The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-30

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stay with the children while ] 20 to him,
so / tell her to send him in as I feel
nearly sure that / know who my visitor
is, and / am not mistaken. It Is q lit
tie French Jew who has been dunning
me persistently twice a week this two
months for a little repairing done on
my seal-skin sack. / would gladly
have done it myself, as / do everything
else that will save money, but / was
afraid OF spelling my cloak by my mex
perienced handling.
he comes in bowling low, and grim
ming odiously, but suddenly his little
black eyes twinkle avariciously, and he
comes quite close to the stand where i
am sitting, and where I have thought
lessly laid the fye-dollar bill. 1t is too
late to hide it now, and he rubs his yell
low hands together as if he were al
ready twisting it in his fingers.
"Ah, madame is ready vid my little
monies, | sed. Yer good, YER good.
l haf waited, waited long time madame
know, but | vas YER sure it was coming
dis times"
| reached over for the bill almost
afraid he will seize it before I can.
banks, danks, madame, Twill receipt
de leetle BILL" he exclaims, never TAX
ing his eye from it while he fumbles in
his dirty vest-pocket. "and dare is mad
ame's change, dough for my great troub-
lie In collecting, it is badly worth de
vile to talk of de change"
Then almost before j knew it, my
five dollar bill was in his hand, and sew
enty-five cents, all that remains Of it, is
laid, with the reeeipted bill, on the
stand by my side.
Ellen has stopped in the room during
the interview under the pretence of ar
raying the baby in a clean dress which /
have been mending. She looks darkly
at the money which makes the hideous
old mar sc radiant, and gives a most ex-
pressiye sniff as it goes away in his
pocket.
Arthur, who has oily waited politely,
for the old man to go, runs up to me
now.
ELLEN has to take care of baby, now
mamma, an we tan do to buy Artie's
'ubber boots now. Oh, come, come,
comet"
Ellen pushed a tattered boot from nm
der her dress without a word, but with
a look which said too plainly. "If mon
ey's plenty enough to get rubber boots
for children, it is q pity / can't get
enough for what's due me, to have my
own shoes mended."
| cannot speak. / can only hold my
self under strong control till she houn-
ces out of the room, leaving baby's
soiled dress for me to pick up. Then,
while Artie is repeating his request in
yet more fervent tones, the woes of my
heart fall in tears from my eyes and /
cry till | am almost sick, and both my
children cry Justify frem fear and SYM
patty. III ] only had an allowance of
my own, nomatter how small, | feelthat
these distressing complications could
not possibly occur; but Lawrence
doesn't approve of allowances, so i dis
miss it from my mind.
1t is evening now, and my handsome
husband comes in breezy and light
hearted, as he always comes, and losses
Artie, who runs to meet him, high up
into the air, kisses me on each cheek
and seizes his baby daughter for q good
night romp before she is laid in her
crib.
Hurry through your supper, little
woman" he says when his wild orgy
with the children is over, II have
brought tickets for the theater and I
have asked the Lees to go with us, and
well step in and get some oysters after
the play. A little spree will wake you
up and do You good"
1 cannot refuse, OF course, and, by
and by, my own troubles are all forgot
ten in the woes and struggles Of the
heroine of the play. Between the
acts. Mrs. Lee says to me; as she sits
by my side In her pretty new hat and
fresh six buttoned gloves.
"What a splendid, generous fellow
your husband is. You must be proud of
him."
LAM, but / do not feel just ike talk
ing about it, and she chances at me curl
ously, / know she thinkes | am queer"
and / have heard she said once that /
was too stingy to dress well.
He IS a man to be proud of I do think,
as I look across the breakfast table at
him the next morning. Who else is SO
handsome, so fascinating, SO charming
in every way as he? / wait till he has
finished his chop and coffee; her I
gave him q few moments to glance at
his newspaper, and lay the butchers
and grocer's bill and two or three small
er ones by his side.
"sThe melancholy days are come"
I quote, with a feeble attempt at joking.
I'll take them tothe Office and look
over them there Lawrence says hold
ing ont his hand for them.
Better look them over with me,
Lawrence, 1 say. * can tell if the
charges are correct
So We go oyer them together,
and weary work it is, for Lawrence is
ready to swear that one-third Of the