Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-03-10
THE ROOT.


any CT her money"
Eve don't want it."
1--WE do. II we didn't It wouldn't
matter"
"My dear, you must really allow me
TO speak foT myself sometimes. l don't
want nny Of Aunt james money"
"Then there will DO all the more for
me-"
"If she sends any,
"Sho il honnd toll"
"If she sends any. / shall Of course
expect TO have a voice in the matter Of
its administration.
''If your voice is going to be as big
as your words, | can see that the money
might just rs we'll not come, as far as
I'm concerned"
MY dear, you really must not be
petty"
I'm net petty, and l shall be as psf
~ as like"
Really. Nell. you surprise me N
times.
lyon ere always a surprise"
"Yoo almost speak as if | were an
unpleasant surprise"
"Susprises are too sldden to DO pleas
ant"
Flow a thing that Is permanent can
be S@1Gen Glso'-
"Now | know whEt son are going to
do" she said You are going to mako
me cry
MY dear
YES. yen ure. You know arguing
,Ir,,vo .Iut~a t,a 49, ArI tti. vrr~
cruel Of yon If | could aySue bnck'-
"You can cry.
II suppose yea want me TOP
God torbidi'
Don't be wickedr'
"Dou't Euprose.
Mrs Chcedle dropped into a chair
"And 10 think that boforo wo have been
married three months I should be for
hidden to suppose.
"Eow. really. my dear, said Chez
die. don't you think you are a little
unrensolahla2"
Don't yon think you are unreason
able to expect me to answer that?"
"Ot courso. ! don't expect you to an
swer it. l was merely
"Thon why ask the queation9 1t
makes yen more unreasonable still. "
Cheedle laughed "Now you are laugh
ing ct me-"
Really. my dear. l think the laugh
was on your side thai time"
Sho smiled. "How nice you are when
you don't argue, Josier
but about this money, " said be.
''In the improbable contingency of
Aunt Jene mistaking the intention OF
my letter.
Don't make it too improbable, Josie,
you know. If you don't want the mon
ey. 1 do. ! wonder how much she will
sendi"
lyon have no right to expect any
thing. l don't expect anything"
"Ohi"
81 DON'T"
"Ohi''
"It wouldn't DO more than Gs5 any
way"
''If she has the insolenoe to send me
anything less than RlCO after the shame.
full way poor dear grandfather has be
haved to us, IL SHALL shall''-
''Spend it. 1 expect"
81 expect SO too. No. | won't IL
waste It,"
"Tbat would be silly"
at would be jolly"
"You would be very sorry after
ward"
"Of courser'
REALLY, my dear
"All nice things make you sorry aft
erward. It's worth il.
"From what you say 1 gather
"Oh, don't gather, Josiel It snundI
30 dreadfully formal and proper. | fee
as if | oughtn't 10 be alone with yoI
when you gather.
II understand then. Is that bet
terri"
"Not much. But go on"
81 understand that you have a sys
tenn Of wasting money win you OK
plain III"
''It isn't a system at all"
"What is 1t, them"
ut just isn't a system. Just let tn
money go, you know. and get nothing
for it,"
Sand you find that-jollyg"
"Jolliest fun in the world.
swell. 1 should be very sorry to havi
10 exert any-ah-marital authority.
"Yes, you would be very sorry
said she.
~ should be very sorry to have to d,
IT, But / really could not permit yoI
10 s~quander''-
my annt's money"
Cheedle frownsd. "You forget, I" sai'
he, that | am your husband"
''No, said she; you MAKE that i'm
possible
"When J married YOU
You did Hcl marry my aunt"