The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
ID a plasterer. bnt even atter these e,psnses

and a plasterer, but even after these expenses
something WAS left Of his years savings.
Wiel January had come, and Hunch had
not gone down to Manistogee, Mamie could
not help letting him see that she missed him.
q ice -lc wrote mat she guessed he did Z re-
member old friends very we'll" lunch sat
~ hlll one night reading the letter, but gave
her NJ hint except that maybe he had "A little
The house fronted on the river. II was "a
! story and a hall high, with -four rooms and a
hall on the ground floor and two small rooms
upstairs, There was n CRATE IN the front room
big enough for chunks Of wood. The vcrauda
eNte, ldcd across, the width OF the house. 1t
would he n good place To sIt evenings, when
II WAS not too cold, and the sand was not blow
ing The big white sandhll that looked down
enough, but Huuch had been brought up among
elrdhillS, ard he liked II. II had a round.
bold top. aud every morning during the siD.l-
ucr the sun would strike II early and make II
Rli-ten. lunch thought maybe he would set
out n few peach trees In the yard some
dav.
II VAS on the 27th Of February. a SATURDAY,
that nunch and Bill put the last brush Of paint
on the house They -gt down IN rest on 2 saw
the wide veranda and the shlnglcd front.
,,Whn'S, going to live here, now she's done'"
lam, lunch Grinned
Hnnch grew serious. The sense. ~ achieve
ment that had come with the building Of the
house had ovcrbalanred his doubts about
Mamie lie grew more serious and paid no at
tonl,ion to Bins question
IVY WIZ 'lfi' lllE w lie DIlNiltN 'll w
the Nond4hed when Hunch suddenly pulled out
"BHl he said, you fix things up. I've got
"a GO.
file caught n trolley car. At his room he
hurriedlv put on his good suit and white shirt
Then he ran for the station. AZ $50 he wa In
Alter a sumner NJ the hotel he walked m 10
NAMES house fc had started ont coollv,
brt suddenly, ~ he openedt tho gate his strength
seemed 10 leave him Nunch had reached tho
great moment Of his life and he vaguely knew
II tie Wa~ 80 nervous that his hand was Hhak-
INK when he knocked and the things about him
looked unnatural
Mamie was nervous. too: and, though she
hunrh because he had not been to zee her an
winter she hardly knew wha' she was saving
Then came q time when neither had ANYTHING
To say. and they sat for a long time without q
word hIn.h'~ eyebrows were drawn together
almost tiercely
Say he nnally got out. will You d, some
"Whv-Im do anything | can"
We'll, ] guess you can, all right. want
you 10 come on M 10 Mani~tee with me to-mor-
wi She stammered, 4 can't say now
$50. said Hmch. You don't have 70 say
nothing. I just want to show you something.
We. can get back before night.
Mamie looked relieved.
what is it, ~'" asked quickly.
"E9thirE much. ! ar going to toll Just vet,
iOuN como, won't YOU"
""WLy do,I know
Mamie Looked At him. kesitated. then laughed
ncrvou~iv, and nodded She was a little
frightened lluuch grew almost hol-teroU-
IN a sudden flow Of good spirits and he went
away without a word which would make her
understand.
They took the morning train. Mamie wns
herself again. and they 1unoirca a. quito a
~ohcr uair iluroh. however. grew nervous
aS they came into MaTis'eo. IT, hurried lor
into a trolley car. and ~ LII and silent Will"
thev ~kir'ci the Ha' ~hUr" of tho ltk" a"d river.
Fiullly thcr GOT out aud walked across the -lud
10 "a newly 'tu"'cd cottage C'' 70 n s9'd PIN
Hmoh lo'kol etthe house and thcuct Mamie.
Sh" va luH1Ied
VOL. M" aid. how do Won like it.'
What" -'" said. tnoryh her eyo- showed
that she W., beginning - understand.
That there the house. rs NuUr..
made % for Won. lie was 81 oNC,tci that he
wHs rli-ing hls voice
So aid Mamie, somebody Will hear
ypy..
Tlou she looked for n long time NJ tho house.
illuoh watched h"r. bat -N" would 'pt meet
hi. ovn. She walked slowly ur an" ward.
h7llpcinC on m" rlauk~ that wor" laid over the
~t1i 81" rested 70 foot on the tirf stop. and
slowly booked around There wer" tear In
her evcS
Hunch grippcd her hand tightly.
' John. She f1l'ered bu' this time she did
NOT say that Sh" was sorry.
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