Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-02

Lie, IL y0r want 10, nv son Say pc.
tn let you Of on q question like that
The man Who can explain such matter
10 bis wife hasn't been barn yet. II
you adlnlr that you did care for Myrtle
once your wife VIII be grieyed- III you
say that you never did you'll feel mean
and traitorous 70 memory that lies ia
your heart like a rose that has opened
while al the other posies in the bouquet
have withered because they were full
blown too soon But it is the part Of
generosity. Howard. my boy, 20 suffer
even shame that your wife may be re-
heved in her raind-
Care for her?' said be. Not espe-
cially. Come. you're not jealous of
girl who lived SO long agc-who trotted
down the side Of Ararat with Noah and
me. after the rain. You know I've half
a trunk full of pictures dow nstairs in
the janitor's burglar-proof storage
room, where tramps crawl in u sleep
on cold nights"
So you have, Howard? And they can
stay there, or the tramps may elope
with them for all you care. They're OF
later era. This one you distracted
the other day when you were looking for
old manuscripts, and it touched the
vulcanixed rubber pumping apparatus
which keeps your blood IN circulation
and which you call heart when you
converse with your physician Perhaps
you do not cherish Ter memory. You
may be too selfish. Perhaps IL is the
freshman you like to bring 10 mind by
looking at this sweet, innocent face
twenty years in the grave which Care
digs for our youth. But at least you
remember who 1t was that taught him
in those dangerous days how good a
thing is purity for boys and girls alike.
And il does you credit. But don't at
tempt To explain your sentiments TO
Maude. Lie. il you want to: say you
never cared for that girl.
January Al have found out why
Fielding lies-admitting, for the sake
Of argument, that he does lie-about
his cash Maude chases him up awfully
close She does it for his good. just as
his grandmother used TO spank him with
slipper. But it hurts. No man with
a soul above pawnbroking can keep
track of his money in New York. 1t is
such an expensive place. One has to
drop a nickel in the slot every time he
draws his breath. 1t is evening, and the
frugal oil lamp is lighted m the parlor;
but the gas meter has not heard abou:
IT, The meter cannot stop to consider
TRIES.
''Howdy." says Maude, did you get
your check from Colddeck and Cinch-
player to-day for that story?"
"Yes, my dear"
twenty-five dollars?"
Twenty. owed them FIVE"
What for?"
FOR my /. o. U. That's all I know
about it."
''Well, say twenty" she continues.
Here's sixteen; and, allowing one for
lunch. cigars and car fare, that leaves
three. Where is it?''
Il have been needing a new necktie
for long time" says Howard. in des-
peration.
So you have, my boy, but you didn't
0uy one.
Where is the neckti eP" asks the re-
lentlcss puTsuer.
II left il down town"
Yes, you left it down town in a
store on Broadway.
well" says Maude, ''be sure tn
bring il home tomorrow And you can
bring those other things NJ the same
time"
She mentions the other things. How
ard, am checked. So you have been
playing this game right along. and your
oince is stocked with phantom pur-
chases. every one of which accounts for
some deficit in your accounts? It's a
pretty slick trick; but suppsoe Maude
should 90 over there the same day?
January 5--Not!iing very bad to-day.
Howdy came home late. Cash didn't
tally by nine dollars. He said that he
had q very unexpected call for money
50 he had. He raised sim OBrien five
dollars in the last Jack pot. and moth
lag IN the world was ever more uaex-
pccted than the ''call." Howdy stood
pat on an ace full and Jim held up a
queen and drew as many more Of them
as are ever found IN q gentleman's
came. think viii pass this story 70
Maade without making a fuss, for it
was a very hard case.
January G.-Naude has been over W
the Office She took two CripsaclSs 10
bring home the things which Howdy has
been buYing-in his mind-during the
past month. lie was out. bu. his desl,
was unlocked Shc went through the
drawers. She did not find any Of the
thiags she was looking for. but she
turned up four packs OF cards, hun
dred celluloid poker chips and a few
other things which Interested her 50
much that she was still engaged in cx-
aiming them when Howard arrived.
He told the truth that time. and think
he falt better afterwards. He made
his peace by giving Maude a sum Of
money equal . the value of the alleged
articles and sending her out to buy
them. When they met again she had
nineteen bundles for him TO carry and
not one Of them contained any Of the
things he had pretended To buy. She
had just got into the stores, and had
shopped Just as any woman does. with
the eye Of reason closed. and the voice
of memory still But the things suited
her all right, Or il they al dn't. she kept
quiet II strikes me that they are
about square.
January T.-Ho~dv says his watch Is
at the jewelers.. That's right. G0ldstein
Is a jeveier, but yoa might think. look
ing at his sign. that he was a pawn
broker
January g - r. is Sunday VI sude
looks in upon him. mapping.
Get up. Howdy.r said she. land 90