Telegram-herald., 1891-02-06

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rainy day. Thea again. Sors's sister
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= what they look forward - paying
tAsfr servant girl with Now, think
The probabilities Of Aora's getting along
happily with Jack woald be far greater
Il .hs woasd cease being wase-earner
herzelf. add IL there Was not going 10
be quite 80 largo . family in their
hcue. Until married people get used
70 their own peculiaritiss. they are bet
ter on alone. IL seems To me. But then,
she aided. iaug hingiy, Pm only an
>ld maid.' and Of course my opinion
doexn't count. I'm eroaker. suppose;
and only hope I've done all my growi-
Ing fer nothing"
nuptial call On Jack and Nora. found
the whole family in the parlor. admir-
ing large crayon portrait of Nora.
Its = terrible extravaganza" said
Nora. with fond glance at Jack, but
this foolish fellow would insist upon
having IL. You see. before we were
married he gave me his portrait-there
10 Ia, over there on the easel. He In
sisted that should give him mine. ard
we really needed something TO hang be-
tween the front windows. So had it
done Tho artist was the same that
did Jacks He was very accommodate
ing. and says needn't pay until I get
good and ready. I'm surs shan't." she
added. archly. 'for housekeeping is
much more expensive than ever sup
posed Do you know we have eaten
nine losves Of bread the past week."
''Nine leaves of bread. Have you had
much company" asked.
Nobody but Jack and May, Bridget
and l." she replied.
Il suppose you have an honest girl?"
''Honestw exclaimed Jack; "she Is
more than honest; she can make the
most delicious cabinet pudding ever
tasted"
'Ycs," said Nora, laughing gleefully,
'iti, 80 expensive we made up our minds
TO only have it on Sundays. but she
makes IL so nice that we order it every
other day."
went home, thinking that Nora
seemed very happy, and that she
and Jack seemed to be cut ont on
the pattern by which millionaires
were made. They certainly didn't fit
into their present circumstances.
As time went on, heard occasionally
from Jack and Nora Their jewel of a
girl was finally detected stealing sugar,
aud sent away minus character. Be-
ing unable to suit themselves with am
other servant at once, their meals were
taken, for time, at a restaurant Then
came o month when Nora's aunt in
formed me, in tears, that Jack had been
unable to meet the installment furni-
ture bill until week after it was due.
and that only for the kindness Of the
merchant they would have lost some Of
their goods.
'If il should happen again. no says
no would not wait" said the aunt, 'and
then they would lose all their things, as
we'll a. tho money already paid for
item"
However. the next payment was met
promptly. -Four months had elapsed
since the marriage; it was now Novem-
Der, and the household expenses were
increasing. How was an income that
had barely covered the outgo in summer
TO be stretched to include coal and the
extra gas bin? II was while trying to
solve this problem, in her own mind,
that Nora stepped on bit OF banana
peel and sprained her ankle. TWAS not
bad sprain. and had she been in good
health Nora would have been able to
return to work in q week. But the
truth was that the young wife had worn
her nerves threadbare in attempting
TO DO housckeeper and bread-winncr at
the sano time. Tho ankle recovered
strength, but in the meantime Nora
seemed to lose all her briskness and
good humor. She became nervous and
irritable, her hand shook II she tried to
write, her head ached, she was generally
'sblue." The pretty furniture was of
no use now. for the parlor was kept
closed. Nora lay on her bed-the bed
that was not yet paid for and
spent the remnants of her former activ-
ity IN worrying. Her aunt said to
ne, after a visit TO the dainty fat:
'I do declare, it Is really too bad TO SEQ
those TWO poor children-for they aren't
much else. Nora lies In bed and frcts
because there's no money in the house
10 meet those awful installment bills
The coal isn't paid for. she says, and the
Ice man has been dunning them. She
bcgred me TO always go up the back
stairs when came to see her. because it
makes her nervous to have the front
door-bell ring. she's so afraid it's bill
The girl doesn't know how to cook very
well, and they have to hire the washing
done out, because she's not strong
enough to do IT. They want TO get rid
OF her. but they must pay her a months
wages first. The wardrobe door was