIdn,t mind saein, thc lTinstrelso
! 90 I'm tired Of tbe MinstreIs, Well 90
down +o Nrcyicl,orsu
"Wbat niece are tbov nIavin, there Tim qn
e.Uoy do I,rovy2 Tt,u ba oood tbopcb
most lil,oIvn
81 don't care what # is 50 it's fnpnv-do
vor Jin9 Husbr Don,t von CIV notbin,
more: the b9bv's inst eoin' 70 sIeepu
"Weu reckon can keon from toIlxin, if
Won canru
as if ooin' 70 rain do Won think, Tim 2n I
saws, inst as. we are abopt sfartin,
rCourse it amt, II isn't much cIoudv"
"Novhe thougb rou,d hotter +ot,n tho nm
brella, Jim ,carsc 7 Amt narticuIar about
snoiIin, this new honnet of mine seein,
haven't worn II moron tbroe ~, forr tin,osn
"Wbat,s the use Of Ippgfn, an umbrella WAY
down town and hack ali for rotbip, ia ike to
on poyvru
so, Jim. I've GOT nv old gloves, IFS every
hit vorr fault +oo Won l,crt coIIin, +o mo 70
hurry and 60 7 nicl-od nm the vvropc, nairv
"WrlI Won needn't tbinI, Tn, coin, boclr for
vour other ones inst &c vo,ve ao+ nrott,, ,,oar
! to tbe cars
az think Won miobtr pm ashamed r. ,yoor
tbesa old tbiros whom r,,,o rot INV, ell, d,.oss
on. l don't see what makes 'em look such a
queer color at night, THEY'RE bIue in the dov
time inst like my drcss and now tbov 1ooi,
downright green. I told the Girl where cot
em that thev wasn't near dark enough, |
didn't think"
"Wbat made Won buv ,em +berp~
"Wby. she said 7 couldo,t find mona any
darker. and tbouebt she ougbt to know She
seemed so sure about if that T didn't like to
saw I wouldn't take ,en The uirIs IN tbe
stores are MIGHTY smart ain't tbov Tir2u
They amt bad look i'm, some Of en-
"pm awful afraid If ,en Tbo,, ara vod
ND so fine, and thev saw. sTbis is inst what Won
want maaml, in such a kind O. firm vav that
I don't like to tell 'em it isn't, either. I
wouldn't have cot these ,ere gloves only the
pirI kent savin, +hov was snch = Good match
| suppose she didn't think I'd wear ,ern at
nirht. O. Jim. can't Won button 'em for n,ePn
"Give me hold of ,em. then. What did von
want to get 'en so tight for?n And tAen he
gives such pull that he tears long slit, and
off flies the bntton.
"There now see what vop,ve doner Wbv
couIdn't Won he a little hit corefpl9 Wbatil
Tdo2v
"Keen vonr hand in vour npfr can't Won
NobodyiU know tbe ditYororc.v
aft won't take five minutes to On hack bo,ra
Tim and them con oct NV white onesn
40 bother vour oIovesr It's late enouob
now IIero co,nos +bo cor +oou
When we cot to the theatre Tim walks riob+
alone, o,,d +,oo bo r,+s bis bond - ~,
,oclrat and mills ont two tickets which bo
80 70 +I,.. ,loorI-,o,,o.
"Wbv Tim - eovs nwbep did ,,o, b,,,,
,o,, 2p
~ cot ,ep this mornin, Itbouobt rnavba
vo,,d Il-o to coma to.rioLtu
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