Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-03

mectlGu WITH father Is nv al insurance COMPANY.
but, by the beard of Mosesl 1 have had no
thing but a glass of wine and biscuit since
last evening As soon as / was fairly launched
IN business this afternoon, / realized that of
course could not expect to receive any cash
the hrs6 day, and became almost wild with
anxiety Yet it was imperative to smile Do
you not know that IL Is imperative In
business to smile2"
81 don't care if 1t isl'' retorted Tiff with
some show OF life and you should care
more that am very, very III. / have read
Hugo until am hungry as a gianOess.'
But lin, have one profound hope in this
terrible dilemma, in which it now seems as if
we should literally starve unless my hope
should prove well grounded. Have you not
any money!"
Mrs. Thwaite threw her head back dainti-
", shrugged her shoulders in mOckery, her
pale lips smiling, her lustrous eyes glancing
5cOrnfuIly over her husbands head.
do not keep me waiting for your answer, %
he cried kneeling before her.
why, certainly, have money" answered
she 'HOW could i have pin money else2
Huff. you are beyond your depth, / think
"BravOl Ge are savedP' exclaimed
Thwaite, springing up and Waiting a few
steps with his cane Then stopping he asked,
''HOW came you not to mention it at once,
last evening? Give me your purse without
delay, dearest Tiff, and let us start at once
for our pretty little table at the restaurant
Tiff walked over to the encouraging figure
in the middle Of the room, her hands behind
her slOping waist.
''Hnff Thwaite,'' she demanded, 'do you
mean TO say you would use my pin money TO
support us?"
81 say we're in a deueed fix, and any money
would be rather acceptable. Haven't you
pins enough Or are you in a condition to
starve another twenty-four hOurs?"
HUFF Thwaite, never could have believed
''What?"
''That you could not take care of me" She
began to cry, and spent all the tears she had
lOnged to shed during the day, but would not
hncamgn We
her.
He was wretchedly hungry. His pulse was
awful high or low, he did not know which,
and as for his wife, she might die before
morning for want of an oyster patty. Upon
the top of these dire facts lay the purse in
her pocket or upper drawer. He was deeply
angered. Something whirled around his
heart and sent the blood to his forehead, and
he bit his lips before he knew that he was in
clined to He sat down in a bowed position
his thumbs in his pockets. he heard
tue light pattering of spring shower in the
gathering darkness, and he also heard his
wife feeling about IN the next room, turning
a key and coming back to where he sulked.
She said, "Herel" dramatically. He looked
up and saw pretty purse before his nose.
The next instant Tiff Thwaite was looking at
her husband in blank dismay. Huff had
risen with bitter and graceful elegance and
the purse had skinned through pane of
the window with tWinkling crash.
Tiff turned to the sofa, and threw herself
down at full length, glOriOusly wretched
nun vanished. he Went OUT luUO NuS urlL-
cling rain to hunt for the purse be struck
matches that siZZled, and was several times
on the point of being run over by vehicles, |
and there is scarcely any doubt that MS mis-
fortunes were further augmented by the use
of words after which the faithful historian
draws an exclamation and supplies by a
blank All in a moment, however he thought
he had stepped on mouse, and then he
knew that he had come upon the plush wal |
let In the hall he opened it hastily, expect |
ing to find, perhaps, few gold pieces; but |
his luck was far better than he had expected. |
What could Tiff have been thinking of to for !
get about it or withhold it, dear little gOOsel !
How could her charming ghost have prOfited |
by her Pin-money, supPosing they had been /
starYedp
In a couple of hours more Tif7s headache !
had gone Offlize the mist and they both looked |
even gaYer than before the terrible ordeal !
of that day had set in.
At nine O'Clock there came a knock at the /
door A servant stepped over to Mrs |
Thwaite and said something in a low voice !
Mrs. ThWaite replied in the same manner.
Who could have supposed that there would /
be a serious sequel to such a slight occurrence?
When the servant had withdrawn, says Tiff, |
please, Huff, hand me So
Certainly, Tiff, But on second thought, re- !
member how careful must befor a month"
Il wish you would reflect that the iaun-
dress must be paid
ooh we can't spend money in so lavish
way as that at present. She must watt
''Well," says the blooming wife, uncOncerned /
one way or the other, IN go and send
her of.
Sine left the room and did not return for
FIVE minutes. Then, after sitting down
again and reading a few pages Of Mrs.
Browning, she looked up with a smile as If
at some joke, which was ineXpEcable under
the circumstances, Il had to give her the
clothes" said she
did you? 1 thought you always did"
Il mean, Of course. the laundried ones she
had brought"
Weren't they just right?"
"Huh, you are getting obtuse. She took
them in payment"
Mercy
Il can make my things last just about
a month that way
But how am to manage with only TWEEN
ty-fOur shirts, and at least seven thrown to
| the dogs a week."
Chat does seem a problem" unused Tiff
| laying down Mrs. Browning poems temper
| arily on her knee. Couldn't you buy fan
\ mel shirt, and wear it ever so lOng?'
Couldn't you get a bathing dress?" de-
/ manded Huff, with whitening sarcasm.
"Ohl'' gasped Tiff, chow fearful yOu always
/ arel"
Suppose the quarrel over, and for a day or
/ two intense peace. Then came an episode.
''Well, deGrs, how do you dO?'' The speak
er was fine girl, joyous with early morning
/ air and unusual excitement
] HUFF and Tiff were TRANSPORTED They were
/ Just starting out for breakfast.
81 was determined to find you in, and so /
/ came at this hour, % went on the visitor. 1T
/ has taken US good while to find you, since
papa would hear OF it. The detective says
/ you drank Steinberger Cabinet yesterday"
1 "HOW dare you enter the same air we
| breathet' Numbered HUN, sUI1dlng up TO his
sister and taking her round the waist for
. stout kiss. eve ignore your existence
''What a lovely rOOml" exclaimed Esther,
I sitting down with Tiff upon the sofa, with a
sweep of the eyes, and then bending sideways
towards the brides cheek until cheeks and
I lips met. you, dearI'
You iOvel'' said, Tiff, and they embrace.
again. go through the form and all the show
! and imDortance- remarkel Esther. with the